Welcome to Dr. Hal Online
This blog is written from a Chiropractic physician’s perspective. It is a collection of my reflections on the human side of medical science, our social and cultural interactions, doctor-patient relationships, communication, and technology.
Always thoughtful, and sometimes irreverent, my observations of human physiology and behavior reflect my love for people.
Ideas shared here are based upon current scientific information about Human Fitness, Nutrition, and Wellness. My intention is to share reliable information that the reader can use to make sound Healthcare decisions for you and your family.
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Yours in Health,
– Dr. Hal
- Getting Older is Certainly Disappointing
In my younger days, I listened to older athletes talk about getting older and changes in performance they had experienced. It always sounded like the changes of aging took place gradually over time. It may have, however, just been my wishful thinking. Holding out a hope that I would be exempt from such speedy declines…. - Thoughts on Plateauing
I know it sounds like the latest in adventure exercise but plateauing is just our body’s built-in way of defining optimal function. We, of course, think we know better but Nature still asserts its dominance in our physiology. Or does it? “I’ll Take Plateauing for $200, Alex” I was introduced to the experience of plateauing… - Being Difficult: A Healthy Lifestyle the Hard Way
Keeping with an exercise plan, or any healthy lifestyle choice for that matter, is difficult. For every reason we have to do something good for ourselves, we can always come up with loads of reasons to not do it. The weather is too hot/cold/rainy to go outside… I ate a carrot stick yesterday, so I… - Choosing Strength Over Weakness: Self Advocacy in Healthcare
Who would have thought that self-advocacy for one’s own healthcare would become such an essential part of caring for ourselves and loved ones? But it is. Maybe the pandemic experience accelerated the process, but the resulting impersonal characteristics of the healthcare machine have become very visible. Where caring for one’s health was something that could… - Paying Attention to Our Arguments
I am coming around to thinking that we no longer pay enough attention to our arguments. We go with the first loudly expressed idea and defend it without due consideration of that idea. The substance of the idea is lost in all the noise surrounding it. I know what you are going to say. “But… - Do We Label Life Too Much?
Funny how every life experience demands a label these days. In healthcare and fitness circles, complex physical conditions must first be reduced to a pathology with a trendy sounding acronym. That “disease”, and I use the term loosely, astonishingly happens to be best addressed through the use of the products they just happen to be…
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