Hope Unfiltered: Just the Basics

It always amazes me how siloed we are in the treatment of the human body in America. Our focus is always on treating a symptom without every looking at the root cause. Often times you will hear a story of how for the last x-amount of years I have been trying to find a doctor who understands what is going on. I have gone to multiple conventional doctors and all say the same thing and treat me the s...

It is incredibly easy these days for people who aren't taking chances, sharing their passion or exposing themselves through their words or actions to sit back and criticize those who are. Outside of the "health pandemic" we encountered a new pandemic of fact checkers and keyboard cowboys at the ready to crucify anyone who attempted to speak hope into the world during a narrative that provoked fear...

The rules of a finite game have a beginning, a middle and an end. As opposed to the infinite game in which there are perpetual cycles of play. When western medicine chooses to approach your health in the finite realm, it leads us yearning for more and asking more questions of why. Too often we treat our health as a 7 day z pack or a injection or a "minor" surgical procedure (not sure any surgery i...

The western approach to medicine has lead us down a path in which we either: A. treat the body as a machine - aka spit out the bone. or B. medicate the body to a point it is "comfortably numb." or C. Some combination of both of the above. However, in the last 50 years we have lost an element of the human experience of pain and suffering. We have chose to use the western approach of medicine i...

One of my favorite equations from Navy Seal Jocko is Discipline = Freedom. A second favorite quote from him is "all your excuses are lies." In a day and age where the idea of relativism is the chief cultural belief, I am determined to instill in the people I meet a disciplined life. The question becomes, what does discipline look like for you. For some, they are disciplined in habits that wreak ha...

One thing that I have noticed recently over the last 5 years has been an uptick in the number of people craving success. The social media generation has opened pandoras box in technology where we can virtually create anything and show it to the world, even if it isn't true. Even more damaging has been the keyboard cowboy's coming out and attacking people who have spent 10, 15 and even 20 years wor...

On June 9th, 2022, The Epoch Times released a headline stating: The Vagus Nerve: A New Frontier of Brain-Body medicine. In this episode I will dive into the highlights of this article on what the Vagus nerve is and its responsibilities for maintaining the human body in a state of existence. This is a fascinating field of study that, while believed to be relatively ground breaking or on the frontie...

Sciatica is a condition that plagues a majority Americans at least once in their life time. It could be a small flare up or it could be a chronic issue. Regardless, there are may arguments and discussions surrounding what can actually heal sciatica. In this episode I dive into the anatomy of the sciatic nerve as well as the solutions presented by the author. I will also take you through my own jou...

In this episode Dr. Kramer debunks some of the more common myths surrounding Chiropractic...more specifically Upper Cervical Chiropractic. This fringe based application of Chiropractic has led to some of the most brilliant and beautiful miracles over the last 100 years of application and so few people know about it and even fewer understand it. Hopefully today's episode will shed some light on the...

We all have coaches in our life. Some of our coaches are amazing, others not so great. One thing is common though about all of the coaches that we have in our life, they leave an impact on who we are and who we become. Some, may claim that they have never had a coach - which is fine - interchange the word coach with advisor, mentor, guide - you get the point. Someone of influence in our life that...

Can you believe that approximately 67 days ago, most of us were making resolutions on how we were going to be better in 2022? The habits we would break. The habits we would make.  The lifestyle we would create.  Me either... So, my question for you today is...how are you doing?  Have you stayed committed to your habits for the last 67 days or have you slipped?  Have you stayed...

While every agency in the world is attempting to cancel this great feast, I have a message of Hope and three gifts to share with you today. I hope you will find the time to listen to these short 10 minutes as it highlights, for me, the true focus of Christmas amidst the chaos of this world. Merry Christmas! 

Two years ago I started a journey focused on creating discipline in my life. You see, for the last 20 years, the one virtue I have actually lacked in my life, outside of staying committed to my workouts and my wife, was actually discipline. Discipline in how I consumed media. Discipline in how I prayed. Discipline in how I consumed food. Discipline in how I consumed alcohol. You get the point...I...

I mean a real story. Like the one's that you see on Disney. The main character is yourself and you somehow are on this journey to find your own happy ending? What's funny to think about, every single one of us is living in our own story. One we have made up. One we have believed. One we have followed...sometimes for years before a moment comes along that disrupts it. On today's episode, I dive int...

One of my favorite questions to ask every single person who seeks a consult at Hope Upper Cervical Center is this "do you know what a chiropractor does?" The answers that I receive are simply brilliant. Some of them come from a well seasoned "chiropractic patient" and others come from a medical back ground in which they couldn't hit the broad side of a barn if they wanted to with their answer. How...

It has been 6 weeks since I last recorded a podcast. It has also been 6 weeks since I last logged on to any social media platform. Today, I share my thoughts that have been ruminating for the last 6 weeks about my journey of detoxing social media and cultivating real human relationships. I hope these 7 points provide value for you in your life. 

Growing up, did you ever attempt to build something with wood? If so - there was a principle that was used called "measure twice, cut once." You see, this principle was designed to help the young builder not waste his materials. Also, it was a lesson in the idea of permanent change. Little did I know that this principle would continue to follow me in my life, especially as we moved into the last t...

Lots of people want everything...and do nothing about it. This is often a result of a spiritual misalignment, a lack of purpose if you will. What I typically observe is that when people pursue something they want, they are willing to take action and achieve it...however when they achieve it, they are empty. This is often times a result of a lack of purpose behind their desire. As a result, they wi...

Have you ever taken a step back from the dopamine filled environment we are exposed to daily? Have you truly done a technology detox and removed yourself from the hyper-triggered scroll based environment we live in? It is currently projected that the prevalence of depression and anxiety symptoms during COVID-19 have doubled, compared with pre-pandemic estimates according to the Journal of the Amer...

One of the most common statements surrounding health and disease I hear is related to feelings. I don't feel sick so I must be healthy. OR. I feel sick so I must be diseased. While there is flaw in this logic, the more important thing I want to focus on is the concept of a feeling. Feelings are a sign for us. The inconvenient piece of a feeling though is that they cause us to slow down. They inter...

I read a quote today in my Power List book by Andy Frisella that goes like this.  "No matter where you are, there's definitely something you are great at...You're just not putting value on it." This quote resonated heavily with me as I started to reflect on my pillars of health. I like to say that I value my spiritual, mental, physical, emotional and relationship health. However - do my actio...

When was the last time you explored your dreams? Do you even have them any more? One of the biggest realizations I have had in the last two years is that man people have surrendered their dreams. They have given up on pursuing the very thing that gave them purpose in this life. I call this the shrink or swell principle. In the face of adversity, does your life story cause you to shrink? OR... Does...

In a day and age where more people are cow-towing to the masses, we need to stand up. We need to have courage. Our tribe of Hope is designed to help you speak this truth. To speak this courage. To stand up for what is right. In the last two years, I have found that when courageous people stand up, it causes more people to stand up with them. The only way we win the battle that is going on in our w...

Probably the single biggest excuse people throw around for not achieving their goals is the statement: I'm not motivated. There couldn't be anything further from the truth. In today's society, we have given in to this load of crap and just accepted it. We have created an entire industry around it. We have pump up jams. We have support groups. We have coaches. The truth is, the only way you are goi...

For centuries, humans have communicated dreams, visions, emotions using the literary tool of a story or a narrative. These stories grab our heart strings when the hero approaches danger. They cause us to feel hate with the enemy. They help us to experience love. Yet, how often do we pause and review the story of our life. Too often, I see that we have a story that is holding us back from our true...