Simply Not Easy

It's an unfortunately common injury in sports, and especially in basketball. Celtics guard Marcus Smart is the latest victim of the eccentric loaded step back mechanism of injury. The same one that struck Kevin Durant of the Brooklyn Nets, and a similar mechanism to the infamous Kobe Achilles rupture where he stayed on the court for his free throws. We also talk about the first steps before progressing through a return to sport criteria for these athletes.

Tao Te Ching, the ancient Chinese 'book of the way'. A philosophy and religion in one. Method and belief to remain in the present moment and the entirety of existence. If you're curious for more I highly reccomend checking out the YouTube channel by Dana White (not UFC) with modern day Tao Te Ching meditations.

I had a really enjoyable physical therapy evaluation of a martial artist that I'm sharing some of during this episode. It sheds light on the intimate interplay between our physical self, and our relationship to our physical self, and everything they effect.

2020 was the year of self discovery in reflecting through adversity. 2021 is the year of self creation through action.

Remembering the great late Kobe Bryant, along with the rest in that tragic crash a year ago, along with all who have come before us who dedicated their life to a nission and lifting others up with them. R.I.P. you stunning souls. Today, let's play life with passion.

The phrase 'salt of the earth' always struck me weird, isn't that a bad thing? Too many people have too much. Back in the day it was a high commodity. Keeping people healthy and a essential preservative. It's no longer hard to come by, but it's often not optimized. Time to get our nutrition strategic with these electrolytes.

Coming fresh off a con ed course on the topic I share some of my thoughts for why proprioception is important for upper extremity function, how we can start to assess it, and train it more intentionally.

The NFC & AFC NFL champions have been crowned. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers host Superbowl LV after beating the Green Bay Packers 31-26. They will face the defending Superbowl Champions Kansas City Chiefs after the Chiefs beat the Buffalo Bills 38-24. The last team to win back to back Superbowl was the Tom Brady lead New England Patriots, defeating Andy Reid. Can't ask for a better matchup than Mahomes vs Brady. The last time these two met in the playoffs was an overtime Patriots win on the way to Brady's 6th Superbowl victory in Superbowl LIII. With the last 2 QBs to win the Superbowl, we got a thriller rooted in history.

When you can't physically go there, frequent your favorite place in your mind. I've got mine.

Today, January 22nd 2021, is officially my one year anniversary of my first day working at my first job as a physical therapist. It's been one heck of a year!

Now is the time to make big choices, to remain complacent or embrace change. Yes, complacency is a choice. A very active one reflected in actions of daily habits. Time to see what sticks when we get the sparks flying, breeding quality through quantity, to light the flames.

Deliberate and Natural reside within a spectrum. Both are good. Some are more optimal for different situations, even in the same person.

A lot of new year resolutions have to do with fitness, health, and better habits. If yours has anything to do with losing weight while staying fit this may be a helpful reminder to ensure your hard work pays off. A simply food metric has a large influence over this.

Vladimir Janda described the contrasting dichotomy between the phasic and tonic muscles in our body, their implications, and tendencies. Today provides a superficial overview of the topic.

Drew Brees vs Tom Brady. New Orleans Saints vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers. NFL playoffs are in full surge as these two legends battled it out. Some records are made to be broken. Some just aren't. Old men with a ton of respect for each other wanting to knock each other off their lawn!

This episode is just as much, if not more, a reminder and accountability message for myself than for anyone else.

Struggle with confidence? Have to talk in front of others? Is this sounding like an infomercial? Good thing it's not. The obstacle is the way. Make it happen.

Leadership is not about what you can gain, it's about what you can give. The hard work to climb the mountain is worth it, and with it an opportunity arises. To look down, not on others, for others.

The primer is meant for more than itself, it's meant to lead to something greater, let's act like it and integrate it.

While I have a well rounded approach, sometimes a little background context can be useful. In this episode I delve into some moments from my own history that shaped my appetite. At minimum it provides some cheap entertainment.