Dec 30, 2020
Colin Power owns Power Podiatry in Harvey Bay, Queensland and he is known as The Tai chi Foot Doctor. Colin has successfully incorporated this ancient martial art into his podiatry business and is producing amazing results with his patients.
We've all seen groups of older or alternative looking people in the park early on a Saturday morning going through their super-slow Tai chi movements, but's there's far more to Tai Chi than meets the eye and this episode will definitely enlighten you.
Colin was also my guest on Episode 110: Be Curious, Don't Be A Dick.
On this episode we discuss:
"When working with older people, it's important to reduce the intensity, not don't dumb down the activity so much that they may as well go for a walk".
“We’re not all going to be treating elite athletes, but every person you treat, you can treat like an athlete because they’re all doing athletic movements.”
"Not all Tai chi instructors are created equal. Just like there are crap podiatrists, there are also crap Tai chi instructors".
"We should only breathe in and out without a pause when there's a tiger is chasing us".
Final Tip
We need to learn to breathe and to count. Patients do exercises too quickly, but you can slow it down and do it better by breathing and counting.
You can connect with Colin at powerpodiatry@gmail.com and if you have any questions about this episode, a previous episode, please reach out to me at tf@tysonfranklin.com.
This episode was sponsored by PODIUM and to learn more CLICK HERE.
BONUS - Lift Hands Martial Arts Magazine
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