Dr. Jacey Folkers, a functional wellness practitioner, shares his evolution from traditional chiropractic care to functional wellness medicine. The conversation explores his faith-based approach to healing, personal health struggles that shaped his practice, and cutting-edge treatments he now offers including regenerative medicine and peptide therapy.
- Journey from traditional chiropractic to functional medicine driven by family autoimmune diagnoses
- Overcoming career idolatry and ego through faith and humility
- Personal neck injury recovery using alternative treatments including stem cells and peptides
- Integration of prayer and intentionality in patient care
- Functional medicine approach to addressing root causes vs symptoms
- Regenerative medicine including exosomes for joint pain and brain injuries
- Peptide therapy for healing, hormone optimization, and cognitive function
- GLP-1 weight loss medications as catalysts for lifestyle change
- Nutrition priorities for men over 50: protein, creatine, probiotics
- Building a practice around meeting patients where they are
Resources mentioned: BPC-157 peptide, TB-500 peptide, C-Max for focus, exosome therapy, Myers cocktail IV therapy, DEXA scans for body composition
Chapters
- (00:00:00) - Nick & Nick: Royalty Roofing and Siding
- (00:00:20) - Dr. J.C. Folkers
- (00:01:02) - Experiencing Functional Medicine in the First Year
- (00:05:52) - One doctor's experience in the ministry
- (00:09:21) - Nick's first chiropractor experience
- (00:11:35) - Where did your faith come from?
- (00:14:19) - Reasons for staying in the chiropractic office
- (00:17:23) - How to Live With Chronic Conditions
- (00:20:57) - How a chiropractor turned to functional wellness for his kids
- (00:24:10) - Nebraska chiropractor brings functional medicine back to life
- (00:27:54) - Hypothyroidism and digestion on Facebook
- (00:28:33) - How I Learned To Heal My Neck From a Disc Herniation
- (00:32:35) - One man's quest to do 100 crunches in one minute
- (00:36:52) - What would you attribute your ability to overcome those struggles?
- (00:41:35) - Adam Levine on His OCD
- (00:46:28) - Lean Into Your Own Faith
- (00:46:57) - Exogenous Medicine
- (00:52:26) - How to Regenerate a Brain Injury with Nebulized Therapy
- (00:55:12) - Tom Cruise on Sharing Things That He's Never Shared Before
- (00:59:13) - Podcasters on Podcasting
- (00:59:34) - How to Keep Your Muscle Solid Through Your 50s
- (01:01:14) - Peptides in the New World
- (01:04:48) - Peptides in People's Body
- (01:06:21) - Weight Loss, GLP1s
- (01:10:16) - How to Lose Weight with IV Medicine
