Ever had a concussion?
January 23rd, 2012 | 
Author I was at a concussion seminar this weekend and it was interesting to learn that Wisconsin is the only state in our 5 state area that does not have formal law on return to play for athletes w
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I’ve been involved in sports and managing sports injuries for 25 years and I’ve seen concussion diagnosis and management change quite frequently over the years. I think it is important that this subject has really went public over the last few years with notable figures in the sports world like Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburg Penguins who has had a real problem with repeated concussions and many pro football players. The thing is the younger the player the more cautious you need to be because the brain is not fully developed.
I remember having my first concussion in 8th grade football. I saw stars and everything got loud and black for the rest of the game. I can not remember scoring a touchdown in the second half. Management was smelling salts and if you seemed half way ok you went back in. That is a complete no-no now. You are out for the day for sure.
Here are common symptoms which we have the athlete grade from 0 to 6 for severity.
Headache
Nausea
Balance problems/dizziness
Fatigue
Drowsiness
Feeling like “in a fog”
Difficulty concentrating
sensitivity to light
Sensitivity to noise
Blurred vision
Feeling slowed down.
I would not expect a parent or coach to do a full assessment but being aware of the above symptoms is important. Many times just observing the athlete and removing them from play until more of an assessment can be done for a suspected concussion.
A player should never be allowed to return to play until asymptomatic at rest and exertion, and cleared to play by a licesensed health care professional.
If your child has a concussion is it very important that they have a lot of cognitive and physical rest. So that means basically not doing much of anything for a few days,.
A lot of times concussion symptoms are vague. 40% recover within a week, but many suffer for months and these can be hard to manage and need a multi-disciplinary forms of treatment.
I have found that adjusting works great, and there are some great nutritional things one can do do help. Remove inflammatory foods like grains, add omega 3’s for brain healing work well, DHA in younger patients. Remember your brain is made up of about 70% fats. Your brain aslo needs good sugars since it needs glucose for fuel. So fruits, veggies are good. No junk food.
Concussions are neuro-metabolic and take time and are a process of healing. There are many new tools such as impact testing for baseline so good stuff out there for assessing, but sometimes good old time and being cautious is imperative because we just don’t know exactly the process of h ealing that needs to take place. Everyone is different.
Great Championship football games this past weekend. Another reason to practice special teams. Both games decided by special teams. A missed 32 yard chip shot field goal for Baltimore and a fumbled punt gave it the the Giants. !/3 of the game is special teams. That kicker is going to take that miss to his grave. Until next time, big SCF-Osceola basketball game tonight up in SCF. This was the big rivalry game when I was in school. Dr. E
You have to play the game every day to get results.
After watching this weekends pro football playoff games I believe you have to play the game and all the talk in the world is not going to take place of what goes on the field. You can kind of say the same thing with our health. You can talk about health all day long but unless you take the daily action steps to be healthy, health will not come your way. Sports are about energy and momentum and the Giants had it big time. That is why I’m not in favor of weeks off. A week off can be great if your injured, but our mindset can get a little lazy and we start listening to all the hype sometimes. I see this quite commonly in young kids and especially high school kids. They sometimes listen to everyone else and think they are much better than they actually are. You need to keep your eye on the target whatever your target and surround yourself with people who have had success. An example is your coach if you are in sports or myself if you want health to be a priority for you in your life.
Can you guess what this is?
Now that football is done for our midwest teams, and we are experiencing our first colds spell of the year, how are you doing on your resolutions. Sticking to commitments can be very challenging, especially for weight loss, a new exercise program, or just about anything new. The hardest part I feel is changing one’s paradigm about how they look at their health. Some people look at Chiropractic merely for pain relief. I would look at that opinion not as right or wrong but just another viewpoint. Others would look at Chiropractic as assisting the whole bodymind to an optimal way of health and well being for the entire family. It’s all on how you look at it. Now I prefer using Chiropractic to improve you and your families life and allow them to expres their God given health potential. Along the way I love to educate about eating, moving, and thinking better about what health truly is. Being open to this can be challenging because it is a new way of thinking, and most people get stuck in the old.
You don’t practice good health behaviors and decide to take a vacation because you think you deserve it or because it is to hard. Then you haven’t got it yet and will have many up’s and downs. You wouldn’t forget to floss on your vacation would you? Stay the course each and everyday if you want to change your behavior and have better health and practice all the things you can do to be healthier. Ya, it does take work, but it is well worth it. My dear old friend Tony Palermo would always say to me, “Steve, what weighs more in life, the weight of regret or the weight of discipline”. I skied 30 miles this weekend because I’m training for my 20th Birkie. I know what it takes to do the race and it is a lot of work. It’s much easier to train and do the work than to not do it and suffer because of lack of training. What one thing can you committ to do be healthier? I’d love to hear from you!!
Want some great entertainment? Stop by your local high school and support our young kids. Also, every weekend their is some youth sports tournament going on. I love cheering our youth on. Until next time, will their be enough snow for the Birkie? Dr. E
Lose weight, gain muscle, and be healthier for 2012.
I want to wish all of you who have been loyal readers of my blog an incredible New Year and an especially healthy 2012. I’ve been writing this blog fairly weekly for the past 5 years and always enjoy communicating with you about health and well-being. Today I want to talk about being your best for 2012.
Yesterday I got my fill of college football which is my favorite sport to watch. Being a huge Big 10 fan I always cheer for the Big 10 teams. Riley had a bunch of his freshman buddies for the grand daddy of them all the Rose Bowl. We got to see the finish of the the Michigan state game and they won in 3 overtimes. Congrats to Sparty! I thought the Badgers would really have a challenge with the Oregon offense and they did, but the Badger offense I thought played superb. They hung in there and fought the whole game. I thought it was a very entertaining game and one that every Badger player and fan could be proud of their team. It’s not always a matter of winning but how you play the game. If you give it your all that is all you can ask for. I remember getting beat by better teams but as a team we played great, and then I remember beating teams and we stunk out the place. I remember feeling hurt that we may not have win the game but I knew in my heart I gave it my all.
How we can relate this message to our health for 2012? Here is my look on it.
What do you really want your health to look like in 2012, and what realistically can you commit to? I know the “C” word scares people off but embrace it and just keep moving forward. Lets take example weight loss. Your goal may be to lose 20 pounds and keep it off while lowering inflammatory markers on your blood work and lowering blood pressure and run your first 5km, or walk in the woods up hills without the feeling your heart is going to explode, or maybe play with the grandkids until they want to take a nap. Write down what you want and then picture what that looks like and then take ACTION.
Finally some snow for outdoor activities.
The big think I see with people not reaching their health goals is that they just don’t stick with it. If you want to lose 20 pounds a year just do one thing different like not drinking pop. Not just pop for one week but for a year. When you workout, don’t stop after 4 weeks, but stick to it. The hardest part is doing it when you don’t want to. I’ve been their many times and still to this day it’s a conscious choice to either work towards good health and well being or towards sickness and disease. Take responsibility today for your health. You got your self into this mess if it’s poor, but the good news is if you start take daily action and don’t stop you can get it back and be healthier and keep it once you’ve got it back. It’s kind of like Chiropractic care. I recommend regular maintenance and wellness visits when you feel good to keep your spine moving and prevent any kind of potential relapse. We floss and brush our teeth daily, we maintain our cars, and our homes, and the same should be said for your spine and nervous system since it houses and controls every function of your body.
Da boys bringing in the New Year
I’ll be doing a weight loss and muscle gain workshop Tuesday January 10th 6:30pm here at my clinic. I’ve only got room for 8 people so if you are really serious about stepping up for 2012 then their is no excuse, just sign up by calling 715-294-3100 or email me back steve@dredling.com. Let me assist you to losing weight, gain muscle and be healthier for 2012. Until next time, nothing happens without action! Dr. E
Solutions for healthy weight loss made easy for the holiday season.
Short and sweet post today about getting through the holiday season and not putting on 5- 10 pounds of weight and inflammation which will make you feel tired, increase joint and muscle pain, and bloat you so you won’t fit in to your favorite outfit to say the least.
Here are 10 quick steps to take.
1. Eat breakfast. Make it a protein based breakfast. No grains and no cereal.
2. Drink 2x the amount of water you are currently drinking. Hydration is vital and most people are dehydrated.
3. Stay away from fruit juices, and sugars. Let whole fruit be your treat not your main meal.
4. Snack on nuts, seeds, blueberries, apples, venison sticks, between meals
5. Veggies are fantastic for you, especially multi color. This is the majority of what you should be eating daily.
6. I’d cut dairy, all gluten(grains), soy, out of your diet. You do this until end of year and you will feel much better and lose weight.
7. Avoid adrenal stimulants such as coffee, lack of sleep, to much training, pop,
8. Get outside or inside and move your body daily.
9. Keep the partying to a minimum, just added calories, and throws your whole physiology off.
10. Be grateful even if you are having a tough day.
Merry Christmas from Mary and Steve
First week of January I’m doing an in house lecture on how you can lose the weight, be more fit, have more energy, and become the person you know you can be. You can have it all but it may not be always easy. Nothing ever is. The goal is overall improved health. You can do it!!
Next thursday we are having our Christmas party during our office hours from 2:30 to six. Come on in so we can celebrate you and the holiday season!
I love seeing all the high school athletes giving it their all win or lose. Come on out and support your local high school teams.
Until next week, take one of my top 10 steps and start applying it and start living life to the max. Dr. E
Investing in your health is great prevention
Tis the season for planning next years financials for your health. Many companies change plans from year to year and the good news is that while I may not be on your plan we have affordable options for you so you can get the care you want and need and you can continue to have a relationship with someone who works with you to continue optimizing your health potential.
I do not belong to any HMO’s because I can not deliver the care you want and need and still be in business. If you are a business owner you would not want to be held hostage by rules and regulations particularly when it comes to your health. Most of the plans put limits on visits and amount paid out, basically they sell you a bill of goods and when it comes to what you need you aren’t going to get it. They cover a handful of visits for acute care only. A majority of my practice is chronic conditions which take time, frequency, and intensity of care and this is not allowed.
The best health is one of pro-active steps done daily to achieve over ti me better health each and every year. It doesn’t have to be so difficult if you practice simple strategies of healthy living. Like, limiting all grains and replacing those with tons of veggies, meats, and fish preferarbly organic free range versus grass feed. Regulation of blood sugar is vital. I see epidemic blood sugar problems daily. There is no pill that is going to fix a bad lifestyle.
Look for upcoming workshops on weight loss. Everyone wants it but doesn’t know how to lose it and keep it off safely and healthy. Working on lecture now. I’ll keep you posted.
Winter is here. Get the ski’s out, get the snowshoes out, and start moving the body. If you haven’t done so, check out the new bike and ski store in St. Croix Falls called cyclovaxc. They have fantastic equiptment and I know these guys perosnally, they will take great care of you.
I was so excited yesterday to see the big 8 point buck behind my house. What a beauty. I can’t beleive he made it through the deer hunting season. What a rack he will have next year if he doesn’t get hit by a car on 35.
Congrats to Lincoln Howard who has successfully completed his ARP training in our office. This is our accelerated Recovery Performance program. Lincoln had a devastating hip dislocation 10 weeks ago and is back averaging double figures in 3 games so far. Way to go Lincoln. This works great not only on acute sports injuries but chronic ongoing problems also.
Congrats also to the wisconsin Badgers for winning the first annual Big 10 championship over the Spartans of Michigan State. I actually thought the Badgers got outplayed but the only thing that matters is that they won. They will have their hands full with Oregons speed.
Make it a great day and get outside and enjoy winter. It only last 4 months. Dr. E
My kids about 8 years ago
Turkey Bowl 2011
Under the lights in SCF for Turkey Bowl 2011
Another successful Turkey Bowl has come and gone. This year we played last night under the bright lights of the St. Croix falls football field. A beautiful night for football it was. 42 degrees at game time.
We had an incredible turnout this year. We had a few newbies who stole the show this year. Troy Lessman and Jim Abrams, old Unity standouts really played great. I think they are in better playing shape then they were in high school.
The first half started slow and there wasn’t much scoring. Both teams seemed to be feeling each other out trying to find the right match ups. The second half was nothing but scoring. The black team came back and made a great game of it only to lose in the last minute of the game on a great drive by the red team.
Last time we played in St. Croix falls we had lots of injuries, including a concussion, broken wrist, and broken ribs. This year the only injury was Tyler Ahlstrand who had a nasty lower calf strain. Tyler had his game face on and played a great game for the red team. I hope he’s doing ok this morning.
Kevy, Tommy, Rollo, the Ellingson boys were all there as they are every year. We are all nearing 50 but we try to play like we are 20. Somehow the mind body seems a little disconnected from what it was when we were 20. Every year the once little kids that played are now in high school and college and go by us like we are standing still.
We all went to Wards for one and then ended our evening celebrating with Ding-Ding and everyone at P.Y.’s were the lineup of tap beers is almost as good as the lineup for this year’s Turkey Bowl.
A big thanks to the Mayor of St. Croix Falls Darrell Anderson for turning the lights on for us. It was great to see all the fans come out and watch this year. Scotty Ward from Dallas , Bobby Williams from Chicago stopped by the old playing field to watch. I’ve got to recruit them to play in next year’s Turkey Bowl.
Next year will be the 25th Turkey Bowl. Tommy, Kevy, and Rollo have played in all 24 I believe. I remember years back when we would play 4 on 4 and could not get anyone to play. We’d be at the Lanes or P.Y’s trying to get some last minute recruits. Now we could easily have 2 teams worth of guys. Every year it gets bigger and better. Rumor is next year we are pulling out the red carpet and going to play in Las Vegas. John Hilpisch is in for sure.
It was great to see my fellow brothers in Chiropractic Dr. Dave Leske, Dr. John Hilpisch, and Chiro student Steve Sigourois play last night.
OK, the Packers play in 5 minutes. I’m at the clinic and don’t want to miss the kickoff. We will see you at next year’s Turkey bowl where ever that may be! Have a fantastic blessed day. I’m especially thankful for all fond memories of everyone who has ever played in a Turkey Bowl. Dr. E
Successful start to your day.
I bet most of you got to bed a little late last night if you watched the entire Packer Viking blowout. I was in bed by end of 3rd quarter. Riley had 6 am basketball practice this morning, and even though I thought the Vikes defense looked good at times they are no match for Rodgers and that Packer offense. Rodgers can easily make you forget about Favre, fast.
I stopped by school about 7:30 this morning to check on big Lincoln to see how he is moving with basketball practice. He’s doing fantastic. He’s got a bit to go yet, but what a recovery he has made from the devastating injury that occurred 7 weeks ago. There is no way he would have been able to recover like this without the ARP treatment. If you want to learn more about this just stop on by and check it out.
As I was leaving the high school I saw 4 young students walking in to school with their 22 ounces of coffee from stop-a-sec. I asked them if that was their breakfast and they said everyday. When I was in school 35 years ago I don’t think anyone drank coffee. I don’t think I had my first cup until I was 30. As I then drove by stop-a-sec you could see a line of kids getting their coffee. Coffee is an adrenal stimulant with a half life of 16 hours. If these young people are already getting a fix of coffee in the morning it really adds stress to their physiology even though they feel it may help them. The best way to feel you don’t need a coffee fix in the morning is to get to bed at a consistant time, and avoid all other adrenal stimulants during the day. Adrenal stimulants can be overtraining which many kids are in sports and they are doing 2 a days right now. Not eating breakfast is an adrenal stimulant also. Not having anything to eat until noon and they are not going to have any energy for their practice in the afternoon. I recommend for all of you regardless of age to have a protein based breakfast. For the vegetarians out their you can do a ton of greens and how about a rice protein shake with mixed fruit in it. For those of you who like meat, eat meat, chicken, or fish for breakfast and stay away from the cereals. remember grains are inflammatory. I like eggs, meat, and as much veggies as you can eat. Stone fruits are out of season so a handful or pint of blueberries would be great. Get to bed by 10pm and start your day with a protein based breakfast and you won’t need to coffee to get you going.
They took Joe Paterno's name off this trophy
How about those Badgers smoking the Gophers this past weekend. Bad weekend for Minnesota sports. What is incredible about going to a Gopher home football game is I feel that it is an away game when you see half the stands filled with red and white and much more boisterous, I think coach Kill is heading in the right direction, now if he can only get good recruits. I would not want his job, managing 18-22 year olds. Look for an interview with coach Kill in an upcoming edition of the Valley Wire.
I’m doing a Auto-immune workshop on tuesday the 29th of November. This will fill up fast, so sign up now if you have or know someone who has had Multiple sclerosis, Celiac disease, Rheumatoid arthritis, Lupus, Crohn’s/ulcerative colitis, Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, Psoriasis, Diabetes, Neuropathy, fibromyalgia, Meniere’s/chronic vertigo, Chronic fatigue syndrome, Sjorgen’s syndrome. You may suspect you are auto-immune, but lab tests are normal. You may have been to multiple doctors with no answers or relief. What do you do when the medications don’t work? Come find out how you can start feeling like you used to and get value back in your life.
Have a great week and enjoy your breakfast!! Did you know that breakfast means breaking the fast? Dr. E
Uncomplicated solutions for declining health.
I just got back from Orlando florida from a neurometabolic conference and it totally blew me away from the presenters and research on how to slow down the cascade of inflammation in our bodies, slow and reverse neurodegenerative diseases such as parkinsons, alzheimers, auto-immune diseases, etc.
How you may ask can that be possible? First you need to realize there is nothing you can do about your past. Secondly, there is something you can do from this moment on, and thirdly you can either express your genes in a good way and slow down the neurodegeneration or speed it up depending on how you live your life.
The biggest environmental hazard to our bodies is the foods that we eat. The typical standard american diet is one that will lead you down the road to heart disease, cancer, and neurodegeneration. The standard american diet will cause inflammation which your body is doing the right thing by inflaming itself. Do this for years and disease will follow. The time to prevent this is with our children NOW. First of all this starts by each of us cleaning our diet up. This means eliminating the most inflammatory foods from our diet. What are the 2 most inflaming food groups you eat? Grains, and dairy. Most common neurodegenerative disorders are caused by chronic underlying inflammation. Want your back pain to go away, clean the diet up. Want your brain to work better, clean your diet up and eliminate these inflammatory foods. What can you eat? Meat, chicken fish,(make these organic) tons of veggies, and stone fruits which are tough to get so add blueberries. Snack with nuts and seeds between meals if you can tolerate them.
Halloween 2011. Riley looking like me 30 years ago
If you really want to find out if you have gluten or dairy sensitivity, if you have antibodies to your own tissue which means every time you eat certain foods your own immune system attacks itself and destroys tissue which you better hope it’s not the brain, and if you have intestinal permeability problems(leaky gut), this will lead to a break in the blood brain barrier and lead to brain fog and a variety of neurological disorders over time, then I would recommend you come in and get the testing done at my office. I use cyrex labs. Check their website www.cyrexlabs.com It is well worth the investment if you want to know exactly where you are at.
We’ve started doing the ARP treatment at our clinic. ARP stands for accelerated recovery performance. I just got a phone call from Caitlin Compton who won the American Birkiebeiner and was 6th place at the Vancouver Olympics saying after one treatment she is pain free for the first time since July 9th of this summer. she also took 2 minutes off a 10 kilometer time trial which is unheard of. This has been exceeding my expectations. While everyone heals differently, the few we have ARP’d so far have had impressive results.
Sad day for Big 10 football when you hear what is going on at Penn State. Joe Paterno should resign or be fired. This has been known about since 1999, and nothing was done. He should have gone past was he legally obligated to do.
Big game in Minneapolis between Badgers and Gophers. Look for the Gophers to give Bucky a good game, but the Badgers should prevail by 21. It’s always a great rivalry, and the Paul Bunyon Ax is at stake. The ax weighs quite a bit. When I played there was no rubber ends around it, just plane old steel ax. Lucky no one got killed by the ax.
Elvis makes appearance at Gopher-Iowa game
The bottom line, if you have toxic emotions, intestinal pathogens, hormonal imbalances, food sensitivities or allergies, mold exposure, heavy metal toxicities, structural imbalances, nutritional deficiencies, compromised detox systems, leaky gut, then you need to get checked by the testing I do. Your M.D. isn’t going to do these tests. It’s a bit pricey but you will know what is finally going on with you, and what needs to be done to get and keep your health.
Have a great week and I look forward to hearing from you.
Dedicate Yourself To Olympic Health
What a crazy busy fun filled weekend it was. It all started with a weekend of cross country ski workshops at Cyclovaxc ski shop in the old Ben Franklin store in St. Croix falls. Stop on up and check out all the great bikes and ski’s they have. They have an incredible shop up there for the weekend warrior to the elite athlete. Ben Joncak and Frank Lundeen have a store second to none. They provide great service with that hometown touch. This is a great opportunity for the locals to get and stay fot and healthy. Check out their website www.cyclovaxc.com
Worked out with Birkie Champion and Olympic athlete Caitlyn Compton and her husband Brian Gregg this weekend. Holy moly are they fit as a fiddle. We got a couple good runs in this weekend and yesterday we did a 2 hour rollerski up 87 and hit county road I to Centuria, over to Eureka, and then back to the Lions club park in St. Croix falls. Wow, I was spent. An easy ski for them was a tough ski for me. To be an elite athlete takes a ton of dedication and a great support team. Their lives are dedicated to the sport. I’ve worked with 2 other Olympic cross country skiers and understand what it takes to accomplish their dreams. It is very impressive to see people fit as a fiddle and extremely healthy in mind-body. The mind-body adapts to whatever stress you put upon it. You have to decide to put a good stress upon it like eating, moving, and thinking well, or you can live the typical american lifestyle and have problems sooner than later with your health. You can do but you have got to want good health. Start by cleaning up the diet, get some exercise, and count your blessings. Increase that 10% a week and watch out, you will feel like an olympic athlete!
How about those Golden Gophers this weekend. While they were outplayed in the first 3 quarters they hung in there created opportunities and executed when they had to and beat the heavily favored Hawkeyes. I’ve seen in person 4 Hawkeye loses like this since last year and I think they were playing not to lose which will always haunt you. Poor Bucky, two weeks in a row. They need work on defense. Check out the picture of Riley and me with the first annual Big 10 trophy. I told Riley I’d love to see the Gophers get to this game once before I die.
Think the Gophers will ever play for this trophy?
Make it a fantastic week! Have a safe Halloween and don’t overdose on the sugar today, you will be glad you didn’t tomorrow. Dr. E. p.s. I’ll be out of the office friday this week, I’ll be attending a neurometabolic conference in Orlando.
Is your health as healthy as the the Packer offense?
You know how much I love sports, especially football in the fall. This past weekend was a huge sports weekend in the twin cities. The Gophers had homecoming against the Cornhuskers of Nebraska. I’ve got to be honest, it was the most boring game I’ve been to since they opened the new stadium. Check out the picture below and tell me what’s wrong with the picture?
What's wrong with tis picture?
The Super bowl Champs Green Bay Packers game in to the Metrodome and beat the Vikings but the Vikings played great, especially rookie QB Christian Ponder. Everyone was pondering how Ponder would do, but he rose to the occasion and played admirably. I know Ponder is a very intelligent guy and I know he had prepared him self mentally and physically for this moment. If we would prepare our mind-body like pro athletes prepare for a football game I bet we’d be a lot healthier. Getting your health and keeping your health takes repetition, consistency, and intensity. Everyday we have a choice on how we want our life to be, somedays things happen and it can really through one for a loop. We all fumble in life on occasions, that’s life, it’s how we handle the next opportunity that really matters.The Packers got down right away and their offense didn’t panic. Rodgers was a cool cat out there carving the Viking defense up and in the end the Packers actually got back to being a running team and ran the clock out with a couple of first downs. Just think how healthy we would be if we prepared like the Packers. Be a Champ today and prepare for a healthier you. I know you can.
Border war fan Harold Skiba
Make it a great day!! Dr. E. p.s. Anyone lose sleep over the Hale Mary pass that beat the Badgers?
Fish oils are essential for great health.
Every day I have people ask me why they should take fish oil and is there’s a good product. I could go into detail about the benefits but you’ll have to come to my 30 minute workshop at my clinic on monday night to get the details. In short, most chronic diseases are due to to much stress and a poor lifestyle that create inflammation. Inflammation is the terrible effect of eating poorly, and not moving like we were made to. Omega 3 fish oils are anti-inflammatory and are called essential fatty acids because our brains,nervous sytems and all our cells need them to be healthy. The problem is we have a 20:1 ratio of omega 6 faty acids to omega 3. Ideally we’d like that to be 2:1. Omega 6 you’ll find in any oils or meats that are grain fed.
What’s the best kind? Moxxor is the best. It’s pricy but you get what you pay for. Don”t buy the stuff at the supermarket or GNC since it’s cheap and probably will cause more harm than any good. Most fish oils are oxidized(kind of like rusting out) by heat, sunlight and packaging, and are full of crap or watered down or have lead and other heavy metals in them which are toxic to your nervous system. Only put good things in your mind and body and guess what comes back? Do that over time and your health gets better and you can live to your fullest potential.
Speaking of potential, if you are subluxated you can”t be at your best. how do you know if you are? You have to get checked, it’s as simple as that. i’m plugging myself here but I don;t care who you see everyone should get their spine checked. We check our teeth, we check every thing else but wait until our spine is a wreck which isn;t pro-active and you suffer needlessly. I hear this on occasions, “once you got to go you always have to go to a Chiropractor” If you don’t have any stress in your life then you probably don”t need to go and let me know where there isn”t any stress and I’ll join you. I get adjusted weekly and reccomend that for those who are looking to be at their best and assist with the effects of chronic stressors in our life.
OK, that’s it for this week. 3 weeks until the Birkie. I’m getting fit and feel like I’m ready to race. Staying healthy is the key when you physically train hard and have to live life also. A lot of people get sick because htey overdue it with training so there is a fine line and I mean finne between getting sick or having a poor race becasue your body isn;t rested enough.
Have a great rest of the week, more snow for the weekend so get outside and enjoy it!!
Why Moxxor makes fish oil, krill oil and many painkiller medications obsolete
Each year in the United States, 70 million prescriptions are written for anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)(1). In 2006, the estimated cost to consumers of pain management drugs around the world was $30 billion (2).
In the United States, osteoarthritis is responsible for 4.9 percent of all medical expenditures (3), and due to the fact that 5.4 percent of NSAID users develop serious bleeding conditions requiring hospitalization (4), each year 103,000 Americans are hospitalized and 16,500 die due to long-term NSAID use.(5)
The annual medical cost of NSAID-related GI complications is $3.9 billion dollars(6). The 16,500 deaths each year caused by NSAID drugs is more than five times greater than the number of Americans killed during the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and it accounts for one-third of the total cost of treating arthritis (11).
Just one FDA-approved anti-inflammatory drug, Vioxx, was estimated by senior FDA drug researcher Dr. David Graham to have caused between 88,000 and 138,000 serious heart events, including heart attacks and strokes leading to death(7). In sworn testimony before the U.S. Senate, Dr. David Graham described the Vioxx disaster as “…the rough equivalent of 500 to 900 aircraft [each containing from 150 - 200 passengers] dropping from the sky. This translates to 2-4 [airline crashes] every week, week in and week out, for the past 5 years.”
NaturalNews has calculated that the number of Americans killed by Vioxx exceeds the number of Americans killed in both the Vietnam War and the War on Iraq, combined! (8)
Remarkably, up to 42% of physicians in the United States and the United Kingdom remain unaware of the dangerous side effects of anti-inflammatory medications (12). In one study, patients visiting physicians complaining of hip pain were prescribed medically unnecessary NSAID drugs more than 41% of the time, and nearly 52% of those patients were not offered medicine to protect their gastrointestinal health, despite showing obvious histories of peptic ulcer disease (13).
NaturalNews asks the question:
Do so many people have to die from taking dangerous prescription painkiller medications?
The answer is NO!
The safe, natural way to ease inflammation
Moxxor is a concentrated superfood supplement made primarily from the extract of green-lipped mussels grown in aquaculture farms near the coast of New Zealand. It has been eaten for hundreds of years by the indigenous Maori people of New Zealand who are well known to exhibit a very low incidence of arthritis symptoms such as pain or joint swelling.
A study on green-lipped mussel oil published in the journal Inflammopharmacology(9) shows the remarkable ability of green-lipped mussel oil to ease signs of inflammation.
In this study, a formula containing 4mg of green-lipped mussel extract and 16mg of olive oil (referred to as “GLM Formula A”), and administered at the dose of 20mg per kg of body weight, was shown to exhibit astonishing anti-inflammatory properties far greater than typical fish oils, salmon oil, flaxseed oil, evening primrose oil and even aspirin and ibuprofen. Table 1, below, reveals the methodology: Read the rest of this entry »
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Birkie fever, I'm a true believer
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s is a copy of this weeks article in the Valley Wire (Osceola’s alternative newspaper).
Birkie fever, I’m a true believer
For the past 365 days I’ve been training for North America’s largest cross country ski race the American Birkibeiner. It starts at Telemark lodge in Cable and the 7 thousand or so who ski the Korte which is the half Birkie or the full which is 51km and finishes in downtown Hayward Wisconsin. What makes this special for me is it is a celebration of all the hard training, the dedication to training when you didn’t feel like it, and it’s a time to meet up with old friends once again skiing the hardest marathon course in the world. Read the rest of this entry »
Spring is here!
I’m going to officially say that spring is here. I judge that by not only how wonderful the sun feels on my face but when my ski’s start to get mushy in the snow I know it’s jsut a matter of time and there won’t be any more snow to ski on. OK, the Birkie is done for this year, so now I can focus on new and other fun things in my life. One of them is how I keep in communication with you. Read the rest of this entry »
New Laser Equipment at Clinic
From the beginning of time, the Egyptians, Greeks, Aztecs and Mayans worshiped the sun, believing in the curative powers of light energy. Today, we employ low-level laser therapy (LLLT) to treat a variety of ailments, from acute & chronic wounds, arthritic joints, carpal tunnel syndrome, to spinal and soft tissue pain and swelling. Laser Therapyuses specific wavelengths of light to treat painful and debilitating conditions. It has been found that wavelengths from 600nm (red) to 1000nm (infrared) are more effective.
THERMAL EFFECTS: Our “Vectra Genisys Laser System” uses a power output low enough that there is no noticeable temperature increase in the tissue. There will still be small thermal effects most noticeably resulting in small increases in local circulation.
NON-THERMAL EFFECTS: Many chemicals present in human cells, such as cytochromes, porphyrins, and flavins react to light. Generically these compounds are referred to as chromophores. Stimulation of these chromophores by light of the right range of wavelengths results in a cascade of reactions within the cells:
- Increased ATP & protein production. ATP is the fuel that powers most reactions within the cell
- Increased DNA & RNA synthesis. Resulting in increased cell Increased permeability of cell membranes (i.e. many active transport mechanisms require ATP, therefore increased ATP production will result in increased transport across cell membranes)
- Increased expression (i.e. up-regulation) of various genes, including those responsible for cell proliferation and tissue regeneration. This is directly linked to increased RNA synthesis
- Increased serotonin and endorphin synthesis
- Increased synthesis of membrane components
- Stimulation of Nitric Oxide synthesis
HOW DOES LASER THERAPY WORK? Light energy enters the damaged cells and stimulates inter-cellular activity. This reduces pain in the area and speeds recovery of the damaged cells. Once the cells recover, the healing process is completed. Laser therapy is one of the most researched and published modalities in physical rehabilitation.
WHAT CAN I EXPECT DURING TREATMENT? Laser therapy is a safe, non-invasive, drug-free, and painless treatment for pain relief and soft tissue regeneration that usually lasts several minutes. Patients may experience a comfortable sensation at the point of application. Unlike medication, laser therapy has no side effects.
WHAT CAN I EXPECT AFTER THE TREATMENT? Most patients see positive results in about 1-3 treatments. Swelling is greatly reduced and there is a rapid relief of pain. Acute conditions usually subside quickly, typically within one set of treatments. Chronic conditions can be controlled with regular treatments.
LASER THERAPY HAS SHOWN TO BE EFFECTIVE FOR:
- Pain Management
- Spinal conditions relating to irritated & swollen discs, herniated discs, etc
- Neurological pain
- Joint and tendon conditions such as painful/swollen/stiff arthritic joints and tendonitis
- Soft tissue injuries such as strains & sprains and trigger points
- Chronic non-healing wounds
- Pre and post surgical treatment
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How does your attitude affect your well-being?
One of the most common things I hear from people regarding getting and keeping their health is “I love to workout because I feel so good” “I love gettting adjsuted weekly because I not only feel great I function so much better when my body and mind are stressed” “My attitude can make a huge difference in how my day goes” Here is another version of what I hear. “I don”t have time to workout, or I’m to tired” “I can”t afford to get adjusted or pay for a gym membership”, or “Why do bad things always seem to happen to me”
Today is an attitude check day. I’ll be the first to admit my attitude needs a daily check up if not minute sometimes, just ask Mary. My son Connor always ask me “why do you say make it a great day everday dad before I go to school” My answer is because you make your day. You can have a great day or a bad day and you are right either way. The same with most anything I believe.
Lets look at a couple of common health issues. Not breast feeding your infant cost many childs lives and cost billions of dollars in poor health according to a study that was reported today. People may be ignorant to the benefits or cop an attitude about why they won’t do it. Vitamin d deficiency causes an assortment of health issues and billions of dollars on care when it’s a simple solution. How about hydrocodone of vicadin for pain relief. It’s there for a reason pain relief, and that’s it. We must have a ton of people in acute or chronic pain or half addicted to it becasue it is the number one selling prescription out there. How about most people have no idea about why they should get their spine checked for subluxations? How much does a spinal dysfucntion, disease and a lack of communication from the brain to the body parts cost you? Just ask anyone with poor health. Good health pays!!
Baseball is back!
I know that my aches and pains are 10x better when I get adjusted weekly, do not blame others for my problems, get up and move, and really deflame my diet. Most chronic pain syndromes can be greatly allieviated by doing the above. Go to www.deflame.com and download the guidelines for a anti-inflammatory diet that works wonders for you and it’s not hard. You just have to be educated and decide to change behaviors.
Allright enough of education, how about that Duke-Butler game last night. I hope you didn”t fall asleep on the couch like former intern Ryan Hansen and miss the incredible second half. Butler jus about won it on alast second shot from half court. I couldn’t sleep for a couple hours after that one. New Twins stadium and I can”t wait to go!! Osceola Braves baseball is right around the corner and the question everyone wants to know is if fellow Chiro Dave Leske is going to pitch this year? Look for Matt Weber to star for the Osceola boys track team this year.
OK, I’ve been very busy studying a new diplomat program in neurology and working my tail off learning new non surgical solutions to todays chronic health problems such as fibromyalia, peripheral neuropathy, spinal stenosis, degenerative disc disease, M.S., R.A., auto-immune disorders, diabetes, dizziness, and thyroid conditions. This is my next big adventure after 23 years of practice. I’ll have more on this blog about some of the treamtents like O2 therapy, vibration, spinal decompression, low level laser, auriccular therapy, and many more brain based treatments. Until next time, you can read me in Osceola’s alternative newpaper the “Valley Wire”, and see me at most sporting events. Get out and enjoy the day regardless of the weather. Dr. E
Reduce chronic pain by 59%
Private: Reduce chronic pain by 59% with out drugs
Millions of americans suffer daily with chronic pain, especially back and extremity pain. If you have or no someone with a chronic pain syndrome you know how devastating it is. I see first hand daily and have close family members who have struggled with their health and it’s not fun to see. There is unique metabolic and neurologic testing that I have been studying and am now starting to implement at my office for those who suffer with diagnosis of fibromyalgia, peripheral neuropathy, dizziness, balance disorders, thyroid disease, digestive disorders, degenerative disc and joint disease, sciatica, spinal stenosis, MS, rheumatoid arthritis, etc, etc.
These tests have are done in order to get at the direct cause of what is causing your problem. For example, has your MD or any other person had your food sensitivity panel checked for gluten, dairy, egg, or soy? Probably not but so many chronic inflammatory problems which manifest themselves as pain and an above mentioned disease are caused by food sensitivities. Blood sugar regulation is critical for anyone with the above mentioned problems. Checking for anemia is vital, and making sure your fatty lipid profile is ideal along with a complete CBC is crucial. There is a wide range of normal for a lot of these tests but once you’re at either end of the ranges you are already out of balance and in a disease state. Thus, these need to be observed and managed within a smaller range called a functional range. The thing is you must have these tests done to see where you are at. You can guess about dairy or gluten but you won”t know unless you get tested, and we now can have this done for you.
Lifestyle changes are imperative for anyone who has a chronic pain or diagnosis which inhibits them from doing what they want to do in life. A study done by Surgical Neurology 2006 states that in patients suffering from chronic degenerative spinal disease 59% can eliminate the need for pain drugs by consuming adequate levels of omega 3 essential fatty acids. Another study in Annals of Pharmacology 2002 states removing aspartame and glutamate from the diet for 4 months can eliminate chronic pain syndrome.
What would that be worth to you or a loved one to get rid of pain and get on with life? (Check out my article posted on this website about Moxxor which is the best natural anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant out there).
I’m here to help as many people as possible, and God knows there are a lot of people out there who need their spines checked and may need this special neurologic and metabolic testing done to finally get at the root cause of why they are feeling the way they are. Please pass this on to others who you know. You can help your self or the life of someone else. Thanks so much for reading this post, and I look forward to helping. Until next time, you can make it a great day by getting some exercise today, you won’t regret it. p.s. If you want more info on this testing call me 715-294-3100 or go email me steve@dredling.com p.s.p.s. The date is set. 4 weeks to a new you starts monday 5/2/10 at 6:15 at my office. For 4 Mondays I will be leading you to take action with your health and start living a life you deserve. Only $50. DVD’s will also be made for participants. Hurry, only room for 8. Call 715-294-3100 to sign up.
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Are you auto-immune?
Not getting better, tired, fatiqued, sluggish, cold feet or hands, do you require excessive amounts of sleep, do you gain weight easily, depressed, constipated, hair thinning or falling out? You may have a condition called Hashimoto’s and you may never know it or were misdiagnosed.
I’ve been seeing quite a few people who have been coming in with chronic autoimmune conditions such as Rheumatoid arthritis, Sjorgen’s syndrome, type one diabetes, hypo or hyper thyroidism, peripheral neuropathy. Usually they are presenting with a neuromuscloskeletal complaint but have also been diagnosed with another auto immune condition. What is auto-immune? Auto immune means your body is self attacking it self. An example would be a condition called Hashimoto’s disease. 27 million americans suffer from thyroid disease whom half go undiagnosed. Hashimoto’s is an autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks the thyroid tissue. Half of the diagnosed thyroid cases are Hashimoto’s. No one ever seems to ask the question why did the thyroid gland stop working? Usually someone diagnosed with a low functioning thyroid gets on Synthroid and on their merry way they go. In most cases people will get some signifigant relief because if it’s primary hypothyroidism they will because they need the thyroid hormone which has been lost. A very high percentage of people with hypothyroidism still complain of symptoms because the medication doesn’t address what caused the immune system to falter in the first place. Hashimoto’s disease is an immune system disease and thus the immune system needs to be checked, and no one is checking this out.
Specific thyroid testing needs to be done, not just your TSH, and T4 levels. Sensitivity testing to see if you are sensitive to gluten(which is wheat, rye, oats, and barely), dairy, eggs, yeast, and soy. An adrenal stress index test needs to be done, and your immune panels need to be checked if you are TH1 dominant or TH2 dominant. If the immune system is not balanced like a teeter-totter you are going to have some major health problems and why you still have symptoms in spite of the medication.
I’ve made a video describing what this is all about and why people with this condition or any other autoimmune condition need to get at the cause which is an immune system that has gone wild due to many different reasons, particularly lifestyle induced. Look for this video to be up shortly, and if you know someone who suffers with thyroid problems or is on the medications but they are not helping please let them know that they can be helped. They need to fill out a nutritional assessment form and need to have this specific testing done. It’s not cheap but what is your health worth to find out once and for all why you are feeling terrible and to finally get your health back naturally. Call Mary and we will get you checked to see if you even qualify for this particular metabolic care. This is totally different than our traditional Chiropractic care.
I hope everyone had an incredible 4th weekend. I played golf and hanging out with the family and just chilled quite a bit which is good for the body and soul. I am getting antsy to get back to working with people adjusting them and getting them functioning again and also as mentioned above looking at these metabolic conditions such as diabetes, Hashimoto’s, peripheral neuropathy, etc. If someone is auto-immune it trumps all other treatments because they won’t ever get better unless these are addressed. Until next time, help someone who has a health challenge by letting them know I may be able to help. Dr. E. p.s. I’m playing baseball again this weekend sunday afternoon, Oakey park. I’m swinging for the fences this weekend. A big congrats out to former Osceola girls basketball coach Brian Fell who is the new head athletic director at Bloomington Jefferson high school!! Also, I’m working on our St. Croix Falls 30th class reunion which is August 14th in SCF. Check us out on facebook.
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Are you frying your brain?
I’ve been spending the past 12 months working hard on learning neurologic and metabolic treatments to help assist you guys in getting your body and mind connected and heal as fast as possible. The problem that get s all of you in problems is some genes but mostly how you are living your life. How are your stressors affecting you? Environmental stressor like the foods that you put in your body, the meds that you may take, the home stresses, work stresses all add up and our nervous system and immune system have to adapt and respond to the stress it has been given. We can actually see through certain testing how your immune system is reacting. For example, you may have a thyroid or G.I. problem that is aggravated or caused by a certain food like Gluten(wheat) products and you may not know it. We can do a DNA stool test and find out if this is one of the cause or primary cause of why you may be having G.I (gastro-intestinal) problem, possibly thyroid, or how about even your brain. If you have a sensitivity to something in the environment or what you eat it creates an immune response and in certain cases can cause you to be auto-immune which means your body attacks itself and this can really cause problems. Stay tuned about more of these metabolic testing and treatments to get at the cause and not just treat symptoms.
Hey, check out this article that was posted on Dr. Mercola’s site. People take these OTC meds and maybe have been recommended by their Doc to take it but research is showing that these can be harmful to your brain. Doesn’t it make sense to take the best care of your most important organ in your body. As the brain goes so does everything else.. Check out article on bottom of this post.
30 years ago today this is what I was doing. Picture day at the U. of M and then a killer workout to show us who was boss. That was one hell of a year. I had so many ups and downs. My knee was shot, I couldn’t perform like I had previously and this was frustrating and depressing knowing I was doing everything I could and not getting the results I wanted to help my team out. The best thing about that year was the relationships which have been renewed and we are all getting together for homecoming this year. Check out this photo. Do you like my Fro?
First day as a Gopher 30 years ago today.
What has changed in 30 years?
Trojans coming to town this weekend
This past weekend I went to the Gophers home opener against he fighting Coyotoes of the University of South Dakota. I was stunned as were the other 50,000 fans when South Dakota moved up and down the field at will against the Gophers. It reminded me of the Joe Salem era when the 1980 team was 6-5 then it was downhill from there until Lou Holtz came in and made it happen. The fans were brutal to coach Brewster and I believe this will be his last year. The coach is always the scapegoat but someone has to take responsibility . They have great facilities, a new stadium and a crowd that desperatly wants them to win. What’s missing, passion, talent, leadership? I don’t know but something has to change and I think that it starts from the top down. The Gophers need a big time coach that is experienced and can get the community and students all on board, and then recruit high profile players who are also good people and good students. I’ll take one marginal player who is going to give it everything over a prima donna anytime. 30 years the Gophers played USC and I was there experiencing what it was like to play the the #1 team in the country. This weekend the Gophers play USC at home who is rated #14. They can show up and play like South Dakota did against the Gophers or they can show up and expect to get beat and then get killed. This weekend will tell us a lot about the future of this program.
It’s been over 3 weeks since my injury waterskiing and I can report I’m healing very well. I’m able to ride a bike and do upper body weight lifting. I should be able to resume near normal activities in a few weeks.
Tomorrow night I’m doing a workshop on a revolutionary breakthrough in understanding Hashimoto’s disease and hypothyroidism. Find out why you still have thyroid symptoms when your lab tests are normal. I’ve got room for 3 more. Call 294-3100 for the class Tuesday 7-8 pm at my clinic. If you have fatique, are tired or sluggish, have cold feet or hands, require excessive amounts of sleep to function, gain weight easily, are depressed, have thinning hair or hair is falling out, have dry ness of the skin or scalp, or suffer from mental sluggishness then this class is for you.
Wheels and Winds our local town days is done for another year. It sure was a busy weekend in Osceola. As we prepare for a fantastic fall and upcoming weekend what steps are you doing to be healthier each and every day. Remember there is no better time than right now to eat, move, and thing better. Keep up the great job taking care of your self. Mary and myself are here to assist you on your journey to optimal health and well being.
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Healthcare, will it change with republicans in it?
OK, we are done with elections and people wanted change when you see Jim Oberstar a 18 term Democrat getting beat and in Wisconsin a well respected senator Russ Feingold getting the boot. The main change people want is a better economy and more jobs.
What about Healthcare? Jom Boehner wants a repeal of the Obamacare. The big difference is simple. Obamacare is government funded healthcare, while the Republican want more of a private based insured care.
The problem I see is they don’t address the underlying issue. They address who is going to take care of you if you get sick. This is a sickness based paradigm of care. It doesn’t have anything to do with what you need to do daily to stay healthy and avoid the sickness model of care.
Both parties are funded heavily by the drug and insurance companies and the food companies which make bad food. They have to scratch each others backs to survive.
The best way to solve this issue is to not get stuck where you are dependent upon the system. Eat, move, and think better on a daily basis is what it takes. You don’t here any party talking about that. Those big companies don’t want us healthier, they want us sicker so then we need their products. How about making your own garden or just getting to the grocery store and add more veggies to your diet. Your blood sugar, cholesterol, waist line would all get better plus you’d be able to feel and function better.
We have to make a change in how we live our lives, that’s what’s going to make a difference, not the politicians. I’m here to lead you to better health. Get on board and we will show both parties the real solution to get health care.
It was another bad weekend for my alma mater with Ohio State trouncing the Gophers. See the picture below of me and Ohio State’s #1 fan. There was more Ohio state fans in the bars and around the stadium before the game than Gopher fans. I was amazed how many people fly to road games. I just sent a letter to the president and all the regents discussing what I think they should do to improve the program. I’ve been going to games for over 40 years, I played their, and I want to see them do better and compete. They need a big time coach and make football a priority. Until next time, be healthier today than yesterday. Dr. E
2010 Gopher-Buckeye game
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Big Life, Big Stage, Big 10.
This past weekend Mary and I had the wonderful opportunity to attend a Ball fund raiser for “our Community Homestead” which is a foundation to improve the lives of inner city Chicago kids who have been through the school and county system and this is now their last hope. It was started by Ron Ward and his son Pete Ward of Wards Cabin Watch securities invited us down for the weekend and a great time we had. It is important to give to others and to give to something bigger than our selves which can be difficult at times especially in trying times but it is necessary. the old adage what you put out comes back to you is ever so true. So today’s message is to give to others.
Before the ball Pete Ward, Mike Colaizy and myself went to the Northwestern-Iowa football game. You know I love Big 10 football and I knew it was going to be a great game. sure enough it came right down to the last minute when Northwestern drove 95 yards and scored on a 30 yard pass with a minute to go. The hometown crowd went nuts and the Quarterback Dan Persa went to jump and celebrate his touchdown pass and ruptured his achilles tendon and has to have surgery to repair it which is so sad.
Herbie the "Wildcat" mascot and me before the game
My passion for Big 10 football started as a kid and continues to today. There is something about the college game that is much more attractive to me than the pro game. I love the pomp and circumstance before during, and after the game. I love the bands, the mascots, and love the game. Northwestern has an old time stadium which is really cool. They have an incredible head coach who my alma mater should find someone like him to lead the program to new heights. By the way, the Gophers did manage to win their first Big 10 game against Illinois, way to go. If you want to check out www.savegopherfootball.com you can read my letter and what other former players and fans have to say.
You look at a team like the Northwestern Wildcats and you see they are half the size of the Iowa Hawkeye players and half the talent but somehow they get the job done. I was so impressed on how the coaches coach. I was 10 rows up behind the bench and could see the encouragement and belief that they could still win being down 10 points with 4 minutes to go. Never give up is something the Wildcats are known for and it starts with their head coach Pat Fitzgerald .
On the field after the game celebrating
Iowa comes in to play the Gophers on the 27th of November. There will be a ton of Iowa fans at this game. The Hawkeye fans travel well. Someday maybe the Gophers fans will too.
Just a heads up for next week, we will be open monday and wednesday and will be taking Thursday and Friday off for Thanksgiving. Don’t forget about the Turkey bowl for those that want to play. More details to follow shortly. It’s our 21st year of playing.
Until next time, your health is your responsibility. Continue doing your best in all your daily decisions that will make you healthier. Best of luck to the deer hunters this weekend. Dr. E
Avoid these Adrenal stimulants.
48 hours until Turkey Bowl 2010.
For those of you who are new to the blog and maybe new to me one of my traditions is to play in the Turkey Bowl. This is a group of St. Croix and Osceola guys who have been playing touch football for the last 20 years on Thanksgiving morning. We’ve had years when it was 55 degrees and years when it’s been 5 degrees with a foot of snow. This year looks like a cold windy day so those that show better bundle up. We now have our kids play and their friends and it is a ton of fun. I hope we have no injuries this year. We’ve had a few broken ribs, a broken wrist, many muscle pulls and some concussions. If you want to come down and play or watch we start at 10:30 A.M. Thanksgiving morning and play until the Osceola noon whistle blows. Usually it comes down to the last play like 2 years ago when Tommy Krenz through a 45 yard touchdown pass to Shawn MacIntyre to win the game 50-48.
The holidays are a time of more stress than less stress for a lot of people. We have less sunlight, people eat to many sweets, maybe a few to many Christmas cheers, and aren’t exercising like they know they should be. Here are a couple things you can do to decrease stress to your adrenal glands which help support blood sugar regulation and produce a lot of hormones that need to be in balance in order for you to be healthy.
Avoid these Adrenal Stimulators.
1. Concentrated sugars
2. Caffeine(decaffeinated is not acceptable because it still contains 60% of the caffeine).
3. Nicotine
4. Alcohol
5. Allergic foods(histamine which makes you get a rash appearance is an adrenal stimulant)
6. Partially hydrogenated fats(these inhibit steroid synthesis)
7. Artificial sweeteners
8. Overtraining
9. Inadequate sleep.
I do a salivary test to determine how your adrenal glands are functioning. If you would like to see how your adrenal glands are functioning and why you may be always fatigued or can’t get to sleep at night or can’t stay asleep then this is a test you must have done. It’s not very expensive and well worth the investment.
OK, have an incredible Thanksgiving, and avoid some of those adrenal stimulants, you will be glad you did. We will be out of the clinic thursday and friday and back in on monday. Dr. E
Will the Badgers win the Big 10 and go to the Rose bowl?
Last weekend of the 2010 Big 10 football season. Going to be a cold one at TCF Bank Stadium for the Gophers. Look for Iowa to bring 25 thousand die hard fans and trounce the Gophs. Look for Bucky to trounce one of my favorite teams the Northwestern Wildcats. and be Rose Bowl bound.
Mack Truck hit me
That’s exactly how I felt after I played in this years 23rd annual Turkey Bowl.
We had 18 players fight off 5 degree temps and minus 10 windchill. It wasn’t so bad once you got moving. I played on the winning Red team and we were against the wind the first half and trailed the whole first half. I knew we’d come back once we got the wind with us. Sure enough, Ellingson to Steffen for a long bomb and we pulled ahead. We fought off a great comeback by the Black team and won 40-36. This game starts out fun and ends up pretty darn competitive. I was a bit sore after but by saturday I could hardly move. I’m still feeling it today. Thanks to all those that played and our spouses that let us play. Here is the list of who played. Dan Steffen, Dave Leske, Jason Ellingson and his son, the Ellingson brothers, Kirby McDonald, Kevin Rogers and his 2 sons. Terry Baillergeon and his 2 sons, Rollo and Connor Grant, Riley Edling, John Hilpisch, Tom Krenz, Steve Siquerouis.
2010 Turkey bowl,
23rd annual Turkey bowl participants
I survived black friday and cyber monday because I didn’t buy anything.
Hey, did you hear that weight watchers is changing how they do their point system? They are giving no points for fruits and veggies and are gearing towards all natural foods. This is a good move I feel. I like weight watchers because it has helped millions of people. The new guidelines will help more because our body needs tons of veggies, some fruits, and good source of fat and protein. Actually more of a protein based diet is what anyone with auto-immune or overweight should be on since it is anti-inflammatory and helps regulate blood sugar.. Here is the basic diet we could all benefit form. Veggies, some fruits(stone fruits-have a higher fiber to water ratio), lean protein meats, almonds, nuts, seeds, hydrate like crazy. The average american gains 10 pounds over the holidays. Stay in the moment when you eat. Ask yourself what weighs more, the discipline of good eating habits or the regret of figuring out how you are going to get those 10 pounds off starting the first of the year. Just clean the diet up a bit each day, get regular exercise, good sleep at night, regular adjustments to help you adapt to the stress of life and be grateful..
That’s a quick wrap up of this years Turkey bowl. come join us on wednesday night at P.Y’s or the game on Thanksgiving day next year. A quick congrats to Tom Krenz who recently particpated in the World Ironman championships in Clearwater florida. He was 12 in his age group 45-49. He would have won the 50 and over age group so look for Tom to do well next year and also place in the top 50 at the Birkie this year. Congrats Tom. Tom is also going to be writing an article about the history of the Turkey Bowl for this weeks Valley Wire. A big congrats to my alma mater the Gophers for beating up on the Hawkeyes, way to go. also, way to go Bucky!! Do you think Mary would let me go to the Rose Bowl? Dr. E
P,.Y's the night before the Turkey Bowl
New Years Starts Today
A lot of you may be gearing up for the Holiday season getting ready to make your comitments for next year. Many of you may have goals to lose a certain amount of weight, get more sleep, take time off, get in shape and keep in shape, join a club and keep your membership active, etc. etc.
Have a giant treat once a year, not once a week.
This may add some stress to your life once January 1st comes around. The preparation of planning the life that you want starts each and every day with a good mind set of who do you want to become and how are you going to get there. It’s a little personal responsibility for your health which is something I’ve seen our society really falter at over my 24 years of practicing Chiropractic. Look at the obesity rate as a whole for our kids as compared to my generation. Some kids today can barely walk a lap around the football field. Or the increase in lifestyle meds for a poor self induced life. We are as a society getting more sedentary and along comes with this is more metabollic problems, spinal problemss, and overall a decrease in your health and well-being. When I was a kid you went to the Doctor if you needed some stitches, broke a bone, or twisted an ankle. The adults had maybe a blood pressure pill and that”s it. Now the average senior that comes to me is on at least 7 meds, and most kids on an anti-depressant or mood altering med.
Yours truly, 40 years ago with my favorite baseball glove.
There is no better time than right now to address where you are at with your health then today. Here is what you can do. Get a blank piece of paper and write out 3 things you want to improve with your spiritual life, your nutrition, your exercise, your family life, your vacation time, your professional life, your giving back to your community. Then break it down to one most important one. An example would be for nutrition would be to go gluten free. The benefits to going gluten free would be to create anti-inflammatory environment so you have less pain and you’ll lose weight. For exercise it may be, “I want to add 10 minutes of full body strength 4 days a week so my adjustments hold better.” You get the idea. Try it and see what you resonate with. Keep it on your computer where you can see it on a regular basis and share it with your spouse, kids, or signifigant others. You will need support, and those that get the support at home generally do better.
What are your goals for your relationship with me as your Chiropractor and mentor for better health? Mary and I are here for you for the long haul. Taking care of yourself and taking care of your spine and nervous system is crucial if you want to enjoy your life now and down the road. Will your spine last to 80,9-, or 100? What will happen if you do nothing in the next 5 years to improve your health? I can’t tell you how many people I see I can only hope to manage things because of neglect and degeneration that have robbed people of good quality of living, or poor chronic metabolic problems which have never been addressed other than drug therapy.
We can all work at improving who we are and how we can give to others and how we can take care of ourselves. Budget time, money, and your energy to be your best not only for 2011 but for your entire life. Dr.E
P.S. The Gophers have a new football coach. Jerry Kill, who was most recently at Northern Illinois University. I always cheer for the underdog and he’s got his work cut out for him so lets get behind him and support him. He’s not a big name coach who I had liked to see but this is a great opportunity for him and he h as a winning background where ever he has been and his student athletes have a high graduation rate. The job of being a Division one football coach is incredibly pressure filled and it takes a lot of energy. I hope he stays healthy and can do the job.
Confessions of a sugar-A-holic
Here are a couple quick confessions over the Christmas holiday season.
1. I ate a ton of cookies and sweets. The temporary quick fix it gave me also gave me the sleepy crash after. Thanks to all of you who brought cookies in. Next year moderation, we will see.
2. When I ate poorly my body responded just as poorly. I felt like an old man getting up in the morning.
3. To much beer and drinks with friends and neighbors. Just another form of sugar.
Many of you struggle with holidays and the weight. I figure the only time I really eat sweets is on the holidays so I’m good most of the year. When I’m in good shape and eat poorly though I can’t believe how sluggish I feel when I eat poorly. So what weighs more, the weight of discipline or the weight of regret when it comes to eating or most any decision in your life?
Thank God I got 75km of skiing in this past 4 days, it was my savior form all the food I ate.
Mary and friends around the pool this summer
Many of you who have got your gluten sensitivity testing done and are intolerant to gluten are doing great with your diet, keep it up!! I tried a pancake mix that was gluten free and I can;t believe how good it was. You can get it at Kowalski’ in Stillwater. I can’t remember the name if it.
Remember that if you are sensitive to gluten or carry the celiac gene you may not have any symptoms of G.I. discomfort etc. but you will have increased inflammation and skewing of your immune system and can lead to a lot of major health issues over time.
The only way you know is to get tested. I do a DNA stool sensitivity test which tests not only for gluten but also for dairy, soy, egg, and yeast. You can eliminate these foods and I bet you will feel healthier plus it’s a great way to lose weight and de-flamme your body. Remember inflammation is a major cause of poor health and disease. Or you can spend the money and get tested by me since I’m the only one that does this testing. This testing is much more sensitive than the blood test.
What I learned was again positive reinforcement that if you put good thoughts, food, and regular exercise in to your mind-body your body will respond in a positive way which is health and well-being. The opposite is also true.
2011 can either be a year that you work towards your health or against your health. I’m here to help assist and lead you towards impecable health for 2011.
Have a great New years. Send me your health goals for 2011, I’d love to support you in any way possible. Dr. E
Do what you love
What do you love to do??
Write down what you love to do and go do it. This will create energy in your life and will be great your your nervous system which needs fuel and activation.
For example, today I’m going to go cross country skiing on my day off with fellow Chiropractor Dave Leske. We are doing hill intervals to get us in the best shape for the American Birkibeiner which is only 41 days away. I love to cross country ski because I love being outdoors, especially when there is a light snow going on and it’s not so frigid, and my brain and body function so much better when I exercise. It really changes how I feel and I love the discipline of working towards a goal of better health and well-being.
I love going to sporting events. I’ll be going to watch my alma mater St. Croix Falls take on the Chieftains of Osceola tonight in basketball. I love watching kids that I have coached play to their best abilities and watch them grow and mature on and off the court. It’s great entertainment and fun to watch kids you know do well.
I love eating foods that work to keep your blood sugar regulated and give you energy you can use. If you do one thing today to improve your health the easiest things are first to eat better foods and then get some form of exercise. Very simple but most I see struggle with this. The reason I believe is not that they can’t do this but they have developed poor habits of how they take care of themselves. Some of
I love my family
I’m here to assist you to feel better, have a better quality of life and potentially live a longer life.
Until next time, no excuses. Dr. E
P.S. If you want an copy of my anti-imflammatory diet just email me steve@dredling.com
p.s.p.s. I’ve got room for one more this thursday the 13th of Jan, workshop “The unresolved Thyroid” at my clinic 6:30pm
How is your support system?
We are one month into the new year, how are you doing with your overall health with what you may have committed to for 2011? What are your challenges, what is easier than you thought, what is harder?
Here is what I see what most people have struggles with. One is a clear defined goal they have made for them selves. Two, a worked out plan of attack, and three a lack of support or follow through.
First of all if you are having any struggles just Diget a piece of paper out and on the left side write out what is working and on the right write down what isn’t working. Then keep doing what is working. Keep it simple. How are you eating better, how are you moving better, how are you thinking better, do you have a good social support system?
Think summer
Here is a quick review.
1. Diet: An anti-inflammatory diet. Cut the GRAINS since they are inflammatory to your cells. keep your foods to leans meats, chicken fish, and get as much grass fed organic meats over grain fed meats. Eat tons of vegetables, stone fruits, and nuts and seeds. There is no grain or dairy or soy or yeast in this diet.
2. Exercise. Combine aerobic and resistance training. 3 days of aerobic and 3 days of resistance. Start slow and don’t over do it. You will progressively get aerobically fitter and get stronger. The key is consistancy!
3. Attitude. Believe in your self, follow through and affirm to your self how much better you are getting each and every time you eat, move, and think better
4. Surround your self with others. Group classes are great if you have a hard time working out on your own. Involve your family with what you are trying to do and that is to be HEALTHIER!! Don;’t just focus on so much weight, or inches. The bottom line is 6 months, 12 months from now you will be healthier
5. Dont forget, regular Chiropractic adjustments to keep your body working in tip top shape. You wouldn’t drive your car around out of balance or not put oil in to it. You body is a temple so do not neglect it because it will come back to haunt you.
Never give up on your self.
OK, I’m doing a peripheral neuropathy workshop this upcoming monday night at 7pm.
If you know people who have pins and needle feelings in their hands or feet,
Tingling or burning sensations
Weakness in the arms or legs
Sharp or shooting pain in arms or feet and legs
Stocking glove numbness to hands or feet
They need to hear the latest research and treatments for this devastating condition which is destroying their nerves.
Call Mary 715-294-3100 and reserve your spot since seating is limited, or email me back steve@dredling.com
When will winter end? It’s been a tough one. Keep plugging through it. I like to get a good workout outside and envision my self on a Hawaiian beach while I’m working out in below temp windchills.
Until next time make February a pivotal month in you becoming healthier!! Dr. E
Pack is back!!
What a tremendous weekend it was for the Packer fans!! Vince Lombardi is coming back to Titletown!!
For the Viking fans out there I do look forward to seeing them get to the Super Bowl and winning one. I’ll be cheering them all the way like my mom would who was a die hard Vikes fan. My dad was a Lombardi man and I grew up with Lombardi principles. If the Vikes ever make it to a Super Bowl I’m going to keep the tradition in the Edling family since my folks have been to all four Viking Super Bowl appearances.
My Dad and I at 73 Super Bowl
How about this cool fact, Aaron Rodgers grew up in northern California and his dad is a Chiropractor. Aaron has been under Chiropractic care his entire life. He currently sees a friend of mine for weekly adjustments to keep him in tip top shape. Regular Chiropractic care is something all of you can benefit and have that unfair advantage over others.
I loved seeing Bart Starr, Roger Staubauch and others that I idolized growing up on TV at the Super Bowl sunday. They looked fantastic. ESPN ran a sad story about William “the refrigerator” Perry who was the great lineman for the Bears. He’s a chronic alcoholic and is totally disabled with an auto-immune disease which could be benefitted greatly by an anti-inflammatory diet. I’ve seen a few caes like his over the years and it’s so preventable. Check out my facebook for the 5 minute story I put up about the Fridge yesterday.
It’s minus 11 this morning and I’m doing an interval session getting ready for the Birkie. Once it hits zero, I’m out there. If you ever want to see a unique and incredible event come up on the 27th of February and watch the Birkie finish in downtown Hayward. Better yet, want to change your life, then get some ski’s and sign up for next years Birkie. It changed my life and I have developed many great friendships over the years. I’ve been skiing for 23 years and it has been the best health choice I have ever made.
Finish of 1996 Birkie
Make it an exciting healthy week. Keep up the daily improvement on how you eat,move, and think. You are doing great!!! Dr. E
It’s finally here!!
I’ve been waiting a whole year with much anticipation for this upcoming weekend. Saturday is my favorite day of the year. It’s the American Birkebeiner, north america’s largest cross country ski race. This will be my 19th Birkie, and I’ve done 3 Korteloppet’s which is the half Birkie.
The finish line in downtown Hayward
Why do I love the Birkie so much you may think. Because I put my heart and soul into training for this event. I see people who I’ve developed friendships with over the years and I get to see them this one time a year for sure. It’s also a great celebration of the cross country ski world where people come in all shapes, sizes, and ski abilities.
The start of the Birkie!
I love the anticipation of the last 30 days. I do a lot of imaging as to how my start looks, those Birkie power line hills, the high point of the trail which has a major hill climb to get to the top, all the other climbs that I used to dread now I’ve embraced them knowing that it will only hurt this one time a year.
I love seeing the thousands of people at the start and the massive waves as they take off every 5 minutes.
I love to see people on their snowmobiles out cheering us on, people cheering us on at OO which is the half way point, and the bitch hill crew is always fun.
I love skiing up 77 hill which is the last hill on the course, then it’s straight down to lake Hayward. You can see a string of skiers ahead of you as you are hoping you can make it to the finish without bonking. People are lined up on the lake partying and cheering you on. When the winds blow out of the west you can hear the birkie bells ringing from main street.
I love skiing down main street Hayward. Friends are screaming your name as you try to concentrate the last 30 yards to the finish line.
Beer and Brats outside Anglers in Hayward
And then you are done. It’s over! Wow, if it’s fast conditions everyone is excited and giddy. If it’s slow snow and you are grinding it you look and feel whipped and you just want to get a beer and a brat in you.
Many patients are doing the Birkie, congrats to all of you!!! To do this race takes a lot of commitment whatever the level of skier you are. You have to put the training in or it can be a nightmare out there. You have to be in tune with your body, and it’s a great for your spirit.
As much as I love the Birkie, I actually love the process of everything that leads up to it. It means you have to get up and out and do the training. You have to eat good foods(anti-inflammatory diet-see previous posts on this subject), and take the best care of your self so you don’t get injured or sick. I’ll be 49 next week and it’s the one sport I can still compete in which I love to do. I hope I can get another 30 Birkies in if my body holds up.
Monday night 7pm I’m presenting my “The Unresolved Thyroid” class which if you feel still bad inspite of your normal labs you better be here so I can give you some answers as to why you feel the way you still do and what can be done to regain your health once and for all. Email me steve@dredling.com or call Mary and tell her how many people are attending.
One step forward
It’s been a few weeks since my last post. I’ll keep this short and sweet.
Another Birkie has come and gone. 19 of these and this year was the coldest ever. As fast as it was the first half the below zero temps really caught up to me and most everyone else. A broken strap on my pole made it a bit challenging and by the time I got to the top of Bitch Hill I was starting to wear down. I hung in there and felt really good about my race. Boy, I was never so thank ful to cross the finish line and get get some chicen soup in me and get in to some warm clothes. It was even tough watching people finish since it was so cold. Next year is number 20 and I’m thinking about classically skiing it.
March is my favorite month. Spring is right around the corner, the NCAA mens and womens tourneys are coming up and all the high school tourneys are fun also. I also love spring skiing when it’s not so cold outside and the sun is beating down on your face. A few more weeks and hopefully the snow will be gone and those 50 degree temps will be here.
Do you have a plan for improving your diet and getting some exercise this spring?
What are your health goals?
What is keeping you from achieving what you want?
What will your health and life look like 1-3 years from now if you do or don’t follow through with being healthier?
If you would like some assistance with this just email me or call Mary and request my Metabolic assessment form and my NTAF form. Fill these forms out and we can sit down and talk and get a game plan together to get you ready for a great summer and more importantly turn your health around once and for all.
OK, make it a great day, and take one step forward today to be healthier than you were yesterday!
Dr. E after a race
Congrats to Tom Krenz for placing 46th in this years Birkie! Tom also won his age group 45-49. That’s remarkable!!
How do you think your Brain health is?
If you have Fatigue, depression, or gasto-intestinal issues then you likely do not have the best brain function you should have.
Fatigue is never a good sign for brain function since it means you are not getting enough glucose to the brain and oxygen to the brain. Remember the brain needs two things to thrive, one is proper amounts of glucose which you get through the foods that you eat which break down do glucose. You could have a metabolic condition such as diabetes or metabolic syndrome where you are getting to much sugar that isn’t binding to receptor sites and thus your blood sugar stays high. A classic bad sign of blood sugar problems is fatigue after you eat. The goal is to never be fatigued after a meal.
If you are fatigued the brain likely isn;t getting the proper amounts of glucose and oxygen it needs to function optimally. Every metabolic process needs glucose and oxygen for energy. You don’t have the right amounts you aren’t going to be able to produce ATP which is energy. When the brain fatigues everything else fatigues, and you have no brain and nervous system endurance.. Gut motility slows down(constipation), you get tired easily at the computer or when you drive, etc. If you have a leaky gut you also probably have a leaky blood brain barrier. Not a good thing to have but I’ve helped many with this problem.
Fatigue, depression, and gut issues are just the early signs of neuro degeneration. If you or a loved one has these the time is now to do something about it. It’s not old age that is causing you to forget where you put the keys or why you haven’t pooped in 3 days. It’s your brain degenerating right before your eyes and you don’t know it.
So what can you do to help slow down the degeneration of neurons and your brain? First of all we are all degenerating daily. How fast we degenerate depends on many factors. The first is you need to address diet(brain needs fuel for energy), and the brain needs activation for endurance which is exercise. The anti-inflammatory auto-immune diet I’ve been talking about for years is what you should be doing. Click nutrition in categories and you’ll find out what it is. Secondly, you need regular aerobic and strength training. Go to categories and click for more info on that. Just get off the couch and start moving. Adjusting your spine is awesome at increasing brain activity. Numerous studies have shown this. Adjusting the spine stimulates mechanoreceptors and this increase cerebellum firing and also helps balance the two parts of your nervous system, the sympathetic and parasympathetic.
It was great to learn the latest in neurotransmitter activity, and how it effects neuro degeneration, depression and many other neurological conditions. If you would like to get an assessment of how your neurotransmitters and overall brain health is doing just email me steve@dredling.com and I’ll send you a NTAF( Neurological assessment form), fill it out and bring it in and I’d be happy to sit down and see where you are at, on my time.
Did the 12 inches of snow make you happy or depressed, that’s todays question?
Until next time, get the ski’s back out, mid winter skiing out there. Dr. E p.s. Look for Bucky to beat Butler tonight.
You need to go gluten free now
It’s been a while since I’ve put up a post. Spring is here and it actually feels great to put storage wax on my cross country ski’s. I was skiing up to 10 days ago and had the best spring skiing ever. Now it’s time to tie the shoe laces up and start running along with continued strength training. The first couple weeks always are the hardest as my body adapts to new movements and stresses but once I get going it’s great. 3 days cardio a week, 3 days strength a week and I’m good to go. Combine good eating to cut inflammation down and put good nutrients in my body so it can perform at an optimal level, add some positive thoughts and be grateful and I’m set to jet and so can you.
I know you can do it!! If you eat better, start moving, and start thinking more positively there is no way you won’t be healthier. You will give your body-mind a better chance of prospering and dealing with life stressors by taking massive action towards your health. It doesn’t have to be that difficult. Decide you want to improve your quality of life and just get at it with passion and enthusiasm. You can do it on your own like my neighbor did who has lost 40 pounds since the first of the year and says it’s the best he has ever felt, or pay me a good chunk of change to assess and test why you feel the way you do and then lead you to better health and well-being. I have found that most people need some form of close guidance in attaining their health because it can be challenging to learn how to live better when your trying to learn and live a new lifestyle.
I’ve been hitting the books very hard this past year learning how to manage people in getting their health back with chronic metabolic and neurologic diseases. Some of these are hypothyroidism, diabetes, fibromyalgia, peripheral neuropathy, and a host of auto-immune disorders. I’ve been able to successfully treat people with these so they can live a better life. It’s been a lot of work but I get much enjoyment out of assisting people to better health when no one else has. One of the big things I start with all my cases is to clean up the diet by decreasing inflammation. There is no way one will ever get better without eating better. You can go back to previous posts on this but this is so crucial. Check out the below post web address about why everyone should go gluten free. This is a must for everyone. I would recommend getting the testing done through my clinic where I can see if you have the DNA gene for celiac and also do an array of food sensitivity testing for gluten and other foods to see where you really are at. You can do it on your own by eliminating foods also but most people I have found want to see the test results. I use the top immunologic lab in the country at this time, called Cyrex labs, very cool stuff. Gluten just cause gut problems but once you get leaky gut you can have leaky brain and get a host of other neurological problems which someone may diagnosis as something else which the treatment doesn’t get at the cause of the problem. Check this article out at http://evolvify.com/the-case-against-gluten-medical-journal-references/
It's baseball time!!
Happy 50th to Tommy Krenz! Look for Tom to be a world champion in his new age group at the upcoming world championships. Osceola Braves baseball is right around the corner. I look forward to seeing you at the games.
Solutions for being stuck
Have you ever been stuck and not been able to get motivated to unstuck yourself or get with it what you know you can do? Boy, I sure have and I recently had that for a few days. Low motivation, fatigued, in kind of a fog. I always try to look back at what have been my stressors. Stressor can be anything. How is home and work stress. Well, when a teen doesn’t come home on their curfew time and you are up anxiously waiting sleep gets disrupted, anger sets in, and this is a major immediate stress to your body-mind. If that was to be an every weekend event that would be a chronic stress and you’d be in trouble with your health. I also look at how my diet is. Have I been eating a protein rich diet in the morning? Have I been eating periodically throughout the day? Have I been gluten free? Am I staying away from adrenal stimulating foods and beverages? When my diet is great I’m usually functioning and feeling much better. Exercise is crucial if you want to be healthy. If I’m fatigued and in a fog I need to ask am I overtraining? Most people I see are under training, or doing the same thing over and over expecting different results. I recommend 3 days aerobic and 3 days strength a week. It doesn’t have to be a long duration of working out. It may be a brisk 20 minute walk followed by body weight exercises. 30 minutes and you are set for a great day. If you do the same aerobic and strength workout everyday you need to change it up to get your body to change. We can talk at length about this some other time. Variety is important so you don’t get bored, and don’t be afraid to push your self a bit. Rest is also important especially if you are doing intensive workouts, have a ton of stress in your life, and your diet sucks. That is a prescription for fatigue, depression, sickness, and injury. I’m a big fan of working hard but also getting enough time for recovery.
If you eat better, move better, and think better their is no way you can’t be healthier. My job is to assist you through this process. I like to have everyone who comes in fill out a metabolic assessment form to see metabolically how they are doing, and a neurotransmitter assessment form so I can see how brain and nervous system are communicating. These are great forms to assess how you are living your life. From there I can assess what needs to be addressed and to be done as far as any other assessment and testing. This is a great assessment tool to help unstuck you if you aren’t functioning like you know you can. If you would like to know where you are at with these just email me and I’ll send you these forms to fill out and then I can go over them with you. steve@dredling.com
I’ve been doing a ton of work with people(mostly female) with Thyroid problems. I’m doing a workshop monday night at 6:30pm here at my office. I only have room for 8 people so if you are interested in finding out why your Thyroid is giving you problems and what you can do to improve yourself then this class is for you. let me know because it will be full in a couple days.
2 inches of snow is on it’s way! We are in a spring slump for weather. I feel for the high school kids who have to compete in this weather. Braves baseball is right around the corner so I know good weather is on it’s way. Twins and Brewers are off to a slow start also. I love when my hometown teams are doing great, it makes for an exciting summer. This weekend I’m taking Riley to the Gophers spring football game. I remember playing in the spring football game 30 years ago. We were all burnt out of football and relieved it was done. Go out today and make your day exciting!! Dr. E
Summer fun is right around the corner
How to Heal
One of the many things I’ve learned over the past 24 years of being a Chiropractor is the amazing ability of the body-mind to be able to heal it self. How does that happen? I could go into the detail of physiological functions of systems but that would bore you to death. The bottom line is your body mind will heal if you give it the right nutrients, the right movement patterns, and give your brain the right thoughts.
You are what you eat. If you put bad food in you bad things will happen. Insulin insensitivity is an epidemic problem in our young and old. Most patients that I test have blood sugar levels above 100 and that is bad. It puts them in a physiological state in which the cells can’t get glucose in, and it stays in the blood. This is devastating over time and progresses unless you change your diet. I’ve went over the anti-inflammatory in detail in past posts. If you want to be healthy follow that diet.
Exercise is something your body-mind needs. It is as simple as that. If you sit all day you are not only going to have poor posture but inevitably a bad spine and nervous system. The NFL has a 60 minutes a day of exercise for kids campaign which is outstanding. If you don’t have time make time to get a brisk walk, or some strength training. The bottom line is you have to get your body moving for your brain to work and your body to function in an optimal state. Go out and play like you did as a kid. You’ll feel better and think better. Exercise is the best anti-depressant ever known
Thinking better. Oh, this is probably the toughest for everyone. I’m no expert here other than I know when I look at the bright side of life I generally take more action and stay out fo fear. I hate conflict as much as anyone but when I deal with things fear subsides and life is better. Someone once said 90% of the things we worry about never happen. How prophetic. Mary has a saying in our office, “let go and let God”, I love that one. Having faith can be challenging sometimes. Having faith in yourself is vital for good health. Have faith in yourself that you can be healthier by taking action to improve your health. Get out of your head and just start taking action today to be healthier than you were yesterday. I’m here to assist you along your journey of improved health and well being. Remember, you have everything within you to heal and have prosperous health. I think as a society we have forgotten that our body-mind can heal and do well.
Until next time, what is the one thing you are going to do today to help you be healthier? I look forward to your comments! Dr. E p.s. the picture below is from this years spring football game for the gophers. I haven’t been to one since I last put on the pads 30 years ago. I’m with “The Floyd of Rosedale” which is the annual trophy given to the winner of the Iowa-Minnesota football game.
Me and Floyd of Rosedale
Maximize your health potential today
Spring has finally sprung and it is here to stay. It’s nice to be able to get outside and get some great work outs in. Mike Colaizy and I were doing intervals last week with the high school track team. We didn’t finish last which isn’t to bad for a couple of guys 49 and 61. We did a 400m run with a minute break and then 2×200m with 30 second break and then a 100m dash. 3 sets of these and you could feel it. It really taxes your neuromuscloskeletal system but I felt energized by it afterwards. Mike and I had planned to do some 800m intervals and when we saw them line up I told Mike lets get in there and see what we got.
It’s incredible what your body can do if you train it and create an environment for it so it can function at its maximal potential. Never in my wildest mind I would have thought I’d be working out with the track team and be able to hold my own. The message I want to convey is if you train your body it can really work for you and you can compete with people younger than you, you can slow the aging process, and feel incredible as you age. I’m doing it and so can you if you want.
I had a gluten free cooking workshop done by Lisa Erickson at her house last week and was that fantastic. We learned how to prepare gluten free foods that are easy to prepare and incredibly healthy for you. The more you de-flame your diet the healthier you will be. Our bodies are like a big lake. You would never put oil in your lake, or any other waste product because over time you would know it is going to become toxic. Our society keeps polluting our mind-bodies with toxic waste of poor thinking, eating, and lack of movement. Being healthy doesn’t have to be that hard. Add one thing to your mind and body today that will move you to becoming healthier.
Lisa Erickson cooking up a gluten free storm
The high school kids have conference at New Richmond, the baseball, soccer, and golf teams are gearing up for tournaments, and graduation is this friday in Osceola. Congrats to all the kids graduating and best wishes for their future from Mary and I. Congrats to all the graduates parents for being the best parents that they can be. I had no idea the challenges that parenting could bring and they should be proud of their parenting skills.
My son Connor got his drivers license a week ago. I didn’t think I’d worry to much about him driving sine he does a good job when I’ve been driving with him. He had a little fender bender less than 24 hours after he got his license. I couldn’t believe it. Now I know why my parents always worried about me when I was out driving around.
Ok, make it an incredible week, and keep up the great job with your health, and don’t forget to get in and get adjusted, it helps maximize your health potential!! Until next time, cheer all the kids on who play ball, and I’ll see you at the next Braves game. Dr. E
Helps you lose weight and be healthier
Quick note about upcoming weight loss seminar this monday June 13th 6:30pm at my clinic. Shouldn’t last more than 45 minutes. If you want to lose weight and keep it off for good I’m going to show you how. This proven system has worked for many of my patients. Seating is limited, only room for 7 that’s it. Call me 715-294-3100 or email me back steve@dredling.com
First pitch Braves-Bandits game
You know you are getting old when you are asked to throw out the first pitch for the Osceola Braves-St. Croix River bandits game. It was a beautiful day for a game and I actually was nervous a bit since I haven’t been throwing the ball around much this summer. I knew I had to throw it hard because if I laid off it and tried to lob it in there who knows where it would go. I threw a perfect strike and got the heck off the mound. The St. Croix team dominated the first half of the game with Nick Johnson having a stellar game. The Braves game back and made a good game out of it but lost 8-5. You know I’m passionate about baseball and follow every Braves game. watch out for St. Croix this year, they have a lot fo good young talent. I’d bet they will make the playoffs.
It was a fantastic weather weekend and when it’s nice like this I love to get out and play. Besides the baseball game sunday I did the St. Croix Falls 5km running race. I placed 3rd overall with a time of 19 minutes 30 seconds and won my age group. I love the course, mostly downhill and get to run right past the funeral home where I grew up and my old neighborhood. The best part of the race is seeing people I haven’t seen for ages and cheering people on as they finish. Movement is an essential part of being healthy. You want to ant-age yourself then get out side and start moving.
Mandy Schmidt, me and Mary before Twins game
I hope you are all doing well with your anti-inflammatory diet. I’d love to hear your success. Being healthy doesn’t have to be difficult. It’s much more difficult sitting around thinking about it. Prepare your food in advance, eat periodically throughout the day, don’t wait until you get hungry, stay away from sugar and grains, get moving, manage your stress, get good sleep, hydrate, get adjusted, count your blessings and you are on your way!!
That’s it for this week. I’m having great success with my chronic condition patients. If you have a loved one or know someone who has thyroid problems, peripheral neuropathy, fibromyalgia, balance and dizziness disorders, ADD/ADHD, diabetes, then give me a call and lets see if they are a candidate for my metabolic and neurologic program.
OK, time to pick up my son Riley from Baseball practice. I’m sure he will want to bring the team over for some swimming in the pool. I love the hot heat of summer, bring it on!!!! Dr. E p.s. Upcoming workshops, Gluten, what you don’t know may be killing you. The unresolved Thyroid, and Peripheral Neuropathy. Keep posted for times and dates.
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Are You Toxic and Insufficient, or Pure and Sufficient?
The grad parties are over and now I can get clean again. My discipline wasn’t the best over the weekend and I tell you, it’s much easier to keep your diet clean and feel great then eat poorly and feel like crap. I had a conversation yesterday with a patient and she couldn’t understand why she was feeling so bad every monday morning when she comes in. We went over everything and it comes right down to the poor diet she has on the weekends. She inflamme’s herself and pays the consequences for it. Inflammatory foods are grains. Grains are in everything. Most are processed grains and when you have a weekend of poor nutrition you will feel sore, achy, tired, and lethargic. The opposite is true if you keep it pure and have a diet sufficient in good protein, fats, and carbs.
I just put out on my facebook a great video from Dr. Mercola’s website an interview with Dr. Clemente of the Hippocrates institute down in southern florida. It’s a fantastic interview. Here is the link to it. http://www.mercola.com/LT/track.asp?l=5620
Our lifestyle is what is creating a majority of physiological dysfunction that leads people to my office or their M.D.’s office. You can reverse most if not all your ailments by living your life better by how you eat, move, and think. You have to do all of them and not just once. I’m about a stone’s throw away form being 50 and I’m vibrant, active, have high energy, compete with high school kids in athletic events, and for all the nasty injuries and surgeries I’ve had I’m doing pretty darn good. You too can have what ever you want with your health. I can lead you in how to achieve your maximal health potential but you have truly got to want it. I’ve seen people on their dead bed and still not want to change. Change now and start living and not a slow miserable way of existence. The people that are important to you will benefit and more importantly you will be empowered to do anything once you get working on your health.
Drugs are not the answer to our health problems. Living smarter and taking charge of your health and having mentors like myself or someone that has changed how they live are. I’m here for you when you are ready.
Are you toxic? Find out tomorrow night. My good buddy and health advocate Mike Rowe and myself are putting a class on tomorrow night 6:30pm at my clinic on how to cleanse your body in 30 days. This is a great system to get your metabolism on course, lose weight, feel a hell of a lot better and have energy like you haven;t had in years. It’s only 30 minutes and this can be a life changer for you or a loved one. OK, got to run and pick up Riley. I’m playing for the Oakey Owls saturday at 2pm at Oakey park. Come on out and watch the old timers! DR. E p.s. Ask your self every time you eat, move or think if this is making pure and sufficient, or toxic and insufficient. It will help you keep present in the moment and you will make better health choices.
Guess who is 52 today?
This person was told that due to her terrible back she was advised by her Doctor to
1. Never bear children
2. Not to run.
3. Have her back surgically fused by 40
4. Not to do labor intensive work
This person not only has overcome her chronic back condition but has been able to manage it so that she
1. Road a bike across Iowa at age 40
2. Has two kids
3. Does spin and body pump strength and conditioning classes.(teaches spin, and was an aerobics instructor)
4. Gets regular Chiropractic adjustments and does intensive core work
Can you guess whose Birthday it is today?
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Beat the Heat this way.
I love the heat and hate the humidity. How about you?
This reminds me of summer of 1977 and it was a scorcher. The St. Croix Falls golf course had no watering systems and it was totally burnt out except for the greens. We’d play golf early in the morning and then come home grab a snack and off to baseball we’d go. What a perfect life that was way back then. The only thing that is different is the kids hit the weight room and do ability and speed training before baseball now and do golf later in the day or evenings if there isn’t any games.
Back then I’d get heat exhaustion once or twice a summer and didn’t do well in the heat. Now I love it because I know how cold it can be out cross country skiing. I’ve also learned how to take much better care of my self. Here are some tips I do and find these helpful not only in the hot summer heat but year round.
My temp by the pool on sunday
1. If you are working out do it early in the morning. Your energy is better and you beat the heat and humidity.
2. Listen to your body. If it’s struggling, then back it down.
3. Water only. And lots of it. Stay away from the caloric rich drinks which alter your blood sugar which can already be stressed. Drink water through out the day. If your pee is clear you are hydrated.
4. Add lean protein to each meal and snack. Meat, chicken fish are good.
5. Tons of veggies. This is the time to get the fresh veggies. Can’t get anything good in the winter so load up now. Mot of your diet should be veggies.
Keep fruits to stone fruits, and not a lot of these. More veggies than fruits.
6. No processed foods. Keep it raw.
7. Add omega 3’s , pro0biotics for good gut function, and I love greens. All these are inexpensive and I have at my clinic.
8. Be strategic about your carbs. You know I would love to see everyone gluten free. You will gain weight and feel crappy with a bunch of carbs.
9. Don’t beat your self up. Dust your self off, get up and get back on track
10. Follow these steps, be creative, and enjoy success as you beat the heat and humidity and improve your health this summer!!
Mother Mary Chilling on the St. Croix River
Ok, that’s it for this week. Congrats to St. croix River Bandits baseball player Steven Siqorouis for being accepted to Chiropractic school. Steven is the 18th person I’ve referred to Chiropractic school. Good luck Steve and watch out for the River Bandits who are looking to make the playoffs for the first time ever.
On a sad not a good friend of the family died this week, Clarence Johnson. Clarence I’ve known for ever and was a fun loving guy who was a great supporter of everyone. He will be missed by all who knew him.
On a happy note, Hilliary Pascarella is getting married this weekend. Congrats to Hillary!! Also, congrats to all my patients who did the Minnesota state Triathlon. A big way to go, especially in the nasty heat.
Don’t forget to get adjusted in the summer. It will help you adapt to the summer heat. Until next time, embrace the heat and humidity because fall and winter are right around the corner. Dr. E
p.s. I went to the Twins game last night and it was brutal. 115 heat index and today is going to be worse. Heat I can take but the humidity and heat last night with 50,000 other people and it was like a stinking sauna. Actually my sauna would have been more comfortable. What do you prefer, a day like today, or 20 below? Just curious.
Would you do this for your spouse?
Anyone who has been or is in marriage and has kids understands the complexities of what a marriage can bring both good and bad. What can complicate things even more is if one spouse isn’t healthy and isn’t getting the support that they need at home. This is an unfortunate but common thing that I see when dealing with people that come in to my clinic. They may have some form of chronic metabolic, neurologic, or structural problem that affects their ability to be who they really want to be. Add a spouse who has written them off or doesn’t understand and you have a dilemma which is hard to correct. I can do everything possible to help get someone’s health back and they do everything they can to get their health back which is great, but without the love and support at home it is going to be tough to keep their mental and physical health.
When ever their is a physical problem the spirit also gets hurt. Having 30 years of this is going to take time. Investing in your health so you can have the life of your dreams is imperative in this day and age. Life is to short to spend most of it not feeling well and feeling like a prisoner of your own body. I may not have all the answers but I will leave no stone unturned in helping you regain your health.
I missed Wannigan days this year. I can’t believe I didn’t make it up there. Mary and I had a great weekend, we stayed over night in the cities and had a blast. I’m fighting a bit of a summer cold so I’ve been burning the midnight oil to much. no sugar, more sleep, and really watch the diet. Watch out for St.Croix Falls athletic teams in a few years. They have some stellar athletes on their 8th grade baseball team. Osceola beat them by one last weekend. I look forward to watching these kids play in high school. Nothing like a good St. Croix-Osceola rivalry. Until next time, keep the communication open and your past doesn’t have to define your future. Dr. E
Osceola Jr. High baseball champs.
It’s that time of year.
May and I were at her all school reunion for Kelloggg high school in Roseville last saturday night and was it fun. Ther emust have been 3000 people there from 30 years of the high school’s existance. I mostly roamed around just intriqued watching people reunite or try to figure out who so and so was. Mary was class of 1977 which had 750 kids. This was one of the biggest classes in the state of Minnesota at that time. It was funny as I’d be walking around people would glance at my name tag to see what class I was in. It said guest Steve Edling and they would quick be on their way to find someone else they knew. The cool thing was watching all the hugs and ‘Oh my God, how are you” exchanges. My alma Mater, St. Croix Falls class of 1981 is having their 30th class reunion this weekend and you wouldn’t even need name tags since everyone knows everyone. I may have to crash that one.
Reunion time is a great time
It’s reunion time and it’s also time to check in with how you are doing with your health. Are you taking the best care of yourself that you possibly can? If not, why not? Everyday we wake up and have a choice on how we are going to live your life. You attitude affects everything. Keep it positive and do one thing today to get out of your comfort zone and challenge your self to be healthier.
Here are two quick tips for eating better. One is to go Gluten free. That means cutting out all grains, and don’t go near the gluten free sections since they are full of sugar. Two, if you have a plate make 2/3rd’s of it veggies, and 1/3rd of it a good source of lean protein like fish, chicken or meat. Snack on nuts, seeds between meals and don’t wait till you get hungry to eat.
Quick tip for exercise is to do more weight bearing exercises such as pushup’s, up down’s, and planks for core. Do 30 seconds then take a 15 second break. Do that for 5 minutes and you’ll get a quick fat burning workout in. If you are not ready for that do a 30 minute brisk walk with some hills in there.
I’ll finish with a great quote from my buddy Matt Furey. “Act as if you have nothing to lose and everything to gain- and you’ll come out on top most of the time.
Until next time, don’t think twice about going to your class reunion. You’ll be glad you did. Dr. E
You are not alone.
You are not alone when you feel the pain of grief. I was at my good friend and skiing buddy Dave Landgraf’s funeral this past saturday and it was a tough day for me and everyone who knew him. Dave was hit while riding his bike south of Hayward by a distracted driver. What an incredible testimonial to his life when over 3000 people showed up for his funeral. Dave is the king of the American Birkibeiner skiing all 38 of then and being a national and world champion in his age group. Dave taught PHY ED in Bloomer for 30 years and was their head track coach for over 25 years. Dave will be truly missed and another reminder to live your life with no regrets.
Osceola was put back on the map this past weekend when Casey Danielson age 16 made it to the quarterfinals of the Women’s U.S. amateur golf tournament in Rhode Island. I watched her match live on the golf channel and she fought a valiant battle losing 1 up. Congrats to Casey. I think she is going to have a great pro career someday.
After the funeral I quick drove over to Bloomington to catch a seminar on CORTISOL MELATONIN CIRCADIAN RHYTHM PHYSIOLOGY. Cortisol is a stress hormone produced by your adrenal glands and goes to every single cell in your body. Your cortisol levels should be highest in the morning and lowest at night. If it’s low in the morning you are not going to have any energy and if high at night you probably have a hard time getting to sleep and or staying asleep. If your cortisol levels are high then your melatonin levels are low. That is why you hear of people taking melatonin to sleep. The most important thing to find out is what i s driving your cortisol levels to high or to low? It could be many different things from infection, to bad gut function, over stressed in your life, and many other factors which need to be investigated. I highly encourage you to come in and get a Adrenal stress index test done. It’s an inexpensive saliva test which you take and do at home, send it in and we get results back in 10-14 days.
Ok, school starts in a couple weeks so It’s that time of year to gett he kids in and get their spine and nervous system checked out. Fall sports have already started and the big rivalry game between St. Croix Falls and Osceola is this friday night at St. Croix.
Congrats go out to the Osceola braves for qualifying for the state Baseball tournament in Coon Valley this weekend. What a classic 15 run game they won against the Haugen nights last friday. Go Braves!!!
Until next time, go cheer your favorite team and take daily action to be the healthiest you can possibly be! Dr. E
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You are not alone, part two.
I’m sure many people out east felt quite alone with Hurricane Irene slamming North Carolina, the Jersey shore and Vermont really got the flooding. No electricity means no computer, no lights, no fridge, no nothing. To me it would mean no distractions. I’d have to actually deal with the moment as best I could. Families would have to come together and if you would be by yourself you would find out a lot about yourself. Luckily we don’t get hit with hurricanes like some of my buddies who sent me pictures. One lives on Cape Hatterus and he says it was pretty bad. Our big snowstorm we had last December didn’t keep the neighbors from getting to our party but I think a hurricane would.
1980 Gopher football team
I get very antsy and excited this time of year. The kids start schol in less than 48 hours and I feel excited every year when school starts. Kids will be wearing new clothes, checking out any new kids, establish new friendships, renew old friendships, and challenge themselves with the best intentions of doing their best this year. I admire teachers and their commitment to our children and teens. It’s a job I thought I’d someday do but I don’t think I’m cut out for the day in and day out of being a teacher. A guest lecturer is more my cup of tea.
This is also a great time to renew your commitment to your health. Are you easily distracted and have a hard time finding time and energy to follow through with the basics of keeping yourself healthy and well? If you are here are a couple suggestions. Keep your cell phone in the car when you are at work and home. That will take away from the distraction of using it. Do your email once in morning and don’t look at it until the afternoon. You’ll get much more done. Keep your facebook time to 15 minutes a day max. I was a facebook junky last summer and as much fun as it was it was getting in the way with a number of more important things in my life. Make time to prepare your food. Make time to workout daily. I’ve got an hour set away right after I get this post put up on the blog for my workout. We all have the same amount of time in the day. Can you commit to being less distracted, mean more while saying less, and follow through with what you tell people you are going to do? I know when I’m laser focused like this I am then healthier, happier, and a better Doctor.
We will be out of town starting thursday and will not be back in until the a week from now on September 7th. Mary and I will be traveling to Los Angeles to watch the Gophers and Twins play this weekend. I’m also looking forward to seeing an old football buddy DeWayne Eldridge who I played with from over 30 years ago.
Take care, get in and get adjusted so you have a great Holiday, and have a safe and fun Labor day weekend. Dr. E
Are you ready for some football?
Tonight is the night when people in Wisconsin really go nuts over their Green Bay Packers. I was driving back from my first rollerski of the year and saw this blown up packer mascot in someone’s driveway. It’s interesting how close we are to the Twin Cities but I’d say it’s 70% Packer fans to 30% Viking fans. The same goes for the Badgers and Gophers. Tonight is going to be a great game so enjoy it as I will with my son and all his football buddies are coming over for at least the first half.
Packer country
Mary and I got back from a great trip to Los Angeles. I met up with an old teammate of mine Dewayne Eldridge who looks like he could still play today. The Gophers played great and look forward to watching them play this weekend against New Mexico State wh o is coached by Dewayne Walker another old teammate of mine.
Former Gophers 30 years later
I could not live in L.A.. The weather is great, but the traffic would drive me nuts. We also went to a Twins-Angels game and actually saw Joe Mauer hit a homerun. I think it was his first since he played here in Osceola against the Braves.
Mary and I at the famous L.A. coliseum
Many of you do not get the Valley Wire which is Osceola’s alternative newspaper. I’ve been writing for it since day one. See my article on back to basics which was run this week. Enjoy and get ready for some great football!!!
Getting back to basics
Close encounter with a Bald Eagle.
Fall is probably my favorite time of the year. Football is well under way and I love college football games, especially the new Gophers stadium which is outstanding. If you saw last weeks Gopher game against Miami of Ohio the opening kickoff hit in the back of the end zone and bounced up in to the first row and was caught by local sports legend and fellow Chiropractor Dave Leske. It’s also one of my favorite times when the weather changes and leaves start changing. There is that something in the air about now that makes me want to prep for winter. One of my favorite things to do is to rollerski to get in shape for cross country skiing. I usually go north of St. Croix falls where it is very hilly and there are no cars. I skied 2 hours on tuesday and only saw 2 cars. I headed up river road along the beautiful St. croix river. The breeze pushed me up towards Wolf Creek then I headed out toward the big hills near Eureka and then back down river road where I saw some turkey vultures in the ditch. As I got closer on my roller ski’s they flew away and as I neared the dead deer in the ditch a gigantic Bald Eagle flew up off the deer and just about knocked me off my ski’s. It was so surprising since I could not see anything until I was already just about on top of it. That eagle must have been 10 feet wide and I could not believe how huge it was and how big his neck and claws were. I could see how an eagle could pick up just about anything. I had never been that close to such a gigantic eagle and it really caught me off guard. It was pretty cool, but next time I see some vultures in the ditch I’m going to pay a little more attention. I remember when we had an eagles nest in our neighborhood and I was washing car with Riley in our yard. Riley was just a baby and a bald eagle swooped down and almost picked him up. Scared me half to death. I don’t think Mary knows about that one.
I was at a 20 hour thyroid workshop which was fantastic this past weekend. I have been studying extremely hard learning functional medicine so I can become a bett