Dooley Noted: 4/5/2015 It’s only fitting on the day of resurrection that I return even more deeply to my beliefs. I believe strength is missing when most people have tightness. And I have some right hip tightness. It happened after pushing past my allowable stability while squatting at a certification. For a month, I have experienced discomfort in squatting. So, I did what most people do when something is tight. I stretched it. That gave … Read more
Dooley Noted: 4/4/2015 The Person: Lynne Ellen Kershaw Profession: personal trainer, gyrotonics and Pilates Instructor, movement specialist How I know her: I had the honor of lead instructing Lynne Ellen at NKT Level I in Louisville, KY in January 2014. In the course of one year, I watched her morph from a moderately confident fitness instructor into an absolute juggernaut of human movement. How she’s changed me: Lynne Ellen has the concern and empathy each … Read more
Dooley Noted: 4/3/15 Yesterday, I had a patient get stuck in her rolling pattern. As she struggled to roll herself over, she said the words that kept her stuck: “I can’t do it.” Her motor control center believed this fallacy. I have zero tolerance for the Down Talk, when one talks trash about oneself as self-sabotage ruins the potential of goal achievement. I told her it was okay if she got stuck. She could simply … Read more
Dooley Noted: 4/2/2015 Crawling is a helpful activity to engage anatomy that can first stabilize you, then mobilize you. Before you start your journey back to crawling, please remember this: the baby version of you spent the first four months earning the right to do it. You may need to earn back intrinsic trunk stability with the same breathing drills Baby You did back then. After the trunk is stable, Baby You then primed … Read more
Dooley Noted: 4/1/2015 Since it’s the day of fools, I thought I’d share a way I got fooled about health. In 2010, I had such intense knee pain that it would wake me up in the middle of the night. It felt as if someone was stabbing me in my knee. I would scream with pain as I pulled my knee into a more extended position. I wasn’t squatting. I wasn’t doing much of anything … Read more
Dooley Noted: 3/31/2015 You are a professional therapist. Hopefully, you took an oath to help people. When you were labeled an expert, you weren’t granted the free will to make patients feel damaged. You don’t have the right to tell your patients that they are a mess. You don’t have the right to let them believe that about themselves, either. You don’t have the right to diagnose off an MRI. You don’t have the right … Read more
Dooley Noted: 3/30/2015 In December, strongman Chris Rider handed me a phone book. I listened to his technique cues and breathed deeply into my gut. I saw myself struggle. That’s when doubt started to trick me into thinking I couldn’t do it. That’s also when the decision is yours. You can let doubt win, never really knowing your capabilities. Or, you can move forward and actually see for yourself what feats you can accomplish. So, … Read more
Dooley Noted: 3/29/2015 I took Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization (DNS) Part A last year, and I found myself using components of it daily. But as we often do, we return to what we know and to what we are accustomed. So, I didn’t find myself frequently studying the technique in order to advance my knowledge. Then, my former chiropractic classmate came to town. Dr. Kris Kirby sat behind me for nearly 4 years in chiropractic school. … Read more
Dooley Noted: 3/27/2015 On a new patient visit, I used to insist my patients wear a tank and shorts. Then, it hit me. Most of them don’t wear a tank and shorts to work, or even at home. So, this outfit was not a true representation of how they moved all day. So I started doing my SFMA, NKT, breathing, and gait assessments in whatever clothes they wore to my office. The results were astonishing! … Read more
Dooley Noted: 3/25/2015 Subclavius is an important muscle with a fairly misunderstood action and underestimated performance. This important muscle is located exactly where its name indicates. It’s anchored directly under the clavicle, anchoring itself below to the first rib. Since the anterior part of the first sternocostal joint is not synovial, the clavicle is pulled inferiorly by subclavius at the acromioclavicular joint. Subclavius is misconstrued as a breathing muscle. Since the anterior first sternocostal joint … Read more