After two weeks, the flooring has been shipped and is being installed!
We are close to the end, folks. Or the beginning, depending on your perspective.
Author: xiachiropractic
Chiropractor extraordinaire. (My first name is pronounced way way.)
Relief for back and neck pain
This is a great video! Have you tried these? Do they work for you?
Use it or lose it
I had to get foot surgery about three months ago. Before then, my preferred form of cardiovascular exercise was running. I started running (begrudgingly) when I was seventeen. I had just started at the University of Virginia, where I did ROTC. Running was a requirement. I gradually started enjoying it, and when I got out of the U.S. Army in 2013, I continued to run, up until my surgery. Every other morning, I would pick a direction, run until I got tired, turn around, and run back. Suffice it to say, my cardiovascular abilities were on point, but I haven’t run since my surgery.
Yesterday, I went to the beach. Along with swimming, we brought along a soccer ball. It’s been three months since I’ve been able to kick it around, and I thought I was well enough to be able to manage. After two goals each, I could barely catch my breath. I could not continue and had to ask for a time out. The game proceeded as follows: goal, break, goal, break, etc.
After years and years of running, three months away from it reduced my cardiovascular health to this point. It is both humbling and humorous. If you don’t use it, don’t be surprised when, not if, you lose it.
I’ll be exploring more aerobic activities for the rest of summer. Suggestions are welcome.
California dreaming
I wrote my undergraduate thesis on dreaming. While my research and professional interests have shifted since then, I continue to keep up with the latest revelations of psychology. Here’s an excellent overview of classic questions and current answers on dreams and dreaming.
Some more progress
Look! A newly remodeled bathroom!
A door! And lights!
Building progress
Almost there! Lights are being installed, and the tile in the bathroom has gone down.
What the neuroscientists say on the pursuit of happiness
I found this article to be very interesting.
What had been your experience with these common life strategies? Did they work? I’m curious if different people experience greater effectiveness in some of these methods than others.
The latest and greatest from Harvard
Look! đź‘€ A 2017 article from Harvard Medical School about alternative treatments for low back pain. Spinal manipulation is mentioned.
Let’s compare that to an updated 2016 article from Harvard about chiropractic. Notice the difference in tone between these two articles?
“Life is the expression of tone. In that sentence is the basic principle of chiropractic.” ~D.D. Palmer
Making over the clinic
When I first saw the clinic, on 26 April 2017, it looked like this:
It took imagination, but I signed the lease. Here’s the 30 May 2017 portrait:
From then on, I started dropping by regularly. On 9 June 2017, it was like this:
Inspections started soon after. Here was the status on 16 June 2017:
22 June 2017
27 June 2017
29 June 2017
4 July 2017
And then, a drastic change on 11 July 2017!
The first coat of paint was applied on 18 July 2017.
And today, 20 July 2017, it was like this:
That, my friends, is progress.
How to be more active
- Start small.”Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.” ~Vincent van Gogh
- Set goals.”Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success.” ~Pablo Picasso
- Make it a habit.”If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.” ~Colin Powell
- Make it important.”The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.” ~Stephen Covey
- Track progress.”All motions may be accelerated or retarded, but the true, or equable, progress of absolute time is liable to no change.” ~Isaac Newton
- Switch it up.”The essence of the beautiful is unity in variety.” ~Felix Mendelssohn