I've completed the first part of the Pilates teacher training. It was anatomy focused, so you knew what moves where, why it moves and how it (whether muscle or bone) helps to move or stabilize another area. It was really interesting and we did some exercises to demonstrate to ourselves what the muscles did and ...

I got this title from a song by a great local band: The Pathological Lovers I will be going to Toronto soon to do two parts of a five part Pilates teacher training course. At the first course, I will learn how movement is produced at major joints, how to accurately recruit muscle, and about joint mobility ...

I cannot urge you enough to watch this movie/documentary. The Crash Reel is about Kevin Pearce,  an aspiring U.S. Olympic snowboarder who crashed while training, 49 days before the Vancouver Winter Olympics. The film wasn't available in Canada until very recently and I watched it for the first time last night. I'm so glad I ...

I expected to feel kind of down around now, but oddly and fortunately enough, I've been in a good mood  for a while, even though, ostensibly, nothing has really changed. My good spirits are based on possibilities. Usually, when those possibilities fall apart, is when I start feeling a bit down. I'm more hopeful this ...

I will start this post with a nod to Movember and its goals. You can donate to my Movember moustache here and help support research and promote awareness of important men's health issues, like prostate cancer and mental illness.   I've had a beard since last Movember, but it took me a while to grow it and, likewise, ...

Once I read this article and watched the video, I had to contact Sally. Her brain injury and its symptoms seemed to be very similar to mine. To start, we were both 23 when we had our accidents and I know first-hand about how it feels for someone that age, used to living away from home, ...

This is a bit selfish of a departure from my usual posts, but I feel like I need to write something. I have been hesitant to write posts like this in the past, but it's something that I hope will make me feel better. There is no need for any of my friends to be ...

I did an interview yesterday with Jacob Reyes at 104.7 King FM, Sterling, Colorado. We talked about my brain injury story and about brain injury/concussion in general. Check it out here!

Why have a blog if I'm not going to write? Why write if I've got nothing to write about? Why write about anything if I've got nothing to say? That personal interview has been running through my head for the past several weeks and it pretty much sums up my reasons for not writing much recently, but ...

I have been reading What the Dog Saw by Malcolm Gladwell and one chapter, in particular, got me thinking, naturally, about brain injury and how it is approached by medical researchers, support groups, and the general public. The chapter is titled "Open Secrets" and it is about mysteries and puzzles and the differences between them. ...