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I wonder.  Well, at least I wonder every now and then.  When hiking the beautiful mountains here in western Montana, awe and wonder are feelings often expressed. Found a wonderful book the other day.  How To Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan.  Yes, the same Michael...

I love it when my patients and practice members "get it"!  When they come to the realization that they themselves are the key factor in achieving and maintaining the health and wellness that they so richly deserve. Your body needs exercise.  Daily!  Of sufficient...

Notre Dame cathedral is burning.  Parents are frightened to the point of irrational action by news reports of epidemics.  Opioid overdoses are at an all-time high (pun unintentional).  You literally cannot watch five minutes of the evening news without having to sit...

I watched a KOMO News 4 special report the other day entitled "Is Seattle Dying?".  The report examined the increasingly problematic issue with the burgeoning homeless issue in the city, a problem that is becoming epidemic. It turns out that the term "epidemic" is apt...

The chiropractic consumer has seemingly a multitude of options when it comes to selecting a chiropractic provider.  I remember one presenter at a seminar joking that the way to determine the number of techniques represented in a body of chiropractors was to count the...

I was reading an article this weekend written by a KOMO News 4 correspondent. The title of the article initially caught my eye and interest because it seemed to echo a question I have asked myself in the past few years. Transitioning to my new state of residence here...

I read a post, well really an advertisement, from another chiropractor the other day.  His intent became clear before I had read too far, that he was setting himself apart from the crowd by promising, even taking a pledge/oath, NOT to EVER recommend long-term,...

"Maybe it will go away".  If I had the proverbial dollar for every time I have heard these words uttered by a patient, well...I would be many dollars richer! Many of us at various times in our lives have at least thought these five words.  We have minimized,...

(The following as submitted to the Plexus, the professional journal of the Washington State Chiropractic Association) The above title may appear so cliché to some that it is almost devoid of meaning.  Like saying “the earth is round” or “fish get wet”!  The results we...