Simply Not Easy

Today's Workout Wednesday is the first one where I've actually been cleared to get back to working out. This episode starts a conversation around injury/trauma, the body's healing response, and appropriate treatment. Rarely is it an all or nothing approach. The secret lies in Progressive Optimal Loading. We also have a discussion about stratigies for activation while protecting sensitive structures to prevent neurological inhibition.

Today we take a turn off the well beaten path. Instead, we approach the topic of how we interact with our food as a greater part of the environment we are a part of. We delve into really understanding why people eat what they do. Health, blissful enjoyment, ethics, or other reasons all together.

Subscapularis, one of the four rotator cuff muscles. In this episode we take a deeper dive into its role in our function and what can happen as pathology creeps in. This segment is full of relevant clinical pearls to improve understanding and treatment of dysfunction as well as some differential diagnosis thoughts to consider when addressing restrictions.

QB for the Baltimore Ravens, Lamar Jackson, has been tearing it up not only in the air but on the turf too. He has changed the way NFL defenses have needed to rush and contain for his extreme dual threat. He has also changed the way and to the degree of how a team build changes around one player. The Ravens are coming off their 8th straight win as they beat the gnarly 49ers elite defense 20-17 with a FG as time expired.

Celebrating our 300th episode! 300 days in a row of consistency! Going back to the origin of this podcast: its about doing simple things well to build momentum in your life and doing those things consistently. Today's podcast is about sleep health and secrets to success that have helped me get those ZZZs at night to keep my enregy throughout the day.

Here we are the day after Thanksgiving, AKA food coma hangover, AKA black Friday, AKA Thanksgiving and game night round two with all those leftovers needing to be put to good use! It's incredible to be around so many great people. I've also been improving physically after surgery, making little gains in recovery each day. As I wade further into that healing water each day, the height of my body faces a little more resistance. The resistance it needs and has craved. This metaphor may in fact represent most of the growth we go through... Until a good friend shows us some tough love and pushes us off the dock...

Happy Thanksgiving everyone. I'm joined on today's episode by my younger brother, Noah. This is officially my favorite holiday of the year. A time of great family, food, and football. I relive some good stories with my brother as we look forward to another great celebration.

The day before turkey day. To bring the appetite you've got to bring the entire body, not just the stomach. Get that physiology moving. The community turkey trot and the ideas behind it are a great way to start and ought to be encouraged on many more days throughout the year.

Not only are we talking about an interconnected intimate pairing of nutrition and fatigue issues, we are also bringing in a bit of a case study. Recently I had a friend and client approach me asking for guidance, looking for a tailored comprehensive plan. Tune in to hear a bit more about this topic and specific situation. I also share some of my methods and rationale of how I developed her plan and to better your own understanding, help you help your clients, or for the curios mind.

Shakespeare altered the modern language of his time. So what better to do with his work than another play on words. 'What's in a name?' to ' What's in a nerve?' Back when I first took anatomy and physiology nerves seemed obscure to me and slightly intangible. Today we discuss what a nerve is, how it functions, what it's made of, what separates a healthy from unhealthy nerve, and a simplistic and most importantly understandable view on the different types of nerves.