I have the pleasure of treating an incredible patient who happens to have lung cancer. True shit luck. Never smoked, only 40, and has been kicking the cancer’s butt. It is a rare form that, as of right now, has no complete cure. We had a talk during the last visit where I mentioned to [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
If there is one thing we can all agree on, it is that we should be all in for our children’s health. Just like my great niece was “all in” while leaping off the pier, we need to be “all in” when forming the dietary habits of our children. The fact is that they are [...]
We are excited to offer high quality, wholesome grains to purchase through our office. You can click here to see what we can offer and call the office to place your order. Payment is due at the time you put your order in. We are highlighting the organic oats this month and three delicious recipes so keep [...]
“A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures in the doctor’s book.” — Irish Proverb I don’t know about you, but I love the spring ahead to Daylight Savings Time! The extended light part…the getting used to the sleep loss, well that can take a couple weeks. Sleep loss is the real [...]
Congratulations to all of you that have done the Detox over the last 2 months and to those who are about to start it! What an accomplishment! So many people have been coming to me telling me all about their great outcomes. Here is what they are saying: Decreases in blood sugar Decreases in blood pressure- [...]
