Recently, while downhill skiing in Colorado with family and friends, I was riding the chairlift up to the top of the mountain with an older gentleman. We started a conversation to pass the ten minute ride and come to find out that he is a 65 year old Colorado native. It ends up that this gentleman [...]
Happy New Year! What a great time of year to spend with family and friends and really cherish your moments. We humans are funny creatures. We seem to need reasons to work on our health which makes the New Year is an interesting time. It is basically an artificial start date where we make health [...]
On our way to a Christmas gathering, our family was sharing stories about how everyone found out that there was no Santa Claus. Then the conversation shifted to how it is a societal lie to tell children this... I think that perspective is misplaced. I have never told my four adult children that Santa Claus does not exist. Why? [...]
Dr. Jean and I bought a wine tasting trip to Sonoma Valley, CA with some friends at a Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation auction with a couple of dear friends that each have a Type 1 diabetic child. We recently completed the trip and it was a wonderful time albeit a weird trip for me. Anyone [...]
I often get asked if coffee is ok to drink. Yikes, what a loaded question! My little fireball of a mother thinks coffee is a food group and she is 80. The truth is some people handle the caffeine quite well and some people don’t. I personally don’t drink it because the few times I have had caffeine, it [...]
I recently lended my backcountry water filter to my daughter for an upcoming camping trip. The filter company has a very appropriate name "First Need". No, no, no, contrary to popular belief your first need is not coffee. We talk a lot about nutrition at Francis Chiropractic and one of the first issues people need to become aware of [...]
Let's talk medicine. Sometimes people assume chiropractors are against medicine. That is so not true! Here is my stance: I am against an overuse of medicine. I do not agree in medication to get a blood value down, but yet nothing being done to address the underlying cause. This happens a lot with cholesterol, high blood [...]
My uncle Norm definitely had a greater influence on my life than any other person growing up. He was an incredible human being with such a spark - a gentle giant. He had played football for Notre Dame under the legendary coach Ara Parsegian. Winning a national title and centering to a Heisman trophy winner [...]
Recently, my oldest daughter Rachel graduated from chiropractic school on her mother’s 30 anniversary from graduating chiropractic school. She already possesses the healing touch needed to be a great practitioner. My dear friend, Dr. Sam Carr in Arizona, had 10 members of his family in the chiropractic profession when we were in school. I was [...]
There are really only two reasons people present to us seeking help. Fear and Love Those are the only 2 motivators that exist and each one plays a role. When we first bought our practice in 1993, I was out to dinner with my in-laws and their dear friends the Millers. I remember Joe asking [...]
