How Well Does Your Body Adapt?

Adaptation is thee most critical function of the human body.  It is the sole purpose of and reason for having a central nerve system; the brain, spinal cord and nerves.  The adaptive process is constantly at work in our body to help us live every moment at full potential.  So what if this process isn't working at its best?  What if your life just doesn't seem to be functioning at the level it could be?

It's time to find out WHY? 

Instead of wondering or hoping it gets better, why not get it figured out NOW so you can begin to live at the level you were created to!

The Chiropractic profession is in the business of helping people adapt to their full potential.  If you have a subluxation in your spine (misalignment) it will reduce your body's overall ability to adapt and this will limit everything that happens in your life.  Your immune function, energy levels, sleep quality, relationships, and thousands of other NORMAL processes will be limited. 

Get your spine and nerve system checked TODAY!!

Now You Know...

KiroKidman

Thriving in Chaos

Sounds impossible right?  Like, how in the world could anyone even remotely begin to wade thru the muck of trials and tribulations and see success at the other end?  Let's take a closer look.  Let's ask a few questions that can help us get a different view of this.

What is chaos?  Chaos is defined as complete disorder and confusion.  Kids screaming, overloaded work schedule, car broke down...all at the same time!  If we have disorder and confusion the first thing we need to do is define what would be order and clarity.  What would be the ideal state so we know what that looks like and then we can begin to break it into parts and start putting order to it.

Next, what does it mean to thrive?  Thrive is defined as to prosper; flourish; grow or develop well or vigorously.  Amazing relationships, joy and fulfillment at work, financial peace...all at the same time!  Again this is where we need to define what our own definition of thriving would be in our life.  Understanding the vision of what that would look like will make it possible to lay out the steps to make it a reality.  

So...how do we Thrive in Chaos?  Be crystal clear on what you want your life to look like!  Have it in pictures, drawings, write it down!  The more clearly you can see it,  the more powerful the drive will be to get there!  Then when you are in the valleys of chaos, when life seems like it could never get any worse, you will always have that clarity of your vision that will pull you thru the muck and keep you on the journey to your vision!  

Want a hint at how do this faster?  Get a nerve system check-up from your family's Chiropractor to ensure that your body is adapting to all the stresses in your life to the best of it's ability!  Call Today!

Now You Know...

KiroKidman

It is your RESPONSE-ABITLITY

Success...a simple put beyond powerful word, and the beauty of it, you get to define what success means to you.  However be aware when you choose to BE successful, and my hope for you is that you do, you must know, Success is YOUR duty, it is YOUR obligation.  You see when you make the decision that you want to be successful...it is your obligation to do so.

Choose what you want to strive for in life, take ownership of what you want to be successful for and demand from yourself the dedication, hard work, courage!!  Realize to yourself that it is earned, deserved and respected.

So what are you going to do to go and get it?

Perseverance: It's All About the Vision

'Ain't no mountain high enough, ain't no valley low enough, ain't no river wide enough to keep me from getting to you!'

The words of the infamous Motown song talked about nothing stopping him from getting to the one he loved.  He would go over a mountain or through a river to get there. 

Our lives can be one big obstacle to getting to where we want to be.  There are two things that separate those that reach their goals and those that don't.  Perseverance and Vision.

You have to have a vision so clear that it is impossible not to be motivated to attain it.  That is when perseverance comes easy because that is where you will always be looking to go. 

The problem lies when we are cloudy in our vision and our thots are opposite of where we want to go.  Doubts, fears and whispers start to creep in.  Sound familiar?

Start by creating a vision so big and so clear that you will need an army to help you accomplish it.  Then you will never need anything else to keep you motivated through the valleys and tough times.  You will always have that crystal-clear vision to push you on and help you to persevere through the tough times!

Now You Know

KiroKidman

What If...

What if?

That is the question that should never..ever..haunt you.  So today commit to no more "What If's" and look forward to that present encounter...then the next encounter...live each day for that next breath, not that last one.

We are limited with days...so why not enjoy all of them?  That is truly one thing I have committed to doing so with my wife and daughter, live with NO regrets.

So what are you going to change today?  No more What IFS!!!

Chiropractic and Holiday Stress

Holidays...for many people this word brings anxiety, fear and copious amounts of stress.

Gifts, recitals, parties, gatherings and the chaos of the season affects millions of people every single year.

The interesting thing about the Holidays is this:  We KNOW they are coming and we still ALLOW the stress to overwhelm us!!!

So what can we do about it???  Well we can either decide what stressors we want to eliminate, ie., buying fewer gifts, going to fewer recitals and parties and CHOOSING to enjoy the holidays and all they encompass.  Or we can do something to increase or ability to handle the stress and chaos better.

By enhancing our body's ability to adapt to stress we allow our body to grow stronger for stressful events in the future.  This allows us to handle the events better and minimizes adverse effects that stress can lead to.

The BEST way to do this is to have your nerve system evaluated by a Chiropractor to see how well you are adapting to stressors in your life!  The sooner you do this the sooner you experience a higher quality of life during the Holidays!

Now You Know...

Kiro Kidman

Don't Stop BElieving

Have you ever had that cool, awesome dream that you wanted to see come true, only to let it slip away because it was just 'too far' out of reality.
Or have you ever thought that it would be cool to save up some money for that amazing trip or that really fast car...only to think later that it would take too long to save or would never be able to happen.
WHY?  Why do you keep killing your dreams?  Why do you allow them to just fizzle out without giving it serious thought and planning to make it become a reality?
When Tiger Woods was a young boy he made a poster.  On that poster he set out his plan for his golf career.  On one side of the poster was all of Jack Nicklaus' records and the age Jack was when he reached them.  On the right was a column where Tiger would fill in his age when he broke each one of Jack's records.  You all know the rest of the story.
Dreams take planning.  They take a mountain of commitment.  And above all else they take the BElief that YOU can achieve them.  Because that is the very inner power that has to BE present in order for your dreams to come true.  YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY HAPPEN!  When you do believe...THEY WILL COME TRUE!
Now You Know...
KiroKidman

Commit to Simplify Your Life

Commitment is a word that is taken many different ways...unfortunately.
To be committed to something means to be all-in, no holding back, and in it for the long haul.  It does not mean sometimes, when I feel like it, or if it is easy or feels right.  You cannot have your cake and eat it too.  Commitment takes effort, energy and focus.
To be committed means that it is something that you hold very dear to you and want to see it through to the end or completion.  It may mean that you are in it to make it better than what you found it.  It means that you will give all your power and resources to see that you put everything that you possibly can into it.
To be committed you simplify your life to focus on the things that matter most to you.  Your family, your career, or maybe your faith/belief systems.  Everything that increases your commitment to the things in your life that you hold dear are amplified.  Anything that takes time, energy or focus away from those things you are committed to get set aside.  Not because they aren't fun or cool or enjoyable, but because they take away from the commitment you set to giving your best to those things that mean the most in your life.
What are you committed to most in your life?  Are there things that are keeping you from reaching the level of commitment you desire to have?  When are you going to simplify your life to reach the highest level of commitment possible?
Now You Know...
Kiro Kidman

Seriously!!!

It amazes me the FEAR tactics that the media can and will put into a society.  Here we are middle of January, and they are tallking about the WORST FLU SEASON EVER....and that hospitals are filling up...they are running out of tamiflu....FEAR FEAR FEAR...seriously.
I wonder why they would do this?  Considering every year  IT IS THE WORST season ever...then they go back and say, OH it wasn't that bad.  It is the flu...I remember in the 70's when I was a young child, if you allowed your body to not function properly...read this again, let me help you...if you allowed your body to not function properly, aka, you got run down, you expressed illness...the flu...and you battled it.
Why all of the sudden does EVERYONE need vaccinated for this...will it prevent...read the label on Tami Flu and the insert grom Glaxo...NO...then WHY are they pushing it...ONE SIMPLE ANSWER MONEY...and what really is that stuff they are putting in you?  Have you ever wondered to ask them...and if they answer, can you believe them.
So here is what you do...YOU LIVE YOUR LIFE THROUGH YOUR NERVE SYSTEM, it is the master controlling system...when it is functioning properly, your ability to ADAPT to stressors are BETTER...enuf said.  More to do, if you allow your garden to get weeks, which means you do not take care of the garden, the GOOD plants in the garden will be pushed out by bad plants, keep the garden healthy...so you get what YOU want.
Or one more..do rats cause garbage or does their have to BE garbage for rats.  I think you can answer that one on your own.
I seriously recommend you ask more questions and think about 10-20-50 years ago...watch the fear mongering, what is the motivation and what is in that stuff they are injecting into your body?
Kiroman

Hard Hit..

Picked up our local newspaper this morning (Sunday) and on my way to the sports page came across the headlines in our "Midlands" about "Pertussis wracking up big numbers."  First thing I thought here we go another scare tactic by big pharma, guess what SPOT ON!!
Come on, with the Flu Scare, let's through another one at the public, oh wait more profit!!! How do these people sleep...I know in a REALLY BIG BED...in a REALLY BIG HOUSE with REALLY BIG BODY GUARDS protecting these pathological truth mistellers!!!
If the host is healthy...you being the host...you keep the "bugs" away...it's as simple as that...one key way...SEE YOUR DOCTOR OF CHIROPRACTIC...WHO ADJUSTS YOUR SPINE so you can maximize your full expression of life!!
Interesting "lines"from the article..with my personal opinion in italics..."Why are some places hit harder than others?  Officials say it's the luck of draw, because the disease spreads easily through coughs or sneezes."  Seriously "luck of the draw," yep that's it...how about if you..the host is unhealthy, when they cough or sneeze around you, and your immune system is suppressed you will be more likely to not express life...oh wait, that doesn't sell magic potion!!
"Maybe a couple of people in a l0cale get whooping cough, don't cover their mouths when they sneeze, and wind up spreading the disease to others."  Okay "get" the only thing you get, well if you have heard me speak, you know what you get...but to clean it up...how did the FIRST PERSON GET IT YOU DINK!!!  And based on that...then EVERYONE in sneezing distance would "GET" it and those that don't are the unlucky or ungetters...NO THEIR HOST WAS HEALTHY!!
"Officials blame the illness new vaccine, which has fewer side effects."  Wait there are side effects...but you say they are safe!!
The old vaccine sometimes made children seize.  Yea that's what I want...to have my child SEIZE!!  Do you suppsose the reason behind this is to SELL MORE INJECTIONS and CREATE MORE PROFIT???
And the article ends with this proverbial statement..."the pertussis vaccine reduces the likelihood that you'll get it again, but it doesn't eliminate it."  READ THIS CLOSE reduce the likelihood but not eliminate...AGAIN HOW ABOUT KEEPING THE HOST HEALTHY!!
I close with this Kirworld...why do you suppose some get sick and some don't?  How about comparing non-vaccinated flareups with vaccinated flareups and that study done independently?  Just sayin....

Rock on...
Kiroman

Kids on Drugs...Are you serious??

I have to vent today after hearing several heartbreaking stories of children on mind-altering pharmaceutical prescriptions.  Namely schedule II classified controlled substances.  These include Ritalin, Adderall, Cocaine, Methadone, and Speed.  YES, you read that correctly...Ritalin is in the same classification as Cocaine!!
We are prescribing these drugs too kids at earlier ages than ever before and for reasons that are absolutely crazy at best!  I read an article from a very well-known newspaper recently where schools are giving these drugs to kids just so that they can get better grades in school!!  Seriously...no ADD/ADHD, no attention issues, or hyperactivity...solely so that they can get better grades and school.   And the PARENTS are OK with this!!  What kind of world are we living in today??
These same drugs have been a HUGE part of every school and mall shooting over the last 10 years in our country.  Every one of the kids who has taken another human beings life has been on these drugs that can cause psycotic episodes, euphoria, and life-threatening outbursts!
This is not normal...it is becoming all too common in our world today.  This has to stop before we become a world of over-drugged, doped up zombies.  This is not how we were designed to live our lives and their is a much better way of dealing with this issue!  It's called living your life thru an optimally functioning Nerve System!! Get your spine and Nerve System checked TODAY!!
What do these drugs do to normal, healthy people??
Now You Know...
KiroKidman

Up to YOU

So often we try to BE who we are not or blame someone or thing for what is happening...you determine your destiny, your thots and actions create what is happening to you.  So if you don't like it, simple change it.
It's as simple as this....YOUR DECISIONS, good or bad, will create ACTIONS...and then consequences occur.  And in my travels sharing with other Chiropractors I see this so often, and even in my life as well!!!  Yes, I confess, sometimes I cease decisions that are putting me in the direction I choose, or fall into the trap of "buying" into other people's decisions that create something I don't desire.
The key is recognizing those decisions before the trap gets out of control...but YOU can still get out of it, it just may take a little more time that you want.
Homework....THINK ON THIS...what decision can you make, RIGHT NOW, that will create ACTIONS that you can do, that will direct you toward your CONSEQUENCE?  Got on...do it!!
Kiroman

The Message IS???

Now first...RELAX...I truly believe that we have to Eat...Move...and Think POSITIVE/GOOD...etc...BUT...yes I said BUT...it's not what ChiropracTIC is...Chiropractic is about connected matter (the body) with it's intelligence (wisdom) and that is done thru the NERVE SYSTEM...THE FORCE!!
Why do I say this, our message is messed up...that's right messed...kept it "G", but if you know me, you know what I mean.  I have nothing against posting, talking, sharing, etc about proper nutrition, in case Jenna is reading this, but that is NOT what ChiropracTIC is!!!  It is about the NERVE SYSTEM and the ADJUSTMENT...and allowing th body to BE in harmony!!
Oh the why, it was a real kick in the gut this past Saturday, and this has been a conversation at the Koca Table, what Chiropractic IS, not nutrition, but ADJUSTING and freeing the force, all the other "stuff" is adjunct.  Oh yea, back to Saturday night, sharing with a group of ChiropracTIC leaders when Denis Waitley, yes him...this guy...http://www.waitley.com/  WOW IS WAHT I CAN SAY....
And he joins us for conversation, barring the cool stuff HE shared with us..another post, but when we told him we were Doctors of Chiropractic, after he said he LOVES CHIROPRACTIC and what we do for humanity...he then started saying how great eating good is and important it is, and that to paraphrase.."Chiropractors in the same breath as that." 
You see he said NOTHING about Chiropractors Adjusting...NOTHING, it was about nutrtion.  SO...guess what, no wonder the general public is confused...WE are sending a message of NOTHING about WHAT CHIROPRACTORS DO...so with tomorrow BEing the BIRTH of this great profession...I CHALLENGE ALL OF KIRONATION TO START EMPHASIZING WHAT WE DO, it's okay to talk nutrition, I probably will occassional..BUT WE ADJUST AND RESTORE HARMONY IN THE BODY THRU PROPERALY FUNCTIONING NERVES SYSTEM...Enuf said!!
Thank You Dr. Palmer for WHO you are...
kiroman

True/False, Multiple Choice or Essay...

As school is starting up I'm intrigued by how the kids are excited for or loathing the first day back.  I see parents that are stressed and figuring out new schedules of how to get little Johnny to school, soccer practice and swim lessons.  There are so many challenges of time committments, work schedules and making healthy choices to eat right for the whole family.  My question is...when kids come home from school, do the parents ask, "how was your day?" or "what did you learn at school today?"

Children need to be positively encouraged and need questions that make them think. 

Prepping for tests was never easy...if there was an essay test we all studied a little more and a little harder not knowing what could be on the test. 

If it was an multiple choice test...maybe we skimmed through some chapters but we could weed out and figure out the answers and still pull a good grade.

If it was a true/false test/quiz...did we really study?

Apply those ideas to kids...if you ask them "how was their day?"... most answer "good" and keep playing video games.

BUT...if you know their favorite subject is science and ask what did you learn in biology today?  they will be EXCITED and their answer will be thoughtful and EPIC.  How will they feel if you know and ask about what they enjoy in school?

Do you want your childrens education to be "good"....or "EPIC"?

Think about what you ask and to whom...

KiroKidGenuis

"I got 99 problems but my kids on drugs ain't one"

I read this quote today while skimming across my Facebook newsfeed.  It caught my attention as it is a parody of an old school rap song.  Then I looked at it again and realized that it meant much more than just being a funny line.
This is the reality for many people.  Children hooked on medications.  Parents addicted to pain killers.  Kids selling their prescription meds in school.  And these are the LEGAL drugs!
Sadly so much of this could be prevented and changed if people simply were told the truth.  The truth that drugs are never the answer.  Yes, they can save your life in a crisis, but they will NEVER create health.  They simply cause your body to weaken and depend on them more when taken long-term.
You see, your body was created with all the health it ever needed.  The Power inside our body that was there when we started as a sperm and an egg is still there now.  It resides inside of us and flows thru our nerves to every cell in our body making sure everything is working properly and at it's best!
This is why it is so important that we have a fully functioning nerve system.  When our brain can communicate thru nerves that are working at 100%, then the rest of our body functions at 100% too!  When there is nerve disturbance anywhere in the system it weakens the body to less than it's best.  This makes us more susceptible to sickness, disease and many other problems that are completely preventable.
A Chiropractic checkup is your best chance at preventing these problems and giving yourself the opportunity for an amazingly high quality of life!  Just Do It!!!
Now You Know...
KiroKidman

Kids and Chiropractic

I was talking with my neighbor the other day and we got on the subject of children and their health.  She mentioned how it was really hard because you never know if your kids are going to be healthy or sick...she said 'you just have to hope for the best.'
I explained to her that our daughters were amazingly healthy and that we made choices that increased their potential to be healthy.  I listed Chiropractic among other things and she was noticeably confused.  She said 'but children don't have bad backs, do they?'
I explained to her how Chiropractic wasn't about bad backs and pain, but how your nerve system is the master control system of your body and how the healthier the nerve system is the better health potential you and your children have.  Her eyes began to get bigger as she started to understand the reality of what I was explaining to her.
You see, we don't see kids necessarily because they have anything wrong with them.  Nor do we see adults for that reason.  We actually see them because we want them to have the best life experience possible and the only way to do that is to have a nerve system that is free of interference and functioning at its highest potential.
Now you know...

KiroKidman

It's not the Band Aid...

Have you ever wondered when you cut yourself how the body heals?  Or is it just me?  As a little boy I "used" to think that the band aid had the magic powers...when your parents put it on they had this special gift and this band aid would "heal" the injury...guess what...NOT TRUE!!
That gift resides within YOU...that in itself is the gift.  I mean how amazing is this, you possess the gift to heal..to recover...inside of YOU, and sadly...some, not all take it for granted without even realizing or even worse yet, taking proper care of that "thing" that helps you recover or "heal."
You see it's not the band-aid, the pill, the lotion or motion, or even the health care provider (although it does play a part, they have to be competant in respecting you and your ability to recover properly), it all comes down to YOU...the Master Machine.  How cool is that!!!
But what is the 'GIFT" that controls us..simple, it is YOUR NERVE SYSTEM, the master controller, it's not BIG PHARMA, is your inner response team.  And it not only controls the recovery of the body, it regulates YOU 100%...but what if it is not functioning properly?
Think for a bit, what if the thermostat in your refrigerator was not working right, what would happen to the "stuff" inside, how would that milk taste?  Yep...you got it, you just got that taste in your mind!!
Who focuses on your NERVE SYSTEM...WE do, Doctors of Chiropractic, so to make it simple, get your nerve system checked regularly, because you LIVE YOUR LIFE THROUGH YOUR NERVE SYSTEM...time to start LIVING...
It's As Simple As That...

kiroman

I ate a carrot..

It amazes me that if we think we just ate "good" that would be the key to good health...that is not the "key"...it is part of the plan...but if all you did was just "eat a carrot" or drink a healthy smoothie, but neglected the most important system in  your body...it will NOT work.
I see this posted all over Facebook and other "things" on the internet, etc...eat this, drink this or come to this class on how to live better.  And yes good fuel is important, but if you DO NOT HAVE THE POWER SUPPLY all that is useless.  If you do not have the power supply the "carrot" that you are eating to BE better just sits in your belly and rots...and then you become organic waste.
Lesson here...make sure that you get your most important system checked, and then if it is not functioning properly get adjusted by your Doctor of Chiropractic, with a Specific Adjustment to return the POWER SOURCE...you see the most important system in your body is your NERVE SYSTEM...
If if is not right, the carrot is just plain a waste!!
BE YOU...
kiroman

I slept wrong??

Have you ever woke up with a toothache?  Have you ever woke up with a broken arm?  Have you ever woke up with neck pain...then said to yourself..."I must have slept wrong!"
So with that model, and we have all done it or heard it sometime in our life..then does that mean when you wake up feeling great...YOU MUST HAVE SLEPT RIGHT??!!?!?  That throws a completely different twist to things doesn't it?
Health and Ill-Health is not a wake up scenario...they are both due to accumulation.  Ill-health or Dis-ease is due to the bodies inability to continue to adapt to lifestyle stressors, i.e., the things that you do on a daily basis.  The three major categories are Mental...Physical...Chemical Stressors...when the bodies ability to adapt is beyond what it can handle, the tendency for you to "feel" it is reached.
Examples of Chemical Stressors are bad foods...fast foods/processed foods, drugs, alcohol, coffee, etc, Physical Stressors are lack of exercise, sitting, improper exercise habits, slips, falls and Mentral Stressors are life..the stuff that we mentally think about ALL the times and do nothing about them...then think we can go to sleep and it goes away.  It doesn't...because the subconcsious brain is still thinking about it...it is always. there.
Then what happens is these ALL accumulate, time after time, day after day, we "think" when we shut our eyes it does away, will get better OR worse yet, take some type of pill to "feel" better when in all reality YOU are doing nothing to address the cause.
Here is the quandry that society has fallen into, by great marketing by Big Pharma...and the neat butterfly that lands on your backside...you don't feel right, THERE HAS TO BE A PILL or POTION FOR IT....NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! Stop that madness, because you are acutally masking the cause, doing nothing to address the REASON your life is being less lived that it's potential.
So my question to you is two fold...we are aware that you cannot wake up FEELING great because you slept "right"..why would you think just the opposite, because it is not bad luck that you "slept" in that position...bad bed? and when your health is not right why do you add a drug?  Because I cannot understand that?
What I would like you to do...is sit down and evaluate where you want to BE in 5 years from now in your health, contact one of THE BOYZ...Dr. Koca, Francoeur and Price and let us know so WE can BE a part of your change...WE LOVE GOOD NEWS and VISION!!
And cease thinking that because you "slept wrong" you woke up unhealthy, because remember you don't "sleep right" and wake up feeling great...although you can wake up feeling great, but that is other factors involved!!!
And realize that today YOU have a choice in your health and families life, and enjoying the benefits of the Chiropractic Lifestyle can be HUGE in assisting you...WE relish that opportuntity!!

BE YOU...so much easier!!

Kiroman

Happiness

Happiness...what creates happiness? Is it getting better at something or is it being less of something?  Neither because you are always DOing...it's the journey that brings you happiness, not the destination.

So many people, including myself up until a few years ago, are so focused on that end-point, the destination, that will provide the with happiness, that they lose the joy along the way...the DO of who they are working to BE or the HAVE.

So as I share with you today, and you can start DOing today, start your journey and along the path happiness surrounds you in all forms, look around, silence your mind and open your heart and you will see happiness all around you.

It took me years to figure this out, and the last few months I have deeply begun to focus on my journey, and as I go on this journey, I am documenting the process, journaling MY personal destination, there is joy in that process, but there is far greater joy in reviewing the process. Both allow me to ENJOY the moment, as I am doing and reflecting.

Each day you are on a journey, you are creating your legacy, you just don't know what it will bring, but what you can know is to start enjoying the journey, each day have soulful happiness in your journey, BE here right now, BE present with the moment and silence yourself to that moment.  Keep silent in your mind, remove the noise, or better yet don't even allow the noise IN and the day, the journey will be pure happiness.

Have complete disregard to the toxins or "plastic" around you that is attempting, but YOU are stopping, RIGHT...to come into your mind, because YOU have committed today to enjoying the journey, knowing that your destination is YOUR legacy.

Know that right now, if you are asked where are you, your reply is HERE, and who are you...ME and the journey becomes YOUR.

BE, have fun...

kiroman