Dooley Noted: 1/13/17 This has been a stressful morning. As I do my breathing drills, I know negative perception of stress has no place in a successful mind. Today, I will go into a lab and do a full neck review for two tables at a time, reaching 7 total reviews in 2 hours and 15 min. That’s a lot of neck anatomy! Ten years ago, the neck was so stressful and complicated to learn … Read more
Dooley Noted: 12/31/2016 Much can change in a year. Last year, at this time, I was at the emotional equivalent of death’s door. I posted much about my struggle, which prompted emails of concern. After all, how often are people allowed to be honest on social media? The concern did not prompt me to do right by myself. In fact, I felt myself slipping further into the abyss. I couldn’t feel joy for my jobs, … Read more
Dooley Noted: 11/23/2016 The scalenes are often a misunderstood and mistreated group of muscles with hugely impactful clinical importance. The anterior scalene starts its course where its synergist, the longus colli, ends: at the anterior tubercles of transverse processes (TPs) of C4-C6. This muscle then anchors itself to the first rib. The middle and posterior scalene often blend in fibers as one large mass of muscle, posterior to the middle scalene. If the bellies are … Read more
Dooley Noted: 11/12/16 My husband went to a chiropractor for 2 years before he met me. He was on a very affordable plan, paying $95 a month for weekly adjustments. This cost him $1,140 a year. He asked the doctors many times if there were ways he could get himself out of neck pain. They showed him a few stretches that didn’t really suit his specific needs. So, he thought he would have to see … Read more
Dooley Noted: 11/9/2016 Leahy jumped on my side at 5 AM yesterday. He meowed in my face to feed him, as most cats do. I put my hand to brush him away. He put his up, too – across my face. It wasn’t a tap but a huge gash into my right cheek – nearly hitting my eye. As blood ran down it, I realized how threatened he was – and how not at home … Read more
Dooley Noted: 10/28/2016 Damn it, I’m a mess on this subway. But the gratitude runs so deep that it creates the sympathetic response my body chooses to balance with these parasympathetically-driven tears. I just left Einstein, where the students and faculty make me so excited to go to work every day. I rushed to an Uber, where the amazing driver and I talked about the beauty that is NYC. I chatted with my incredible husband, … Read more
Dooley Noted: 10/26/2016 In Toronto, I had dinner in complete darkness with one of my best friends and my husband. A blind man let us into the room, where not a speck of light shone through to illuminate it. I have never known such darkness. I was reluctant at first to be present, since a day of teaching with a sinus headache had left me a bit disheveled. At first, the darkness made me feel … Read more
Dooley Noted: 10/9/2016 Today, I turned 38. As I spend a glorious day off doing things I adore, I recounted some of the major things I learned at age 37. 1. People who tell you that you can’t have it all actually don’t have it all and are projecting their disdain onto you. 2. Breathing drills are never to be skipped. The breath is all you ever have. All else is … Read more
Dooley Noted: 10/7/2016 TFL is a gorgeous power generator of the hip and pelvic stabilizer. Understanding its functional anatomy can be crucial in helping a patient or client with pelvic and hip issues. TFL originates on the anterior part of the ilium, just below the anterior superior iliac spine (ASIS). It takes a very long pathway down the femur, just to bypass attaching to it. Via the iliotibial tract, the TFL … Read more
Dooley Noted: 10/4/2016 Last Sunday, Catalyst SPORT hosted the Breakthrough Strength seminar, which included bending nails and bolts, ripping phone books and cards, and driving nails through boards. You know, a typical Sunday. Chris Rider handed me a 6 inch adjustable wrench, and he told me I was going to bend it in half in front of the class. He said, “It’s just a wrench.” My husband turned to me and … Read more