We moved. It’s done.
We made it. We closed on a Friday (on Halloween!), moved everything, and opened in the new place on a Monday. We still have to finish hanging some art, but we’re functional, and I now have windows in all the treatment rooms. And an office instead of my little Hobbit hole.
Now that I have the space, I’m already outlining my next book, which is on the science of increasing health span —the length of your lifespan during which you are disease-free and functional. Unfortunately, people are living longer these days, but the last 10-15 years of many people’s lives can be pretty miserable.
If you increase your health span, you increase the good years until the final ones.
My thoughts on peptides
One thing I’ll have an entire chapter about will be peptides, which are all the rage in the biohacking circles. Peptides are sequences of amino acids touted to support various bodily functions, such as healing or building muscle.
Not all peptides are created equal, so it’s hard to make blanket statements, but the ones I’m most often asked about are generally used for healing and recovery. The most popular one that I get asked about nearly every day is called BPC-157, which is being used for musculoskeletal healing, gut healing, and anti-inflammatory effects.
Here are the problems: no human trials are using this peptide. The rat studies show some benefit, and there may indeed be some benefits, but this stuff has been around since the 90s, and my guess is that if there were a significant benefit, the pharma industry would have taken it up and run with it a long time ago.
Also, the primary action of BPC-157 is angiogenesis, which means it promotes the formation of blood vessels. There are situations where this could be a good thing, such as in a tendon injury, since tendons are relatively avascular and are therefore slow to heal.
But a situation that would be very bad for angiogenesis is the promotion and proliferation of tumor cells. Tumors are known to increase blood flow to feed themselves, and we don’t want that.
The bottom line is, I don’t think the vast majority of peptides like BPC-157 that people ask about are worth the risk, especially when there are other proven ways to treat the injuries for which people are taking them. And if the state of the research changes, I’ll be the first to report about it.
New Services at Green Chiro
Now that I have some elbow room around here, I bought a spinal decompression machine for my patients with stubborn disc pain.
The results have been fantastic already. Two people I’m very close to (my wife, above, and Cristina, my right-hand woman here at the office) have both been dealing with some chronic disc-caused nerve pain for months, and although I’ve been able to help keep it from progressing, I haven’t had much success in getting them to the finish line. But that’s all changing now, and they would both tell you that if you’re dealing with a chronic disc issue, you should try it out.
If you want to know more about decompression, take a look here.
And I think I’ve mentioned this before, but we finally joined the modern era and have online booking. The link for that is here.
Come see the new place!
1416 Campbell Road B
Suite 207
Houston, TX 77055
