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11/03/2026

Steps to becoming Superhuman. Dan Metcalfe's exact steps and equipment for anyone.

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Most people’s home workout equipment becomes their home decor. That's so sad. Dan Metcalfe introduces his Total Balance Training on today's (always commercial free) Crooked Spine Show Podcast. His strategy gives you a way to transform your body, no matter your present level of health.

When combining this with his 7 Pillars of Health habits and the Dan’s Metcalfe Method, you have all the physical and mindset tools to reach your superhuman state.

Now, let’s talk with Dan to understand how he has helped thousands reach this health state; and how he, and his book, can help you.

Q/A:
-What were your experiences that lead to get and stay fit and healthy?
-What started your journey to help people improve their health?-Explain why you created your 7 Pillars of Natural Health. Specifically why are challenges important.
-How does one’s mindset and/or emotional trauma help or hurt a person reaching a better health state?
-For any age, why is balance and movement a hot topic for you? And I am on the same page.
-Explain your Metcalfe Method. Is it motivation or transformation?
-Getting into how you help people get healthy, explain how you created The Total Balance Training. And how someone can start using it at any level of mobility, strength, age, etc.
-And does Total Balance Training help people with health conditions (for example, stroke recovery, Parkinson’s) ?
-Anything I missed you wanted my audience to know?
-And takeaway for my audience to start their health journey.

Connect with Dan and his team:
http://www.bornsuperhuman.com
http://www.totalbalancecompany.com
How it works (video), presented on national TV-
https://youtu.be/5-tRbO_Jf3I?si=OmpX0p2sPJ8Z6QED

And checkout more videos and how it work on their socials:
https://www.facebook.com/bornsuperhuman
http://instagram.com/bornsuperhuman
https://www.youtube.com/
https://www.tiktok.com/

08/31/2026

Your Morning 10 Minute Daily Stretch Routine. Oct. '25. Upland, CA.

This week’s

How do you start your day?
Lower your risk of injury by doing this 10 minute stretch routine, EVERYDAY.

Watch this episode on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/9SvKooAUF-c
Subscribe, Listen to this episode by searching to your favorite podcast app, “Crooked Spine Show”
Watch past episodes on our YouTube playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL59D-oy3Ai9fIzpOo6Gx4pCat6gsr0j8D
And watch this episode on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/show/4RCE9G3hSjEOgwvLFAE75b?si=c6491146f7394dc5

Workshop outline. Do these stretches in this sequence:
When Lying down:
Ankles together:
1. Feet on the ground and raise up ten times.
2. Then raise one foot and rotate one way 5 times; then the other direction. Repeat the other side.
Knees.
1. One at a time: hold under upper leg. Extend knee and hold 5 times. Repeat the other side.
Hips:
1. Bring one knee to your chest, and hold for 5 seconds. Repeat the other side.
2. Bring knees together to 90 degrees. Drop to each side 5 times.

Now, on your stomach.
Low back and core muscles:
1. Go up on your elbows, and hold for 15 seconds.
2. If comfortable, go to a pushup position, keeping hips down. Hold for 15 seconds.
3. Bend knees together. Hold for 15 seconds.

Standing:
Shoulders:
1. Take a broomstick. With arms straight bring overhead and/or behind. Hold for 5 seconds. Repeat 5 times.
2. Standing on a wall, bend your shoulder and elbow ninety degrees. Bring your arm next to the wall, then bring your hand from horizontal up to the wall.

07/31/2026

How Spiritual Healing accelerates your Better Overall Health. Salima Adelstien explains.

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Watch this episode on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/FyUVAXls4Wc
Subscribe, Listen to this episode by searching to your favorite podcast app,
“Crooked Spine Show”
Watch past episodes on our YouTube playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL59D-oy3Ai9fIzpOo6Gx4pCat6gsr0j8D

As a chiropractor, I want to help my patients heal their bodies, even if it occurs outside my specific field of practice.
Healing your body and mind can occur is so many different ways. Because it works, spiritual healing has been integrated into medical practitioners, alternative healthcare practices and individual healers.
Salima Adelstien has been practicing and teaching spiritual healing as a Sufi leader for over 35 years and is co-founder of the University of Sufism. She has helped thousands of healthcare practitioners integrate Sufism and spiritual healing to help people get and stay well.
Let’s find out how.

Q/A.
-how did you find a passion to be a spiritual healer? And what was your journey.
-how would you differentiate spiritual healing from medical, psychological or physical healing?
-What is Sufism? How were you drawn to Sufism to practice your spiritual healing?
-what wisdoms of Sufism and other training, along with your experience, do you use in assessing a person’s spiritual health?
-How have the thousands of medical and other health care practitioners you have trained complement their treatments with the Sufi teachings in their practices? And their results?
-walk us through a healing session of a person in chronic pain. What are the steps? And what would they experience?
-how can a person practice spiritual healing on their own, to stay well?
-What are the Five C’s of Inner Truth? How do my audience get a video of these?

Connect with Salima and the University of Sufism:
The Five C’s of Inner Truth
Receive 5 free short Sufi wisdom videos re: Consciousness, Connection, Clarity, Cultivation, Commitment
(It’s FREE!) https://sufi.net/5C

https://www.facebook.com/SufiU?mibextid=wwXIfr
https://www.instagram.com/sufi_university?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

06/29/2026

Shoulder Exercises, including Neck & Upper Back, to be Pain-Free & Strong. Sept. 2025

This week's

Shoulder pain, especially when you have had it for weeks, can also affect your neck, upper back and arms.
Today's podcast will explain your full rehab: assessing range of motion, proper stretching exercises, then strengthening exercises to stay pain-free.

Watch this episode on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/elLT4QcNq0Q
Subscribe, Listen to this episode by searching to your favorite podcast app,
“Crooked Spine Show”
Watch past episodes on our YouTube playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL59D-oy3Ai9fIzpOo6Gx4pCat6gsr0j8D

First, thank you for Maria, Vu and Alex for helping demonstrate the exercises.

Here are the exercises, etc. that we went through during the workshop:

Standing and Sitting Posture Check.

Check Flexibility of the shoulders:
-T Stretch with Rotation
-Wall Range of Motion
-Broomstick Stretch

And now Build Strength:
-Reverse Fly
-Modified Shoulder Press
-Behind the Back Shrugs

Want to feel good all the time?
Repeat your stretches DAILY.
Repeat the strength exercises three times per week.

05/11/2026

Learn the Exercises to Walk, Pain-Free. Aug'25.

This week’s

When every step causes anxiety of intense pain, then something needs to change. Today's workshop will give you the home steps you can take to understand which lower body part(s) are the problem; then the exercises to help improve your range of motion and improve strength to walk pain-free.

Watch this episode on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/-eSvS7cGRCw
Subscribe, Listen to this episode by searching to your favorite podcast app,
“Crooked Spine Show”
Watch other podcasts on YouTube playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL59D-oy3Ai9fIzpOo6Gx4pCat6gsr0j8D

THE WORKSHOP OUTLINE:

First, check your standing posture.

Testing your low body flexibility. Does anything hurt?
-seated foot/ankle range of motion.
-seated calf test
-seated hip and low back test
-standing wall calf and hamstring test

Resetting your Walking Biomechanics
-seated foot rocking; then standing
-standing: head/eye alignment, weight shift to heels.
-walking This Way

And our last Gibson workshop: Neuropathy: Treatment & Exercises
https://youtu.be/gBeFC3E9cik

04/22/2026

Stop Suffering from Pain. The Step-by-Steps through Dr. Ya-Ling's series, "The Everyday Pain Guide."

This week's

Do you have pains? Watch this interview and understand how to fix the underlying cause of your pains.
Dr. Ya-Ling Liou, in volume 2, “Fix the Fire Damage”, provides the “how to’s,” so YOU can fix your everyday pains; and avoid them from happing again. Learn the steps you can take now to keep your body pain-free.

Watch this episode on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/6iYyUCzDzbU

Subscribe, Listen to this episode by searching to your favorite podcast app,
“Crooked Spine Show”
Watch other podcasts on YouTube playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL59D-oy3Ai9fIzpOo6Gx4pCat6gsr0j8D

And on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/show/4RCE9G3hSjEOgwvLFAE75b?si=e65a9026fd084d65

Let’s learn how can Dr. Ya-Ling and her book can help you:

-Dr. Ya-Ling share your story:
1. why a chiropractor
2. Why write a book
3. Explain your first book, “Put Out the Fire.”

-In volume 2, let’s go through the “fixing’ one’s pain.
1. First, how should interpret pain?

-How do you define body mechanics?
1. When is it faulty?

How is volume 2 of “The Everyday Pain Guide” different than volume 1?

-You go through every part of the spine and secondary joints/muscle. Can you give a bird’s eye view how we should “fix” each one?

-Your book is filled with illustrations how to perform each exercise. How much “pain” is good during exercise to have the result of being pain-free?

-Paint us a picture of a recent patient’s pain story; and the person’s recovery.

-Explain section two: “Fix your Body Chemistry”

-What is a good takeaway for my audience: how can each person start their healthy journey?

Connect with Dr. Ya-Ling, and get the books:
https://ya-ling.com/
https://www.facebook.com/everydaypainguide or
https://www.facebook.com/yaling.lioudc
https://www.instagram.com/dr.yaling.liou?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

04/03/2026

Finding & Running a Business that Really Helps People Get Better. Troy Laing, owner of CultureOC.

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In 2025 we now have advance treatments and therapies to help us get and stay healthy quickly.
In today’s interview with Troy Laing, he explains why his wellness center, CultureOC, in Newport Beach, CA is thriving by providing state-of-the-art equipment helping optimize client’s recovery, performance and increase their longevity for a variety of health conditions. Let’s find out how CultureOC works.

Watch this Full Video:
https://youtu.be/_orF47gBLug

Subscribe, Listen to this episode by searching to your favorite podcast app,
“Crooked Spine Show”

Watch other podcasts on YouTube playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL59D-oy3Ai9fIzpOo6Gx4pCat6gsr0j8D

Questions for Troy:
-What, in your past, planted the seed to build the CultureOC community?

-Explain biohacking?
1.How does it help your quality of life, long-term?
2.Why is this not part of the medical health system, and not covered by your health insurance?

-Explain how healing occurs through connecting the body, mind and spirit to reach one’s optimal health?

-What are the common health conditions people seek help from CultureOC?

-Walk us through your Wellness evaluation.
1. What in the evaluation helps you choose specific therapy that will help them?

-Explain the benefits of each therapy
1. Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
2. Breath Work
3. Cold Plunge Therapy
4. Red Light Therapy
5. Infrared and Red Light Therapy
6. PEMF and Brain Tap Therapy

-How did you choose the therapies offered in your wellness center for….
1. Chronic health conditions
2. Athletes
3. “Healthy” people

For clients wanting to really optimize their health, how many weeks/months should one commit to the therapies?

-How much does nutrition play in reaching one’s optimal health?

-What is a patient’s success story that was unbelievable until it happened.

-What is a good take away: What is the first step one should take to start their health journey?

Connections Troy and CultureOC and book your first treatment:
https://www.cultureoc.com/

CultureOC socials:
https://www.youtube.com/
https://www.facebook.com/cultureocusa/

04/03/2026

Find Your Better Health with Dr. Michael Sherwood.

This week’s

The faults of seeking help through your health insurance system is widely known. Dr. Mark Sherwood and his wife have the training and decades of living healthy lives. Their company, The Functional Medical Institute, will give the true scientific testing and education to help you get the health you deserve now, naturally.

Watch this Full Video:
https://youtu.be/L3fYACxyKUw

Subscribe, Listen to this episode by searching to your favorite podcast app,
“Crooked Spine Show”

Watch other podcasts on YouTube playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL59D-oy3Ai9fIzpOo6Gx4pCat6gsr0j8D

Topics discussed today:

-Dr. Mark, how did your background in Tulsa’s law enforcement, being a state bodybuilding champion, and the Power Team lead you become a Naturopathic Doctor?
-How is a Naturopathic Doctor similar and different than other healthcare practitioners?
-Dr. Mark, what is specifically of functional medicine? And how does it guide you in patient care?
-Getting into your Functional Medical Institute with Dr. Michelle, when did you open this in Tulsa and why?
-What are common struggles people suffer from that your institute helps?
-Explain the initial testing you perform, including DNA, to get a baseline for your patients? And what concerns do you see from this testing?
-How do you help these patients start their journey to recovery regarding mindset, lifestyle changes, etc.?
-How often do you “check in” with your patients to check their progress?
-How are your nutritional products different than ones found on Amazon, etc?
-I also see you offer books, course, etc. For your patients. How does these help them? Which ones are most popular?
-With all the support you offer your patients, what are common results that you see?
-With helping so many people so far, do you see a shift in your community’s mindset and action to be proactive in their health?
-And thank you for this free E-Book, Health, Hope and Freedom for the audience. Can you explain how it can help each person in their health journey?
-Is there anything I missed that you wanted to bring up on our show?
-What is a takeaway to help a person start their journey to a better health?

The FREE E-Book: Health, Hope and Freedom—
https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__fmidr.com_hhf&d=DwMFaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=1RdVWk9zsb0kmn-j1bGcAA&m=3s_UVz-zp663-CNyDSNs6nZwZ297HE9ulrzzsHCtshfKHnLvq0dx0U504hPrsAL1&s=S3vUvl_djO4GvTZd253Ps1B2UKTMrRfM8-6ITOmMt7Y&e=

Connect with Dr. Sherwood and the Functional Medical Institute:
https://sherwood.tv/

tel:918-748-3640
https://www.youtube.com/
https://web.facebook.com/fmidr?_rdc=1&_rdr
https://www.instagram.com/drs_mark_and_michele_/

03/02/2026

Is there an objective, scientific way to measure our health and improve it before a serious medical event?
In today’s interview Dr Torkil Færø helps us understand our body’s internal stress regulator; then how to measure it to regulate and improve your optimal energy level. This is detailed in his new book, "The Pulse Cure."
After this interview with Dr. Torkil, I read the book and purchase (and use daily) a smart watch. Learn why I am convinced by listening or watching this show.

Questions answered:

-Why did you feel the need to write, “The Pulse Cure.”

-Does traditional medicine look to prevent stress-related health conditions? Which ones, and are they effective?

- What is the autonomic nervous system? When is it in a relaxed or stressed state?

-How can the ANS predict illness, disease?

- How is your ANS, sleep, and stress linked?

-Does alcohol, ni****ne, and excessive eating affect the ANS? How?

-Is exercise a “good” stress?

-What is Heart Rate Variability (HRV)? How can a heart rate monitor help?

-What is the Body Budget mentioned in your book? Can it be improved?

-How can Heart rate monitor help you find one’s optimal stress level in relation to:
-sleep, exercise, when and what to eat, etc.

-What Heart rate monitors do you recommend now in 2025?

-Anything I missed, you wanted to mention?

Get Dr Torkil Færø’s book, “The Pulse Cure”
https://www.amazon.com/Pulse-Cure-revolutionary-balance-optimise/dp/1529437334
An Audio version too.

Connect with Dr. Torkil and his team:
https://thepulsecure.com/
https://www.instagram.com/dr.torkil/

02/17/2026

Stop Your Neuropathy. These Treatments & Exercises July '25.

This week’s

Neuropathy is the feeling of one or more of these five things: numbness, tingling, burning, weakness, sharp pain.

In today's workshop Dr. Tony helps the audience understand how to overcome neuropathy to live a better quality of life. Dr. Tony (and participants) demonstrates the specific treatments and exercises for your recovery. Check it out.

Watch this Full Video:
https://youtu.be/K7uuNbDP8sI

Subscribe, Listen to this episode by searching to your favorite podcast app,
“Crooked Spine Show”

Watch other podcasts on YouTube playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL59D-oy3Ai9fIzpOo6Gx4pCat6gsr0j8D

Here is the outline:
What is neuropathy?
The locations of neuropathy.
Types of exercise that help neuropathy.
Treatments for the neck and headaches:
-pillow stretch
-acupressure C0-C1 (for headaches).
-Upper Trap Stretch
Treatments for the low back/feet:
-Relaxed plank extension
-Nerve Flossing (hands under knee). Add knee flexion (one-sided; then both)
-Leg bent, knee over top stretch.

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