Random Thoughts and Musings: November 14th

Here are some recent random thoughts and musings:

• Anyone interested in Detroit Lion’s Quarterback Matthew Stafford’s Beighton Score? I’d be really curious to see what it is. With 4 injuries in the last two years and all four injuries being ligamentous in nature, I’d just be curious to see what it is.
• Mulligan techniques are probably my favorite manual therapy technique. We indicated, they work like magic. If you have yet to incorporate these techniques into your repertoire, you are missing out. Best CEU course I ever attended because I was able to take back some principles and instantly apply them.
• I am puzzled about the new Affordable Care Act that is part of the health care reform legislation. Part of that legislation involves Flexible Spending Accounts. For those of you not familiar with what a Flex Account is – in a nutshell, an employee can have money deducted from his/her paycheck (tax-free) and use this money towards non-covered medical expenses. Such examples would be eyeglasses, dental work, prescriptions, and more. Well, one of the great benefits is that one could buy over the counter meds via this account. So you get the pre-tax benefit as well as not having to buy OTC meds out of pocket – you simply tap into you Flex account at any time and there you are. Well, not anymore. OTC meds will no longer be able to be reimbursed (unless you have a prescription from a doctor- huh?). So an act that actually makes it more expensive for an individual and actually pushes someone to the doctor increasing medical costs is part of the Affordable Care Act?!?! Way to take something that has been a tremendous asset to the individual and totally mess it up.
• Lots of great webinars on Strength and Conditioning Webinars.com – good investment if you looking for some final CEU spending this year or planning for next year.

Take care and have a great week!

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