I Don’t Exercise
Yeah, it’s true. I don’t really exercise. Not in any way that most people would define as exercise. This may surprise a lot of people because I am often told that I believe everyone...
Category: Psychology
Biomechanics Matter Even When They Don’t
I know. The title sounds confusing. Also, biomechanics can be scary to a lot of people. It always made sense to me but I remember the more “humanities oriented” students in physical therapy school...
Hunting for Pain
I work in sports medicine so a lot of what I see is fairly specific: Bones are broken, ligaments are torn, joints get dislocated. But I also see my fair share of “non-specific pain” presentations...
Changing Beliefs
Many people in the skeptic community are often frustrated when, after they have laid out so many sound arguments based on clear reasoning, they still can’t seem to change what someone believes. Once you...
Elite Level Placebos
Before we get started, my hope here is that even the hardest placebo skeptics and firmest placebo believers appreciate the points I make in this post and can agree with this way of thinking....
Challenging Who You Are
“People learn from people they love and remember the things that arouse emotion.” – Plato Who are you? How do you define yourself? What do you think makes you interesting? What about you gets...
Treating Ghosts
A common argument that I hear is, “Since pain is a subjective interpretation, who cares how it improves?” The reasoning goes that the pain is real to the patient, so if a treatment makes improvement...
It’s Magic!
“I see you have a deck of cards. Go ahead and shuffle them in any way you would like then hand me the deck.” You look at your deck of cards, a deck your...
Doesn’t the Emperor have some nice new clothes?
In The Emperor’s New Clothes by Hans Christian Andersen, the Emperor hires two weavers to make him a new suit of clothing. The weavers provide no actual clothes but swindle the Emperor by telling him that the “fabric” is...
I work in sports medicine so I am familiar with depression
Since the recent news that Robin Williams has died of depression, everyone and their mother is writing a blogpost in response. This is no exception (I’m sure my mother will be writing a similar post on...