Malysa Stone In this inspirational episode, Malysa Stone talks about breaking generational patterns of abuse, alcoholism, crime, drug abuse, and migraines. She describes growing up living in a car with a father who abused drugs as well as a foster home. She comes from many, many generations of drugs, addiction, and mental illness within the last few generations of her family. She’s the only one in her family who's never gone to prison or become addicted to drugs. She has turned the patterns of a...
Aug 29, 2023•31 min•Ep. 42
Tyler Evans, DC. DCCJP One of the reasons I started “What Pain in the Neck?” is to share conversations as I have experienced them. It is a great privilege to have gotten to spend some time with an awesome Blair Upper Cervical Chiropractor who is is not only a Diplomate and an advanced Blair Techninque instructor, but a leader in the true meaning of the word. Dr. Tyler Evens owns Arete Chiropractic along with his wife Dr. Michael Bebe, Dr. Evans is the is the ICA Upper Cervical Council 2023 resea...
Aug 23, 2023•41 min•Ep. 41
Ruth Elder In this podcast episode, Ruth’s son Andreas Elder takes over as the host to ask his mother some questions about her story; her background, why she is worth listening to, and what she has to offer. He starts off by asking why it’s worth listening to what she has to say. Her main reason for doing this podcast is wanting to help people. She has herself suffered greatly and found a solution to it. She was practically an invalid her whole life up until age 21, and nobody could find out wha...
Aug 15, 2023•41 min•Ep. 40
Dr. Gordon Elder Upper Cervical Chiropractic deals with the brainstem. It is the most basic part of the brainstem is what we call the lizard brain or the most primitive part that deals with staying alive; our breathing, our pulse, blood pressure, and things like that. And the brainstem is affected by the alignment of bones and nerves, and tissues at the very top of our neck, right underneath the head. The mouth plays a more intimate and intricate role than I had realized in the health of the upp...
Aug 08, 2023•22 min•Ep. 39
Jaime Browning, BS. DC. DCCJP This episode highlights the significance of research in upper cervical care and emphasizes its positive impact on a person's health. Dr. Jamie Browning discusses the connection between neck alignment and various health issues, such as migraines, TMJ disorders, and IBS. She also discusses using tools like pupillary constriction measurement and thermal imaging to assess patients and track improvements. Dr. Browning emphasizes the need for accessible research resources...
Aug 01, 2023•45 min•Ep. 38
Cory Roof, Ogallala Greens Cory Roof, the CEO of Ogallala Greens, discusses the advantages of hydroponic growing for lettuce, greens, and other fresh produce. He shares his personal journey in starting a local produce business in Post/Slaton/Lubbock TX. He emphasizes the importance of nutrition and the challenges of obtaining fresh, healthy greens. Volunteering at a food bank in Los Angeles opened Cory’s eyes to the importance of good food. Cory's hydroponics journey started while working at Ple...
Jul 25, 2023•33 min•Ep. 37
Dwayne Hoskins, DC. Dwayne Hoskins. is a chiropractor. He was born to be a chiropractor,. He has 30 years in practice, and has done a lot of things. Everything he does that I'm passionate about has chiropractic wrapped up in it. Hear us talk about: The nerdiest of the nerdy people. ( The Upper Cervical Council .) The philosophy of chiropractic and the tenets of chiropractic and its view of how the world works and how the body works, it fit hand in glove with his theology. Just like every patient...
Jul 18, 2023•35 min•Ep. 36
Stacy Cain Stacy has always been very health conscious, taking care of her teeth, wanting to learn about health, wearing sunblock, and going to a chiropractor once per month for maintenance. She is self-professed hypochondriac. WebMD was her best friend and worst enemy. The introduction to Upper Cervical Chiropractic and the neck's importance came through a Toastmasters meeting presentation. The knowledge of the concepts of Upper Cervical Biomechanics was tucked away as merely an interesting con...
Jul 11, 2023•36 min•Ep. 35
DR. JEFFREY N SCHOLTEN BSc (Kin), DC, DCCJP, FCCJP, PgCPain In private practice in Calgary, Canada since 2001, Dr. Scholten is a Fellow and board-certified Diplomate in Chiropractic Craniocervical Junction Procedures and holds a post-baccalaureate Graduate Certificate in Pain Management. Dr. Scholten is licensed to practice chiropractic in the Province of Alberta, Canada. The Clinic Director and Owner of the Vital Posture Clinic, Dr. Scholten also is an Adjunct Professor at Life Chiropractic Col...
Jul 04, 2023•38 min•Ep. 34
Sarah Wood, RN Sarah Wood is a Registered Nurse and has worked as a Clinical Research Assistant at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Cente r and for Dr. Gafford at Lubbock Integrative Medicine Sarah’s journey into healthcare started when she was 14 years old and had to offer first aid after an accidental gunshot wound to save the life of her stepmother. At that moment she decided she wanted to do everything to always know what to do to help people and to have the most updated knowledge to gi...
Jun 27, 2023•46 min•Ep. 33
Dr. John Stenberg Dr. John Stenberg is an Upper Cervical Chiropractor using the Blair Upper Cervical Technique in private practice at Zenith Upper Cervical Chiropractic in Colorado Springs and the host of the podcast: The Atlas of Chiropractic . Dr. Stenberg is a graduate of Life University in Atlanta His motivation for starting a podcast for chiropractic students and practitioners called The Atlas of Chiropractic . He has had so many conversations with mentors and more experienced Doctors and m...
Jun 20, 2023•40 min•Ep. 32
Elizabeth Beard, DDS with Renew Dental What is Biologic Dentistry? A healthy Mouth equals a Healthy Body. Your mouth is a mirror to your body's health The goal is to reduce inflammation. What is the same and different about biologic dentistry and traditional dental care? Mercury. Why it is important to remove it from our mouth using safety measures. Why Ozone and PRC is used to promote healing. What is it, and what does it do? How Dentistry can help migraines. Addressing Comfort and Fear and Anx...
Jun 13, 2023•31 min•Ep. 31
Debby Blair Clanton Debby’s father is Dr. William G. Blair, the founder of the Blair Upper Cervical Chiropractic Technique. He had a clinic on Avenue Q. He was a very scientific guy and figured out all kinds of stuff, researcher. She was very proud of her dad growing up in an age where chiropractors were often considered quacks.Well, her father was very loving. He loved her a lot . In many ways, their personalities were very similar, and their mutual stubbornness often caused them to clash. When...
Jun 06, 2023•39 min•Ep. 30
Gordon D. Elder, DC, DCCJP Ruth Elder Over more than 25 years of Blair Upper Cervical Practice, Dr. Gordon Elder and his wife, Ruth Elder have seen so many people get their lives back and resolve serious health issues and pain. This transformation is what got them interested in this career and what keeps them going. This episode shares some of their favorite stories from early on as well as recent success stories. The Blair Chiropractic Clinic's vision statement is Unleashing Health Worldwide. I...
May 30, 2023•35 min•Ep. 29
Vicki Rush Vicki Rush is married to Dr. Perry Rush, an upper cervical chiropractor specializing in the Blair Technique. For more than 20 years, she worked as her husband’s chiropractic assistant. She ran the office, he did the chiropractic, and it was a good balance. They were living in Spartanburg. Getting to see the miracles in people’s lives firsthand was incredible. On their first date, Vicki told Dr. Rush about some health problems she had been experiencing and he taught her all about chiro...
May 23, 2023•34 min•Ep. 28
Dr. Perry Rush In this special interview, you will hear from one of the great pioneers and unsung heroes of the Blair Upper Cervical Technique. In this interview, you will get a glimpse some of Dr. Rush’s most memorable patient stories. Helping a six month baby have a bowel movement for the first time. A man who had lost his strength in his arm. Getting function back in an arm after one adjustment. A woman who completely recovered from failed low back surgery and bulging disc. Being accused of b...
May 18, 2023•37 min•Ep. 27
Dr. Perry Rush In this special interview, you will hear from one of the great pioneers of the Blair Upper Cervical Technique. How he decided to be a chiropractor after attending a health lecture, he didn’t really want to attend but thought he needed to. He started chiropractic care with his mentor Dr. R. Weldon Muncy in Lancaster, CA, despite having no symptoms and being a weight training champion. What is Straight Chiropractic? Dr. Rush graduated from Sherman College of Chiropractic during a ti...
May 16, 2023•39 min•Ep. 26
Gordon Elder, DC, DCCJP Ruth Elder This is part two of their Story and tells the story of how and why they came to Lubbock to take over as owners of the Blair Chiropractic Clinic . Part one of this episode was aired on “What Pain in the Neck?” on February 6th. Click here to listen to the episode on our website Dr. Elder came to visit the Blair Chiropractic Clinic for the first time in the summer of 2015 to tour the clinic and ask questions from Dr. Addington about how Dr. Blair ran his clinic. T...
May 09, 2023•33 min•Ep. 25
Ryan Reynolds Ryan Reynolds is an insurance expert who owns the independent insurance agency Grimes Insurance which is celebrating 75 years of business in Lubbock, TX, this year. Before that, he worked as a State Farm agent for many years. He is breaking down all the dos and don’ts about how to protect ourselves, our family, and the other party in case of an automobile accident. Some of the topics covered in this episode is: Liability insurance really protects the other person. Uninsured, underi...
May 02, 2023•33 min•Ep. 24
Elizabeth Came to work a t Blair Chiropractic Clinic despite being terrified of chiropractic her whole life. Elizabeth describes her health journey as epileptic and, previously, extremely overweight. She had high blood pressure. There were so many different health issues. She had the ACLs in both knees replaced. A lot of it she didn't realize was going on until she started healing and realized that I was so used to dealing with the pain. Sciatic pain went away after one adjustment to the neck. I...
Apr 25, 2023•34 min•Ep. 23
Dr. Margaret Shreve was 11.5 years old in July 1989 -and had no idea why her parents chose to move to Spartanburg, SC from Key West, FL. 15 years later, she was enrolled at ShermanCollege of Chiropractic, 10-15 minutes from her home. . As a child, she didn’t dream of being President, going to space, fighting fires, or teaching school. She wanted to know: “Why do my legs and feet take me wherever my mind wants to go?” Not only does she now know how the body functions, she has been given the aweso...
Apr 18, 2023•40 min•Ep. 22
Dr. Al Cobb Dr. Al Cobb talks about growing up as the youngest of 5 children in Knoxville, Tennessee. His passions were sports and Christian ministry. He played quarterback in College and acquired a Bachelor of Arts in Biology from the Virginia Military Institute. After graduating from Virginia Military Institute, he moved to Knoxville, Tennessee to be on staff with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. Christian Ministry was and still is his passion. His career in ministry came to a halt after ...
Apr 12, 2023•41 min•Ep. 21
Drs. Barrett: Andrea Barrett, DC Derek Barrett, DC Husband and wife Doctor Team practicing at Barrett Chiropractic in Wichita, KS, since July 2019, focusing on Upper Cervical Chiropractic. They both have a similar upbringing and background and were individually motivated to pursue chiropractic as a means of helping more people with their health. After looking into several healing professions, chiropractic felt like the right fit. The philosophy and chiropractic and their background as athletes c...
Apr 04, 2023•34 min•Ep. 20
Telehealth offers health coaching for wellness care through serious conditions such as autoimmune issues and cancer care through zoom around the world. In the United States, they can offer direct-to-consumer labs. Terrain function means that the process starts with assessing the lay of the land and figuring out an individual approach. They don’t cure illness or cure cancer but rather teach clients to work with the body. An important motto is we test, assess, address, and never guess. It's really...
Mar 28, 2023•37 min•Ep. 19
Stacy Schenkel Stacy Schenkel has lived in Lubbock since 2008 and met Ruth through the Chamber of Commerce. She works at Refuge Services, a nonprofit organization that does equine therapy with children of all ages and adults with special needs, both physically and emotionally. They also have a veteran program where they do psychotherapy incorporating horses. Stacy suffered an injury, an impact at a music festival. A crowd surfer came from behind and dropped on her head. The impact knocked her do...
Mar 21, 2023•34 min•Ep. 18
Gordon Elder DCCJP At the time of the recording (September 2022), Dr. Elder ha just finished a three-year program that, because of COVID, ended up being a four-year program. It was a 300-hour program for a post-doctorate degree in health for the brainstem, the craniocervical junction. The title is Diplomate. It’s a DCCJP, Diplomate in Chiropractic Craniocervical Junction Procedures. The course was divided up into 12-hour weekends that were held in several different cities. They ran all day Satur...
Mar 14, 2023•21 min•Ep. 17
Dr. Michael Lenarz Dr. Michael Lenarz has been a Blair Upper Cervical Doctor for about 34 years. He graduated from Sherman College in 1987. It was there that he learned about upper cervical work. The idea is to do the least amount of adjusting to get the most powerful healing. Growing up, Dr. Lenarz didn’t hear much about chiropractors. At 25, he injured his shoulder while working in his father’s factory. It wasn't terrible, but it was a fairly painful shoulder. That was what prompted him to go ...
Mar 07, 2023•37 min•Ep. 16
Linda Jones Cereset Linda came down with Covid in 2020, and it just seemed like the regular flu . She was almost through her recovery and quarantine when suddenly, she woke up one morning and was experiencing a very deep depression. She felt like she was hearing things. She thought she was having something like Schizophrenia. She did not want to be awake. She called her doctor and told her what was happening. The doctor thought it was a long-hauler symptom of Covid and had been seeing it more an...
Feb 28, 2023•33 min•Ep. 15
Kevin Weir Kevin Weir is a Business Coach with Action Coach Business Coaching with more than 20 years of experience in coaching. His neighbor, Dr. Hines, was a chiropractor and owned a clinic. Kevin started coaching Dr. Hines, who, in turn, offered Kevin Chiropractic care.. He had his first chiropractic adjustment about one year into business coaching. It felt good to get his neck adjusted, but the technique concerned him because of the twisting and popping. Before the adjustment, he had been ha...
Feb 23, 2023•37 min•Ep. 14
Dr. Mercedes Cook Dr. Mercedes Cook is the owner of Upper Cervical Chiropractic San Diego. They are located in the Mission Valley area of San Diego. She has had an amazing experience personally with upper cervical care. When she was in high school, she was a cheerleader, dancer, and really active. She was dealing with a lot of hip pain and had gotten MRIs, other imaging, done PT, done the traditional things to help with that, and nothing was really helping. Then she started to develop other issu...
Feb 21, 2023•36 min•Ep. 13
