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(My first attempt at posting went awry)

Albert Einstein said: "We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them."

Folks: The 'elephant in the living room' is this: We have incorrectly defined the term/word "health". Currently we, in the USA, default to the WHO's definition for health which basically says that health is two things:

1- when you are not sick...and

2- when you feel, more or less, well

This is a poor definition for numerous reasons that I will not go into. Our whole health care paradigm (even so-called health promotion) is based on this erroneous definition. And remember, you can NOT fix a broken paradigm.

Each day in my office as a wellness-based chiropractor in a quiet suburb we engage in true health promotion using the following concise and holistic definition:

'Health is one's level of function from the cellular level to the social level.' Once you get the definition correct, then you have a precise and clear target to aim at. Also, many of the conventionally-popular health care interventions begin to look non-sensical.

If by some miracle of rational thinking (at the policy-making level) we were to broadly adopt this definition, we would immediately be half-way to solving our "health crisis" (not health care crisis). A crisis that is truly the greatest threat to our nation's autonomy and very existence.

Cheers.

John J. Collins, DC CCSP

www.springbrookclinic.com

posted 3 years, 10 months ago
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Kudos to these new media companies with their intelligent mission statements. We now rarely listen/watch/read mainstream media.

In my opinion the true definition of news that is worth "printing/brodcasting" is only that news which a person or group could ACTUALLY use to make informed decisions to improve the quality of their lives and the lives of others.

99% of the "so-caled-news" in the mainstream media DOES NOT qualify IMHO.

John Collins

(p.s. to these new  media editors)

I am happy to contribute positive news articles re. health and healthcare. please contact me here:

http://www.springbrookclinic.com/index.php?catID=1&page=shared/stockpages/cp/aboutus/contactus.php&pageID=37

posted 4 years, 2 months ago
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1-Calling on Dean Karnazes to discuss the [u]Oregon[/u] running scene is like bringing in the winner of American Idol to discuss the Portland Indy music scene.

2-I am not sure if any studies/surveys have been done, but I would find it very surprising if there were a mid-size or large city in the USA that had more recreationally-competitive runners (those who regularly toe the line with a number on their chest) per capita, than Portland, Oregon.
John Collins

posted 4 years, 11 months ago
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