Have you ever felt like a superstar footy player? No? Well here's your chance!

I was welcomed by Anna from Ritual Cryotherapy in Port Melbourne to test their upright cryotherapy chamber.

I am practicing ice baths weekly (mostly on Sundays) after having cold showers for over a year 3-5 x timers per week.

This practice helps with reducing inflammation and improving my cellular health. 

You see I want to live to 150 years old but in great health and vitality!

Cryotherapy can help with my goals :)

Have you ever visited a professional in the health field and be given 100 different things to do or see a Physio and be prescribed over 10 exercises that seems to overwhelming?

Paying Attention to ONE key exercise and focusing on form, repetitions and weigh will ultimately allow you to RETAIN what you learnt.

I'm fascinated with gymnasts because they take years to hone their craft from low level exercise repeated over a long period of time that develops in a masterful skill!

Pay Attention & achieve Retention!

Learning how to ask questions may seem like a waste of time.

But, if you are wanting to improve your knowledge, skills or expand your horizons I've learnt that crafting the way in how you ask is important!

For example - if you are seeking some advice and you ask a generic question without much insight to your problem then how can the teacher answer you in a helpful way.

But, if you ask a question that demonstrates you understanding of the topic with a specific question then the teacher has the right context to help you arrive to the right answer!

Learn how to ask questions and it will serve you well!

In the sporting context - being the weakest link in a sporting team can be seen as a weakness and a strength.

How?

The weakest link (players) needs to improve their conditioning to the standard of the team but the team needs to support all players to improve their collective performance as a team.

So... are you the weakest link? Or is the team guilty of not reinforcing it's foundations?

If you are someone who is looking for improvement in sleep, energy levels, concentration, digestion, athletic performance, skin, happiness or just looking to improve to a best version of yourself then I would learning more on special testing like Stool Testing.

Now in full transparency I have not conducted my own test... yet but I intend to over the next 3 months.

Why? To get the valuable information to improve my daily performance as a Husband, Dad and Physio but to increase my chances of healthy and happy longevity.

This is a revision from the material I learnt at Dave O'Brien's Saturday seminar on Gut Health on Saturday June 22 2019. 

Highly recommend!

The body is a flexible vessel which carries you in lots of different and challenging environments. 

If you are in the cold snow the body will priortise keeping you warm. If you are in the hot desert the body will figure how to cool you down.

If you are stressed the body will try and find the best way to manage your stress internally.

How? Through lots of intricate pathways which work together to give your body the best information to work on.

But what happens if you are constantly under stress?

The boss giving you a hard time, kids not sleeping at night, eating poorly, not moving the body enough, social media pressures, family pressures the list goes on!

If you are constantly under attack then how do you expect the body to serve you to the best of it's ability?

I had such an insightful day with Dave at his seminar on Gut Health on Sat 22 June 2019.

Having some basic biochemistry from high school and University this was a fast tracked refresher to understand the signaling pathways of the body.

Learning about the mechanisms of SIBO and how the infrastructure of the gastrointestinal tract can be a leading cause of a WHOLE SPECTRUM of health and wellbeing issues.

My key takeaways are 3 fold in terms of Priority Systems:

1. Manage stress responses (Survival) >> DEATH

2. Manage blood sugar levels (Energy) >> DEATH

3. Antibody response (Immune system) >> DEATH

Any malfunction with these Priority Systems will divert resources from other areas to preserve your life and avoid DEATH.

More on this space to come!

Working as a Physio for 12+ years, seeing over 5000 different patients treating 100s of different pain problems you start to notice patterns or trends.

One of these patterns is how most people develop acute low back pain.

In my blog post I point you in the right direction with what to look out for and practical steps on how to manage the actual result of the injury.

Check it out >> HERE!

Winter usually drums a vision of brutal cold winds, icy sheets of rain and frosty surfaces!

Most people including myself look forward to a nice warm bed at the end of the day and fresh hot soup.

I was thinking about ice baths and ice therapy!

Why? The science behind longevity shows that cellular health is important and keeping those little critters resilient is a key to lifelong health.

Keep an eye out for more ice baths in the future!

My ultimate dream to see a facility where the community can come and work on their Wellness rather then manage their Sickness in a medical centre.

Imagine a place that has gym equipment for functional training, cardio machines, a infrared yoga studio, Pilates reformers, a redlight sauna, cryotherapy, acupuncture, cupping, massage, meditation, ice therapy and wholistic medicine and naturopathy!

That sounds like a place where people go to continue their health and prolong their lives.

That's what I'm going to build.

Come with me and let's build it together!