[originally published in KCN, February 2015]
One of the most exciting aspects of health and the human body is change. Your body, and therefore your health, is constantly changing. Either it’s getting a little bit stronger, or a little bit weaker. There is no Switzerland. There is no neutral. (more…)
Archive for the ‘inspirational’ category
Cellular Regeneration — Super Sized
January 30, 2015A Dimmer Switch Life
April 25, 2014
[originally published in KCN, May 2014]
“Most people die at 60, but are buried at 90.”
I ran across this quote from late fitness expert Jack LaLanne. It resonated with me because it’s such a true statement. People are living longer lives, but in their latter decades, they’re not truly living. Instead, they fall into what I call a “dimmer switch life” — taking years to slowly fade into their graves. It shouldn’t be this way. It doesn’t have to be this way. (more…)
Safety Pins and Chiropractors
January 31, 2014
[originally published in KCN, February 2014]
Safety pins. They’ve been around for more than 150 years and have seemingly endless uses, not the least of which is the reason we chiropractors like to use them.
Sounds odd, I agree. To be more accurate, most chiropractors of today don’t use them at all, which is a shame.
No, it’s not an old school style of adjusting — unless adjusting “between the ears” counts. Rather from as far back as 1927, chiropractors of yesteryear have used safety pins as a way of explaining what they did. (more…)
Deliver Your Message to Garcia
December 27, 2013
[originally published in KCN, January 2014]
“Deliver your message to Garcia” is hardly what you’d expect to read on a bathroom wall, but it is precisely what was scribed above the faculty toilet at the Palmer School of Chiropractic a century ago. BJ Palmer, our profession’s developer, was known for making the walls of his learning institution “speak” — even if the wall happened to be in the bathroom. No square inch was safe from his sign-like display of painted epigrams. The school was covered with thousands of these short, pithy, thought-provoking sayings. They were designed to not only spark interest, but reflection, and over time, action.
While many were self-explanatory, like “Keep Smiling,” some were not. “Deliver your message to Garcia” may be nonsensical to us today, but it had great meaning and cultural popularity in the first part of the twentieth century. (more…)
Expect Miracles: Loud and Silent
October 4, 2013[originally published in KCN, October 2013]
The developer of the chiropractic profession, BJ Palmer, used to imprint upon the walls of his office: “Expect Miracles.” Why? Because we chiropractors are afforded a front row seat to witness them everyday as we serve our patients. It’s pretty amazing! But it’s greater than you might think.
Top 100
September 13, 2013
[originally published in KCN, September 2012]
The other day I had the chance to be interviewed on an Internet radio show designed to introduce youth to the various professions that have been ranked by the Jobs Rated Almanac as the Top 100 Careers for the next decade. “Chiropractor” ranked number 19.
Spizzerinctum
August 16, 2013
[originally published in KCN, July 2011]
The word on my white board the other day was “spizz” — a word that invariably provoked a question from each one of my patients.
“What does spizz mean, Dr. Lamar?”
“Well,” I would reply, “it’s short for spizzerinctum. Does that help?”
“No,” was the answer with a smile, I heard 99.9% of the time. No one knew what it meant — except for one elderly lady. (more…)
Chiropractor Helps Blind Man See Again!
July 12, 2013
[originally published in KCN, October 2008]
With a headline of almost tabloid proportions — I must admit, I treaded lightly at first when I viewed the Iowa TV 9 news broadcast on YouTube.com
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