I have a friend who practices Chiropractic in the region who had a health scare almost a year back. Late 30s, fit (sub 12% body fat), never smokes or drinks he was doing intense intervals on the treadmill for 45 minutes. After stepping off the treadmill a bit lightheaded and dizzy, but that only lasted for … Continue reading A “Stroke” of Luck
Just Show up…
Back when I was a little boy and my parents would argue I remember sitting in my room and covering my ears, sometimes lying facedown in bed with a pillow covering my ears.I didn’t like the sound and fury much back then. Hell, even the vacuum cleaner was too much in those wee days , … Continue reading Just Show up…
Bar Doctoring…
“Dr. Tafuro, we have a sick passenger in economy. She’s vomited twice can you come check on her.” *Narrators Voice*: And that’s when Marc regretted putting the Honorific “Dr.” in front of his name when booking his ticket I was Flying Business Class from Bangkok to HK, enroute to Beijing when the Flight attendant inquired … Continue reading Bar Doctoring…
Dodging Bias, Avoiding The Kill Shot
I'm even wearing my "Chiropractor by Day, Deadly Ninja by Night" Shirt. I also keep reading his handle as "Powersperm" A couple of months ago I found myself in a Twitter argument with a Chemist with 6,000 Imaginary friends, reminding me why you shouldn’t have substantive scientific arguments with the scientific illiterate with only 280 … Continue reading Dodging Bias, Avoiding The Kill Shot
“After the Adjustment…”
There is a period in the Chiroverse that transcends the normal 3-Dimensional limitations within the time-space continuum. This period of time is simply known as: “After the Adjustment” “After the adjustment” is not a set period of time which can be quantitatively measured but is very situational dependent. For example if a patient feels INSTANTANEOUS … Continue reading “After the Adjustment…”
Tipping the Scale
A couple of months back in Manila, right after friends complimenting me on being “skinny”, I proceeded to turn my body into an amusement park and gain 6 and a half pounds in 12 hours. This was accomplished by Tacos, Burritos, Beer and a just drunk enough to make a poor nutritional decision to eat … Continue reading Tipping the Scale
ᬩᬮᬶ – Island of Gods
“I need a towel” travels through my mind as I begin my travels in Kuta Beach, In Bali Indonesia 🇮🇩 Now, despite towels being reasonably cheap, the shop keepers try to “rip off” the tourists so I come with my mind Steele for war. In my mind I want a Towel for about $5 USD … Continue reading ᬩᬮᬶ – Island of Gods
There to Guide you Home…
She's still there in my Minds Eye You would never imagine it from the simulacra of an existence that I show you on Facebook, and the stagnant appearance of mature growth but I realize I’m getting old. I’m two years older than my dad was when he was rushed to the hospital for a Gall … Continue reading There to Guide you Home…
The Polio Comeback Tour
I came across this article and with a little bit under two dozen polio cases in Manila Philippines 🇵🇭 reported recently, I thought it was titanically unfair what the headline and the story were saying. The article blames The Philippines Department of Health expenditure cuts and, of course, vaccination rates in the high 60s for the “reemergence” … Continue reading The Polio Comeback Tour
Happy Birthday, Chiropractic!
124 years ago, today, Daniel David (DD) Palmer put the town of Davenport Iowa on the map when he performed a manual adjustment to the spine of a janitor, Harvey Lillard. Lillard, deafened seventeen years earlier after hearing a “pop in his back”, allowed Palmer to derive that if you “pop it back”, hearing could be … Continue reading Happy Birthday, Chiropractic!
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