As a chiropractor, I have a desire to see that all of my patients and anyone I come across gets to live a healthy life to the fullest extent.  I try to work with people on reaching their goals in health, whatever they may be.  I have been finding a common theme recently with people    Read More →

This past Sunday I ran the Austin Livestrong Marathon in Austin, TX.  It was really a different experience for me. As I had mentioned previously, although I am a runner, my primary area of expertise is in sprinting. Plus, I had never competed in an event this large. It was really quite cool to see    Read More →

Well, it’s under 2 weeks left to go until my marathon.  What started as a long journey 12 weeks ago is finally coming to a close. This weekend was a very positive one for me. I knocked out a 21 mile run for the first time ever. I was surprisingly fitter than I thought I    Read More →

So here I am, just a little over 2 weeks out. I’m not going to lie to you.  I am ridiculously nervous about this.  Unfortunately, training hasn’t gone as well as I would have liked it to.  Still, I will not be denied.  I will continue to move forward and will finish this no matter    Read More →

The marathon is approaching faster than I’d like it to.  I’ll be honest with you, this has been tough trying to get ready for this.  I find myself doing everything but training in many cases.  Trying to manage all the roles I have in my life is difficult.  As a parent, you want to be    Read More →

So it’s a new year. Like many, maybe you have vowed to lose that spare tire around your stomach. Maybe you have resolved to stop eating so much junk food, stop drinking so much, get rid of sodas or junk food or whatever your vice may be.  Perhaps you have decided this is the year    Read More →

As I mentioned last week, my wife and I signed up to run the LiveStrong Austin Marathon on February 17th.  I have recently started trying to get some small increases in my mileage as to not hurt myself and at the same time get myself ready.  I have to say, this is an odd feeling    Read More →

I took the plunge this week.  There’s no backing out now.  I must be crazy.  Do I really know how far it is?  Am I really going to be up to it?  If all this sounds odd, I signed up for the Livestrong Austin Marathon.  Yep, that’s right.  I’m going to run 26.2 miles.  I    Read More →

In our series on what you can learn from the Olympians, I wanted to discuss some things that I find very important.  I love to watch the Olympics because I admire all the athletes for all the hard work and sacrifice they have put in over the years. This leads me to my first point,    Read More →

As someone who is always working to find the best ways to help my patients, I find myself reading and listening to people who have tasted success in whatever their respective field may be.  My most recent favorite is Eric Thomas the Hip Hop Preacher.  One of the things he talks about over and over    Read More →