Dooley Noted: 4/4/2016 Last week, I heard my share of ridiculous medical suggestions made to desperate patients. I saw a case of pelvic floor dysfunction, for which the Cleveland Clinic suggested spinal and pelvic floor surgical implantation. But they never bothered to assess the man’s intraabdominal pressure-building. I saw a case of repetitive air-casting for ankle inversion sprains, just to follow up with suggestions on orthotics to stick the patient in unending … Read more
Dooley Noted: 4/3/2016 I had a beautiful lunch with two fabulously smart people. Our conversation turned to learning, and we spoke of what inhibits learning. My friend Emily said she worked with very stressed-out children, who found it difficult to learn new things. My Jonathan said, “Well, that makes sense. Give someone a rattlesnake and ask them to say the alphabet backwards. All they can think about is that snake they’re … Read more
Dooley Noted: 4/2/2016 Last night was one of the toughest, most upsetting nights of my life. It left me sick into today. Jonathan and I endured a true test to our union, and we spent most of the day working on our issue. In the grand scheme of things, it wasn’t much effort. We put so much work into ourselves that we can go through anything together. We … Read more
Dooley Noted: 4/1/2016 Having just met my fiancé in person for the first time in December, I’m surprised I haven’t got more flack for the lightning-speed at which we became engaged to be married. Many say, “When you know, you know,” when it comes to finding your partner. Others get married because they are surprised with the formation of a new life. As a 37 year-old, career-driven female, I just assumed … Read more
Dooley Noted: 3/29/2016 Recently, I’ve had an influx of patients with knee pain. Many of the cases showed pain to vanish right in front of them – when they stopped using the knee as a prime initiator of the painful movement pattern. They tend to stand in awe, curious as to how their pain vanished so quickly. I ask them to open my clinic door. 100% of the time, they … Read more
Dooley Noted: 3/28/2016 Being strong is not just for vanity. Being strong is good for everyone. Strength can prevent injury. You don’t have to bench press 300 pounds to be strong. In fact, the big focus of your power can become situational strength. Flipping a tire on a regular basis can translate into pulling heavy things off the ground to flip them. Deadlifting builds overall pulling power that … Read more
Dooley Noted: 3/24/2016 My patients come to me with very big goals. As a chiropractic rehabilitation specialist, I’m often expected to fix cases that other therapists failed to help. But I’m not blaming the therapists. It’s time we make these patients more accountable. Therapists are not magicians. We therapists are strategists, obsessed with human movement and in the detective work it takes to help a person get out of their … Read more
Dooley Noted: 3/23/2016 Yesterday, I left Catalyst SPORT after a morning and afternoon of training and treating patients. My beloved met me there, so he got to observe me working with a very appreciative client on the gym floor. As the person departed from me with a hug, he heard me chatting with our expert trainers about some program troubleshooting. He saw us laughing and learning from each other. As … Read more
Dooley Noted: 3/21/2016 For three years, I’ve had the goal of strict overhead pressing the 24 kilo kettlebell. I’ve hired coaches who programmed amazing strategies. And I went in and out of success. I worked around injuries, one of which was last year at this time. I didn’t press overhead for five months, as I built power in my intrinsic abdominal system to better support my shoulder joints. After arduous rehab one year ago, I … Read more
Dooley Noted: 3/20/2016 I’m a supporter of the mass exodus from oral contraceptives. This medication is deemed safe, yet the medical information packets note the increased risk of strokes. In fact, several of these medications have been pulled from the market due to increased morbidity risks. A non-hormonal contraceptive option offered to females is the copper intra-uterine device (IUD). This device is implanted into the wall of the uterus, in an attempt … Read more