Dooley Noted: 3/29/2016 Recently, I’ve had an influx of patients with knee pain. Many of the cases showed pain to vanish right in front of them – when they stopped using the knee as a prime initiator of the painful movement pattern. They tend to stand in awe, curious as to how their pain vanished so quickly. I ask them to open my clinic door. 100% of the time, they … Read more
Dooley Noted: 3/28/2016 Being strong is not just for vanity. Being strong is good for everyone. Strength can prevent injury. You don’t have to bench press 300 pounds to be strong. In fact, the big focus of your power can become situational strength. Flipping a tire on a regular basis can translate into pulling heavy things off the ground to flip them. Deadlifting builds overall pulling power that … Read more
Dooley Noted: 3/27/2016 The Person: Doria Rosa Her profession: Pilates instructor, NKT level II certified assistant instructor How I met her: I had the honor of meeting Doria at the NKT Level II seminar in October 2015. She came up to me to introduce herself, and I knew immediately how tenacious she would be in learning NKT. Since October, she has attended nearly every one of our NKT level … Read more
Dooley Noted: 3/25/2016 In this week’s NKT study group, we discussed the highest subsystem in the hierarchy, the deep longitudinal system (SLS). The DLS is important part of our bipedal movement in gait, particularly the mid-swing to end-swing phase. The DLS must be cleared before moving on to other subsystems. The DLS can be assessed with single leg stance and swinging single leg stance (SLS). The swinging SLS is … Read more
Dooley Noted: 3/24/2016 My patients come to me with very big goals. As a chiropractic rehabilitation specialist, I’m often expected to fix cases that other therapists failed to help. But I’m not blaming the therapists. It’s time we make these patients more accountable. Therapists are not magicians. We therapists are strategists, obsessed with human movement and in the detective work it takes to help a person get out of their … Read more
Dooley Noted: 3/23/2016 Yesterday, I left Catalyst SPORT after a morning and afternoon of training and treating patients. My beloved met me there, so he got to observe me working with a very appreciative client on the gym floor. As the person departed from me with a hug, he heard me chatting with our expert trainers about some program troubleshooting. He saw us laughing and learning from each other. As … Read more
Dooley Noted: 3/21/2016 For three years, I’ve had the goal of strict overhead pressing the 24 kilo kettlebell. I’ve hired coaches who programmed amazing strategies. And I went in and out of success. I worked around injuries, one of which was last year at this time. I didn’t press overhead for five months, as I built power in my intrinsic abdominal system to better support my shoulder joints. After arduous rehab one year ago, I … Read more
Dooley Noted: 3/20/2016 I’m a supporter of the mass exodus from oral contraceptives. This medication is deemed safe, yet the medical information packets note the increased risk of strokes. In fact, several of these medications have been pulled from the market due to increased morbidity risks. A non-hormonal contraceptive option offered to females is the copper intra-uterine device (IUD). This device is implanted into the wall of the uterus, in an attempt … Read more
Dooley Noted: 3/19/2016 My new friend and second grade teacher, Amanda Meiser, assigns breathing drills throughout the day to help her students learn. She got the idea from one of her students to use an app called “AirTime Space.” When her students are bouncing off the walls, she uses the app to help the children focus on their breathing and movement. “I use it to calm kids down and to help … Read more
Dooley Noted: 3/18/2016 I want you to picture a man hanging from the edge of a cliff. He is gripping tightly to the cliff’s edge, as the rocks crumble towards his face. Sweat covers him – for he is doing the greatest work of his life just to hang on for it. Now, I want you to picture yourself walking up to that man. Stand on the edge of that … Read more