Simply Not Easy

What do exercise and inflammation have in common? One is the stimulus and the other is the reaction. It's not always a bad reaction. In fact, it's usually necessary and beneficial. By having an understanding of the acute and chronic effects exercise has on inflammation in the body we can better understand working with patients in pain. And anybody who moves in general. I share a patient case to illustrate this.

Hey Y'all, today I'm sharing a real simple guilty pleasure of mine that I actually feel zero guilt for. Making some delicious no bake cookies that are healthy and nourishing.

Today we zoom in on an underappreciated muscle of the knee that influences an underappreciated function of the knee that is a fundamental part of normal functional anatomy. This episode blends together great topics such as conjugate joint movements, fascial blending of differing anatomical structures, meniscal health, differences in trestment for medial vs lateral menisci, common exercises to avoid, knee sensitivity in runners, joint mobilizations, false positive tests, and the screw home mechanism (no, that one's not related to Valentine's day...)

In the octagon. UFC 247. It was a tough matchup between Dominick Reyes and Jon Bone Jones. Jones was up defending the belt, a legendary UFC fighter with a colorful personal life. Dominick Reyes was up and coming with an undefeated record and a solid path of victories to show his credibility. This fight went all 5 rounds. To the very last minute and second. As a classic close battle between two great fighters goes, it ended in controversy.

Today I was working with Evolution Physical Therapy at a running event in LA. It's a big running community out here getting prepped for the upcoming LA marathon. We set up tent and worked our magic hanging out with some great people looking to get their bodies back on track, to the next level. Recovery sells. As athletes, we constantly push our bodies. We need to focus on the other end of the equation as well so we're ready to get after it.

I cannot take full credit for the philosophy of this idea. However, I can take full ownership over implementing it in my life. This was a lesson taught to me in late high school in a private meeting with the founder of the boarding school I attended, Joey Gauld. The law of 51% is insightful and simple, most importantly, impactful and applicable.

I was at a great event this evening. A co-sponsered event by Evolution Physical Therapy, Swift Cycling, Orange Cycling Club, and the Rob Dollar foundation. The event was open and free to all with donations going to the Rob Dollar foundation for bicycle awareness safety, named and started in honor of a man who died in a cycling accident with a motor vehicle. There were many people from a tight knit and welcoming cycling community. I share this experience to share the importance of a strong community. A strong tribe. A strong clan. We are so much more than the sum of each of us alone, and it's times like these that give us that reminder.

Today's Workout Wednesday episode is all about appropriate loading. Or better phrased, progressive optimal loading. How do we train, what do we do, that effects our physiology. How do we know what's right, too much, or too little. We start to answer those questions in both the world of physical therapy and fitness.

We all have a certain range of good decisions that we can make during the day, before we get fatigued by all the choices we have to make and the slippery slope begins to encroach on the danger zone. Successful people are great at making great habits. So they can save their precious number of good decisions for what is important. Not waste them on trivial things. We explore this idea with food.

Be consistent before being a hero. It's amazing where simple effective repeated action steps can take you after an extended period of consistency. Speaking of which, this is the 365th daily episode of the Simply Not Easy Podcast in a row. It's been an honor and a privilege to serve all my listeners out there over this past year and think of the possibilities moving forward to the future.