Nexus Chiropractic

11/11/2025

Embrace Discomfort

I spent the weekend in Brampton where both of my sons were competing in the Baggataway Cup – the national championship for the Canadian University Field Lacrosse Association. My younger son plays for Queen’s University and the elder plays for the University of Guelph.

The weather was awful. On Friday night it was cold and rainy, on Saturday it was just cold, and on Sunday – for the championship game – there was a blizzard with driving winds that left icicles hanging from my beard.

THEN, the drive home from Brampton took over seven and a half hours as we dealt with highway closures, accidents and icy conditions.

Terrible weekend, right? Wrong. It was amazing! A weekend our family will remember for the rest of our lives. While Queen’s was eliminated in the quarterfinals on Friday night, they played really well and established themselves as a future force with so many rookies contributing.

…..AND, Guelph won the national championship on Sunday, some calling them the best team in the 40-year history of the league. What a moment.

As I was driving home, still shivering with frozen toes and a thawing beard, I started thinking about DISCOMFORT. I ended up spending over 15 very uncomfortable hours over the course of the weekend AND it was one of the best weekends of my life.

Had I chosen comfort over LIVING, I would have sat in my living room in Cornwall and watched the live streams. No icicles, no hairy driving. BUT the experience would certainly not have been the same. In some ways, discomfort and perseverance made the experience even sweeter.

The Guelph team was interesting because their expectation for the entire season was to win the Cup. Anything less would have been considered a failure. While other teams would celebrate after every win of the season (particularly the team they beat in the final after they upset Guelph early in the season), the Gryphons kept things even keel all year. After a win, they would pat their goalie on the head and then shake hands – like it was just one more step towards their goal.

When the final whistle went on the championship, the floodgates opened. All of the emotion and joy they had been saving up finally came out. All of the work they had done, stress encountered, struggles endured and uncertainty faced finally erupted into celebration. It was beautiful!

It doesn’t and shouldn’t require a national championship to experience joy and celebration. What I did realize while I was thinking in my car is that seeking out COMFORT will never bring us those things.

Comfort cannot produce joy. Comfort cannot produce bliss. Comfort cannot produce fulfillment.

Sadly, comfort has become the number one and most destructive addiction of our time. Even more sadly, comfort cannot produce what it is people actually want.

What I believe is that the biggest problem is that people have been led to think (through massive and effective marketing plans), that once they are comfortable, they will be happy and fulfilled. After 25 years of practice, I can tell you that isn’t true – at all. It is the opposite.

Happiness, health, and joy come from living life more, not less. The pursuit of comfort leads to living a smaller and smaller life.

What if, instead of prioritizing comfort we focused on increasing our CAPACITY for discomfort? What if we had the ability to do more uncomfortable things safely, to get more of the life and result we want?

We don’t get strong by being comfortable. We don’t get healthy by focusing on comfort. We don’t learn new things and new skills by being comfortable. We don’t deepen relationships by being comfortable. We don’t win championships by seeking comfort.

We get those things by strategically embracing discomfort and increasing our ability to safely endure it.

Neurospinal Optimization – the care we provide at Nexus Chiropractic – works by increasing the capacity of the nervous system to deal with stress, challenge and discomfort. By removing OBSTRUCTIONS to the nervous system, your internal computer gets and upgrade that will allow you to take on more and more, so that you can live your life more, not be forced to live it less.

Embrace discomfort.

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11/10/2025

We have a very sad, big, and exciting (for her) announcement.

After over 21 years at Nexus Chiropractic, Cindy will be retiring by the end of the year.

This will truly be the end of an era.

Please join us on the evening of December 10th to honour Cindy. She has touched so many lives - no more than mine - over the last 21 years.

It will be an evening of stories, thank-you's, well wishes and likely some tears.

If you cannot make it, we will be collecting well-wishes and messages in the office to pass on to Cindy.

11/05/2025

Yesterday, I had the privilege to present to a group of around 40 people as a part of the Encore Seniors organization.

One of the things we talked about were the types of benefit they could get from the material I was presenting.

They could use the material to seek relief from problems. They could use it to prevent future injuries and issues. They could use it to improve their performance in life. Finally, they could use it to increase their ability to help and impact others.

As we get older, our focus is naturally inclined to move to the latter motivations. Using our wisdom and gifts to serve others.

Unfortunately, many of our elderly become hijacked by the constant focus on health 'problems.'

I would like to acknowledge the group from Encore for truly being a part of the solution. What a fantastic bunch of people still looking to find ways to get better and BE better.

If you are of the right vintage, you should check them out and participate.

11/03/2025

It is that time of year again!

Most of you know that every year, Nexus Chiropractic does a food drive - spearheaded by Cindy - to help those in need in our community.

Unfortunately, that need has grown over the years.

When you bring in food its you will receive ballots to enter the draws for our Gift Baskets in December.

Please ensure the items you bring are NOT expired.

We also accept cash donations that we pass on directly to the Saint Vincent DePaul Society.

11/02/2025

We are excited to be offering our Night to Light program on Friday, November 21st at Nexus!

This is an intensive event designed to help committed individuals TRANSFORM their lives. To move from where they are to where they are called to be. To move from the night....into the light.

This program begins at 5:30pm and incorporates 2 Advanced table sessions with integrated workshops and facilitated SRI sessions.

This is open to patients and practice members only.

Feel free to ask questions this week. This workshop WILL fill so act soon.

10/28/2025

Preparation for tonight's presentation at Nexus Chiropractic is complete!

This is a completely new workshop with brand new slides and information.

The purpose of this presentation is to help people move beyond the neverending cycle of crisis/treatment/crisis/treatment that leads to frustration and inevitable decline.

Still a few seats available. Phine 932-8111 to reserve.

10/27/2025

Many (most) people spend much of their lives chasing one symptom (secondary condition) after another, never making any real progress when it comes to their health.

They constantly patch things up, throwing band-aids over bullet holes. Each year they find themselves one year older with less health than the year before.

We call this 'aging,' as a way to make ourselves feel better.

The only way to escape this fate is to shift our focus. Instead of focusing on short-term, superficial treatments we must shift our focus to consistently building capacity, adaptability, vitality, and resourcefulness.

Building health creates a healthy life, not chasing the effects of a lack of health.

Join us to learn how to start making that shift and leave the frustration of the masses behind.

Phone to reserve a seat.

10/21/2025

As the world is changing, it is becoming more and more obvious that chasing our secondary conditions (pain and symptoms) with treatment xyz simply isn't enough. In fact, it is the recipe for chronic issues, declining health and a life of frustration.

Many people are waking up to this because as life seems to throw more and more at us, the frustration becomes deeper and deeper.

At Nexus Chiropractic, we are focused on removing the obstructions to you being healthy. When this happens your capacity to handle daily stress and trauma increases and you go back into the world an upgraded version of yourself.

It is all about focusing on BEING better instead of just temporarily FEELING better.

As a result of this focus, we offer complimentary presentations and workshops to help people achieve this.

Tonight we are holding our Introductory, 'Head to Toe Neurospinal Show.' at 7pm. This teaches you both about what we do at Nexus, and simple and easy ways your can look after your spine and nervous system on your own.

Next Tuesday we will be presenting our 'Advanced Workshop.' This builds on the 'Neurospinal Show,' and goes deeper into how to incorporate your new CAPACITY into all areas of your life, continue to grow that capacity and use it in a way that enriches both your life and the lives of those you care about.

Phone Nexus to reserve seats.

See you soon.

10/09/2025

Neurospinal Optimization IS True Health Insurance

Many people make choices about their health care based on insurance coverage. What dental procedures they have done, what glasses they choose, and how much massage, physiotherapy and chiropractic care they receive.

While this makes sense from a purely economic standpoint, it DOES leave many frustrated with the lack of results or lack of ‘health,’ they achieve.

Part of the problem is that what is called ‘health insurance,’ is actually a misnomer. ‘Health insurance,’ is crisis insurance. It is not designed to make you healthy. It is designed to help you through a crisis.

We don’t expect our car insurance to pay for regular maintenance, premium gasoline, or vehicle detailing. We don’t expect our home insurance to pay for cleaning and renovations. Insurance isn’t there to pay for the health and effectiveness of our cars and homes. It is there to help out in times of unforeseen catastrophe.

It is no wonder that people end up frustrated with a lack of health when the thing they look to in order to provide it was never designed to do so.

The healthiest and happiest people I know create their own TRUE health insurance. Things to ENSURE their health whether they are in a crisis or not. Things that act to prevent a crisis AND lessen the impact should one occur.

When you do things to proactively BUILD your health, that is TRUE health insurance. Every time you go to the gym, you are paying your insurance premium. Every time you choose healthy food, you are paying your insurance premium. Every time you seek out regular care from someone with the ability to build your level of health, you are making a deposit into your health insurance account.

As a chiropractor who focuses on Neurospinal Optimization, removing obstructions along the nervous system super-highway, thus building people’s capacity for health and performance, I experience great fulfillment looking after all kinds of people. The people I feel like I help the most are those seeking TRUE health insurance. Those who choose simple, regular care as a way to build their health in a way to not only head off crisis but bulletproof themselves if crisis happens to come.

Crisis insurance is great but will never make you any more healthy than home insurance will make your house beautiful and well organized. Choose TRUE health insurance and enjoy the benefits of vitality, growth, and peace of mind.

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09/29/2025

Tomorrow (Tuesday the 30th) is THE night!

For the first time, Nexus Chiropractic will be presenting the STRENGTH AND MOBILITY RESET workshop at 7pm.

We will be teaching 5 simple resets to get your body (and mind) back on track.

This workshop is totally full but if you would like to attend another, please call the office to be placed on a list for our next one.

09/23/2025

As a health practitioner who has been looking after people for over 25 years, it has become clear that the average person I see has a more obstructed nervous system than in the past. My colleagues have noticed the same.

People's spines and nervous systems have shifted into a more locked up and stressed state than ever before.

As a result they experience more pain, dysfunction, and frustration with their health and lives.

There are many reasons for this. The reality is that we are bombarded with external factors like sitting, lack of activity, constant stress inducing factors from social media, mainstream media, lack of certainty, and health issues with ourselves and family. On top of that, it has become more difficult to access healthy food with an absence of harmful ingredients.

This leads to a whole host of secondary health (physical and mental/emotional) conditions that have run rampant.

The old model of chasing symptoms (secondary conditions) as a way to be healthy is simply no longer adequate and results in riding a hamster wheel of frustration and declining health.

The solution is to shift our focus from chasing symptoms to ACTIVELY pursuing things that BUILD health and our CAPACITY to handle greater loads of stress and challenge.

The MISSION of Nexus Chiropractic is to help people access this ability and to provide services that provide just that.

We have two presentations coming up - one TONIGHT - to teach you how to do this.

These presentations are a community service and are at NO CHARGE.

Join us to get on the path of health, fulfillment and vitality and off the path of frustration and decline.

Space is limited so please phone to reserve a seat.