health

Your First Wealth Is Your Health

March 14, 2013 By Dr. Jenn Leave a Comment

Many people spend a lot of time and energy preparing for their future: Retirement plans, financial planning, investments, savings accounts, etc. This is smart. Many of us will live long past our retirement age, and it will be important to have the resources to spend time with our families, travel, and enjoy ourselves. But most people don't spend time investing in their health until a "screening test", health scare, sickness or pain brings it to their attention. What if we spent as much time … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Healthy Aging Tagged With: exercise, health, Nervous System, retirement, sickness, travel

Medical Assumptions

January 10, 2013 By Dr. Jenn Leave a Comment

Thank God for medical care. If I get into a car crash and need surgery to remove a piece of glass from my abdomen, I am thrilled that we have the technology for that. But what if I have a cold? Or a digestive issue? Or a headache? I have experienced all these things. But do I need emergency care for them? Certainly not. Do I need medical care for them? Many would say yes. I say no. Here's why: Your body knows what to do -- trust it! If I eat something poisonous or spoiled... I could get … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Healthy Aging Tagged With: assumptions, chiropractic, Chiropractor, choice, diarrhea, diet, emergency, flu, fort collins, gallbladder, harmony, health, heart, interference, life, lifestyle, longevity, medications, Nervous System, pregnancy, Sick, virus, vomit

Health is not LUCK

December 12, 2012 By Dr. Jenn Leave a Comment

I was scanning through radio stations this morning on my way to work, and I came across some Gavin DeGraw on 105.9. The same station when I lived in Detroit played hip hop and R&B. The point is any given signal can produce different results depending on your location. Your body is the same way. Why do some people express symptoms for two weeks but others only for just a few days… or not at all… when exposed to the same virus? Why do some people develop allergies, cancers and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Healthy Aging Tagged With: chiropractic, Chiropractor, choices, colorado, detroit, eat, foods, fort collins, garden, gavin degraw, health, healthy, lifetime, luck, move, rap, read, stretch, supplements, think, vegetables, well, whole

Death Ponderings…

August 21, 2012 By Dr. Jenn Leave a Comment

The news today is reporting the "shocking news" that 11 people have died from West Nile Virus so far this year. We are expected to be terrified of coming into contact with this awful illness..... Meanwhile, in 2010, over 80,000 people died from adverse reactions to pharmaceutical drugs. Looks like it's time to pay more attention to what we're putting into our bodies, and less time worrying about mosquitos. Plus, if you boost your immune system with regular chiropractic adjustments and awesome … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Wellness vs. Death Tagged With: adjustments, chiropractic, Chiropractor, colorado, death, drugs, fort collins, health, hospital, immune system, mosquito, nutrition, performance, pharmaceutical, pharmacy, Sick, sickness, spine, texas, virus, wellness, west nile, west nile virus

New West Fest!

August 7, 2012 By Dr. Jenn Leave a Comment

We are looking forward to being a part of the New West Fest celebration this weekend! The event is FREE and features lots of great bands, booths, food and drink, and activities! Come stop by our booth and say hi! www.PeakPerformanceFortCollins.com … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fort Collins Events Tagged With: activities, bands, booth, chiropractors, drink, event, food, fort collins, free, health, New West Fest

Diet Coke

July 29, 2012 By Dr. Jenn Leave a Comment

It's been fun watching the world's greatest athletes compete in the Olympics so far this weekend. I love seeing what mankind is capable of when they truly push themselves. Commercials. Wow they frustrate me. Not because they interrupt the programming I'm watching, but because of the misleading information they propogate. Here is the scene: Watching swimming preliminary rounds. Commercial break. An assortment of glamorous, happy, sophisticated and successful people move across my tv screen. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Foods and Diet Tagged With: aspartame, chiropractic, commercials, diet coke, diet soda, extraordinary, FDA, health, Nervous System, neurotoxin, olympics, swimming, tv, usa

A Whisper

July 24, 2012 By Dr. Jenn Leave a Comment

Most of you have probably heard the song by Neon Trees “Everybody Talks” on the radio by now. I like the line “It started with a whisper….” You can catch me belting it out in my car when the song comes on… usually when I’m by myself :). My high school literature teacher would probably be sad to know that I’m not entirely sure what this song is talking about. My initial thought is that he’s talking about rumors and how they often start with a whisper. Regardless, I got to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Healthy Aging Tagged With: Car, Change, chiropractic, Everybody Talks, fort collins, health, Literature, Love, Medication, Neon Trees, Nervous System, News, Positive, Rumors, Sick, Surgery, Whisper

Taste of Fort Collins

June 6, 2012 By Dr. Jenn Leave a Comment

We are proud to announce our participation in the Taste of Fort Collins on June 9 and 10, 2012! We will have spinal stress screenings, free massages and plenty of give-aways and raffle opportunities. For those of you that do not know about the event, Taste of Fort Collins is a Northern Colorado tradition - a community celebration with family-friendly activities that are perfect for the Northern Coloradoans’ active lifestyles. Taste of Fort Collins continues to benefit Special Olympics … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fort Collins Events Tagged With: 2012, chiropractic, Chiropractor, events, family, fort collins, free, health, june, kids, massages, northern colorado, peak performance, summer, taste of fort collins, tradition, wellness

Fun at the Color Run!

June 4, 2012 By Dr. Jenn Leave a Comment

Over Memorial Day weekend, Dr. Brian and I joined some friends in running at the Color Run in Denver. http://thecolorrun.com/gallery/ It starts with a typical 5K race. You wear as much white as possible. Then add in colored powder being tossed, swirled, and squirted at you 5 times throughout the race, and the result is a colorful, delightful mess. Running around and getting dirty without a care in the world - I was in as soon as I heard about it :) It takes you back to those hot summer … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fort Collins Events Tagged With: 5k, chiropractic, Chiropractor, color run, denver, fitness, fort collins, fun, health, race, running, summer, team, wellness

Processed Foods

March 8, 2012 By Dr. Jenn Leave a Comment

Many times people ask me if it's ok to eat a little bit of something bad for them: A little bit of processed food, something with just a few chemical food additives, a few handfuls of candy made with high fructose corn syrup, a diet soda containing neuro-toxic aspartame only once in a while...... Picture the most delicious, warm, gooey brownie, straight from the oven, covered with chocolate sauce and served with cool vanilla ice cream. Sounds great right? Now what if I told you there was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Foods and Diet Tagged With: additives, aspartame, brownies, chiropractic, Chiropractor, diet, diet soda, fort collins, health, high fructose corn syrup, neurotoxin, pesticides, processed, toxins