We’re joined this week by self-proclaimed grinder Greg Long, the owner of Pro-Active Health known by many as the Zen Cowboy. We talk about his 23 year history as a chiropractor, how he utilizes yoga within his practice, and how a yoga teaching course in Bali resulted in his unique nickname.

Like many kids growing up in Alberta Greg was certain he’d grow up to play for the Edmonton Oilers. When time came to apply for college and he was without an offer from the Oilers he attended a career fair and watched a lecture about chiropractic medicine. The lecture was put on by a chiropractor who still operates his own practice and Greg says that something in the lecture just spoke to him and he was super intrigued to pursue the opportunity.

When Greg first came home after that that lecture and told his mother was … “not stoked.” She had heard some of the popular myths at the time about chiropractors she was worried about her son’s career choice, but has since come around. And while the general public consciousness and acceptance of chiropractic medicine has changed immensely in the past two decades Greg recalls chiropractors like himself being viewed as the black sheep of the medical world early in his career.

In 2002 Greg had the opportunity to open his own practice in Cochrane which has since grown to include massage therapists, osteopaths, other chiropractors, a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner, and the use of yoga as movement therapy. Greg absolutely gushes about the team at his practice and how without a single weak link in the group they’re able to achieve their goal of making sure all of their patients Leave Better.

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