Simply Not Easy

We've made a lot of advances in our understanding of nutrition. With the practical applications not far behind. In this episode I hypothesize for the role our gut Microbiome may play in the future with individualized health care. Truly individualized.

Playing ball yesterday I was a support for an injured athlete. It sucks that it happened, but glad I could at least provide some direction. I use this finger injury example to highlight some important hand anatomy and why you should care.

Today I found myself on an unexpected adventure. Well, that's not completely true because I signed up for this a couple days ago. I figured I'd give a breakdancing technique class a try, because why the heck not. In this episode I break it down from the perspective of a rookie in the game as well as important movement concepts to consider whether you're just starting or a well practiced vet at it. For both during competition, training for the moves, and additional training to compliment your movement goals.

Officially completed the first week of my Orthopedic Residency program at Kaiser Permanente SoCal. It's an incredible group of residents, fellows, and mentors. Ready to dive in and learn a ton. One of the faculty speaking today was Skulpan Asavasopon. Part of his intro talk focused on reminding us all of a dying art. The art of story telling. How it's essential for us as people, but especially in the medical healing feild. In today's episode we highlight why story telling can be so transformational and fuel and almost primal connection.

Sometimes all it takes to start a fire is a little spark. A spark won't always start a fire, but it's hard to start a fire without one. When you're in the habit of starting frequent sparks, its amazing how you allow a blaze of productive energy into your life.

Another great Thoughtful Thursday in the books. Another battle and conquest. The subtly of the blessings we get every day. The calm and chaos among the storm.

The idea behind this episode is a foundational one of all successful movement. We witness the effects, without many people having the words to describe it, when it goes wrong and when it goes so right.

Happy Mardi Gras! Happy Fat Tuesday! We celebrate this day of food with a little discussion of the truth and the myth of the day we eat. How does it affect us? What makes us fat? I dish out a wild Breaking Bad analogy that I didn't know I had. Well... You'll just have to listen to know what I'm talking about.

What is Plantar Fascitis? Equally as important, what isn't it? Today's episode focuses around one of my favorite parts of anatomy. Differential diagnosis. What is actually involved and what's not? I utilize a case study with a running for this episode as we delve in. There is some sweet bonus content about comparative anatomy featured as well.

On this Sports Sunday episode we dive into the famous Uncle Drew, AKA, NBA player for the Brooklyn Nets Kyrie Irving and his current shoulder injury. This provides us the opportunity to discuss what the heck shoulder impingement actually is and the inplications for this star athlete.