January 28, 2026---9-10—Working on Wellness Wednesday-Show 50-89

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   I’m Bill Zortman and WELCOME to our Working on Wellness Wednesday show. Show 50-89 in our ORIGINAL It’s YOUR Business Series.

   We know that what you can learn about staying well is a key ingredient in you and your families life----

    Dr. Tim Ridgway---heads the Med School ---and right behind Dr. Kippley ----

    Dr. Ridgway---as you work the Med School---you shared with me that you might be running out of things to talk about

    Health wise—what are you seeing with the students----from those in your neighborhood---are they as healthy as they were last January at this time----

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     Concerns you have in the weeks-and months ahead---

   When we come back----Dr. Joe Kippley----Health Director---he’s next—

9:16/00--KELO Commercials

9:17/30—Wellness Wednesday 2

    Lets pick up with our Health Director  Dr. Joe Kippley

   Lets talk about the Health Department's outreach to neighborhood associations and the types of concerns we are hearing to have healthy neighborhoods and a healthy city:

• Walkability - safe streets, crosswalks
• Availability of recreation - parks/bike path - indoor/outdoor recreation
• Access to healthcare / dental care
• Mosquito control - some like frequent spraying for mosquitoes; some don't want over-spraying that can kill pollinators

-------------Dr. Kippley------that is our outreach----what are you seeing----with the cold and all the challenges it has brought here in the first month of 2026-----

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      Most asked questions you are setting in the first month of 2026---

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      Your biggest concerns and how we stay healthy in this winter wondering land-----

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      --Health Director Dr. Joe Kipley

----------when we come back---Dr Joshua Jorde joins –following –Fox Business News

9:28/30---KELO Commercials/Fox Business News

9:31/00---Wellness Wednesday 3

  Wellness Wednesday and Dr. Joshua Jorde joins us

So once again, I went to the family to ask for ideas on what to talk about this week and it was my wife this time that came up with something.          She said she knows a guy who just got some really bad low back pain yesterday who has been having to take care of his 4 kids on his own including one with complex health issues and another with very recent relationship drama as well as managing his own business while his wife has been overseas since a week before Christmas while her mother was fighting cancer and so perhaps stress may have been a factor in the lower back.

     I told her it sounds like the guy in question is just an old man who has to bend over all day long to work on patients and that’s what did it. Truly, though, it did remind me that there are multiple factors that

can go into someone being subluxated, ‘out’, misaligned, etc. including stress. Recently here I discussed some of the foundational philosophy of chiropractic and one of the major concepts is the Three T’s which are the causes of subluxation; Thoughts, Traumas, and Toxins.

    ‘Thoughts’ primarily refers to stress which, among several other mostly negative effects on the body leads to ligament laxity. Basically, the ligaments connect bones to other bones and are there to keep the

structure secure and stable. So if they get overly loose, subluxations are much more likely to occur because they can’t do their job of keeping everything in line nearly as well. This is especially relevant to

us South Dakotans at this time of year, especially with the cold of last week.

    Not only are the holidays often stressful as is January for some people just due to being the beginning of a year, semester, and quarter, but we also miss out on two major things to help regulate stress. Again going back to another thing I regularly discuss, usually in fall, is how important vitamin D is for many things. In this case, it’s relevant due to its function as a mood regulator which can help fight seasonal depression and the associated stressors with it.

      Also, people aren’t as likely to get out and do any exercise when it’s as cold as it has been and exercise is the primary instigator for the body to break down cortisol, the stress hormone.

      Another one of the Three T’s that can work in the same manner is toxins. We’re exposed to various environmental toxins all day long and while it would be impossible to avoid all of them, we can work to avoid the obvious ones.

       One very obvious one is smoking or vaping. Long-term tobacco use has been well studied in general and one result that has been found to have an extremely high correlation is tobacco use and chronic low back pain. This is due to the buildup of toxins over the years which also

lead to ligament laxity.

      It’s funny in a strange sort of way that you can tell a smoker that it’ll lead to an early grave and some will say they don’t want to get old anyway, but tell them they’ll have to deal with lifelong, intractable low back pain and they’ll quit cold turkey right then and there.

      Finally, the most obvious of the Three T’s is trauma. However, the more overlooked aspect of it is repetitive microtrauma. Doing to same thing over and over can be rough enough on the body already, but especially with bad posture and form.

        However, even more neglected is how important a good bed and good shoes are to good physical, especially lower back, health. It’s expected that we’ll be standing and walking for much of the day as well as that we’ll be lying in bed for roughly a third of the day to sleep. An overly soft bed where you sink into it and nothing is supported is just asking for trouble, as are shoes which give no support or cushion at all and are little better than walking barefoot when on concrete. Perhaps next week I’ll go into more detail on beds and sleeping positions in particular.

     So, I know I’ll be getting adjusted by one of the other doctors later today myself, but we’ll all still have some availability today or any of our other usual days to get you straightened out whether you’re suffering from the pitfalls of myriad, seemingly small health issues all culminating together to cause a subluxation or a sudden traumatic injury like picking up your two-year-old grandson a little too quickly because he likes to be jumped into the air.

    Our office hours are MWF 9-5:30, TTh 9-12:30, and Saturday 9-noon. You can call us at 6053350880 or find us online and even book an appointment at jordechiropractic.com

   One more stop on this Working on Wellness Wednesday---stay with us.

     9:43/30---KELO Commercials

     9:45/00---Wellness Wednesday 4

   10,0000 Signatures by January 29th…

   Jordan Deffenbaugh has joined us---100 volunteers stepped forward to circulate petitions in January Cold---more than 15 local businesses opened their doors as signing locations—a volunteer built a custom web application for free—because they believed in their community. The Painted Lady tattoo parlor transformed into democracy headquarter---it is real political power being built from the ground up, and it cannot be ignored—they are proving that ordinary people organizing together can challenge decisions made behind closed doors—you can get involved any way you can—this is how we ensure Sioux Falls residents have a voice, and this is how they build the larger understanding needed about what forces are operating in our community.

    This is a big deal---lets talk about it---and why it is so important to you

    We’ll get you ready for our 10:00—Agri Business Show when we return

9:55/55—KELO COMMERCIALS

9:57/45---Wellness Wednesday 5

  Coming up in our 10:00—It’s YOUR Agri Business Hour—lots to talk about from Pierre----what they are doing---waiting to do---and make us wondering what they will be doing.

   Agriculture of course is our #1 industry in South Dakota----and we’ll deal with that---on this mid-day of the last week in January---

   Our show is always available as a podcast----Norm Anderson sees to that----and we know that we have people from various walks of life---that want to have information—and as we move along---we try to provide the best guests and ask the best questions we can----

   For now—our time is up—Thank you for yours…