Dooley Noted: 11/14/15 If you’ve been in pain, you understand its impact on human movement. If you’ve seen yourself out of pain, it’s not a place to which you’d return willingly. This is no different with patients that seek my help. They have convinced their movement not to enter certain ranges, out of fear that pain might return. And to many people, pain is equal to the creation of structural … Read more
Dooley Noted: 11/13/15 I’m working a seven day stretch this week. I will make significant income at the week’s end. It’s always nice to help people and pay bills. But I worked seven-day stretches for far too many weeks this year. Sunday ends my last seven-day stretch of the year. I created it that way, because people in my life have intervened. They let me know they’d like me … Read more
Dooley Noted: 11/12/2015 The Person: Lindsay Hill Profession: Service Part Specialist How I know her: I met Lindsay Hill (formerly Trapp) at our alma mater, Gibson Southern High School, when I was 15. We had a rough start, when she reprimanded me for contributing to a wall of graffiti in our theater’s lighting area. We had a mutual friend and became close by proximity. As other friends fell away, we stuck … Read more
Dooley Noted: 11/11/2015 I admit it. I love cardio. But I don’t do it the traditional way anymore. Steady state cardio is dead, showing up in peer reviewed literature as the grand tanker of strength as well as metabolism. Also, form and function get decimated as you zone out, leaving one prone to injuries caused by faulty movement patterning. I used to be a runner. My breathing was on autopilot. … Read more
Dooley Noted: 11/10/2015 Today at Einstein Med, a lab group called me over to help remove their cadaver patient’s pericardium. They showed me a left lung tumor that adhered to the pericardium, the covering of the heart. My heart was shocked into stopping for a moment, and I brought it back with a long exhale. It was the exact same location and type of tumor that tried to kill my father … Read more
Dooley Noted: 11/9/2015 I’m in the beginning of my steel-bending days. Steel seems so improbable to bend with your hands. But with enough force and correct technique, the molecules warm, move, and give to your pressure. It is a feeling like no other. Last night, I went to my first heavy metal concert. It’s not my first pick for listening pleasure. In fact, I’d consider it to be at the … Read more
Dooley Noted: 11/8/2015 My patient came to me after seeing her dentist. She was quite scared and wanted to know if what he said had merit. He said the current state of her dentition would prevent her from “ever feeling normal.” He told her she had zero chance of ever feeling good without getting massive work done. The fear I saw in her eyes is not uncommon. Some professionals … Read more
Dooley Noted: 11/7/2015 This week, Monday through Friday, I worked 90 hours. In a five day span, I trained four times, in line with my program. After my long Friday workday, I trekked to Newark to make my flight to Phoenix, where I would attend a seminar – instead of teaching one, for a change. I missed my flight. First, I cursed my fate. But on the long train … Read more
Dooley Noted: 11/6/2015 In college, I used to love a certain candy bar. I was so obsessed with it that I would make drives to certain gas stations to find it. But one fateful college night, my candy bar would be ruined for life by the man who shared its name. He was beautiful. I did not see myself as such. And he was at MY apartment – at MY party. … Read more
Dooley Noted: 11/5/2015 The Person: Talia Mariani Profession: strength coach at Catalyst SPORT How I know her: I met Talia when she started training her clients at Catalyst SPORT. We bonded over mutual love of musical theater and mutual goal of becoming an Iron Maiden. (Iron Maidens can press, pistol squat, and do a tactical pull-up, all with a 24 kilo kettlebell.) How she’s changed me: Talia battles … Read more