Dooley Noted: The Blogs

Dooley Noted: 7/15/2016 As I worked as a chiropractor in multiple facilities, I grew frustrated being someone’s employee. They were wonderful environments – but they weren’t environments I helped build. The culture was of someone else’s creation – and I couldn’t ignore how I wanted things to change. Rather than complain about my job, I slowly but steadily helped build new cultures. My colleagues and I built Catalyst SPORT, a rehab and training environment where … Read more

Dooley Noted: 7/12/2016 I lift barbells, kettlebells, and my body weight as a daily discipline. It had made me stronger in mind than I could have ever imagined. But I struggled when I met a weight I could not lift. It would leave me mentally disheveled.  Old anxieties would set in. I would feel defeated, and I would ruminate into thoughts of not feeling good enough. And then, I met the steel in a different … Read more

Dooley Noted: 7/11/2016   I’ve been writing these posts daily for 5.5 years.    I’ve never failed to post one since January 1, 2011.    It doesn’t matter how tired, weary, or busy I am that day.   I write – because I promised myself I would.    And in the words of Slim the Hammer Man, “I’d rather die than break my word to myself.”   I pour a bit of my soul into … Read more

Dooley Noted: 7/9/2016   I have the honor of working alongside some really amazing athletes on the staff at Catalyst SPORT.    My business partners and all the Catalyst coaches are incredible athletes, and the clinicians are all equally strong and focused.    When you’re in the business of injury prevention, you lead by example.    Thus, some great coaches often hide their injuries like all athletes, waiting for the storm to possibly pass on … Read more

Dooley Noted: 7/8/2016   Today, I played Jenga with my husband.   I wanted to make the game interesting, so I tried to move a piece that was particularly tight.    As I wedged the piece from its tight position, the adjacent piece would not let my piece go.  It was as if its stability depended upon my piece. And by moving my piece, I risked destabilizing the local pieces, as well as the system.  … Read more

Dooley Noted: 7/7/2016   I remember many disappointing outcomes from friendships and relationships.   I remember crying in a pillow, wondering how I could better myself so I wouldn’t get targeted for hurt.   I remember people telling me that one day, I would meet someone to walk this life with me.    I remember thinking that one day, all of my efforts to find love and commitment would be rewarded.   I imagined that … Read more

Dooley Noted: 7/4/2016   I have experience in dealing with patients that have grand mal (tonic-clonic) seizures.   These are some of the scariest for the observer, yet the sufferer often has little clue it even happened.    Overstimulating a brain prone to seizures can set them off like clock work. So, one must avoid overstimulation and take things easy.    This is doable, of course – unless it’s the very first one.    Today, … Read more