The Back School

Dedicated to the importance of ergonomics and industrial rehab as a means to good health, injury prevention and increased productivity on the job and at home.

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"I don't think burnout is a psychiatric problem or my personal problem. I think it is inherent in the present way of healthcare delivery, at least in the... https://t.co/Xz199R0zi7

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Maybe this fits here. Maybe it doesn't. But I find this state is nurtured by audiobooks.

For me, it flips a cognitive switch from visual foraging for information to... https://t.co/EPRSjcqCi3

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A FIRST principle is a BASIC, foundational, self-evident proposition or assumption...

that cannot be deduced from ANY OTHER proposition or assumption.

In business AND in life, the ONLY way to chart TO 'True... https://t.co/R7hMramyMj

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My Mindfulness Based Employee Stretch-and-Flex program draws heavily from my modern therapeutic approach to Tai Chi and Qigong.

Unlike other approaches, it's suitable for all ages, body types,... https://t.co/0yyu779JKp

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In 2012 I spoke at the annual ASSE National PDC in Denver. There I stated - as I do to this day - if Safety Professionals ran our health care system we wouldn't HAVE a health care crisis.

My reasoning is simple. From working closely with Safety... https://t.co/Yoi7WgchvA

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Marty Makary MD PhD should be heard - loudly and clearly - by all. Our system is rotting out our core, and leaving a husk behind.

It's not sustainable. And it's not simply about payment. It's more fundamental. Its about the decades-long wrong turns... https://t.co/5VwFfBXq78

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As I prepare to embark on the first of my 15 US city tours, it's a good time to go back and review the basics.

One of the benefits of the DVD media was its ability to slow viewing down to ultra slo-mo and stop... https://t.co/XpVm5RPl6x

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Decades ago, I patterned my clinical practice after this gentleman. Since then, I've read his entire canon - some selections multiple times.

From it, I developed a methodology I first called Integrative... https://t.co/pKyaAxYw2G

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Decades ago, I patterned my clinical practice after this gentleman. Since then, I've read his entire canon - some selections multiple times.

From it, I developed a methodology I first called Integrative... https://t.co/eNNpIMStaN

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In the true spirit of Festivus ('for the rest of us'), I gotta share. For the 3rd time this year, I've had an airline hold me hostage at the gate while they played a combination of 'kick-the-can' and 'keep-away' with my flight.

Seems its getting... https://t.co/DKTmlvtQUJ

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As bad as things were for us in clinical practice decades ago, who could've IMAGINED we'd look back on them NOWADAYS as 'golden years'. 😂 https://t.co/3pKfOIeWKk

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Early in my clinical career, I learned salary is for chumps. It wasn't based on the 40-hour workweek I imagined. It was based on the >55-60+ workweek expected of those with my license.

Simple arithmetic... https://t.co/gnTsrWNcbH

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My work between employers (local, regional and national) and providers underscores this every day. Put together the risk to the recipient of ‘care’: 1)... https://t.co/UbLspNmYb0

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Sitting meditation made the most sense in an agrarian age when chopping wood, carrying water, tending gardens and hunting game were the physical norms.

In this modern age - where physical movement has been engineered OUT... https://t.co/8p3X4BxPQo

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There seems to be a common thread in the confluence of factors leading to the multi-year decline in life expectancy in the US - the nation that spends more (by multiples) on what we euphemistically call 'healthcare' than any other nation on... https://t.co/VHiq6da5mz

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Our annual 9000-level mind-body medicine lecture to university-based doctoral students in physical therapy this month.

Here, my friend, colleague and Sifu David-Dorian Ross leads our Tai Chi and Qigong class... https://t.co/9Uyc6jOV1y

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When addressing my audiences of fellow licensed healthcare professionals, I'm often the one who has to deliver to them the uncomfortable truth:

That 1) our industry is... https://t.co/gEABTZN1sj

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A classic. For Veterans Day - thank you for your sacrifice and service for a greater good.

We can only repay it by living our best lives possible - and remembering with humble gratitude. https://t.co/LgmkiaZfrO

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Another fulfilling day teaching Mind-Body Medicine approaches to final semester doctoral students at Western Carolina University.

If your Employee Stretch-and-Flex Program isn't 1) sharpening attention, 2)... https://t.co/r7oo3QealF

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Richie Davidson PhD's Neuroscience Center. Where Mind-Body Medicine meets scientific rigor. Practical Apps to Integrative EHS.

#firstdonoharm #primumnonnocere #preventivemedicine #integrativemedicine #lifestylemedicine #harmreduction... https://t.co/sK7cewX0bt