March 15 is a day to rejoice and revel in the beauty of great music. Why today? Because March 15 is the birthday of one of the greatest slide guitar players the world has known - and one of the musicians who has had a great impact on my personal world.

His name is Ry Cooder. For many, that will prompt the next question: who?

Sure, I will admit, it might come across as just another obscure musical reference. That wouldn't surprise me.

But here's a little-known fact: Cooder was rated the #8 guitarist of all time by Rolling Stone magazine. He resides in the top 10 with Jimi Hendrix, Duane Allman, B.B. King, Eric Clapton, Robert Johnson, Chuck Berry, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimmy Page, and Keith Richards. That's some impressive company.

Ry Cooder brought slide guitar front and certain in my world. He exposed me to a rich and eclectic mix of musical genres. Perhaps most importantly, he reminded me of the incredible capacity of one note to bring a person to tears, to joy, and all points in between.

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The podcast “Consumer’s Guide To Health” returned to the airwaves in January. This biweekly podcast and live stream airs on BlogTalkRadio every second Thursday at 11:00am central time. Join the discussion!

Episode 44 is entitled “Can MDT Save Health Care?”.

The health care system continues to rant about prevention, but little is truly being done to address the issue. The health care system continues to rant about making care patient-centered, yet puts them in a passive role from the moment they enter the medical system.

MDT, or Mechanical Diagnosis And Therapy, provides a framework not only for assessment and treatment, but also for patient-focused competent self care and prevention. Today we will explore MDT and examine how widespread adoption of its approach - from consumer to clinician - could effectively and simply solve many of health care's woes.

All previous episodes of CGH are currently available on my BlogTalkRadio channel. You can subscribe via RSS and the podcasts are also available on iTunes. The next episode will be on Thursday, June 7.

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It's all in the spin I suppose.

The headline was simple: "7 Myths About Physical Therapy". The press release from the American Physical Therapy Association was going to debunk some myths about physical therapy. How exciting, I thought.

Maybe this would set the record straight on any number of issues and misconceptions about our profession that exist in the public eye. Surely this would be a great opportunity for us to "Move Forward", yes?

And then, I read myth number one. It was, admittedly, hard for me to overlook.

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The podcast “Consumer’s Guide To Health” returned to the airwaves in January. This biweekly podcast and live stream airs on BlogTalkRadio every second Thursday at 11:00am central time. Join the discussion!

Episode 43 is entitled “Is It Really An Injury?”.

Most active people will resist the need to enter the health care system. Frankly, I wouldn't blame them at all! But this can take an acute problem and make it chronic, which then creates another set of issues. It would be very helpful to quickly assess "is this really an injury?" and then move on to the appropriate solution and pathway, be that self care strategies, further assessment, or both. How does a fitness participant know that this is something that they need to have assessed?

All previous episodes of CGH are currently available on my BlogTalkRadio channel. You can subscribe via RSS and the podcasts are also available on iTunes. The next episode will be on Thursday, May 10.

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