Dooley Noted: 9/1/2014 I’m going to admit it: In the past, I loved to jog. I would pull a 14 hour day, just to speed home so I could change into Mizunos. It’s been about 5 years since I’ve run more than 5 miles. So, last night, I wanted to go on a long run, to see if I still loved jogging. What I found myself doing was sprinting. Every time I saw a hill … Read more
Dooley Noted: 8/31/2014 I offered to hold a lab review session at a rather unfavorable time for most: 9 am on Sunday. I never expect anyone to show up on a Sunday morning to a volunteer review session. But the turnout can be seen in these pictures: These are the future doctors of our world. They do whatever it takes to make sure they can serve people in one of the most challenging jobs known … Read more
Dooley Noted: 8/29/2014 This morning, I hiked 3 miles to the SGU campus to teach a review session. While brisk walking on hilly landscape feels wonderful, I found myself not breathing efficiently. I gasped quickly on inhales and let out short exhales, so I could suck in air again. As I felt myself do this, I became quickly fatigued going up a hill. I knew I was not properly blowing off enough carbon dioxide with … Read more
Dooley Noted: 8/28/2014 Every single day, I receive emails from practitioners asking me to guide their cases. While I’m honored they chose me to help, I find my advice to be very limited. How can I advise on a patient I have never seen? Truly, I can’t do it with the utmost efficiency. I am simply advising on what the practitioner has reported to have seen. I might see something completely different if the patient … Read more
Dooley Noted: 8/26/2014 Being a chiropractor, movement specialist, anatomist, and budding acupuncturist/herbalist, I’m considered a holistic practitioner. I have been accused of being a “Jack of all trades.” But don’t accuse me of being a “master of none.” Dr. Patrick Montgomey, my chiropractic and practitioner role model, is the epitome of professionalism and brilliance. He once told me he was trained in over 100 techniques, but a master of about 19. I would dare anyone … Read more
Dooley Noted: 8/25/2014 I see fitness bringing into focus developmental positioning, like crawling, squatting and planking. My amazing colleague Eric Chessen (of www.autismfitness.com) pointed this question out to me: “Why aren’t people skipping?” Skipping is something you see children do quite readily. Children crawl, walk, sprint, and skip to get to their destination. Skipping is locomotive. You never see a child jog. But skipping? That’s a daily occurrence. It also mimics sprinting in its activations … Read more
Dooley Noted: 8/24/2014 After another long Grenada flight soon after my trek across the world, I ended up with left sacroiliac (SI) joint compression. As I was walking, I noticed my right shoulder was hiking as I stepped forward with my left foot. I immediately felt left SI joint pain. You can see that mechanism here: You can see my right shoulder is hiking, and my left side sacrum is jamming into my left ilium, … Read more
Dooley Noted: 8/23/2014 A few days ago, I watched my business partner deadlift 625 pounds. I was four feet away. You can see it here: https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1429727417312633 Being very new to strength, I wasn’t prepared to see something of that level of impressiveness up close. His name is Jason Kapnick, and he is our CFO at Catalyst S.P.O.R.T. I’m constantly proud of my business partners. They are incredible men of integrity, kindness, brilliance, humility and strength. … Read more
Dooley Noted: 8/22/2014 Yesterday, my patient was breathing shallowly into her abdomen. Almost every part of the breath was limited by the pecs, neck, and serratus muscles. After my alarm led to the Dooley Inquisition, she admitted she was wearing a girdle. When I proposed she take it off, she noted that would never be happening. Never say never to a Dooley. Most of us have our movement glitches. And most of those glitches are … Read more
Dooley Noted: 8/21/2014 I work in science, teaching anatomy for 6 universities. So, people are quite shocked that I am a doctor of “alternative medicine.” I am a chiropractor studying acupuncture, who some refer to as a movement specialist. Very little of what I do is backed up by a litany of peer-reviewed literature. Many sources attempt to discount what I use to help patients. I’m asked quite often: why do you use NKT, ART, … Read more