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: 6/29/2015   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

Dooley Noted: 6/25/2015 On Monday and Tuesday, I was very stressed about the idea of time.  I was rushing like a mad woman, trying to make deadlines.  Then, last night, proof arrived to show me that time is not the least bit linear. All it took was a call from an old friend. Despite the 14-hour workday, I had no qualms at all about staying up very late to talk to my friend. I was … Read more

Dooley Noted: 6/22/2015   I source help for my personal training program writing from my amazing business partners, Joe Boffi and Jason Kapnick.    Since they are two of the finest athletes and coaches I’ve ever met, I trust them implicitly.    So, I was not surprised at all that barbell front squats showed up in my program.    They both know I hate them.    So, they put them twice in my training week. … Read more