By far and large, the most common questions that come into my headspace include that of Diet and Losing Weight. It's the end of May!!! Here we are, nearly half of the year done and I'm wondering how those January 1st resolutions to become more fit and eat healthier are doing? Sadly, most of these resolutions failed [...]
I’ve been a fan of Tim Ferris, American author, entrepreneur, angel investor, and public speaker for many years now. He’s known most for his best selling book, The 4 Hour Work Week and as a big human self-experimenter or life hacker. This weekend I listened to his podcast where he interviewed Christopher Sommer, former US [...]
One need not be an Olympic contender to experience shoulder injuries that can prove debilitating. Certainly, a variety of mundane tasks from carrying grocery bags to hanging new curtains in your living room windows can cause such injuries, but the vast majority of injuries are caused by excessive, repetitious, overhead motions such as those movements [...]
Will You Stand Up to a Sitting World? There is absolutely no getting away from it: the more you sit, the worse your health will be and the earlier you may die (regardless of how fit think you are). Sitting is now considered worse for your health than smoking and research shows that the 45 [...]
Do you suffer from seasonal allergies? Chances are, if you’re reading this – you’re a fellow Austinite and personally suffer from allergies or know many people who do! Over the last 50 years, allergic diseases and disorders have continued to rise in the industrialized world. Allergic rhinitis, the medical term for hay fever and what’s [...]
Why do so many people get off our chiropractic tables feeling invigorated? Is it because of the pop? Or is something greater happening within? Across the United States, many individuals can attest to experiencing a reduction of seemingly unrelated health issues after receiving a chiropractic adjustment. At the very least, those who partake in routine [...]
Whether it’s the Super Bowl or a scrimmage, the Masters or a practice round, a professional athlete’s health care team is always nearby. For a majority of them, that team includes a chiropractor. Athletes such as Aaron Rodgers, Vernon Davis, Phil Mickelson and Jordan Spieth view chiropractic as an essential part of their overall health [...]
Most of us have had to do things we did not want to do as children. We were told to get out of bed to get ready for school, to eat vegetables we didn’t want to eat and do homework on subjects we didn’t like. We were told to take showers, brush our teeth, clean our room and throw [...]
I can teach you all about rehab and mobility techniques, exercises that can improve endurance or strength, but the reality is, if you want to improve performance- you need to learn how to rest. There are two sides of fitness and performance – working OUT (exercise) and working IN (rest and recovery). And just like any piece of [...]
Increasingly, parents ask me why children should see a chiropractor or get chiropractic adjustments. It’s a great question and the answer is simple: the Brain. If you are a parent interested in optimizing the development of your child’s brain, bodily function and health, then you should know that the majority of brain research now demonstrates [...]
