I recently had a student tell me: “Before, I had a whirlpool of problems, and everything was scattered. But now that you’ve taught me how to think, it’s super clear what I need to execute and a lot easier to manage.”
I’m not saying this to brag or for you to be impressed. I’m saying this because I’d like you to understand this:
When it comes to biomechanics, every problem has one or multiple things in common— like common denominators. There are different types of problems, as well as different regions of the body where those problems can occur…
But in the end, every problem is almost the same.
This means that a hip problem is the same problem as a neck problem. Or a wrist problem is the same as an ankle problem.
I know this may sound weird, but it’s fundamentally true when you apply first-principles thinking.
It can take a little while to get used to thinking that way, but once you do, it makes the task of troubleshooting what’s going on in your body A LOT easier and manageable.
Instead of looking at your body and seeing 25 different issues… You start viewing each of those problems as “another one of the same thing”.
The only difference that these individual problems have with one another is the location where they take place in your body and the structures involved.
Differently said, the only way a hip problem is different from a shoulder problem is in WHERE it’s located.
But fundamentally, it’s just the same scenario going on.
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If you would like to learn more about this way of thinking in the context of health, consider joining the Problem-Solving Workshop that I’m hosting. Depending on when you’re reading this, the next cohort might be full, but you can still join the waiting list in the meantime.