Dooley Noted: 3/17/2015 When I have a moment of visible emotion or stress, some people don’t react as if it’s normal. I get comments like, “Whoa, I thought you were superhuman!” But from what I’ve seen in blockbuster movies, even superheroes run the gamut of emotions. They have much trouble maintaining relationships, due to their service to a cause. I suppose I’m not completely far from that description. So, I wasn’t shocked when I came … Read more
Dooley Noted: 3/16/2015 We live in a world of instant gratification. People want weight loss, strength, and performance results as soon as they pay a fee. They out-source. They give up on themselves before they’ve even committed to a goal. I’ve lost my share of weight. I’ve gained my share of strength and performance, too. What I’ve learned is that you need to in-source exponentially more than you out-source. There’s no magic program for your … Read more
Dooley Noted: 3/15/2015 Today, we completed NKT Level I in Melbourne, Australia. On day one, I saw an attendee I recognized, but I couldn’t tell from where. I asked her, and she said I probably knew her from Active Release Technique (ART). I was shuttled into a time machine, at the Chicago Upper Extremity ART course I took in 2007. Immediately, I remembered her impeccable instruction and phenomenal palpation skills. And I also remembered how … Read more
Dooley Noted: 3/14/2015 Take a look at the spinal and pelvic radiographs of my friend and colleague, Lynne Ellen Kershaw. You want to see these. Go ahead. I’ll wait. Now, I want you to attempt a guess at where she experiences discomfort. Look closely again at the structures. Think you’ve got it? Lynne Ellen has pain nowhere. She feels amazing. She is 61 years old, with idiopathic scoliosis. She works 14 hours a day, … Read more
Dooley Noted: 3/13/2015 While teaching Immaculate Dissection today in Sydney, I noticed my own breathing had a truncated exhale. I had been dealing with some SCM pain, and I asked a beautiful colleague to work on its sore insertion. That not only made the muscle tighter, but it made my breathing even more labored. So I decided to stop rubbing it to death and put the focus back where it belonged. I practiced quiet breathing … Read more
Dooley Noted: 3/12/2015 Sometimes you think you plan everything out. And sometimes, things go awry anyway. The Immaculate Dissection team had a rough morning yesterday. If there was a roadblock, we hit it. Taxis wouldn’t come. When they did, they dropped us in the wrong place. Printers couldn’t be accessed. The hits kept coming. I started breaking down as the roadblocks piled on. Then, an amazing thing happened. A seminar attendee, Jacqueline, handed me a … Read more
Dooley Noted: 3/11/2015 In Immaculate Dissection I: Core Concepts, we discuss abdominal scars in detail. We note the changes of abdominal stability in patients with abdominal incisions. Scars absolutely alter motor control, while people often avoid touching them. They even avoid talking about them. And they certainly avoid showing them. But my collaborator, Danny Quirk, pointed out something special at our workshop. He said, “I was so surprised how people at the seminar took something … Read more
Dooley Noted: 3/10/2015 On Mon and Tues, we conducted the Australian premiere of our anatomy and corrective workshop called Immaculate Dissection. It was our second seminar to date – but it was on another continent, in another hemisphere! We helped the 13 Melbourne attendees palpate the core muscles and their attachments. Live models were painted with anatomy by the great Danny Quirk to demonstrate anatomical locations. After day one, attendees were already emailing me … Read more
Dooley Noted: 3/9/2015 While teaching NKT Level II in Melbourne, we returned from a lunch break. My friend Riccardo did something I had always wanted to do: climb a rope to the ceiling. I watched as he ascended to a three story ceiling. I was in awe. I immediately thought, “Am I even strong enough to try?” Riccardo must have seen my fascinated face. Riccardo: “Come on, Kathy. Give it a go!” Dooley: “I … Read more
Dooley Noted: 3/7/2015 I see a small share of the world’s patients. While I still have enormous work to do, I’ve noticed that my patients have a commonality. Every single one of them expressed that they deserved their injury. They state things like the following: “I overdid it.” “I did something stupid.” “I wasn’t paying attention.” “I went too far.” People do incredible jobs of punishing themselves, well after the injury occurred. But I don’t … Read more