Removing Ceilings
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Speaker: [00:00:00] I really don't care about your X-ray or MRI results. I was the first in my family to go to college, and upon graduating college I've gone to grad school and that made me the first in my family to then go to, especially of all grad schools in Ivy League. I have now started my own practice and ~it, it's~ a successful one.
~Um,~ and really ~I'm, I'm, I'm~ not really supposed to be able to do any of this because if you were to look up the statistics of young black boys or men, ~uh,~ growing up in low socioeconomic. ~Um,~ homes, especially without their fathers. ~Um,~ I really should be in jail someplace. ~Uh, ~now again, this is what these statistics [00:01:00] say, and they're going over all the evidence and research on what they've been able to see in the past. Let's call that almost like a test, right? Here's a test for young black men without their fathers and poor environments, but here's another test.
An X-ray, an MRI, where one can pass by not having anything show up or one can fail by having something show up in my field , these sort of tests don't really mean anything because you could fail an MRI, you can have a rotator cuff tendinopathy, you can have ~a, uh, a~ chromium type three impingement.
~Um,~ but it doesn't necessarily mean that you should have pain. That is the diagnosis. ~Uh,~ does not tell the prognosis. I have a client who when [00:02:00] I met her, she could hardly walk, ~uh,~ from her bedroom to her living room without needing to stop. She was using a rollator and she was, she was fighting for a kidney transplant.
And it seemed like she wasn't gonna get it because every hospital left and right was saying, no, no, we will not operate on you. We don't think that you're safe enough. You're not mobile enough. And I had a conversation with her. I said, Hey, ~like~ this has happened before. If this hospital says no, if this next hospital says.
What are you gonna do? She says, I'm just going to ask the next, the next one. And I'm ~like,~ alright. ~Like, like~ how many times ~do,~ do you ask, how many times ~do~ you, do you go on these sort of appointments, ~you know,~ and, and have these consults and ~you know,~ you hear the same thing over and over before you just say, okay, I'm accepting faith.
Well, she refused to. And she ended up getting the [00:03:00] transplant just this past, ~uh,~ fall. Now that she's gotten the transplant, she wants to work on her function. She wants to get a function back. She wants to be able to shop for herself, go to appointments on her own without using any sort of aid. And her, ~uh,~ her caseworker is saying.
You know, but maybe you should slow down. I think you're always going to need a home health attendant. Doctors are telling her the same thing that you're always going to need, ~uh,~ a home attendant. And I say, you know what? ~I've, I've~ worked with her. Now maybe she doesn't immediately Sure. But long term, I don't think so because she just has the sheer attitude.
It doesn't matter what a six minute walk test reveals. It doesn't matter what a 32nd sit, the stand reveals. She knows she's already made up her mind that she's going to get better. So [00:04:00] there's no talk of any x-ray MRI with her because she knows what she wants and she's gonna work for it. If you want to hang up whatever identity you might have picked up from hearing the results of an MRI or x-ray on your back, hip, knee, shoulder, and you want to make a decision on how you want to live, I want you to book a consult because
working together, I think we ~can, we can~ show and prove that these tests ~can, can~ be nothing. It's just a measurement, but it doesn't tell you what you're fully capable of.
I want you to make your own way. I want you to set your own path. I want you to ignore the limits or the ceilings that any medical professional or any test is trying to place on [00:05:00] you. Only you can decide your limits. I'll catch you guys on the next one.
~I really, really, really don't care about your X-ray or MRI results. I was the first in my family to go to college, and upon graduating college I've gone to grad school and that made me the first in my family to then go to, especially of all grad schools in Ivy League. I have now started my own practice and it, it's a successful one.~
~Um, and really I'm, I'm, I'm not really supposed to be able to do any of this because if you were to look up the statistics of young black boys or men, uh, growing up in low socioeconomic. Um, homes, especially without their fathers. Um, I really should be in jail someplace. Uh, I should have gotten kicked outta school or have just chosen a, an entirely different life, uh, away from school.~
~Um, but somehow I did not go that way. Now again, this is what these statistics say, and they're going over all the evidence and research on what they've been able to see in the past. Let's call that almost like a test, right? Here's a test for young black men without their fathers and poor environments, but here's another test.~
~An X-ray, an MRI, where one can pass by not having anything show up or one can fail by having something show up in my field in the musculoskeletal field, which is a, a good, you know, it encompass why you're listening to this, uh, podcast. Um, your shoulder pain, back pain. And in that field, these sort of tests don't really mean anything because you could fail an MRI, you can have a rotator cuff tendinopathy, you can have a, uh, a chromium type three impingement.~
~Um, but it doesn't necessarily mean that you should have pain. That is the diagnosis. Uh, does not tell the prognosis. I have a client who has overcome every single odd, I mean, when I met her, she could hardly walk, uh, from her bedroom to her living room without needing to stop. She was using a rollator and she was, she was fighting for a kidney transplant.~
~And it seemed like she wasn't gonna get it because every hospital left and right was saying, no, no, we will not operate on you. We don't think that you're safe enough. You're not mobile enough. And I had a conversation with her. I said, Hey, like this has happened before. If this hospital says no, if this next hospital says.~
~What are you gonna do? She says, I'm just going to ask the next, the next one. And I'm like, alright. Like, like how many times do, do you ask, how many times do you, do you go on these sort of appointments, you know, and, and have these consults and you know, you hear the same thing over and over before you just say, okay, I'm accepting faith.~
~Well, she refused to. And she ended up getting the transplant just this past, uh, fall. Now that she's gotten the transplant, she wants to work on her function. She wants to get a function back. She wants to be able to shop for herself, go to appointments on her own without using any sort of aid. And her, uh, her caseworker is saying.~
~You know, but maybe you should slow down. I think you're always going to need a home health attendant. Doctors are telling her the same thing that you're always going to need, uh, a home attendant. And I say, you know what? I've, I've worked with her. Now maybe she doesn't immediately Sure. But long term, I don't think so because she just has the sheer attitude.~
~It doesn't matter what a six minute walk test reveals. It doesn't matter what a 32nd sit, the stand reveals. She knows she's already made up her mind that she's going to get better. So there's no talk of any x-ray MRI with her because she knows what she wants and she's gonna work for it. If you are. If, if you want to hang up whatever identity you might have picked up from hearing the results of an MRI or x-ray on your back, hip, knee, shoulder, and you want to make a decision on how you want to live, I want you to, I want you to book a consult because we're together.~
~Working together, I think we can, we can show and prove that these tests can, can be nothing. It's just a measurement, but it doesn't tell you what you're fully capable of.~
~I want you to make your own way. I want you to set your own path. I want you to ignore the limits or the ceilings that any medical professional or any test is trying to place on you. Only you can decide your limits. I'll catch you guys on the next one.~
