Simply Not Easy

It's not that having mentors causes problems. It's that they help reveal the problems we already have.

Pain is inevitable. It's our body's warning sign. Just like we learn to calibrate our reactions to other things in life, we have to learn how to calibrate and interpret these complex interactions we call pain. This absolutely applies to our workouts, sports, and other movement. How do you respond to pain?

Stomach Acid gets a bad rep from being associated with a lot of health problems. Like anything else it is not only a problem if there's too much, too little is a nightmare as well. This will give a new high powered meaning to be called the energizer bunny. Fuel in provides fuel to use.

Looking into functionally integrated movement we need to have enhanced control of our body, from big picture and the subtle nuances. Dissociation of movement and mind-body connection are at the center of this.

Major League Baseball's World Series is officially here. Tampa Bay Rays vs Los Angeles Dodgers. Time to throw out some wild predictions.

Some days are easier than others to recognize and share the joy at hand. Having tough days doesn't make it any less important to do so. Tiday, however, was one of those easier days. I found out I was recently accepted into the Kaiser Permanente Spine Fellowship program for the upcomming year. World class opportunity here I come.

Many of us in today's time, myself included more than I'd like to admit, have an unhealthy relationship with distinguishing between the value of anticipation and lingering toward obsession. Let's at minimum become aware of it and ideally do something about it.

We all have our seasons of hustle and relief. When we take that moment to recover, is the weight really off our shoulders? Did we leave unfinished business to linger?

You can get away with it until you can't. The human body runs into trouble when it has one movement MO. We need options. When we don't we tend to fall down the path of least resistance. The problem occurs when we are consistently exposed to a load greater than the capacity of our given pattern.

All macro & micro nutrients matter based on our baseline physiology and the requirements we place on our body. There is too much of a swaying pendulum flow with eating because it's a fad and eating truly for our health. There are many ways to do it right, some easier than others.

Breathing is often viewed as very passive. Until the extreme of gasping for breath. Our rib cage is filled with numerous joints and muscular attachments to consider in their intimate relationship with breathing.

The Los Angeles Lakers are officially NBA Champions beating the young and upcomming Miami Heat in the year of the bubble, 2020. Without a doubt honoring the legacy of the late Kobe Bryant. Led by the dynamic duo of LeBron James & Anthony Davis. Now the Los Angeles Lakers have tied the record of the Boston Celtics for the league most all time championships, at 17. It's going to be one heck of a finals match up when these two face.

No need to over complicate things. Better breathing leads to a better life.

You pay attention to what you pay for.

I was initially going to title this episode smile at the present, although that would imply that we are seperate from it. Certainty and growth are contradictory. We often ask for the wrong thing in a society plagued with fear of change. I know I've been avoident of change before. So much so to my own demise. No more. Or at least less.

This episode delves deep into psychology, practical strategy, and mindset with the human experience of movement. A great brain primer for anyone who moves, or who works with anyone who move. Based largely on a physical therapy perspective of a PT - client relationship and communication, with wide reaching implications.

What we crave doesn't always align with what we need. Why not?

One test or movement in isolation is no more than an arrow in the right direction, or sometimes just a question mark. Rarely is it the glorious 'X marks the spot'. We need to follow these movements up and test them in intentional clusters to have some fun with differential diagnosis. Otherwise we're just guessing. Anyone can do that.

The NFL legend of Tom Brady continues. Throwing 5 touchdowns to 5 different players for a comeback win this Sunday. Age isn't the defining factor. Calculated hard purposeful work and the heart of a champion is what it takes to leverage that type of success.

One is not necessarily better than the other. These two cities do have their stark differences. This comparison sheds light on the stress we invite into our lives.