Dooley Noted. 2/25/2014 Upon achieving my doctorate in chiropractic, a professor walked up to congratulate me. Prof: Congrats on achieving Magna Cum Laude status. Dooley: Thank you, sir. Prof: How close were you to Sum Cum Laude? Dooley: The A status is fine. I decided to work full time and minimize my debt in school. Magna is still good. Prof: It is. You know the truth about grades anyway, right? Dooley: No, sir. Prof: A … Read more
Dooley Noted: 2/23/2014 In a Facebook world of posting all that’s hunky dory, I feel the need to bring the real. So, I need you to know this fact. A few weeks ago, I lost myself. I traded training days for patient appointments. I lost myself in my desire to contribute. I saw myself negotiate my principle set to please other people. I watched and felt it happen. My president of the Dooley Board of … Read more
Dooley Noted: 2/22/14 I’m in the class of therapists that sees a fair share of sciatica. Sciatica tends to be a blanketed term for leg pain. While I love people using anatomical and clinical terms, let’s learn what true sciatica represents. The sciatic nerve is a massive nerve about the size of your thumb. Wedged between the ischial tuberosity (read: sit bone) and greater trochanter (read: large outer thigh bump), this nerve supplies electricity to … Read more
Dooley Noted: 2/21/2014 When you have hurt, there is much to fall in love with again. I recently experienced some heartbreak. You can always tell how I feel right on my face, since its apparently translucent. Since I take my work quite seriously, I wondered how I would be my normal self in lab. My heavy heart and I entered the lab, and I prayed for the strength to be on point. When I saw … Read more
Dooley Noted: 2/20/2014 I have an intense love and commitment to my training as a representative of the kettlebell community. I tend to train alone, and I am commonly approached by gym goers. They see me doing kettlebell ladders, mobility and stability resets, breathing drills and correctives. My training is intense, calm, and focused. This is weird for a typical gym – but something about it gets people interested. They are missing something from their … Read more
Dooley Noted: 2/19/2014 I have an interesting array of jobs. When it comes to conversation over cocktails, strange questions come up about my experience with human dissection. I recently shocked an inquisitive friend with my answer to this question: Friend: Which type of bodies have the best muscles? Dooley: The obese ones. Friend: No way! How is that possible?! Dooley: They have to carry around that weight all day. I am nearing number 800 for … Read more
Dooley Noted: 2/18/2014 While teaching NeuroKinetic Therapy (NKT) this past weekend, I helped assess quite a few smart and very strong people. In a muscle test, we lightly press to look for neurological connections and relationships between patterns. But if you find a disconnect, it can be misconstrued as muscle weakness. Smart, strong clients often see this disconnect in themselves and state, “I’m weak!” I call your bluff. You rarely have weakness, unless you have … Read more
Dooley Noted: 2/16/2014 In my personal data collection, I’ve rarely been described as nice, beautiful, kind, mean, ugly, or any of those traditional markers. I’m almost always described with “E” words: energetic, enthusiastic, encouraging. To me, these words simply mean looking alive – and being alive. So if I’m an energy and enthusiasm standout, then what’s normal? To be energized is to feel alive! To be enthusiastic is to want to be alive! As I … Read more
Dooley Noted: 2/15/2014 You are strong. But your foundation is wobbly. Right now, you may need me on the scaffolding. It doesn’t make you weak that work is needed. You will be better than you’ve ever been. You may need help tinkering with the details and help guiding you to a stronger foundation. If there are leaks, we will fix them. We don’t need to build new structure necessarily. We may need to just fortify … Read more
Dooley Noted: 2/14/2014 Recently, a wonderful man took me to dinner. He knew how hard it was to book me, and he made sure I knew he valued my time. The conversation was easy. The connection was magnetic. It was nice. This made me think of when people meet and fall in love. That dopaminergic surge is perceived in the reward center, much like your vice of choice. You truly get rewarded by the interaction. … Read more