This Post = Mind Dump

I often attempt to systematize and create algorithmic thinking in my approach to health and performance. This does 2 things for me:

1. It reduces stress, and
2. It gives guidance.

It’s not always about earth shattering info, but it is quite often about rigorous implementation, especially in thinking. I think I’ll do this a lot more often, as it allows me to get my thinking hat on and not worry about grammar or editing. Anyway, here’s round 1.

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The question of why, in health and performance almost always comes down to a behaviour or input.

Except genetics, and even that is a modifiable factor for many physiological processes.

I think we all know this inherently. As patients, we ask, “Where did this come from?” or “Why won’t this go away?” or “How do I fix this?

The answers can almost always be categorized into 2 categories, each with 2 options.

 

	Fit	Degree
Behaviour	A	B
Input	C	D

A: Behaviour/Fit = Are you doing the correct behaviour in the correct circumstance?

B: Behaviour/Degree = Are you doing too much, too little, and appropriate frequency/distribution of the behaviour?

• Example 1: Training for 10 mins, 2 times per week.
  • Behaviour: assumed correct fit, incorrect degree.
• Example 2: Training for 75 minutes, 7 days per week, performing repeated bouts of sensitizing exercises
  • Behaviour: potentially incorrect degree, definitely incorrect fit.

C: Input/Fit = Are you seeking the correct inputs in the correct circumstance?

D: Input/Degree = Are you doing too much, too little, and appropriate frequency/distribution of things from the outside world?

• Example 3: Chiropractic adjustment 3/week for 3 months with a Beighton Score of 9/9.
  • Input: Incorrect fit — mobilizing the hypermobile — and incorrect degree –doing so 3/week for 3 months.
• Example 4: Car accident patient, also 9/9 Beighton Score. Motor control and strengthening exercises for the spine, 1/week for 3 hours to make up for skipping it throughout the week.
  • Input (seeking care of chiropractor): correct fit, correct degree
  • Behaviour (home exercise): correct fit, extremely incorrect degree.

 

Someone has probably already thought of this…who knows if it is even helpful. But I think it will be. I’ll be using this context to explore a few things in coming posts…

 

#NaBloPoMo