My neck, my back....

is JACKED UP!!

if you haven't heard the bizarre story of how I got hit by a car back in '03 then just know it caused some major problems for my neck and back. I went to a chiro back in the day but i'm still not 100%

went to see this new chiropracter. got x-rays. went back to chiro for follow up and man... i couldn't stop laughing after the info i got. let's start with my neck.

you see that red line to the right of my cervical column?

that's how my/any neck should curve.

typically, if you're involved in an accident, then 'whiplash' occurs where the cervical column becomes straight.

[hey, check out the fillings in my teeth! ;) ]

aight... see those dotted lines.. that's the straight line my atlas and shoulders should take.

the red line is where neck and shoulders take.

oh yeah, the vertical line is where my spine should align.

why is that? at the top of the spinal column is a bone called the ATLAS.

This bone is crucial to almost everything that you do: mood, emotions, how you sleep, motor functions, etc.

The reason is because it houses the brain stem. if this bone is off in any way, then bodily functions are "altered".  Mine is tilted, as a result so are my shoulders slightly, AND my left hip...

[my chiro did notice that my lungs are "nice and clean" and that my "heart looks great" =} ]

well whaddya' know...

Chiro showed me all these x-rays and all i could do is just laugh in amazement.

i'm a nerd so it was kinda fascinating to see what's going on inside...

so what's the solution for all this..?

getting my Atlas adjusted.

There's a device that kind of looks like a dentist drill that has a tip the diameter of a ball point pen and is rounded.

It simply gives off a sonic vibration that re-aligns the atlas.

 [oh yea, my right leg is slightly shorter than the left. ]

so I lay on my side and the chiro places the tip of the device right behind my right ear and slightly lower [location of the atlas].

and with one simple thud i'm done.

believe it or not it works. 

i walked out of there and my walk felt different.

while driving in my car, my neck felt different.

i'll come back twice a week for about 6 weeks for treatment and all will be well...

2011 is going to be the best year yet for me.

so maybe the cure to A.D.H.D and other illnesses aren't medicines...

maybe it's just a good crack in the neck

[thank God for insurance!]

BOOYAH!

Tron review

The first version of this film was pretty advanced for an 80's film.
It showed the sign of the times of technological advances of the decade.

In a nutshell, a team of scientist build a machine that can break anything down to it's molecules, scan the data, and put it back together (possible?). An ex-scientist named Kevin Flynn [Bridges] turned game-junkie investigates his old software that's been seized by a tech corporation [ENCOM] that those scientist work for. Bridges snoops around the lab to hack a computer to reclaim the identity of his software. While he's snooping the 'scanning' invention scans him and he's transported into the digital world ["The Grid"]. Programs are personified and are manipulated in creative ways...


28 years later, TRON Legacy picks up with Flynn stuck in the grid with a son left behind. Flynn reclaimed the identity of his software in the first film, yet, nowhere to be found, Encom has been taken over by the board of directors. Flynn's son Sam [Hedlund] has about 55% ownership of the corporation in stock and wants nothing to do with the corporation. Kevin Flynn's old co-worker Alan [Boxleitner / Tron] is apart of the board of directors and is a harbinger for Sam that he has received a page from Sam's father. Sam checks out his dad's old arcade 'Flynn's' and discovers an old computer in his dad's private office. While trying to find out what his dad's old password may be the scanner device from the original is in the room. Sam inadvertantly sets it off to have himself scanned and  is whisked away to the grid.

Up to that point the viewer is rediscovering the plot of the original and playing some catch up. Once Sam is in the grid, put your seatbelt on. The film is a fast ride that you don't get off of until the very end.

This more futuristic grid is AMAZING & EYE-POPPING! Sam does find his dad and a lot more than he bargained for. Survival is a must. "Like father like son" Sam is quick witted and doesn't play by the rules of the world that he's in.

One of my favorite scenes/areas in the movie is when Sam finds his dad. Kevin Flynn's home is like something I've never seen before. It's very futuristic and minimalistic at the same time.

You really have to see this film.