Braves, Kids, endless opportunities await you.

It’s been nearly 2 weeks since  my last post.  I slept out in the tent with Connor last Monday night and it poured and somehow we had a leak and it wrecked my computer.  I was due for a new notebook but my hard drive is wrecked and I’ve got everything on it.  Will I ever learn!

I bet your summer has been really busy?  We just finished baseball with Riley and swimming with Connor.   The Osceola Braves got beat by the St. Croix River Bandits last night for the first time ever.  No playoffs for the Braves and their loyal fans. this year.   How about a nice congrats out to Dr. Dave Leske for his induction in to the Braves Hall of Fame along with the late Lute Pettis who founded the Braves in the 40’s, Ken staples who could easily have been the Twins coach, and Derek Anderson.  Hat’s off to Tom Krenz for finishing the Lake Placid Ironman in 90 degree heat and humidity yesterday.  Is this his last one?  How about Doran O’Brien taking 30 minutes of his best triatalon ever at Chisago lakes, and Iron Mike Colaizy dominating his age class every week.  Fellow patient Tom Meyer finished the Half Ironman at Chisago Lakes, a big way to go Tom.  He’s 67 years old and just starting his triathlete career!

I love athletics because it teaches so much about life.  You have to show up, put in the effort, be disciplined, be coachable, get along with others, be a leader, challenge yourself, and many other important individual and team skill sets and goals.  It’s never too late to find some kind of hobby, sport, or interest to keep your mind and body active.  Everyday we should be thinking nothing but positive thoughts, making positive movement patterns, and eating healthy foods.  Success in life regarding your health really doesn’t have to be that difficult.  Find something you love to do, get a mentor to assist you along the way, and work the process focusing on moving forward not just the end goal. 

If you are going to live to a 100, do you have a health plan?  Do you have a health orientated pro-active Dr who can lead you?  Do you have your finances in order to live a long life?  Who is on your team?  Now is the time to start planning.  I’m doing this myself right now as I write this.  I’d love to be a part of your team.

I just finished making a bunch of cool pro-active health videos that will be posted soon.  Stay tuned for more details.  Mary and I appreciate all your referrals and appreciate your committment towards being healthier.  

I remember 40 years ao sitting on white couch at home with our whole family watching Neil Armstrong take that first footstep on the moon and Walter Cronkite narrating the event like it was yesterday.  Anything is possible!  If you can dream it you can make it a reality.  Go out and make your reality today!!  Dr. E

Singles are better than homeruns

Last night the boys and I watched the homerun derby and we loved every monster shot by some of the biggest  youngest strongest stars  of baseball like Prince Fielder  and Joe Mauer.  Prince won the competition going away and he hit one over 500 feet.  He swings so hard I feel he’s going  to come right out of his cleats.  Joe Mauer on the other hand didn’t fare as good in the competition but has the most consistant swing and the best eye I’ve ever seen at the plate.  Joe has 15 homeruns and you would think being 6 foot 6 and 230 he’d have more.  Joe led the majors in hitting the last 2 years and he’s on pace to be a hall of famer if he can avoid injury.  Joe would rather get single and doubles and get people in versus 50 homers and tons of strikeouts.  I heard he only struck out once in his whole high school careeer. 

Osceola youth baseball traveling team 5th and 6th grade

To get your health back and to keep your health you can do it with some homeruns(lets say working out 1x week or watching your diet closely one day a week) or you can plug along with daily hits towards better health by being consistant with one good at bat for your health daily in what your food choices are, how you consciously think, and how you exercise daily.  I’d take  this analogy of baseball 6 hits a week over one homer a week and apply it everyday to your health and see what happens.  If you don’t have the fundamentals and skill sets for better living there are people who can assist you.  There are organic farms and farmer markets  where you can buy fresh produce and many sites on line on how to prepare it.  .  I can help you move better so you don’t age prematurely by getting your spine and body moving better.  If you need a group or personal one on one attention call Mike at the Wild River fitness and he’ll get you on the right track .  Summer is a great time to get a book and read.  I just  started a book by Harold Kushner called Living a life that matters. 

Just imagine everyday that you are taking the action steps to attain one of your dreams.   Do you have health dreams?  We think about vacation dreeams, and what retirement may look like but lets be in the moment today and  focus on one task of the day that will move you towards better health and well-being  and away from sickness and disease patterns.  I believe in you!!  I want nothing but sucess for all of you.  Go out today and get a single and then follow up with another one.  If you strikeout don’t get your head down.  Keep believeing and taking  a single action step today, not tomorrow.  Until next time, keep up your core work and keep your nervous system healthy with regular adjustments!  Dr. E

Billie Jean shouldn’t have took the drugs

I just got done doing a spin class from the master fo spin Mike Colaizy at the Wild River Fitness center.  It was all Micheal Jackson music.  Thriller, Bad, Billie Jean, all my old favorites that will never fade away.  What a tragic ending to an incredible genius of  person who had his own demons.   The creativity and the performer Micheal Jackson was and then to see him basically be a drug addict of prescription drugs is just sad.   Deepok Chopra said they killed him and that their were many enablers in Micheal Jacksons camp.  I thought how could someone with that much genius have that much pain to really just want to die.  You can’t be healthy on medications it’s as simple as that.  People don’t realize it but the number one killer in the U.S. is prescription side effects.   I certaintly wouldn;t be in business if I was hurting, or people dying on my table.   

 I did some track 800 meter intervals with Mike Colaizy and Greg Brown. this morning.  I saw this woman that looked familiar but I couldn’t for the life of me think of her name.  We were running and she was walking.  After we finished I had asked about why she was walking.  Her response was “instead of sitting in the car waiting for my son to get done with cross country practice I thought I could benefit from walking around the track since I’ve let my body go”  She also said that it took her 5 minutes per lap last week and this week it was much easier. 

Hats off to her!!  She could have just as easy sat in the car and waited.  Instead she took action to get her body moving which is necessary for you to be healthy.  Anyone, anywhere is my motto.   Just get your body moving.  I always say sitting to the spine is like sugar to the teeth.  Did you know that during the hunter gather period the average person walked a marathon a day for hunting and fishing  just to keep alive.  Today the average family spends less than 3 minutes a day with their kids, eats Con-Agra foods for most of their meals, and doesn’t exercise consistantly.  Is their no wonder we have the myriad of health issues that Physicians, Chiropractors have to deal with.  Lets look at cause and not treat effects. 

Come on everyone, it’s July 7th, the best time of the year to get moving and start living better.  Take a step forward to being your best!  You’ll be ever so happy you did.  You can be a role  model for others by just  taking better care of yourself one day at a time.  Like John Wooden who is 97 years old said “If your not making mistakesyour not doing anything”  Don’t feel bad about mistakes, just learn from them and change the behavior.

I need your assistance.  We have to many people out there that I can potentially help get their health back and then teach them how to keep it in a  Chiropractic wellness paradigm.  Who do you know that could benefit form me checking them out?  I want our community to be healthier, not sicker.  I want people to be on less drugs, and have less surgeries.  I want our kids to be healthie than my generation.  Right now we as a  society are sicker than ever.  The time is now for all of us to be pro-active with our help.  I appreciate your referrals and would love to see you also.  Check the ad out in this weeks Osceola Sun and the upcoming Valley Wire.  Good opportunity for you!   Next monday’s class is on The important benefits of Vitamin D.  Get some sun today!!  Dr. E

Acetominophen(tylenol), good or bad for you?

Quick post this week for your long awaited fouth of July weekend. 

I was speaking to a CEO of a 140 million dollar company the other day and he was saying how incredible this country is compared to any others he has traveled and done business in.  You can be and do anthing,  this is the land of opportunity.  He was so positive and so right on.   He was touting hard work and treat others like you’d like to be treated and there is no reason you can’t be successful.    I couldn’t agree more. 

FDA warns about tylenol use and tylenol with other products such as nyquil because of overdosing and liver failure.  Most people take Tylenol on occassions when they are in pain and that should really only be when you are really hurting and ice doesn’t cut it, and for short duration only.  My last tylenol was probavly 20 years ago after a root canal.  This and many other OTC medications are not only toxic to you but can kill you.  I’ve been talking about this for years and  it’s nice to see that the (FDA which really is looking out for the drug companes) is taking action on this for more consumer awareness.  If you have aches and pains that’s your body telling you something isn’t working right.  Covering it up  never gets at the cause.  Alternatives for pain control that work great are adjustments, an anti-inflammatory diet, ice, fish oil, and many herbs and natural remedies that don’t have side effects. 

We had a great party for Mary, check the pictures.  We did facebook and email  for invites, and some word of mouth if you were in the clinic.  Stayed up to 3am which is unheard of for me, and didn’t feel to bad.   Way to go Mary, you are a hotty in the house at 50!!!

To my friends Ron Hyde and Bob Sudler old friends from the U, I shot 74 at the U course on sunday, can’t wait to play with you guys sometime!!  

Have a safe, relaxing 4th every one, we are off Thursday and friday and back in 7am monday.