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One Company's Mission To Fix Our Sleep Deprivation Crisis

There is a plethora of apps and tech gear for better sleep.  Sleep is part of the trifecta of a quality life.



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Intermittent fasting aka: skipping breakfast is good for your brain!!

http://www.collective-evolution.com/2015/12/11/neuroscientist-shows-what-fasting-does-to-your-brain-why-big-pharma-wont-study-it/

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Cartilage can regenerate in the knees while running

The Researchers found that 44 runners in the study of ultra marathon runners experienced cartilage breakdown in the joints at about 1,550 miles into the race. Amazingly, after that point, the cartilage began to recover as the athletes continued to run.

"It was thought that cartilage could only regenerate during rest," Schütz told New Scientist. "We have shown for the first time that it can regenerate during running."

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The Pelvic Fault and Low Back Pain | Feat. Kelly Starrett | Ep. 128 | Mo...

This is great self help for the low back and pelvis.



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This Chart Shows You When To Use Ice or Heat For Your Pain

This chart reinforces my practice of using ice vs heat in my clinic.

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This Chart Shows You When To Use Ice or Heat For Your Pain

This chart reinforces my practice of using ice vs heat in my clinic.

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A Tip for Brain health

Aerobic exercise leads to increased blood flow in the brain and reduced levels of phosphorylated tau protein levels in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and prediabetes.

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Get Movin!!

Stay moving!

Mobility | WOD, Cross Fit and staying injury free

I have recently applied and was accepted as a provider for Kelly Starrett's Mobility WOD NETWORK.
www.mobilitywod.com

Check out his Utube channel. 

Set an appointment with me for treatment and keep your fitness level at an optimum.

If you are into Cross Fit workouts in South Tulsa or Broken Arrow then give me a shout. 

Be sure to save my clinic info in your contacts. 

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Berkshire Medical Plaza

A Poor Motive for Working

Facebook: "Inertia
The most indirect motive for working is inertia. With inertia, your motive for working is so distant from the work itself that you can no longer say where it comes from—you do what you do simply because you did it yesterday. This leads to the worst performance of all. … As destructive and insidious as it is, inertia is surprisingly common in the workplace."



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The Difference Between Healthy and Unhealthy Individuals:

It doesn’t matter what you are trying to become better at, if you only do the work when you’re motivated, then you’ll never be consistent enough to reach the quality of life you desire.

The ability to follow your prescribed treatment plan, stick to the schedule, and do the prescribed home therapies — especially when you don’t feel like it — is so valuable that it is literally all you need to become better 99% of the time.

I’ve seen this in my own experiences…as well as observing it in my practice.

When I don’t miss workouts, I get in the best shape of my life.  When I travel and take my camera out every day, I take better photos.  When I prepare my own meals my G.I. tract is so happy.

It’s simple and powerful. But why is it so difficult?

The Pain of obtaining quality of life:

Approaching your goals — whatever they are — with the attitude of a quality of life isn’t easy. In fact, being a healthy is painful.

The simple fact of the matter is that most of the time we are inconsistent. We have goals that we would like to achieve and dreams that we would like to fulfill, but we only work towards them occasionally; when we feel inspired or motivated or when life allows us to do so. It’s just easier that way.

I can guarantee that if you set a schedule for any task and start sticking to it, there will be days when you feel like quitting. When you start a business, there will be days when you don’t feel like showing up. When you’re at the gym, there will be sets that you don’t feel like finishing. When it’s time to prepare food for the week there will be time restraints and distractions.  But stepping up when it’s annoying or painful or draining to do so, that’s what improves quality of life.

Quality of life requires sticking to a schedule.  Unhealthy individuals let life get in the way. Healthy individuals know what is important to them and work towards it with purpose, Unhealthy individuals get pulled off course by the urgencies of life.

You’ll Never Regret Starting a treatment plan.

Some people might think I’m promoting the benefits of being a workaholic. “Professionals work harder than everyone else and that’s why they’re great.” Actually, that’s not it at all.

Quality of life is about having the discipline to commit to what is important to you instead of merely saying your health is important to you. It’s about starting when you feel like stopping, not because you want to train more, but because your goal is important enough to you that you don’t simply go through the motions when it’s convenient.  Quality of like is about making your priorities a reality.

There have been a lot of sets that I haven’t felt like finishing, but I’ve never regretted doing the workout. There have been a lot of unhealthy food choices I have declined when I haven’t felt like cooking, but I’ve never regretted eating healthy. There have been a lot of days I’ve felt like relaxing, but I’ve never regretted waking up and working on the different facets of a healthy life that are important to me.

Becoming a healthy doesn’t mean you sacrifice all things. It means that you’re going to be proactive and put forth effort to reach the quality of life you desire— especially when you don’t feel like it — instead of playing the role of the victim and letting poor health happen to you.

How to Become a Healthy

Obtaining and maintaining quality of life like a pro isn’t easy, but it’s also not as complicated or difficult as you might think. There are three steps.

1. Decide what you want improve.

Purpose is everything. If you know what you want, then getting it is much easier.  Hopefully your purpose in seeking treatment with me is to improve your condition.  This sounds simple, but in my experience even people who are smart, creative, and talented rarely know exactly what they are working for and why.

2. Set a schedule for your actions.

Once you have identified what is required of you to heal , set a schedule for actually doing it.

Note: Don’t make this mistake, which is setting a schedule based on results. Don’t map out how much weight you want to lose each week or how miles you want to run this week.   To “lose 5 pounds” is not an action you can perform. “Do three sets of squats” is an action you can perform.  Or it might require you to modify your training or activities to promote the best environment to heal.  I often prescribe decreasing the intensity, duration, frequency by 50 % until your condition has improved to a Stage I.

You want to set a schedule based on actions you can do, not results that you want.

3. Stick to your schedule for one week.

Stop thinking about how hard it will be to follow a schedule for a month or a year. Just follow it for this week. For the next 7 days, don’t let distractions get in the way.

Setting a schedule doesn’t heal your condition, following it does. Don’t be a runner.  Be running.  Don’t be a lifter, be lifting.  For one week, do the things you want to do without letting life get in the way. If life gets in the way then next week start again.

To your BEST health,

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Does exercise keep your brain healthy? Yes it does!

How do you stimulate your lymphatics to purge?  What about old fashioned 'get movin' to purge your lymphatics?


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Success and your mindset, "FAKE IT UNTIL YOU MAKE IT"

“Fake It Until You Make It”
There is a bidirectional connection between your mindset and your success.
For example:  If you're wanting to be healthier then ask yourself what would a healthy person order from a menu? Then choose to order it!

BE AN INFORMED PATIENT PRE-TREATMENT

As a patient it is your responsibility and right to know your diagnosis, treatment options/alternatives, risks and that you get to make the decisions.

There are seven basic elements of informed consent.

·         The patient knows that they have a role in the decision.

·         Discussion of the issue and decision at hand.

·         Discussion of the alternatives.

·         Discussion of the pros and cons of the alternatives.

·         Discussion of the uncertainties.

·         An assessment of the patient's understanding.

·         Exploration of patient preference.

Elements of the discussion affected patient choice. If patients knew they had a role in the decision, they were fivefold more likely to avoid intervention. Simply exploring alternatives led to a 10-fold greater chance patients would choose no intervention. And if uncertainty was mentioned, patients were 20 times more likely to choose medical therapy without diagnostics. The presence or absence of symptoms did not affect the decision. Overall, better-informed patients were less likely to choose invasive procedures.

The research team noted the power of the physician. When the physician recommended intervention (49 of 59 cases), 90% of patients followed the recommendation. When the physician recommended no intervention (six of 59), all patients chose not to have it, and in four cases where the physician made no specific recommendation, all patients chose no intervention.

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Watch T Cells Hunt Down And Kill Cancer Cells | IFLScience

Watch T Cells Hunt Down And Kill Cancer Cells | IFLScience

Goals vs Systems

Goals vs. Systems

We all have things that we want to achieve in our lives — getting into the better shape, building a successful business, raising a wonderful family, writing a best-selling book, winning a championship, and so on.  And for most of us, the path to those things starts by setting a specific and actionable goal. At least, this is how I approached my life until recently.  I would set goals for classes I took, for weights that I wanted to lift in the gym, and for clients I wanted in my business.  What I’m starting to realize, however, is that when it comes to actually getting things done and making progress in the areas that are important to you, there is a much better way to do things.  It all comes down to the difference between goals and systems.

What’s The Difference Between Goals and Systems?

      If you’re a coach, your goal is to win a championship. Your system is what your team does at practice.  

      If you’re a writer, your goal is to write a book. Your system is the writing schedule that you follow each

      week.

If you’re a runner, your goal is to run a marathon. Your system is your training schedule for the month 

      If you’re an entrepreneur, your goal is to build a million dollar business. Your system is your sales

      and marketing process.

Now for the really interesting question:  If you completely ignored your goals and focused only on your system, would you still get results?For example, if you were a basketball coach and you ignored your goal to win a championship and focused only on what your team does at practice each day, would you still get results?     I think you would.

Let’s talk about three more reasons why you should focus on systems instead of goals.

1. Goals reduce your current happiness.

When you’re working toward a goal, you are essentially saying, “I’m not good enough yet, but I will be when I reach my goal.”  The problem with this mindset is that you’re teaching yourself to always put happiness and success off until the next milestone is achieved. “Once I reach my goal, then I’ll be happy. Once I achieve my goal, then I’ll be successful.”

SOLUTION: Commit to a process, not a goal.

Choosing a goal puts a huge burden on your shoulders. Can you imagine if I had made it my goal to write two books this year? Just writing that sentence stresses me out.  But we do this to ourselves all the time. We place unnecessary stress on ourselves to lose weight or to succeed in business or to write a best-selling novel. Instead, you can keep things simple and reduce stress by focusing on the daily process and sticking to your schedule, rather than worrying about the big, life-changing goals.  When you focus on the practice instead of the performance, you can enjoy the present moment and improve at the same time.

2. Goals are strangely at odds with long-term progress.

You might think your goal will keep you motivated over the long-term, but that’s not always true.  Consider someone training for a half-marathon. Many people will work hard for months, but as soon as they finish the race, they stop training. Their goal was to finish the half-marathon and now that they have completed it, that goal is no longer there to motivate them. When all of your hard work is focused on a particular goal, what is left to push you forward after you achieve it?  This can create a type of “yo-yo effect” where people go back and forth from working on a goal to not working on one. This type of cycle makes it difficult to build upon your progress for the long-term.

SOLUTION: Release the need for immediate results.

I was training at the gym last week and I was doing my second-to-last set of clean and jerks. When I hit that rep, I felt a small twinge in my leg. It wasn’t painful or an injury, just a sign of fatigue near the end of my workout. For a minute or two, I thought about doing my final set. Then, I reminded myself that I plan to do this for the rest of my life and decided to call it a day.

In a situation like the one above, a goal-based mentality will tell you to finish the workout and reach your goal. After all, if you set a goal and you don’t reach it, then you feel like a failure.

But with a systems-based mentality, I had no trouble moving on. Systems-based thinking is never about hitting a particular number, it’s about sticking to the process and not missing workouts.

Of course, I know that if I never miss a workout, then I will lift bigger weights in the long-run. And that’s why systems are more valuable than goals. Goals are about the short-term result. Systems are about the long-term process. In the end, process always wins.

3. Goals suggest that you can control things that you have no control over.

You can’t predict the future. (I know, shocking.)  But every time we set a goal, we try to do it. We try to plan out where we will be and when we will make it there. We try to predict how quickly we can make progress, even though we have no idea what circumstances or situations will arise along the way.

SOLUTION: Build feedback loops.

Feedback loops are important for building good systems because they allow you to keep track of many different pieces without feeling the pressure to predict what is going to happen with everything. Forget about predicting the future and build a system that can signal when you need to make adjustments.  A signal that gives you feedback would be the scales if losing weight is important, or keeping a running log of your mileage.

Fall In Love With Systems

None of this is to say that goals are useless. However, I’ve found that goals are good for planning your progress and systems are good for actually making progress.  Goals can provide direction and even push you forward in the short-term, but eventually a well-designed system will always win for longevity. Having a system is what matters. Committing to the process is what makes the difference.

Systems require developing a habit of doing something and plausibly becomes easier to do as a result.

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Shawn Achor on happiness as a competitive advantage

Stress perceived as a positive challenge can be beneficial to your health and decrease your symptoms.

Study Links Common Food Additives to Crohn's Disease, Colitis

Study Links Common Food Additives to Crohn's Disease, Colitis: "Emulsifiers are used in margarine, mayonnaise, creamy sauces, candy, ice cream, packaged processed foods and baked goods."



Best practice is to cook, bake or prepare your food yourself!



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The Last Hours of Living: Practical Advice for Clinicians: Summary of Take-Home Lessons

Not a topic we choose to visit at our own volition, however, it is a topic that has gravitas!

I think my generation of friends and patients can appreciate this preparedness.

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Suffering does not have to be part of menopause. http://www.modernhcp.com/the-many-myths-of-menopause/

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Mythbuster: DOES THIS CAUSE CANCER?

Mythbusters: Does This Cause Cancer?

Does BPA Increase Cancer Risk?

To reduce exposure, one should avoid plastics that could contain BPA. The problem here is that we do not know exactly how pervasive BPA is. For instance, polycarbonate is often used for industrial filtering, so drinking from a glass bottle does not necessarily mean the liquid is BPA-free.

What we really need is global legislation. Lawmakers in France and Denmark have already implemented a policy to ban BPA from all food packaging. Until such regulations are instituted in more countries worldwide it is good advise for people to talk to their local representatives and to take part in the public debate.

Verdict: Plausible to likely, given strong evidence in animal models.

Can Artificial Sweeteners Cause Cancer?"

The FDA established an acceptable daily intake for additives—the amount of a product a person can safely consume each day with no side effects. For aspartame, for instance, the acceptable daily intake is 50 mg/kg of body weight. That means a 60-kg person can safely consume 3000 mg of aspartame per day, which is equivalent to about 136 packets of Equal or sixteen 12-ounce cans of diet soda.

Do Pesticides Increase Cancer Risk?

There is no clear association between pesticide exposure and cancer risk.  There does not appear to be a benefit of organic produce. It may be more important to wash fruit well and to be careful about specific fruits, known as the 'dirty dozen,' that have higher levels of pesticides.

Verdict: Plausible in people with high exposure levels (farmers and pesticide applicators), but unlikely in consumers with very low levels of exposure.

Can Cell Phones Increase Risk for Brain Cancer?

Until there is further evidence, it may be wise to err on the side of caution. This is not something people should freak out about, but there are simple ways to reduce exposure to cell phones, such as using headsets or landlines. Limiting exposure is especially important, considering that we encounter a range of radiofrequency fields in our daily lives—from our computer, WiFi signal, and commonly used household appliances, such as microwaves.

Verdict: Plausible. The evidence is mixed, with considerable debate and uncertainty in the field.

Do Extremely Low-Frequency Magnetic Fields From Power Lines Increase Cancer Risk?

Verdict:  The evidence is highly consistent for an increased risk for childhood leukemia.  

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Telemedicine

Are you a proponent of telemedicine?  

The government sees telemedicine as a key tool in providing more accessible and coordinated care.  And organized medicine has responded with "full speed ahead."

Your insurance will soon reimburse you're even when your at home in your easy chair!

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Is it to much on the heart to run marathons?

(1) Dr. Shawnie:

Click on the link above. 

Extreme endurance exertion such as multiple marathons/year may potentially lead to functional and structural maladaptations of the heart and/or myocardial injury and fibrosis of the heart.

"Exercising for quality of life is a good rule of thumb!"

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Obama Care is insurance however it is not coverage!!

 Obama Care is insurance however it is not                     coverage!!

My premiums are higher, it inherently has a higher deductible, and my coinsurance is greater. The hard line is I will pay greater than 9,000.00 this year before the insurance co. pays ONE cent. 

When I was forced to shop for a new plan I found myself speaking to someone reading off a script in the Philippines.  Do ya think that grated a nerve?  At this point, we don’t have a good definition of “affordable” — or how to measure it fully and fairly. Many studies show that national health costs, while still rising, are not growing as fast as they once were. But what does that mean for individual patients? 

The Affordable Care Act has ushered in an era of complex new health insurance products featuring legions of out-of-pocket coinsurance fees, high deductibles and narrow provider networks. Though commercial insurers had already begun to shift toward such policies, the health care law gave them added legitimacy and has vastly accelerated the trend, experts say.

The theory behind the policies is that patients should bear more financial risk so they will be more conscious and cautious about health care spending. But some experts say the new policies have also left many Americans scrambling to track expenses from a multitude of sources — such as separate deductibles for network and non-network care, or payments for drugs on an insurer’s ever-changing list of drugs that require high co-pays or are not covered at all.

Obama care policies necessitate footing bills privately. For others, the constant changes in policy guidelines — annual shifts in what’s covered and what’s not, monthly shifts in which doctors are in and out of network — can produce surprise bills for services they assumed would be covered. For still others, the new fees are so confusing and unsupportable that they just avoid seeing doctors.

It is true that the Affordable Care Act has erased some of the more egregious practices of the American health insurance system that left patients bankrupt or losing homes to pay bills. Insurers can no longer deny coverage to those with pre-existing conditions, for example. And the new policies cap out-of-pocket spending so long as the patient receives care within the plan. Most important, the act has offered health insurance to an estimated 10 million Americans who did not have any, often by expanding Medicaid or providing subsidies.

So for now we all will feel as if we are paying til’ it HURTS!

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Text Neck and How to Safe Text!

Texting to much? 
Do you suffer from text neck?
Tips to safe texting.
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Binge Eating Disorder

Binge eating disorer 'BED"
The most common eating disorder among adults in the US, BED affects an estimated 2.8 million US adults and is more prevalent than anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa combined.
Having your neurotransmitter levels checked would be beneficial.
Improper Seratonin could be responsible for Binge eating.

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Running Barefoot and the reviews

With a few glimpses of spring showing up it will be tempting to hit the pavement. And you just may be shopping for your next running shoe.

Following 10 weeks of training, both groups received follow-up MRI studies. Neither group showed injuries or tissue changes to any of the structures in the lower leg, but over half of the participants wearing barefoot-style shoes had developed increased bone-marrow edema in the tarsals and metatarsal bones.

When it comes to injury prevention and running efficiency, it's much more important how you run than what you run in. Heel strikers, regardless of shoe, will sustain more impact injuries than those who land on their mid or forefoot and allow their arches to act as natural shock-absorbers. The most efficient and least-injury-prone runners shorten their stride, land on the forefoot, and keep the running motion smooth, light and flowing.
If you want to wear minimalist shoes, make sure you transition slowly.  Your body needs time to acclimate to the change in foot wear.

Run Smart
Run Strong
Run injury free

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The timeline of success or failure for New Year’s goals is fast approaching.

The timeline of success or failure for New Year’s goals is fast approaching. 

 In general it takes 40 days to convert a new activity into a habit.

I have listed a few tips that I hope encourage you to stay mounted on your 2015 goals.

Instead of working from the minute you wake up until you go to bed, what if you only worked six hours a day? Or four hours? This is hypothetical for most, however you’d probably use that limited time more effectively, and with more focus as well as more enthusiasm. 

Try to eat for health and not to fullness.

You might try to eat at specific times of the day rather than grazing all day.

When you grocery shop experiment and buy only foods that you find on the perimeter of the store. 

Incorporate spices in every dish you create.

Rather than spending mindlessly why not spend with total awareness.  If you go to the store with 50 dollars cash then you will shop with awareness.  Credit cards contribute to mindless spending.  This is truly tough to do.  It occurred to me the discipline it takes when I had left my wallet at home therefore I had to know what I was spending as I only had cash and a limited amount of cash on me.  I had to put several items back as I surpassed the amount of cash on me.  

If you want to succeed in a new activity rather it be reading the bible, working out, or engaging in a new hobby then I suggest scheduling time for it first thing in your day.

Living to empower others,

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DASH is the best diet

The DASH diet, rich in vegetables, whole grains and low-fat dairy, has been named the best overall diet for the fifth consecutive year, outpacing Weight Watchers and the Mediterranean diet, U.S. News & World Report said on Tuesday.



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Are you goin for a spin on a stationary bike???

It's a new year and it's time to change your routine up a bit! 
Cycling indoors can lack luster so try:
1 min. standing with increased resistance.
1 min. seated with average resistance.
3 min. with building your speed.
5 min. recovery       
and repeat 3 times.  and the time flies!!