Highway to Health Podcast

Host Jeremy Quinby has a conversation with Dr. Scott Vrzal, Applied Kinesiologist and Chiropractor about how understanding your headache type will be the key to treating it in the long and short term. Scott shares his journey with headaches and how his background and experience helped him sort out the different types of headache and find the root causes for each of them. https://headacheadvantage....

Host Jeremy Quinby has a conversation with Emma Orfield Johnston of Orfield Labs in Minneapolis Minnesota, home of the Quietest Place on Earth as recognized by the Guinness World Book of Records. After Reading an article written by Questlove, aka Amir Thompson, leader of Jimmy Fallon's late night show band, drummer from the Roots and now an Academy Award Winner for the documentary Summer of Soul,...

Host Jeremy Quinby has a conversation with Dr. Vanashree Gadam, founder of Vanashree Ayurveda in Minnetonka Minnesota. Vanashree shares her first experiences with Ayurveda as a child with a condition her parents were struggling to solve with modern medicine and how it inspired a lifelong passion for this ancient healing tradition. Now settled in Minnesota she seeks to educate and bring her passion...

Host Jeremy Quinby has a conversation with Dr. Torkil Faero, an MD from Norway about his book, The Pulse Cure, The revolutionary new way to balance stress, optimise health and live longer, which looks at ways to monitor and keep this same system in balance using wearables.   While wearables don’t teach you lifestyle habits, they can help train you to stay regulated.  Torkil shares how he felt like...

Host Jeremy Quinby has a conversation with friend and colleague Dr. Eris Reis about treating and diagnosing neurological disorders like headaches, POTS, peripheral neupathy, and the affects of concussion. Together they explore the landscape of support and who they rely upon for collaboration in the case of complex cases and how we can become better parters in integrative care across health care. h...

Host Jeremy Quinby has a conversation with Dr. Jeff Crippen about the benefits of GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy for weight loss. Jeff breaks down how they work to suppress appetite and shares research looking at a number of studies about these drugs work over time. Together they explore what underlying systems may be causing a person to gain and retain excess body fat and what options there...

Host Uzma is an MD PhD and private practice neurosurgeon and brain injury researcher at the University of Minnesota.  She’s also the founder of Oculogica, seeking to improve diagnostics for concussion. Together they discuss why concussion and TBI are so hard to diagnose and quantify the long term impacts as well as where science is at currently for both diagnosis and recovery protocols. Having als...

In this episode host Jeremy Quinby has a conversation with Mariann Cisco, long-time instructor with The Upledger Institute. Starting as a PT, she has worked in the industry for more than 50 years and continues to teach students all over the world. Having done a training with Mariann in 2024, Jeremy shares his new insights from his course with Mariann where he gained an even greater appreciation fo...

We are sad to announce the passing of Erik Dalton on January 11, 2025 in Costa Rica on his 81st birthday of a heart attack while swimming laps in his pool. He will be known for many years to come as one of the most brilliant minds in manual therapy technique and training in the United States and around the world. Host Jeremy Quinby had an opportunity to talk shop with him back in 2020 and it was o...

Host Jeremy Quinby has a conversation with his son Phoenix. Now 21, and about to graduate from college and move on to his master’s program in the fall, he looks back on his past 3 and a half years and what he’s learned about staying well as well things he’d like to do better.  Check out episodes 3, 34, 69 & 121 to hear more from Phoenix.

Host Jeremy Quinby has a conversation with Dr. Carolyn Torkelson about her new book Beyond Menopause; New Pathways to Holistic Health. She shares her insights on the unique healthcare needs of postmenopausal women from her 30 years as an MD. She shares why she's been driven to bridge the gap between conventional medicine and other integrative approaches, providing a fresh perspective on the mental...

Host Jeremy Quinby has a conversation with Guy Odishaw - cofounder of Bhaki Brain Health Clinic and Wellness Center. Together they discuss neuro-health, brain function and what it is we call the 'mind'. When considering concussion, dementia and other factors that can impact our optimal brain function, it's important to understand all the physiological factors that can impact the body's ability to...

Host Jeremy Quinby has a conversation with Dr. Dan, a Developmental Behavioral Pediatrician for the 3rd time on the podcast to discuss bedwetting, medically known as nocturnal enuresis. There are no medical interventions proven to solve this challenge, but Dan has been working for decades helping children who lose control while sleeping to wake up proudly in their warm, dry beds. For both parents...

Host Jeremy Quinby has a conversation with Kelsey Reardon, a pediatric nurse and integrative medicine practitioner here in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul Minnesota. Having worked as a school nurse and as an in patient and out patient provider, she’s recently branched out this past year to create her own clinic setting where she’s finding more freedom to hone her skillset incorporating...

Host Jeremy Quinby has a conversation with Dr. John Neustadt, doctor of Naturopathic medicine and founder NBI, Nutritional Biochemistty Inc. who helps us sort through the many considerations when it comes to supporting bone health, preventing osteoporosis and the options available if you or a loved one have been diagnosed with osteopinia, a sign of diminishing bone mass that can lead to osteoporos...

Host Jeremy Quinby has a conversation with Robert Iron Shell, aks Rob - The Grounded Athlete and author of Earth and Water, A Short Story of Life's Matrix. As a track athlete through college and beyond, Rob was always looking for an edge to performance and recovery. After listening to a podcast, he drew from his past education and experience as a Lakota native on theories and practices in groundin...

Host Jeremy Quinby has a conversation with Eva Minkoff about her Ted Talk: Five Minutes to Fix Our Broken Healthcare System. Having worked in a number of different sectors of health from Nutrition, to Researcher to Health Technology, and even as a podcast host - she sees that the key to improving care relationships is finding ways to improve human relationships, and that is is something everyone i...

Host Jeremy Quinby has a conversation with Dr. Raymond Perrin, an osteopath from Manchester England who has spent the better part of his career since the late 1980’s trying to understand ME or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and has written about it extensively. He has detailed this in his recent book, The Perrin Technique where he explains how to use various manual therapy approaches to address the syst...

Dr. Jeff Crippen is back on the show to discuss nutrition! With so many diet options, how to you know which diet is best for you? Host Jeremy Quinby has a lot of questions for Jeff as they explore mono food diets and why they initially seems to help with a number of health challenges. Together they sort through how certain food affect inflammatory responses, autoimmune diseases, gut processing cha...

In our fast-paced existence most of us do not allow ourselves to just be present in our bodies, to tune in, listen listen deeply and give it the space it needs to loosen, let go, and heal. Modern yoga methods in the U.S. tend towards achievement, and because of this, limit participation based on physical ability. Jeff Bailey, the founder of Avita yoga has in many ways taken yoga back to the basics...

Host Jeremy Quinby has a conversation with colleague Denise McDonald, an internationally board-certified lactation consultant about the kinds of support she's able to provide new families in the early weeks with newborns. Together they discuss the kinds of common challenges new parents face when it comes to breastfeeding and nursing newborns and share their experience with how their unique skillse...

Host Jeremy Quinby has a conversation with Dr. Krista Geisler about treating infants with tongue ties that are interfering with their ability to suck, swallow and feed properly. Having worked in coordination with lactation support as a craniosacral therapist for the past 17 years, Jeremy also share his experiences with newborn care and support. Krista also shares why her practice is shifting into...

Host Jeremy Quinby has a conversation with Franks Davis, founder and CEO of Optivida. As a child, Frank had every conceivable childhood disease (mumps, measles, pneumonia) and struggled throughout childhood and adolescence with a compromised immune system –leading to a constant battle to stay healthy and enjoy all the sports he loved. In his early 40’s after dealing with hepatitis (twice), mononuc...

Host Jeremy Quinby has conversations with Director of Minnesota Breastmilk Bank, Linda Dech, Bereavement Donor Coordinator Alexis Nicklow, and donors McKenzie and Adam. Together they discuss how the breast milk donor organization was started and continues to be funded to serve the community. Linda takes Jeremy on a tour of the facility (see link to video in show notes) to show where milk is stored...