Dooley Noted: 5/25/2016 I was a matriculating student from age 6 to age 36. I have a bachelors, masters, doctorate, and have completed three years of another four-year masters degree. I hold honors with all of my programs. Plus, I currently teach for four different professional schools. Because of all this education, people might think I am an advocate for going all the way with education. But frankly, I don’t … Read more
Dooley Noted: 5/24/2016 After treating patients today, I took an evening off to work on taxes with my husband. As we drifted into the numbers, he commented on how great his neck, shoulders, and ankles have felt since he started doing rehab drills. He said, “What you do to help people is powerful.” When I asked him to tell me why, he noted the focus on rehab to help oneself and … Read more
Dooley Noted: 5/23/2016 We live in a world where you can Skype across the world and offer your guidance. This has been an unforeseen (and completely welcome) attribute to my worldly travels in teaching. I can do a seminar and share any knowledge I’ve accumulated. Then, I can serve as a source of consultation for those who may be stuck in a rut with their therapeutics or rehab coaching. If … Read more
Dooley Noted: 5/21/2016 You’ll be hard-pressed to meet a more talented human being than Danny Quirk. I have the honor and privilege of working alongside him at our Immaculate Dissection seminars, where he has created original art for a stellar manual and live body paintings to better visualize moving anatomy. But what his 50,000 + followers may not know is that he is one of the world’s kindest and wittiest humans. This week, … Read more
Dooley Noted: 5/20/2016 When assigning any corrective strategies, I have my share of overly eager patients. Some have spent decades undoing their reflexive stability, just to become brilliant compensators away from the perfection that was born into them. The normal baby needs no coaching from the adult on progressing through human movement. When the adult interferes, compensations follow. This chases its way into our development as we age, leading us … Read more
Dooley Noted: 5/19/2016 Last summer, I was a different person. If I didn’t have a 12-hour workday scheduled, I was nervous I was not fulfilling my purpose. I had no social life and a strained love life. I couldn’t balance between fulfilling purpose and self-nourishment. This created a depletion in the body that accumulated until I had given so much that there was nothing left to give. A concerned … Read more
Dooley Noted: 5/18/2016 The Longissimus Capitis (LCap) is a muscle that is often forgotten about but has huge clinical implications. LCap is the most superior attachment of the erector spinae’s middle portion to the mastoid process. It shares the mastoid attachment with Splenius Capitis and Sternocleidomastoid (SCM). LCap travels mostly from transverse processes of vertebrae to other transverse processes, except where it attaches to the skull. The LCap is covered on its posterior surface … Read more
Dooley Noted: 5/17/2016 Sometimes, in life, all you have to do is show up. Two days before I met my husband, I was in heartbreak hell. I was considering not showing up for my commitment to meet this man who could bend pennies with his fingers and quarters with his teeth. But a trusted friend told me to hold true to my commitment. He told me to show up. … Read more
Dooley Noted: 5/16/16 My patient told me today that she went to the ER after having ribside pain that she suspected might be organ referral. Luckily, she was cleared of any organ involvement and released to her therapists to handle a muscular pull. When she expressed that she may have jumped the gun coming to emergency, the ER doctor congratulated her for doing the right thing. He said, “I’ve literally seen … Read more
Dooley Noted: 5/14/2016 I have the honor of training on the same floor as expert trainer, Long Duong. Long has been training at Catalyst SPORT for the Beast Tamer challenge for the past year. A Beast Tamer is a kettlebell athlete that can pistol squat, pull-up, and strict press a 48 kilo kettlebell. This challenge is an excellent demonstration of overall full-body mobility, stability, and strength. Long came very close to completing the … Read more