Our Blog: To Your Health

Jack Hoffman lives for adventure. At 72, he fl ies airplanes, skis, and rides motorcycles and snowmobiles. He has hand-built houses, mined for gold in Alaska, and is currently restoring an antique gas pump. Over time, the cumulative impact of this “work hard, play hard” life has taken a toll on his back. He can’t point to a single injury that led to his years of back pain. “It just disintegrated,” Jack says.

Sleep has become a national health crisis. Up to a third of Americans are not getting enough sleep. We often think we can get by on less than seven hours a night, but in reality our body, and most importantly our brain, needs seven to  nine hours of sleep each night.