Live Longer with Dr. Cima
Podcast 258
Today’s guest, Dr. James Cima, is a chiropractor with over 50 years of experience. He shares his journey from suffering severe back pain as a young man to becoming a chiropractor. Dr. Cima also discusses chiropractic care and its impact on overall health, how chiropractic can treat more than just physical pain, and his holistic approach to healthcare and living a long and healthy life.
In this episode, we talk about:
- Dr. Cima’s journey from experiencing severe back pain to becoming a chiropractor
- The importance of holistic healthcare and treating the person chemically, physically, mentally, and emotionally
- Role of nutrition in health and the importance of listening to your body’s cravings
- Why the US healthcare system focuses on sickness instead of health and wellness
- Why healthcare costs are so high in the US
- How to live a long and healthy life until 150 years old
- Dr. Cima’s new project for veterans healthcare
Born in New York City in 1948, Dr. James Cima was one of the first wave of baby boomers. “Growing up in Queens New York City was a great challenge in many ways and prepared me well for life.”
Dr. Cima’s journey to becoming a chiropractor started when he was young. At age 13 or 14, he suffered a back injury. It got worse until he was in constant pain that would go away sometimes, but always returned with a vengeance.
After he had graduated from Cornell University with a Bachelor of Science, there were days when he couldn’t get off the floor. Someone suggested to Dr. Cima that he visit a chiropractor. His back improved quickly. Amazed at the results and combined with his desire to be in the health field, he decided to enroll at New York Chiropractic College, graduating with honors and a Doctor of Chiropractic degree.
As he was in his last year of school, he saw a quote from Thomas Edison about the doctor of the future:
The doctor of the future will give no medication but will interest his patients in diet, care of the human frame, and the cause and prevention of disease.”
Although the definition was near perfect, there was no how-to manual that explained how the doctor was going to treat his patients.
From that day forward, he was hooked and wanted to become the doctor of the future. Dr. Cima devoted his life to health and wellness. Then the most interesting thing happened to him. He would ask a question and always received the answer. It was like God was waiting for him to ask the right question, and then he would receive the right answer. Maybe not the next day or the next year, or the next decade but when the time was right the answer came. Forty years later from all the answers that he received he created a health and wellness program that lives up to Mr. Edison’s vision of the doctor of the future.
Since then, he has authored many books and taught, educated and trained many doctors and has also completed extensive postgraduate education.
Memorable Quotes
- “Health is a composite chemically, physically, mentally, emotionally, and you have to deal with all three sides.”
- “As long as you keep on taking care of the body chemically, physically and mentally emotionally, you’re gonna be the one that’s going to improve.”
Mentioned In This Episode:
Cima Functional Medicine Website: https://www.cimafunctionalmedicine.com/
Achieving Unlimited Health book free PDF: https://www.cimafunctionalmedicine.com/ebooks/
How to Eat More and Lose Weight free PDF: https://www.cimafunctionalmedicine.com/ebooks/
Links to resources:
Health Coach Group Website
https://www.thehealthcoachgroup.com/
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