Dr. Ben Ozanne P3

Transform your understanding of health and fitness through the inspiring stories of Ariel, a seasoned massage therapist, and Lucas, an insightful fitness coach. Lucas opens up about his personal journey, overcoming a congenital anatomical issue that affected his back. He shares how a simple shoe lift was a game-changer, enabling him to enjoy CrossFit without the nagging pain. Our conversation explores the importance of self-discovery and continuous education, highlighting how these elements shape the way we support our clients in their health journeys. Tune in to discover the power of adaptability in maintaining a balanced and fulfilling lifestyle.

Explore the compelling narrative of a health practitioner whose personal lifestyle changes have sparked profound professional growth. By making minor but impactful dietary adjustments, this individual has significantly enhanced their well-being, driven by a desire to be present for family. On the business front, the expansion of a chiropractic practice and the addition of a new doctor underline the value of mentorship and collaboration. As we plan for future growth, including a move to a larger facility in 2026, we also celebrate the joys of family life, which fuels our passion and dedication in the field.

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Transcript

Embracing a Healthy Lifestyle

Speaker 1 0:00

Welcome to Lifestyle Strength , your guide to mastering health and well-being in the real world .

Speaker 2 0:04

I'm Ariel , a massage therapist with over a decade of experience in holistic health , and I'm here with Lucas , a seasoned fitness coach , who's transformed the lives of hundreds in Northwest Arkansas .

Speaker 1 0:14

We're here to share real stories and expert insights about embracing a healthy lifestyle while balancing the everyday hustle .

Speaker 2 0:20

Join us as we explore practical ways to achieve wellness and thrive amidst life's challenges .

Speaker 1 0:25

Let's dive in .

Speaker 2 0:28

So something me and Lucas talk about a lot is kind of just , in our fields , hypocrisy , how often we see it in other people and have to hold ourselves accountable . And I know , when I first came in , I think your business model was just a little bit different . Um , and then it's drastically changed and I know I had seen you on social media , I think Facebook , and I was like wait , that's Ben . I was like wait Also , I was like wait , he has another kid . But and I don't know if that was maybe the motivator but your lifestyle has kind of changed and I'm curious why , what , what , what took place that ? Maybe you moved in ? I know you're doing CrossFit right , so , like I know you didn't do that 10 years ago , no , I didn't .

Speaker 3 1:13

I did work out . Okay , I did exercise , I've always tried to practice what I preach . Okay , Um for the most part Um . So some of it is just my own health discovery figuring out more about my own body and my own health . So even on my , like you know , you graduate and then , at least for me , it's been still a continual educational journey .

Speaker 1 1:37

Absolutely .

Speaker 3 1:37

Learning more . So even like the chiropractic biophysics certification , I've only had that for three years .

Speaker 2 1:42

Okay , yeah .

Speaker 3 1:44

So that was something I pursued after graduation and continue to try and improve my practice and how we're taking care of people . Some of that comes from frustrations of I couldn't help this person . Why not ?

Speaker 2 1:55

Right , how can I ?

Speaker 3 1:56

if . I have another case like this how can I help that person , even though I wasn't able to help them ?

Speaker 1 2:02

at that time or if they decide to come back to me with the same issue , can I now help them ?

Speaker 3 2:07

right , um , and so then , discovering things about my own health , my own body I dealt with and reason why I never did chiropractic I'm sorry CrossFit it's because I actually would have lower back issues so I would run or exercise and I would get my back thrown out and this is I'm practicing . Know like I'm adjusting people and my back is still like getting jacked up here and there and I'm like why ?

Speaker 2 2:31

Right .

Speaker 3 2:32

So I figured out that I actually had a congenital anatomical issue , that my right leg is almost 10 millimeters shorter than my left . Wow , and that is why I kept having back problems because , exercising standing , whatever it may be , was continually putting stress on my back . Okay , and so , like if I sat , my hips were level Right . And then when I would stand , my hips would be off Right , and so that created a lot of problems , and so once I figured that out .

Speaker 3 3:00

I actually was able to like all right now I can actually run , I can exercise and I can throw weight on my body now and not have a problem .

Speaker 2 3:08

Do you have to do it a certain way , or do you are you ? Did you figure out ? I need to like a little bit of a lift in a shoe .

Speaker 3 3:13

Yeah , so I , I . I now wear in all my shoes eight millimeter lift on the right side .

Speaker 2 3:20

Wow , and that just , and it just leveled it out , it resolved it . It wasn't like being slightly off , so you can get an adjustment . Yours is enough that you're like I better put that lift in my shoe .

Speaker 3 3:32

Oh yeah , a hundred percent Like cause . I got again adjusted through chiropractic school . After chiropractic I would go once a week and I still go once a week to get adjusted for my own wellness . Um but everyone that would check me is like man , you're , you're you own wellness but everyone that would check me is like man your right leg is half inch shorter and it's like , okay , why I'm adjusting , I'm rehabbing myself . And so it boiled down to it wasn't a functional thing , it was anatomical , so I had to address that , Otherwise I was going to keep having issues .

Speaker 2 4:00

When did you discover that and is that how you decided ? Well , okay , now I can , can run , I can put weight on my body and I can do something like CrossFit .

Speaker 3 4:09

Yep so , and that was part of chiropractic biophysics too .

Speaker 2 4:12

Okay , yeah .

Speaker 3 4:13

Further analysis of anatomical variances , congenital anomalies and how that all fits into taking care of a person . Yeah , because some of some of our education there was differing of views on leg length discrepancy . Most chiropractors are trained to check for it .

Speaker 2 4:30

Right .

Speaker 3 4:30

But oh , you've got a short leg and that means you have this , this and this . We're going to adjust that and you should be fine , right , which for some people that works Right , and then for some people it doesn't . And then they're like why why do I keep hurting ? I keep getting adjusted , doesn't ? And then they're like why why do I keep hurting ? I keep getting adjusted , keep getting massage , rehabbing it . Well , yeah , you have a anatomical problem that we got to fix that .

Speaker 2 4:50

Right , okay . Yeah , that is so cool that you say that I don't know if you've taken any courses or done anything where you discover about yourself too . I've done that , but I will tell you . You talk about the clients that you weren't able to help . Sometimes .

Speaker 2 5:02

I'll be like you know what you talk about the clients that you weren't able to help . Yeah , sometimes I'll be like you know what ? I'm just going to find a class just for this one client that I have . Like you know , you can have all these people and you're like stuck on . Okay , I've done all the things that I know and this person I need to find a course . That just specifically . And sometimes I'll be in courses and I'll be like oh yeah , okay , okay , this is going to help this person . And now we'll make a list , I'll put it in my notes , like , okay , this is for this person . And then I'll come back and I'll be like , hey , I took a course and this is for you .

Speaker 1 5:32

And it can be so frustrating too , like when you're working with that person .

Speaker 2 5:35

Yes .

Speaker 1 5:39

Because you know they're putting everything you possibly can to solve their problem . And I think that's where a lot of practitioners and a lot of customers get turned off to practitioners as a whole Because they're like , well , that didn't work and they link that together Right . And so then they're just jumping ship to the next thing . That sounds good .

Speaker 1 6:03

Right , oh , that's true , not sticking it out , and it's really hard if you haven't gotten them on a timeline , or at least gotten them to start to like , have that benefit . Yes , right , so just getting them that small win . We've talked about that a lot . It's finding that small win there and letting them like not just like , recognize it , but like , consciously , like , feel that win Right ?

Speaker 2 6:23

I think that's huge . So , speaking of small wins , what would you say , through your journey in health , wellness , fitness and being a chiropractor for 14 years I mean that's a long time what is a personal win for you and a personal win for your business when you think about your clientele and how you're serving in the community ? Cause I know you're doing a lot of things in the community aside from and through your business , which that alone , in my opinion , is a huge win for the community , Just that we have small businesses that are willing to do all these amazing things .

Speaker 2 7:00

but for yourself personally and for your , your business , what would that look like ?

Speaker 1 7:06

Hmm .

Speaker 3 7:07

So are you saying , like what has happened , that I would consider , or what would I consider ?

Speaker 2 7:11

Ooh , Can you give me both , if you just want them both , yeah , I love it . Oh yeah , bring it on . He's like oh my gosh , you just made it harder .

Speaker 3 7:19

Yeah Well , so at least in my personal life , you know the fact that I was able to start CrossFit

Health Journey and Business Success

Speaker 3 7:30

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Speaker 2 7:30

Yeah .

Speaker 3 7:30

I think it was . I think was huge for me in my own health journey and transformation and how I felt . So there's just been small things that I've picked up on as I'm trying to help others and then also like , okay , how can I apply this to myself ? So making small dietary changes that have helped me . So within the last two years , I've probably felt the best I've ever felt in my entire life .

Speaker 3 7:54

Yeah , and that's just like you know , with a leg length discrepancy , or like I don't do eggs and I don't do avocado okay , as a part of again discovering I have food sensitivities , so that's taken away a lot of other issues as well . Yeah , so just the continual pursuit for me of let me get better so I can take care of my family better , so I can be present for my family has been a has been a win Um and then in the business too . We just added another doctor , so this will be the third guy a doctor that .

Speaker 3 8:25

I've that . I've had work with me , Um , and that to me is a win .

Speaker 2 8:30

That .

Speaker 3 8:30

I have guys that trust me enough to want to come and learn and work with me as well . And my big idea I got trained when I got out of school by some mentors , and so I want to be the same for guys coming out of school , because it can be frightening and scary . Like all right , how am I going to do this ? Where am I going to go ? What am I going to do ?

Speaker 1 8:49

Absolutely , and so being a resource for that .

Speaker 3 8:50

So that's where Dr Jacob . He's joined the practice fresh out of school . He's a great , awesome chiropractor , but again with the idea of come learn from me and then go do .

Speaker 1 9:00

Yeah , absolutely You're going to lift other people up . I love on your first answer about just making those simple changes . So many people are looking for that like I need to do keto , and that so many people are like looking for that , Like I need to do keto and like that's going to solve like all these problems in my life , and it's like no , here's somebody who's in it , who's had this amazing journey and it's just this little simple things over time that can make so much difference that you don't notice tomorrow .

Speaker 1 9:26

You don't notice next week , but like over the course of months and years , and those things add up and that's , that's awesome . I mean , that's just awesome , like that's really cool . And then the second point , like being able to pass that information down and something that you're obviously passionate about .

Speaker 3 9:44

Yeah , I love being , you know , a resource for my profession and and helping us in some regards to to have an identity even more so , where there's clarity , you know what you're going to get when you go to a chiropractor and people trust us across the board with our profession . Uh , we still have a long ways to go and and people feeling more and more comfortable and knowing what we do , but trying to help kind of push that forward . More , yeah , for sure , more and more .

Speaker 2 10:13

I like how you had mentioned this new guy . You're like , oh , he's great . And some people would say , well , anybody fresh out of school , how can they be great ? They have no experience under their belt . I can personally say , mentoring and doing what I do as well , the same thing that you do . I have a young guy . He's less than a year in and I've been mentoring him and he's and they are what I call gold mines . They are the people that you know . They chose the right field . Yeah , um , because they are skilled , they are passionate . Um , they're like empty vases , they're .

Speaker 1 10:43

They're like , they're like fill me I want sponges sucking up all the information , yes and teaching you at the same time , oh , a hundred percent .

Speaker 2 10:50

Like I , don't know about you . You get passionate , passionate about what you do . It refuels me 11 years in and so sometimes people are like , oh , but you don't really charge for certain mentoring and stuff like that . I'm like you know why ? Because I am getting something in return and it's keeping me fresh in my business and my model and it also holds me accountable and makes me continue my continuing ed , because I hold them to a standard and it's like I have to be doing that same thing . Yeah , yeah . So what are your wins for the future ? What does that look like ?

Speaker 3 11:22

um , well , some of that . So like in business , continuing growth , um we , it's going to happen . We have a new building that , uh , we purchased in march . Okay , talking about delayed gratification , though , there is a tenant in the building . That will not be done until may of 2026 , wow , so I would love to be in that building right now wow you got ways to go , because it's double the size of where we're at . Okay , which we could use .

Speaker 2 11:53

Yeah , yeah , for sure .

Speaker 3 11:54

But so it'll be a win when that actually comes to fruition . Okay , it's like God said here's your future building , but you can't have it for , you know , two and a half years .

Speaker 2 12:04

Okay , cool , there we go .

Speaker 1 12:06

So I mean , owning a building is awesome in and of itself .

Speaker 3 12:13

I awesome in and of itself . I'm very grateful that we got to that point and doors opened , and so that will be a win when we actually open our doors in that new facility for the practice . That's awesome . And then you know personally . You know with my family . I have three daughters Keeping me young . I have a 16 month old .

Speaker 2 12:30

Yeah , so see I , I , I'll be transparent . When I saw you on social media again , I was like , oh my gosh , Ben has radically changed his life . Oh my gosh , Ben had another kid . And then I was like , oh , oh my gosh , I think that kid was his fuel . Yeah , that's really what I thought . I don't know because , but it sounds like you were already .

Speaker 3 12:49

you already started before then , somewhatwhat yeah , but those changes kind of opened the door for my wife and I to have the third , because she had quite a few health challenges and we were on a journey with her health , getting her well and feeling well , and then she's like , let's have a third .

Speaker 3 13:08

You know , when she finally was like feeling well enough Because she wanted to have more , but after a second her health is terrible . Um , she had a lot of health challenges , autoimmune things and God you know , through that journey and trying to figure it out , getting her healthier , getting me healthier , um , and then , yeah , the third . So it's just kind of like I was like , all right , here you go .

Speaker 2 13:27

Isn't that crazy though You're saying , when we got our bodies healthy , we were able to multiply . Yeah , and this is beautiful . I love that . I'm sorry .

Speaker 3 13:39

I mean . I have a fresh baby so for me I'm like oh my gosh Like , but that is so .

Speaker 2 13:44

That is so amazing to me . Um , and that is that's almost like the ultimate results of living a healthy lifestyle . Or even when you're struggling , like she was struggling , and you find your way back to be able to have that that beautiful uh , you know um outcome .

Speaker 3 14:02

I guess you could say , yeah , 100 yeah , and so even in the personal life continued , uh , success . You know my wife , her health is a lot better but wanting to see , see my entire family healthier and vibrant , and you know their side just rocking and rolling . I think you know , again , that's a continual like process and work , yeah , but she's homeschooling the girls and that they can take what my wife and I have kind of held valued and then see them take that mantle will be another small win but I think a big win .

Speaker 2 14:45

Oh , that's huge and so beautiful because it's so simple . He could have said anything in his personal life , even in his business life . In your personal life you're just like , even in his business life , but in his just that , in your personal life you're just like man . It's just that we put in the work and we're getting to see the fruits of that labor through our children . Yeah , I'm not going to cry , but that is sorry To me . It's the vision it is .

Speaker 3 15:05

It's a very clear vision that to your point , but obviously very gratifying for you .

Speaker 2 15:13

Wow , yeah Well , thank you so much for being on . Thanks for having me .

Speaker 1 15:17

Give yourself your business . Tell people to get in contact with you .

Speaker 3 15:21

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Speaker 2 15:53

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Speaker 1 16:06

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Speaker 2 16:12

And then no big deal . You don't have to memorize anything you just said because it's going to pop up and it's just going to . It's going to help you along the way . So well , thanks again for joining us it was such a pleasure .

Speaker 1 16:22

Thanks for coming . Great conversation Awesome .

Speaker 2 16:24

Till next time .