We live in an age of mass delusion where so many are pursuing misplaced and misguided priorities. There is only one truth and the truth is that you, and me, and every MF on the planet is pretty lazy. It's our nature to be as lazy as possible. Back when we were being chased by saber-toothed tigers it didnt matter if we *wanted* to sit idle. But in an age of the PS5 and UberEats, we can sit down and do little for years without fear of being eaten. Such INactivity is something we were not evolved to experience. 

The design of the human tells us about our intended function and that is that we were made to run. If you know me personally, you probably spat out your coffee reading that sentence! How could I acknowledge such an inconvenient fact!? I also have many excuses not to run; for decades I made fun of runners as technophobes who eschewed the multi-thousand year-old technology of the wheel. My mishshapen, once-shattered leg and the two pounds of titanium it still contains make a convincing enough story that I should probably not run. However, I chose running as my aerobic activity as it is know to increase the endocannabinoid AEA, producing what is known as the "runner's high." 

In today's episode I want to snap you out of your old way of thinking and consider how recent discoveries in cannabinoids and fascia might fit with your symptoms. As you are now the only person responsible for you getting better, I hope to convince you of the importance of living in truth and embracing the possibility of your recovery. 

I talk quite a bit about lessons from grad school in here. Y'all should listen for a few minutes because that knowledge cost me much more than the time it takes to tell the stories. My earliest takeaway from them was that the truth is robust and stands up to repeated testing by experimentation; and that there is great value in efficiently testing a hypothesis. My health today is a direct result of following this same philosophy.

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Music by:  XTaKeRuX - Pursuing Darkness from the album Victim 2021 

Episode Cover Image taken half-way through a run four miles from my van in March 2022. A mile beyond my van is the base of Boundary Cone mountain near Oatman, Arizona. The run back is all uphill and into the wind, it sucks.

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