Dooley Noted: 7/11/2015 I may not be a beautiful woman in traditional terms. I’m big and loud and red-headed and freckled. I don’t make men get rotational whiplash as they turn to check me out. This does not make me sad. This has been a tremendous gift! When I teach, people aren’t distracted by an initial perception of beauty. They can listen. They are allowed to open their minds to connect to an education. This … Read more
Dooley Noted: 7/9/15 Since January 1, 2011, I have written this daily blog. Dooley Noted has been my reflections on life observations, used to help educate myself about my surroundings. I write Dooley Noted for myself and for no one else. But people write me nearly every day to thank me for the posts. The fact that others benefit is truly a gift. Occasionally, I have judgmental people, telling … Read more
Dooley Noted: 7/6/2015 A Moment of Distraction I don’t get an opportunity to drive much. But when I do, significant things happen. I was highway driving and got distracted by a rouge water bottle. Within a moment of distraction, I hit a pothole and nearly ran myself from the road. Had I let it fully distract me, someone may have gotten hurt. While I spared the traffic (and myself) from anything traumatic, the distraction made … Read more
Dooley Noted: 7/5/2015 My mother has never been one to stress about her weight. My entire life, my mother has not bothered being concerned about her tendency towards s strong, robust figure. She was always a workhorse. I had to sprint to keep up with her swift, determined gait. To me, she was the epitome of health and confidence. She didn’t analyze what she ate, and she never called herself fat. She barely wore makeup. … Read more
Dooley Noted: 7/4/2015 This Independence Day, I’m giving thanks to some of my freedoms. Among them, I am thankful for my independence from thinking that jogging is needed for fitness. I remember when I thought I had to run to be fit. It started in high school, reading too many fitness magazines. Then, I suffered an enormous heartbreak in 2005. So instead of gaining strength I’d been craving, it … Read more
Dooley Noted: 7/1/2015 One year ago, my entire life changed in a way I never could have imagined. We officially opened the doors to Catalyst SPORT. We created the environment in which we always wanted to do good work. We had five major needs to give to our clients: Strength. Performance. Orthopedics. Rehabilitation. Training. We knew that most pain and injury were caused by deficits in the power trifecta … Read more
Dooley Noted: 6/30/2015 Yesterday was a strong day. After an amazing weekend of teaching the Immaculate Dissection seminar series, Monday was full of amazing patients and a strong workout. But at 2 AM this morning, I woke with what I believe was food poisoning. I felt like all the strength was zapped from me by a little bug. So, I took the morning off to recover. I checked my mail and … Read more
Dooley Noted: 6/29/2015 The vast majority of my patients are sent to me by referral. So, they walk in with high expectations. Sometimes, they believe I am some magical sorceress, appearing in their lives to take away all discomfort. I’m no mystical healer. (Sorry to disappoint.) But they always leave with an education. What they all have in common is that other practitioners have assumed they didn’t want to know … Read more
Dooley Noted: 6/28/2015 I’m always concerned when my patients are using narcotics like opioids to treat their pain. Opioids classically cause respiratory depression. Since most chronic pain is linked to hypoxia, it makes no sense to me to treat pain with something that depresses your ability to get more oxygen. Most of us think we breathe pretty well. After all, we do it without thinking, right? For me that’s a big … Read more
Dooley Noted: 6/27/2015 This week, I was honored to assist an acupuncture intern that was treating an 82 year-old patient. The patient complained about very little. She had utilized acupuncture and other holistic care for decades. She noted her doctors said that it wouldn’t really help, but they gave her permission to do it. She also noted that she was on one medication, while many of her friends were on several medications. She said she … Read more