Reading Time: 3 minutesLook Good, Smell Good, Feel Good As weird as it sounds, this is what I use to say to myself after I would finish my usual hygiene routine in the morning. I’d finish, make eye contact with myself in the mirror and repeat this phrase. “I look good, smell good Read more…
Reading Time: 5 minutesAbove, Down, Inside, Out Above, down, inside, out. ADIO, a common phrase used by Chiropractors and originally coined by BJ Palmer. Its meaning at a mechanical level refers to the brain communicating down the spinal cord into the spinal nerves and out to every one of your systems and their Read more…
Reading Time: 5 minutesLet’s talk about stress Stress, none of us are immune to it. Its grip on our lives runs as deep as our biological need to reproduce. Its value is in recognizing a threat (stressor) and encouraging an appropriate response for our survival as a species. Its adversity is a host Read more…
Reading Time: 6 minutesGo the F*ck to Sleep Sleep! The only thing more popular than this Innate Essential is Sex. Why is it an essential? Why aren’t we getting enough? And what can we do about it? Sleep, we need it, we want it, we don’t get enough, and we take it for granted. Sleeping Read more…
Reading Time: 7 minutesWhy I quit CrossFit A lesson in self-awareness I was 19 years old and treading water. A year out of high school, working for my Father’s construction company and attending college for general education. I had no clue why I was in college. I just started showing up because my Read more…
Reading Time: 4 minutesWhat’s the craziest thing you’ve ever put in your mouth? Super weird question I know, but how about Castoreum? It’s a chemical found in many Snack foods, candies, gelatin, ice cream, and drinks with strawberry and raspberry flavors. It’s used for its vanilla-like smell and taste. Can you think of Read more…
Reading Time: 5 minutesAnatomy = Form and Physiology = Function Now that we have discussed form and proper postural anatomy, we should talk function and proper physical physiology. The human body and all its parts were made to move. Movement is life. Our last blog, 3 steps to Make Your Posture Great Again, Read more…
Reading Time: 8 minutesTurn off, Tune in and Drop Apps Turn off the TV, Tune in to your life and Drop some of the apps on your smartphone. Times today are much different than they were in the 1960s. In today’s tech-savvy society we are constantly bombarded with tasks and notifications. Our brains Read more…
Reading Time: 4 minutesDon’t screw this one up This is not exactly the Ferrari of articles, but it is important and my first rule of chemical Innate Essentials. Water is needed for everything from hormones to digestion and mobility to healing. Without water, the body will shut down in about a week. So Read more…
Reading Time: 7 minutes3 Steps to Make Your Posture Great Again! “Make Posture Great Again” seemed like a fitting title considering the current events in the world. This blog post is not aimed at politics, but rather spinal health and re-emphasizing the need for a strong backbone. Men like my Grandfather, who were Read more…
