viewing problems from a distance 📍

"The fish would be the last one to discover water"
-Marshall McLuhan

One of the biggest assets clinicians bring to patients is an unattached perspective.

If you ever have the chance to be a patient, I'd recommend it.
(I promise I don't wish anything bad to happen to you).

When you move to the other chair in the room, you realize how disorienting it can be to manage a health problem.

Disoriented and confused, you grasp for anything.
You (yes, you!) find yourself down a social media rabbit hole or looking for advice from your friends, hoping to catch some elixir that solves their issue.

You second-guess the treatment plan, feeling like we're missing something. You feel pangs of doubt between appointments, thinking you need even more information about the problem.

When a person enters a clinic, they often feel stuck in rocky waters, while the provider can view their storm from the shore.

I care about my patients, but I'm not the one experiencing their frustrations. Being detached from their situation helps you be honest and avoid emotional, short-term decisions. Runners do well with a plan, some guardrails, and the confidence that they can navigate their path.

Not being so close to a situation opens your aperture to the likely drivers of the issue, like

A patient using an avoidance strategy to loading.
An athlete whose schedule is the real problem, not their training decisions.
A health problem masquerading as a training error.

I am to give my patient confidence in their path forward.

Here's our plan.
Here are our guardrails.
Here's the stuff we watch out for.

While reminding them they have everything they need to navigate their path back to who they aim to be.

FALL STRENGTH TRAINING COHORT

This fall, I'm bringing back HYBRID, for it's second year.

This CEU-approved, virtual cohort is designed to help clinicians sharpen their skills at programming resistance training for endurance athletes.

If you want to be the first to know when enrollment opens, you can join the list HERE.