Category Archives for Success/Motivation
How an Injury Can Help You
I happened to stumble across an article on a marriage website. The piece was about the things you can do to improve your marriage/relationship. But as I read through the list, I couldn’t help but
Continue readingOn Being Tough
Aging is not easy. My Grandmother used to say, “Getting old ain’t for sissies.” In her later years, she battled osteoarthritis in just about every joint. I know she hurt most of the day,
Continue readingLong Days, Short Life
I recently sent an email to my readers about a friend of ours who was diagnosed with a tumor deep in her brain. I’m still processing things. How it affects her, her partner, family, friends. And
Continue readingThe Body Always Wins
We live in a digital world. Lots of things are on demand. We get what we want when we want it. Think about that for a minute. It effects our mindset. We expect things to happen quickly and if it’s
Continue readingGood Thing, Bad Thing
When I graduated from PT school, I had a massive school loan to pay back and no job. That was a Bad Thing. But, on one of my clinical rotations, the Director of Physical Therapy at Brackenridge Hospital
Continue readingBelief is Real Medicine
The # 1 Rule of Recovery and Rebuilding – if you don’t believe you can improve, you won’t. This is because once we fix a certain outcome in our minds, we unconsciously seek evidence to
Continue readingHeart vs. Head
This has been on my mind lately. The collision between Head and Heart. I’m a Heart guy but I come off as a Head guy to some people (it’s a work in progress, maybe I’m more heart now
Continue readingIgnoring The Bid
Have you ever been in a conversation with someone and right after you finish, the other person starts talking about a different topic? I mean the moment you stop. It’s as if he didn’t hear
Continue readingWhy Do We Do The Stuff We Do?
An eternity ago, I fractured my lumbar spine in a failed attempt at dunking a basketball. Yeah, I know. You can save the commentary. Now, you would think, with me being a physical therapist with a long
Continue readingAre You Forgetting Stuff More Often?
Yes, I am “directionally challenged”. I kid you not. I can drive a well known route, miss my exit and end up in Round Rock wondering how I got there. Did I forget how to drive home? Do I have,
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