Kathy Dooley

Enabling Mediocrity

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Dooley Noted: 7/15/2014 I know about the biopsychosocial components of pain. So, the happenings of a patient’s life matter gravely to the management of discomfort. Yesterday, a patient voiced her work frustration to me. She noted that her colleague “enabled mediocrity.” I couldn’t get over the accuracy of her frustration. An achiever and leader by nature, she was completely intolerant of completing tasks halfway. After all, it usually takes minimal effort to simply get by. … Read more

Abigail’s Squat

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Dooley Noted: 7/14/14 Yesterday, I had the honor of spending time with my sister, Karen, her husband, John, and their 13 month-old daughter, Abigail. Every aunt likes to gush about her niece. This child is as beautiful as it gets. But I was most intrigued by Abigail’s squat. She just recently started walking, a few weeks shy of her first birthday. So, she still stumbles. When she falls, she almost always drops right into a … Read more

Anatomy Angel: The Subtalar Joint

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Dooley Noted: 7/13/2014 Yesterday, I conducted a trial run seminar on rotation. I asked where the group would like to start. I said, “Pick eyes or foot. Each one has great impact.” They chose the foot. They were very surprised when I didn’t spend excessive time discussing dorsiflexion of the ankle, a concept assigned and discussed ad nauseum. We focused on the subtalar joint, a synovial planar joint inferior to the ankle. As a chiropractic … Read more

Being Surrounded by the Best

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Dooley Noted: 7/12/2014 These last two weeks have been a dream come true for me. I have watched as my amazing business partners, Joe Boffi and Jason Kapnick, train their clients. Some of the clients were people I had the honor of assessing and treating. It was incredible to watch them earn strength and learn proper joint mobility and stability on the gym floor of Catalyst S.P.O.R.T. I knew for years I wanted to work … Read more

The Here and Now

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Dooley Noted: 7/10/2014 My dear friend Dr. Frankie Scali once made a keen observation to me. In the good doctor’s eyes, depressed people live in the past, while anxious people live in the future. He noted the only chance one has at being happy is to be in the here and now. For the most part, no one cares what you did in the past, unless they are judgmental and not worthy of your time. … Read more

Why Cutting Out Carbs is Limiting You

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Dooley Noted: 7/9/2014 First, it was low fat. I’m still attempting to convince people fat is good for them. Now, it’s carbs. Since the Atkins resurge of the 90s, people desperate to lose weight will slice their carbs to throw themselves into “ketosis,” a state of burning ketone bodies for fuel. This is not sustainable, since a few truths exist: 1. The brain prefers glucose. As it turns out, cognition is important. 2. Many carbs … Read more

Last to Board

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Dooley Noted: 7/8/2014 I am absolutely the last to board any flight. Forget Priority Access. I don’t make it a priority to be the first on a flight to sit down. I will let everyone else walk single file as they wait to board. I will gladly stay in a nearby corner, doing breathing drills, gait stretches, push-ups, pistols, and mobility drills. While you wait for everyone else to hurry onto the plane, remember that … Read more

What About Your Friends

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Dooley Noted: 7/6/2014 It had been 12 years since my friends Lee Ditsworth, Shannon Burton and I had been together. Old friends getting together is always special. Laughing, silliness, and life recaps always ensue. But these two men have shaped my life in ways I can never repay. Lee tutored me in college physics. He won’t admit it, but he taught me to learn from failure. He also taught me the patience needed when being … Read more

Independence from the Storm

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Dooley Noted: 7/4/2014 It started yesterday at 5 pm, with a flight delay due to the hurricane. I put off mailing my rent. I then beat myself up for it for the next hour. Sound ridiculous? In retrospect, it was. But it wasn’t without its importance with what transpired. In the past and present, I haven’t experienced many people putting pressure on me to succeed. I can’t think of a single person that pressured me. … Read more

The Great Sigh

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Dooley Noted: 7/3/2014 After class yesterday, I quickly sent an important email and replied to an urgent text, moving from one thing to the next. I felt myself stand, smile, and sigh the great sigh. My professor noticed, and asked, “Kathy, are you okay?” Dooley: “Yes ma’am, I’ve never been so great.” So, what’s in a sigh? Chinese medicine demarcates sighing as a sign of stagnation, namely in the liver highway system. Sighing is an … Read more