A Journey back to BALANCE!

It is about time to kick off the spring with better health and wellness the BodyCOREx way.  Getting Structural Integration, Chiropractic Upper Cervical Work, Cleansing, and Acupuncture. Along with changing my workout to more functional training and martial arts practice. Stay tuned as I document my journey here on my blog....

Working Towards a Balanced Life!

Once again I am at deep thoughts about this idea called balance. When do we ever achieve such a state.  Is it a place where physical meets mental, meets spiritual-all at the same time for a split second? Lets just consider the physical for a moment. If the human body acts to a stimulus a certain way since birth,  can it ever be changed.  Some researchers say yes, but it takes many hours of repetitive movement training. In my clinical practice in Arizona I was finding that a lack of kinesthetic awareness, or the ability to sense their own body movements accurately was the patient norm. My personal belief is that retraining the body out of these dysfunctional movement patterns is the most important and most overlooked treatment modality.  Yes, I agree with most chiropractors that when adjusting the spine you are effecting the communication of the nerve pathway to and from that particular organ or system.  My argument however, is why some doctors think it is enough to stop there, when educating our patients on their wellness is what separates us from the conservative physicians.  Some people will find help from many different practitioners of all sorts.  I have had patients rave to me about Structural Integration and/or Rolffing.  I have heard miracles happen with Feldenkreis, Z Health, Trigenics, Bowman Work, NMT, ART and on and on. I have studied each of the arts by taking seminars or by being treated by a competent technician.  Were the answer lies I believe is discovering the patients dysfunctional movement patterns and addressing these patterns  utilizing the tools that help reestablish the muscle-nerve-memory connection, while simultaneously addressing scar tissue and dysfunctional reflexes.  While working on my recent case study through Body COREx, I am discovering behavior patterns in relation to stress, such as right shoulder hunching and right translation of the neck with slight head rotation to the same side.  Without getting into all the details of the case study, it is obvious that stress enhances a dysfunctional patterns and addressing the stress is foremost.  However, if you deal with the soft tissue injury to the connective tissue as well as correct any spinal subluxation and retrain the body to move in mirror image then your are bringing the body in accordance with it's innate tendency toward homeostasis.."balance".

Almost Finished

Well I got bronchitis for about 2 weeks so I missed my goal, however I am on a strong track towards my success. Here are the pics for my own transformation. Workout consistency is 3 x/week. No cardio right now except for heavy bag work for 30 minutes 2x/week. Workout Technique: My own mixed with SAIS and EDT models. Diet: Mostly Organic "real food". I use a 50% carbs, 30% protein, 20% fat but only 5%bad fats if any. I work about 12 hours a day 5/week, so that is why the increased carbs from my usual 40%. I currently weight 184 and I was pinched this AM at 11% bodyfat. I supplement with Glutamine, Liquid Vitamins, Green First Veggie Drink, Predigested BCAA's at night. No creatine or NO2 because I can't digest them. Protein Shake is Brown Rice Protein and sometimes Hemp Protein. My strength has gone up 27% on upper body and 20% lower. I also take digestive enzymes and a physillium husk GI fortifier drink to help keep my colon clean from toxic invaders.

I know any reader will realize that I am not the typical bodybuilder you see in the mags. I have been lifting since the age of 14 years, and I have never taken an anabolic steroid in the 23 years that I have been training. I am just an average guy who loves the beauty of a balanced muscular physique..

17 Day Road Trip Across America..This is what I saw!

To those who think that I have something against the "heavy set" in our society, I would like to defend myself by saying that I am a natural health care physican, "Chiropractor". I have witnessed first hand what "FAT" has done to my fellow Americans and others in the world. Like a respected Oncology researcher trying to discover the escapable cure for cancer, I too am trying each and every day to search for answers to help curve the average person's ill mindset of overindulgence and misinformation. On some days I say, why bother?, let them do whatever they want and mind your business. But then someone will sit across the desk from me during a consultation, look me in the eyes with pain and frustration, and plead with me to help them lose fat, get rid of the joint pains, and get their lives back. On a weekly basis, a client would report to me on their diets and I can't believe my ears..."13 diet cokes, 3 bags of buttered popcorn, a canister of pringles, and candy." Seriously, I am not making this up, just ask any good trainer or doctor. This is the truth, something that I think many Americans should start paying attention to. Fact: Look what has happened to the numbers in your personal state by going to:http://www.revolutionhealth.com/conditions/obesity/obesity-epidemic and scroll from 1991-2006. This is exactly what Liz and I saw on our road trip. It makes me sad because, although most of the friends I have had over the years have mocked me or laughed off my passion to help them, I know that they hurt and it effects almost every part of their lives. I wish America, the country in which I was so proud of being a native of, would take a stand against any and all advertisers that force feed "garbage food" to our children during their Saturday cartoons. Its hipocritical to see how fast people would rise in arms over a few magnets in toys, however feed their children toxic chemicals that 90% of us without a biochemistry degree can't even define. That is without mentioning the horrible amounts of sugar and fat in their average diets. I wish that one day in my lifetime we could again call this country..."The Strong and The Brave", instead of the fat and weak nation we've become. Let us fight a war for ourselves. Put the 300 Billion dollar obesity price tag into feeding the poor, not caring for the gluttened and greedy.

Dr. Scott Hernandez changed my life!

I met Scott three years ago; in that time I left my hometown of South Florida (Miami Beach & Boca Raton) to begin a journey in natural health and wellness, have lived in four different states, become a Certified Personal Trainer through the National Academy of Sports Medicine, ran Scott's Chiropractic practice for two years, learned about Naturopathy with an amazing Naturopathic Medical Group, took a 17 day roadtrip throughout 15 different states, and have, with the help and guidance of Scott, made over my body.

"Mentors"

We all should have one or many mentors growing up. Growing up in the 70's-80's in my youth, I use to marvel at the compact power and speed of the legend..Bruce Lee. He was so firm in his belief in the control of his physical and mental well being. Besides the usuals like my parents, grandparents, and teachers, I believe the biggest personal motivater in fitness that I remember was Jack LaLanne. During those old broadcasts that would still come on from time to time in Black and White, I remember him saying (screaming).."Get UP and Get MOVING! Quit being Lazy! Get OFF THAT COUCH AND SQAUT..begin...1,2,3-30. As a fitness motivator, I have always tried to be a Jack LaLanne, however....I'm NOT!
I wish more young people out there would get back to reality and get out of the virtual reality. "Movement is the Answer to Obesity"-my feelings!
See video on you tube: "Obesity in Young Children"..she is right on the money!