Dooley Noted: 11/21/2014 I remember the first time I ever strict pressed a 20-kilo kettlebell. It seemed like an impossible feat. The fact I saw the goal that way was absolutely pushing me farther from achieving it. I didn’t even know it, but I would crank out rep after rep of an 18 kilo, then heavily sigh as I picked up the 20. But my friend and incredible coach Ari Harris caught me. He said, … Read more
Dooley Noted: 11/20/2014 Yesterday, I helped students remove 6 livers. Unlike most internal organs, the liver is a particular challenge to remove. The liver is anchored to your anterior abdominal wall by the falciform ligament. Its position can be altered by abdominal contraction. The liver is anchored to your stomach and duodenum by the lesser omentum. Their relative positions can affect each other’s ability to properly digest. The liver is anchored to the inferior vena … Read more
Dooley Noted: 11/19/2014 Something unsettling is happening. I surround myself with people that are committing their lives to the healthcare of others. These are some of the most brilliant students and colleagues existing on the planet. But as I pass the elevator, I watch these people crowd into it. I watch this happen all day. At the two schools I’m teaching for right now, the labs are on the sixth floor. I understand this is … Read more
Dooley Noted: 11/18/2014 She was 15 when they met and started dating. He promised to take care of her. She promised to stand by him. In a world of broken promises, they never broke theirs. Today is the 47th anniversary of the day they wed. She was 18. He was 26. People expressed doubt to them that they’d last. But they have. I have watched their marriage for 36 years. I have a strong understanding … Read more
Dooley Noted: 11/16/2014 I have three big jobs: movement therapist, seminar instructor, and gross anatomy instructor. In all three, I field complaints. The common denominator in all complaints I hear is a general lack of third party perspective. It’s so challenging to be subjective and objective at the same time. I used to think it was impossible. Then, I started recording my own complaints and listening to them as a third party. Also, I started … Read more
Dooley Noted: 11/15/2014 The Person: Dr. Barry Berg Profession: Anatomist, educator How I know him: During my masters degree, I completed an externship assisting Dr. Berg in his lab at SUNY Upstate’s physical therapy program How he’s changed me: Barry taught me that a true academic could be free from stuffiness and pretention. He welcomed me with open arms and saw my value as a manual therapist teaching anatomy. He taught me I could be … Read more
Dooley Noted: 11/13/2014 Yesterday, I fell down the rabbit hole. A lyric entered my head from what seemed like nowhere. I made the conscious choice to listen to a song tightly wound to my past. I felt myself willingly go to ITunes. Search: “Me and the Moon.” Bryan White. I smiled as I was hit with the Memory Mack Truck. I hit repeat. I felt an entire 6 year union’s highs and lows. I listened … Read more
Dooley Noted: 11/12/2014 If you see me next to you, I might be mimicking your movement. If you’re in my office, I am definitely mimicking your movement. I’m not making fun of you. I don’t have an ideal of what perfect movement looks like. I’m only interested in your strategy to move about your life. You’re not a mess I want to fix. You’re a genius. You’re a strategist. You may have roadblocks in your … Read more
Dooley Noted: 11/11/14 A popular article is circulating in social media many times over. Sometimes, it finds its way into my inbox. It tends to be sent to me by people who don’t know me well and definitely have never met me. This article lists the regrets of the dying. One of these regrets was, “I wish I hadn’t worked so hard.” I think observers see me working consistently, and they think I will regret … Read more
Dooley Noted: 11/9/2014 The Person: Barry Hooper Profession: Licensed massage therapist How I know him: I had the honor of lead instructing Barry at his first ever NeuroKinetic Therapy seminar. He now assists me at seminars as a teacher. How he’s changed me: He taught me the power of appreciating the dark sides as contrasts to the light. And he can quote Jack Nicholson from “A Few Good Men” in unison with me. He is … Read more