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Episode 486: How trees teach patience and discipline... Dec 05, 2022

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Walking through a forest, you see the entire circle of life all around you. If a tree has an obstacle in it's growth, it just grows around it. Trees use patience and discipline for their success...something we can learn from!

Episode 485: Polyvagal Informed Pediatric Chiropractic Nov 28, 2022

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The Polyvagal Theory has revolutionized the way I think and practice regarding pediatrics. Safety first has become our motto...not just in having all the outlets covered but in making sure that our neurodivergent kids feel safe as our top priority, since that is the key component of their potentially malfunctioning ventral vagus nerve. Want to learn more? Dr Rubin did a seminar with Dr Stephen Porges and it is available here: https://bit.ly/34X5MOk

Episode 484: The case of the person with almost no brain... Nov 22, 2022

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An adult had leg pain and was given a CT scan of their brain. It turns out that this person was missing large portions of their brain due to hydrocephalus that they had as a child, that worsened after they had a shunt removed during their teenage years! Yet through the power of neuroplasticity, they were able to use the brains that they did have to lead an otherwise healthy life. What does that mean? That anything is possible with the right neuroplastic combination! Article here: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(07)61127-1/fulltext

Episode 483: The rise of early onset puberty Nov 15, 2022

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In the 1960's, those born as females were hitting normally reaching puberty at around age 11. By 1997 that had shifted to 10 years old, and now puberty is defined as normal if it occurs between ages 8 & 13. Early onset puberty is potentially being driven by stress, increase in endocrine disrupting chemicals, body-mass index(BMI). According to recent research, poor sleeping habits also contribute to this due to less melatonin which comes from a massive increase in screen time! Article here: https://www.newyorker.com/science/annals-of-medicine/why-more-and-more-girls-are-hitting-puberty-early

Episode 482: Long Chiropractic Century Nov 08, 2022

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I see everything through a chiropractic lens. While reading a book, "Slouching Towards Utopia" by economist by J Bradford Delong, I was struck by the chiropractic parallels, even though chiropractic is not mentioned at all. Apparently there is a long twentieth century in economic-speak (1870-2010) in which world economic growth was unprecedented. My thought: How about the "long chiropractic century", 1985-2020? Listen on for more details...

Episode 481: "Chiropractic today for a better tomorrow" Nov 01, 2022

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Why isn't chiropractic the obvious first choice in health care? A momma who just had a successful VBAC after having chiropractic care most of her pregnancy said, "I don't know why every pregnant momma isn't getting adjusted!" A new momma recently brought her baby in because she said "I heard that chiropractic care is good for alignment and proper functioning." Wow!

Episode 480: "Awaken, Seek, Find, Control" Oct 25, 2022

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Awaken to the reason you wanted to become a chiropractor in the first place. Seek the best information you can find on what you want to focus on. Find that source and learn everything you can from it. Control that new information by taking massive action. That is how your life can have 'that extra something.' Title quote from "The Bigness of the Fellow Within" by BJ Palmer, 1949, the Story of That Something.

Episode 479; "It is as simple as that..." Oct 18, 2022

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Keeping it simple doesn't seem oversimplifying. Rather we see that practice members like detailed understanding of what's going on with them or their children. The concept of simple doesn't mean easy either. Simple means clear, focused, concise, transparent, telling it like it is. People appreciate that in today's overly stressed-out society.

Episode 478: Brain & Nerve System Oct 11, 2022

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Chiropractors are brain and nerve system specialists. No matter how we practice, whether we are pediatric or geriatric DC's, focus on kids or PI or seniors or athletes, chiropractic changes the brain first! The spine might be the conduit, the way we enter the nerve system, but it's not the last step. It's just our way in!

Episode 477: Pediatric Functional Neuro Exam Simplified Oct 04, 2022

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Functional neurology is the basis of a solid pediatric chiropractic exam. We are not only looking at spine, posture, shoulder & hip height or anterior head carry. We are looking at the child's brain through simple neuro exams that tell us how well that child is connected or disconnected.

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