Stand for What YOU believe in...

A braintrust, dear friend and fellow Chiropractor told me about a year ago, when I was on one of my rants about allopathy and their lack of respect for humanity told me....stand three times stronger for what you believe and let it all sort out, and I am working at it.  Almost said I am trying, but try means that you are just not committed to doing it, and the only thing you do effectively by trying is sleeping!

It is my feeling  that you should fight for your own principles, you should have a code of ethics...a vision...values that you will stick your feet in the ground and you will not budge.  Called having courage.  Sometimes when you do the "right thing" it creates that "unpopularity that the uncourageous or the weanies will not like, example...sending letters to you that do not have a signature or return address or posting a response without using their name or email....hmm examples that I will address later. Stand strong for right is right and moral!!!

But you have to have the courage to take a stand, without flinching or retreating even when it is unpopular and NOT flinch...obviously I am talking here when that courage is of HIGH MORAL VALUE and is a massive WIN for humanity!!!!  Moral courage will challenge that risk on your principles, don't ever lose your principles, as they are your authentic blueprint of WHO you are on the inside.  So take a stand and hold strong on your values and principles and don't fold.

Where I am going with this...I love this profession of ChiropracTIC so strong that I will take a stand for what IT is.  The IT is what it is all about, what is YOUR IT.  IT is your line in the sand, where do you draw.  The IT to me is what allows humanity to live the lifestyle of THEIR dreams, to allow humanity to live a lifestyle to their full potential.  For some reason we have grown to believe that adding chemistry to the body makes it run body, "BS," now before the panic hits (on both sides) there are times that allopathic intervention is required, but at the rate that we are going, enuf...better life through better chemisty, that model is well, STUPID.  Do you really believe that AMERICAN home sapiens were genetically made as we evolved to need for narcotics, let's think back to our great-grandparents, they did NOT require the mass amount of "new and improved drugs" as they aged, but today we do...if we continue down this path can you imagine the amount that "the experts" will say we "need!" Time to change and change fast, this new generation of kids, for the first time, have a lower life expectancy than their parents...mom's and dad's here is your line in the sand.

I firmly believe that the ChiropracTIC adjustment does things beyond what we can even fathom on what is  occuring in the body...and that you are sooo better off with and adjustment than without one.  Not just for the aspect of pain, what I mean is you do NOT have to have "pain" to get adjusted...what we do is utilize the Insight Subluxation Station to measure the FUNCTION of the body, if there is evidence of a subluxation, not just pain, then an adjustment should be performed to allow the body to adapt better to it's external environment.

But if we do not address the stress factors that the body is being exposed too and reduce or eliminate them, well the subluxations will continue and evolve, to what I do not KNOW???  It is our responsibility as DOCTORS  of ChiropracTIC to educated the practice member on the LIFE, because part of the DOCTOR "title" is to educate, NOT dictate (leave that to the allopaths) on what is going on with the practice members body...to educate...to teach..to lead them to a better lifestyle.  If ALL (and for those who wish to blow a gasket...I mean this in the manner that there is MORE to do for our practice members and humanity..so relax) we are doing is getting a person out of pain...and when that pain factor sets in, it does feel good, but there is more, if we do NOT address the incorrect lifestyle choices, won't the subluxation return??  Should you not break the pattern of poor lifestyle choices to improve life, after all isn't that what ChiropracTIC is all about?

Our office is proud to be affiliated with an organization that our practice members can contact to be their Wellness Coach, to allow them, at their own lesiure contact someone who is engaged in positive lifestyle choices, to increase the lasting results of the Spinal Adjustment...believe it or not I received a letter with a non-return, NOT signed by a local Chiropactor...sadly I know who it is cause I recognize his handwriting mocking our office for taking that next step....saying that what we do is BS.  Really...you see I stand strong for what I believe, that in addition to delivering a Spinal Adjustment that my practice members

 deserve more and it is MY belief that we should coach them to better lifestyle choices, so we created an alliance with a organization that Coaches people to that...and WE proudly endorse that with our signature, we are NOT afraid post our name it.

You see some in the public are actually more afraid of their own limitations and to make an excuse for that limitation they knock down those who BELIEVE in what they are doing, you know an excuse that you give is a lie that you believe is true.  Or as Zig Ziglar says and excuse is only made to please yourself...so are you happy.

It's as Simple as That...

The body is a self regulating, self maintaining organism that is in complete control of the master control..THE NERVE SYSTEM!!!  If the nerve system is interfered with the bodies ability to regulate and maintain, well pretty simple does not occur efficiently, it's as simple as that!!!

But here is what is scary, the masses do not understand the simple foundation of how our bodies tend to break down or start to function to less than 100%, and we just accept the fact that it is "supposed" to happen.  And when this "supposed" to happen, happens, the answer comes in some form of narcotics...another motion, lotion or potion...yep that's it the answer to good health is like rubbing the a bottle and out she pops when the answer to health..just like in the old tv show "I Dream of Jeannie." 

Never mind the fact that MEDICAL ERRORS rank right up there with the best for DEATH in this country!!!  And this is avoidable. In addition it has been stated that 90% of the "sick" care dollar is spent in the last 6 months of your life, for CHRONIC diseases...these are diseases that are avoidable, and the same diseases that humanity has had narcotics shoved down their throat for!!!  And....it is estimated that by 2o5o sick care will cost 5 TRILLION dollars in this country...this all can be reduced and for the most part avoided!

I heard Dr. Reikmann state that 83% of Chiropractors refer to allopaths, i.e., they refer their practice members to them for care, but only 17% of allopaths will refer to CHIROPRACTORS.  Wonder why that is...freakin ego, that's what it is.  In my 20+ years in practice I hear it daily,"my medical doctor doesn't think I should be here, or he doesn't believe in you (same dorks that give narcotics..place their belief in chemicals versus the bodies outstanding potential) or I have tried everything but my medical doctor won't send me to you."  Comes down to ego, not what is right for the human...you see the body always knows what to do, we just have to hear what it is telling us...and the time is TODAY!!!

This is how cool the body is...have you ever forgot anything, you know you go to store and on your way home you realize that you forgot something or you have to make a list...happens to all of us.  But here is what is soooo cool...the body does NOT forget, it always knows what to do.  Imagine if your body forgot to say, filter your blood at the right time or the brain decided not to send that impulse to the rest of the body to tell it what to do at that precise time...it doesn't, the body always knows.  WHY???

Innate intelligence, that's why...we were born to BE healthy and function fully, we were NOT born to require the assistance of narcotics or the removal of organs as we age, unlike what America allopathy thinks...or that our nations youth need more stinking drugs in their beautiful little bodies!!!

What creates our body not to work "right?"  Our poor lifestyles..pretty simple.  We induce such physical, chemical and emotional stressors on our bodies, that they have to adapt in a way to protect us, they have to adapt...that adaptive process, that WE as Doctors of Life/Health look for is callled the Vertebral Subluxation Complex.

Here is a simple way to look at it...we have a refrigerator full of food, we overload the circuit that the frig plugs into, it BLOWS!!!    We keep tripping the breaker or in worst case scenarios we don't know until we open it up and smell stinky food!!

What do you do, I know add more chemicals to the outlet, no remove the outlet and say heck with it!!  No, I got it, just put new food in...none of this works does it...that's called the medical approach...it is failing and it costs a ton of cash!!! Bad idea!!

Why not find out why it is blowing...remove that stressor, maintain that circuit, monitor the frig, it's temperature...wouldn't that be more cost effective...that's called Chiropractic!!! 

A subluxation is a disturbance in your nerve system, the same nerve system that regulates the human body, the first system developed in you as you are "growing" in mom's tummy, the only system encased FULLY in bone and last system to get checked..well no more!!

I am challenging everyone to get their nerve system checked, make sure it is functioning to IT'S full ability, and if not find out why and get it taken care of!!  Because if the subluxation were not corrected what do you think will happen to your health 5 years from now..10 years from now or more??  I don't like chances when I know there is a solution..remember the body never forgets, it knows what to do and the body is controlled by the nerve system...not BIG PHARMA!!

It's as simple as that....

WE are taking it ONE step further--for YOU!!

Here is what I have learned from the best selling author and my dear friend Gary Ryan Blair, exceed all expectations, go that extra mile, it's what makes you IT...and we your health, lifestyle and wellness team at Koca Chiropractic Clinic do for you..we just went that extra mile.

As I travel across the United States, in last 4 days have been in Minneapolis, Omaha, Chicago and Newark...yes, ready to be home.  But what I have found that I strive for a healthy obsession for ABOVE outstanding customer service and we work to exceed our promises for you, the greatest practice members on the planet.  We constantly keep up with developments in our field and other fields that we can apply for you...which is what I did this past weekend.  Spent the last two days with Alex Mandossian..pretty simple wow!!!

So before I share with you, here are some core values that we are implementing, and once again, thank you Gary Ryan Blair, as it is your guidance, inspiration and program;  www.startfastfinishstrong.com  that has inspired us to go WAY above--my recommendation to you all, check it out..do it!!

So, here it is, for the past weeks we have been "hinting" about what is coming, and I have been searching for a period of time to find this.  But not searching hard enough! In March when we (my family and I) had the opportunity to spend some extra time with Gary, he challenged me to step up to the plate and deliver, and when I say that he challenged me, HE DID.

I know we do a great job of correcting your vertebral subluxations, which is the event that you have come to our office with, THANK YOU, and we discuss lifestyle changes with you and coach you to become more cognitive of them.  Well ONE STEP more for you....in addition to us doing that for you, lets make this a team, I have hired YOU a COACH!!!

I have four coaches that I work with, Brian who helps me physically, as I have decided to step up to the plate and go to the gym--consistently and hard core, well for me; Dr. Plasker who gets in my head to talk the TIC (Chiropractic), Heidi who coaches my team and Gary who is MY LIFE coach.  And I have to tell you I take advantage of their gifts for me.  I just  hired a team Internet Optimization coaches for my wife...yep more work for her, but watch the cool stuff we will present to you, and she has a physical coach too, and a LIFE coach..yep Gary!!!!

So I thought how selfish of me, for the greatest practice members on the planet, they need a coach..well you have one..starting May 1st!!!  Please read the letter below it provides you with some basic starting information, oh yes, and your family can take advantage of this too...why not...they deserve the best too. If you have any questions please ask myself or one of our AWESOME team members..please take advantage of this powerful opportunity....YOU will be glad you did.  I have utilized coaching for years, and provide it for other Chiropractors!!

i am truly blessed to be in YOUR life..thank you for the opporutnity!!!

Dear Friends,

It is no secret that America is experiencing a significant health care crisis. In fact, leaders predict that the skyrocketing cost of health care threatens to bankrupt our country. Currently, over 50% of personal bankruptcies in the U.S. are related to medical debt and over 70% of our health care dollars go toward treating the effects of preventable lifestyle-related conditions.

Our health care system is in crisis and something must be done about it. That is why I am excited about a new service I am offering. In an effort to become part of the health care solution, beginning May 1, 2010 all active patients at Koca Chiropractic Clinic will have access to work with a professional wellness coach via telephone, email or instant messaging to help you.

I am offering this program you and our community, free of charge. That’s right, at no additional charge to you, you can work one-on-one with a professional wellness coach from the convenience of your own telephone or computer so that you can experience better health through better living.

Why am I doing this? Well, recently I was inspired by a book I read titled Discover Wellness: How staying healthy can make you rich by two of my good friends and colleagues Dr. Bob Hoffman and Dr. Jason A. Deitch. The book became an instant bestseller and I believe lays out the foundation for the ultimate solution to America’s health care crisis.

Doctors just like me across America are part of a new movement of wellness professionals, committed to putting the “health” and the “care” back into our health care system. This is one of many ways you will see me demonstrating my commitment to serving our community.

Our office is a community wellness resource center, offering monthly Discover Wellness Presentations designed to help you understand what you can do to achieve better health and greater wealth. It’s my goal for more people to realize that their health is their greatest asset, the more of it you have, the wealthier you are.

I hope that you will take advantage of the free wellness coaching & wellness presentations I am offering you, your family, your friends and our community. I am even willing to offer Discover Wellness Presentations at our local churches, civic groups, non-profits and businesses so that they too can become part of the ultimate health care solution.

I am thankful that you have chosen me to be your wellness doctor and I sincerely appreciate the opportunity to be of service to you. If you have any questions about these new services, if you would like to invite me to speak at your workplace or group, or if you would like to refer someone to our wellness center, please call Koca Chiropractic Clinic at 402-496-4570.

Stay healthy & be rich,

Dr. Lyle Koca

Look at the results!!

Have you ever noticed that when you do some"thing" quick, easy, convenient in the end it wasn't a good idea, actually costs you more time, money and energy in the end.  And in some cases ends up far worse than you thought!!

We have been honored for the past week to be a member of a select group of participants in a program designed to improve your results of behaviors called The Blair Project.  The program is based upon Gary Ryan Blair's Start Fast Finish Strong,which I HIGHLY recommend when it comes "open" again in January.  It is 100 days of changing what you are doing, with a massive degree of personal responsibility.

Every morning it starts off with a 3-6 video or audio with associated homework that relates back to your initial day of setting up your end result, all based upon Start with the end in mind.  It takes dedication, discipline, perseverance and personal integrity, but in the end if you follow the program WITHOUT TAKING SHORT CUTS,  maximum achievements are attained.

The essence of the program is simple, behavior never lies.  So with that in mind over the next weeks are going to follow the program, with the intent of guiding you to success.

As I begin another year in my voyage of Chiropractic, coordinated EPOC and the best job, a father it all ties in, you need to get serious about your life, RIGHT NOW.  Because if you do NOT you will get leftovers, not the main course, and I want YOU to have the main course.  Get serious about what you are doing, stop blaming someone else for what you have.

I have had the opportunity to work firsthand with many people, pretty simple, stop blaming the "environment" for what is happening to you, there are two things that happen in this world, things you can control and things you cannot, focus on what you can and quit blaming someone else.

Take massive action in your life, for my practice members and their family this is my call to you, TODAY TAKE action on changing your life, don't wait for someone else to do it for you.  We have dedicated our clinic to helping you change your lifestyle as we help your bodies stress adaptability syndrome, i.e, the subluxation in your spine that is presently creating your situation.

Take advantage of what we have to offer for you, along with our office visits, we have weekly workshops to help guide you, weekly podcasts, a mass amount of information of our webpage, www.KocaChiropractic.com, our facebook page and coming May 1st, oh wait, cannot tell you yet...sorry!!  But it is cool.  I know there is the catch word "wellness Doctors,"  and I LOVE the fact that we as Doctors of Chiropractic are heading the wellness revolution, or we should be, because I am pretty sure that narcotics, surgery and wellness are not synonymous, but what does that mean...how do we define wellness.  Well that is what we are going to do for you, we are taking our clinic and your health to a whole new dimension on May 1st...but until then take advantage of what we presently offer..and look for what is coming in May!!!

You see we have taken bold audacious steps for you to achieve the lifestyle of your dreams, and when that time comes no more procrastinating to make that change, before it is too late..the time is today, the time to make changes in your life are finite..so do it!!

So with this in mind, here is what I want YOU to do today...define the lifestyle that YOU want, be specific, as the world does not operate in vague..define exactly what a Wellness/Healthy Lifestyle is for you.  Which means you want a different "life," then get ready to design that new life, and watch for us to help you coming May 1st, along with what we are already offer.

Be Well-Be GREAT---YOU DESERVE IT!!

Dr. Lyle

Finishing up--then something more!!

Okay--so we are near the end of the basics of eating....but I promise we are going to come back to this stuff...here is my guarantee.  I read alot of blog articles and posts and they are canned and not original..I will be ME, simple and straight forward..not some "outlined" story.

I think that way and so do most humans, so want you to get it from me.  Just started reading The China Study and The Paleo Diet-wow, we eat rotten and think rotten.  Also spending some more time reading information from Dr. Dan Murphy, probably one of the smartest people on the planet(this is where the last two posts have come from, and this one).

I highly recommend purchasing and reading these two books-for nutrition books, pretty simple read.  Face it..nutrition can be pretty boring.  But these two and Dr. Murphy put some great "flavor" on it that makes it tasty?

Okay--last of the Fat Burning Rules as per Dr. Dan Murphy:
1)  Eat lots of raw and steamed vegetables, some fruit--especially apples, and raw nuts.  These fruits are NOT okay because they are high in sugar and low in fiber:  bananas, dates, figs, raisins, canned fruit, dried fruit and mangoes.
2)  Exercise, a combination of weight training and aerobics is best ( I have just started doing this for the past 4 weeks and feel great!!)
3)  Sleep a minimum of 7 hours per night.
4)  Avoid abnormal sources of estrogen and estrogen-like compounds:  birth control pills, hormone replacement therapy, soy based foods.  Eat organic produce only.  If the foods you are eating are NOT organic fruits, vegetables and meats, you are consuming foods that have been exposed to pesticides, insecticides, antibiotics, herbicides, fungicides and estrogens.  All of these stop fat burning and increase fat storage.
5)  Take the anti-inflammatory dose of fish oil supplements.  This requires 3 grams per day.
6)  Take a multivitamin/mineral supplement every day.

Okay-there we are 16 Fat Burning Rules..no excuses and start a new you today!!!

So next week something different--deciding whether on the 100 Year Lifestyle, more food stuff on the "BE."  Guess will have to see what innate says or what I read on the internet...going to follow my heart.

Wish you the best and always staying original!!

Dr. Lyle

More Food Thinking For Ya!!

So we are 7 days into the Perfect Plan--okay thats sarcasm--really do you think that Nancy Pelosi-Reid-Obama know "health" care--and they are going to tell YOU what you need and what you are going to pay--so BEware--advice--start making lifestyle changes to promote YOUR health and well being, because you do NOT want to get sick!!!

There are some great reads out there for food/nutrition advice, check these out on Amazon.com:

In Defense of Food by Michael Pollen, Fast Food Nation, Food Rules, Food Inc., The China Study---really good reads for some food advice!!!

Some simple rules for foods are this--if it comes in a can or box, survives a nuclear war and then you can eat it---hmmmm, bad choice for food, BUT if you set it on your shelf and 3 days later--thats the type of food you want to it!! Pretty simple!!

A new big hot idea for fruits--check out Pomegranate--great for the heart and anti-oxidants, also always take your Omega 3's!! You have a thyroid problem--stay away from Gluten, keep gluten free diet!!

You like the diet sodas--research has shown that they damage the appetite control center, which causes you to crave more and increase your weight!!!

Okay 5 more Fat Burning Rules:

1) Do not consume MSG or aspartame.

2) Do not consume high fructose corn syrup.

3) Do not consume grains because they are carbohydrates.

4) Do not drink alcohol.

5) Keep your stress as low as possible--YEP THATS RIGHT GET ADJUSTED!!

Pretty simple stuff--next week a few more, then we step into some goal stuff!!

WOW Did I learn something!!

Initially after this "landmark" day I was going to Blog about the "new" sick care system that will be in place--but THOT I would calm down a TON before I did that.

So with that in mind, this past weekend we had our NCPA State Convention--essentially a gathering of Chiropractors---so the State of Nebraska had to be without Chiropractors!!! But we had the opportunity to hear one of the most intelligent people on the planet--Dr. Dan Murphy, fellow Chiropractor--pretty simple, wow did I learn something.

As I grow wiser I have become more fascinated with "foods" and nutrients--and along with that some interesting things come to mind, we are destined to live 100 years old, by the year 2050 it is estimated there will be 2-4 MILLION people around the age of 100!!! And I choose, and have dedicated myself to guiding you to live to that point healthy!!! And...for the first time ever two things are happening, for the first time ever Children born today have a life span less than ours--why OBESITY and for the first time ever we are dying of OBESITY and NOT starvation--this must change--so here som rules from Dr. Dan Murphy on Fat Burning Rules--enjoy:

We will start out with 5--there are 16 but want to work you in easy--so lets set a goal to hit these first 5 this week!!

1) Never eat after dinner

Never go to bed on a full stomach

Try to finish eating dinner at least 3 hours before bed

Try to allow 11-12 hours between dinner and breakfast

2) Do not snack between meals

Eat only 3 meals per day

Try to allow 5-6 hours between meals, eating 20 grams of protein (minimum) with each

meal will help one to do this

3) Do not each large meals, and when you eat, eat slowly. It takes 20-30 minutes for the leptin signals to turn off the hunger centers of the brain.

4) Never skip breakfast, and make sure breakfast contain at least 20 grams of protein.

5) Do not eat refined carbohydrates; this is the most important rule; Sugary drinks including juice, all sugary foods, breads, pastas, potatoes and rice.

More to come next week--but friends--it is up to YOU to change your health--with what just happened it is time to BEcome proactive--and we are here for you to awaken and empower you to LIVE your BEST life.

Dr. Lyle