Dooley Noted: 1/5/2015
Anatomy used to be very challenging for me.
It was my worst national board score to date.
I could have thrown my hands in the air and given up.
Instead, I looked the challenge in the face and stated, “I’m not currently good at this. But I could become better.”
I became an anatomy tutor and devoted 20 hours a week while in school to helping my colleagues.
Still not feeling I had a command on anatomy, I relocated to earn a masters. I knew it was the most important foundation to being the doctor I knew I could be.
I was right. And it has separated me from a large professional pack.
Meanwhile, I was on a quest to getting stronger. My chiropractic practice morphed to greatly include rehabilitative exercise. I knew strength was missing from most chiropractic treatments.
Now it’s 2015. After teaching over 20 seminars and teaching anatomy for several schools, I realized an educational piece was missing.
No one seemed to be teaching the anatomy with clinical pearls, palpation, and then carrying it over to corrective exercise.
So if it’s not done, you start it yourself.
You bring in amazing people, like anatomic artist Danny Quirk to make creations like the one below.
You bring the lab to life in a gym, applying it to exercise with incredible athletes like Anna Folckomer.
Why am I detailing this to you? It’s simple.
You are currently not proficient at something.
I used to struggle with anatomy and had little strength.
Now I teach anatomy and strength, and how they correlate.
You can learn. You can even teach.
But you have to start. It has to come from you.
Start. Learn. Apply. Teach.
And if it doesn’t exist, start that, too.
As always, it’s your call.
– Dr. Kathy Dooley
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