Life. Love. The pursuit of happiness. Lather. Rinse. Repeat.

It's a journey that takes us on a moment-to-moment adventure driven by countless motivating factors. Some are positive. Others are negative. We find ourselves either moving towards something good or away from something bad.

I don't think that many people would ever expend the time and effort to differentiate between the two. But how we view these motivators, at the most basic level, can directly impact our lives, our relationships, and our happiness.

Are you focusing on the presence of positives or the absence of negatives? The differences can be subtle but substantial.

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Today was a beautiful, sunny March 10th in Austin. Spring is in the air. There is nothing like going out for a run on a day like today.

I rarely (if ever) run with an mp3 player as I like having the time to be able to disconnect from the noise of my daily world. It is a time to be at one with the sounds of my breathing, the pitter patter of my foot strikes, and the absolute pleasure of being alive. Thoughts come and go and my mind wanders freely. Reflection. Being. Present.

Then, in the purity of the moment, the thought crossed my mind: am I living the vivid existence that is worthy of time and life on planet earth? And, with all due respect to the Tragically Hip - am I living fully, completely?

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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 42 is entitled “Heat And Your Health”. The temperatures are rising outside, The summer heat – and how to handle it – is a topic that can never be discussed often enough. en enough. Being safe in the heat is of utmost importance at this time of the year and you can never have too many reminders.

The guest of Episode 42 is actually a previous guest of the show - Dr. Shannon Mitchel. Shannon is a physician practicing occupational medicine and urgent care in Austin. She started running marathons in the mid 90’s and is now an ultra-marathoner, completing distances up to 100K. She also serves as medical director for ultra-marathons, including the Rocky Raccoon 100 mile race held every February. Dr. Mitchel has also recently written an article on training in the heat which is scheduled to appear in an upcoming issue of Austin Fit magazine.

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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The world of musculoskeletal care is a strange animal if ever there was one. It is a world of imbalances and mal-alignments, asymmetry and inflexibility. Or so we are taught, and have been for decades.

The world of musculoskeletal care is is also the same realm that would benefit most from an understanding of clinical anatomy, statistics, and logic.

Diagnosticians are always seeking some relationship between a patient's signs, symptoms, and some particular patho-anatomical entity. But the problem lies in the realm of normalcy. You see, abnormal is, without question, the new normal.

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