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Justin Geissinger
February 13, 2019

Season 1, Episode 5: Lori Groff

Justin Geissinger
February 13, 2019

OBESITY EPIDEMIC PART 2

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For part 2 of our obesity focus Lori Groff shares with us her story about how she chose bariatric surgery as a means to turn her life around. Lori candidly tells about her struggles with weight and the negative health consequences related to it. Ultimately she opted for bariatric surgery and her journey through this process is both enlightening and uplifting.

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What is the common thread in these photos?

I have seen some amazing sites the past few weeks.

i’ve also seen these sites while running alone.

Living full-time in an RV with my family has its challenges and running alone can be therapeutic.
My life on a campsite moving day as told by Star Wars:

1. Me (Han Solo) saying to any kid (Chewbacca) What do you mean you didn’t put that away yet?  We gotta get out of here before the ranger tells us we’re past our checkout time!

2. M
Some days, you wake up surrounded by greatness!  Opening the door to what feels like an @davidattenborough nature show: Elk fighting for mating rights, redwoods growing since the time of Christ’s birth.

Other days you wake up to a random parki
Still searching for the beauty in the “everyday places”. Life can’t always be filled with epic, memorable adventures.

We always have to put in the work.  Want to run a good race?  Gotta put in the miles.  Want to ace the test, gott
Thank you Dr. Mike Hahn and @bowermanssc for geeking out on biomechanics with me and allowing me to see your lab tucked under Hayward field. 

The human body is so complex!  this provides an amazing opportunity to gather information to make improveme
Can we take greatness for granted?

admittedly, on a personal level, absolutely.

Far too often I take for granted some really great things in life. Just this past weekend, I visited crater Lake with my family. Wow!  We are blessed to live in a count
This morning when the rooster crows before my alarm went off, not a single part of me wanted to get out of bed. Now, after climbing Pisgah, not a single part of me regrets that decision to get out of bed early and run a mountain.

what are you facing
Not saying it’s an absolute…

But sitting posture just may have the power to influence how you move when you are not sitting.

Like it or not, your body is always “in training “ and adapting to the stress placed upon it.
Sometimes, we make training and decisions in general too difficult.  @toddrhargrove said on @rethinkingphysiotherapy the other day “just load it” in regards to healing tissues.

Today, I’m not thinking of time, distance, pace, I&rsq
I get this question a lot from patients. “Why could my back pain come from a hip problem?!?!” 

Easy, allow my stick figure drawing to explain.

If your body cannot get the range of motion it needs from one joint, there’s a good cha
Work/life/(hobby/training/running) balance.

I’ve thought about this a lot lately.  In the past few months I’ve traveled thousands of miles with my family.  I learned a new computer system at work.  I am still learning how to live full ti
Improving…

There are frequently times in our lives when things are not going the way we want and we have to figure out how to get what we want.

2 quick examples:
1. My daughter wants help with her running form.  In my opinion, the deadlift i
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