Dr. Lowe Appears on Louisville’s C.W. on Athletes
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This gentleman was here before, we’re glad to have him back, Dr. Patrick Lowe, thank you so much for being with us today.
Dr. Lowe: Thanks for having me.
Speaker: Alright, so have you been like me and the rest of the country just focused on these Olympics for the past couple of days?
Dr. Lowe: I love it. I stay up late. I have to get up early, but it’s definitely worth it.
Speaker: It is worth it, but I mean, and being a chiropractor and everything that you do, you probably know very much first hand, and an athlete yourself, know firsthand what these athletes are going through, right?
Dr. Lowe: They are, they abuse their bodies all the time. They’re always going for that—they’re going for 100% and the Olympics are very stringent in what they’re allowed to take. They’re not allowed to take a lot of medications and things, so guess what they turn to?
Speaker: What?
Dr. Lowe: Chiropractors?
Speaker: Really?
Dr. Lowe: Since 1980, they’ve added chiropractors to the Olympic Medical Staff. They’ve got personal trainers, they’ve got their medical doctors, they’ve got their orthopedists and now out of the 62-medical team, you’ve got four chiropractors on there.
Speaker: Wow!
Dr. Lowe: Helps in pain control and help improve their performance because if the things aren’t working right, they work too.
Speaker: Well, and it’s amazing to me, I mean, we’re not just seeing records broken from four years ago, from 20 years ago now, by tens of seconds, we’re seeing them just smashed and shattered. It’s incredible!
Dr. Lowe: It is, and I think we’re understanding more about the human body and how it works and how important it is to have everything lined up the way it should be so that it can function the way it should and that makes a big difference long term.
Speaker: I mean, I saw Dara Torres do the 50-meter freestyle and then literally, she got her medal and ran right into the locker room to get ready for the 4 x 100 relay and all she wanted was her chiropractors and massage therapist to work on her a little bit. She had literally seconds before she had to get down and do that other race. It was phenomenal!
Dr. Lowe: Exactly! And it made a difference, she did well in the next race.
Speaker: Yeah, she sure did. And his time of year, kids are back in school. I know my kids go out the door every morning with this seemingly brick on their back full of—the backpack full of books and school supplies and their lunches. They’re not used to it after a summer of having that off of their backs, are they?
Dr. Lowe: They’re not and the thing is, not only are they coming back with all of these extra weight. They shouldn’t be any more than 10% of their body weight, so you’ve got—their backpacks shouldn’t weigh more than six pounds or they’re going to have problems that last a long time.
Speaker: Oh I know that! I know that all of them weigh more than six pounds. Okay, what are the kinds of things that we should be looking at and help them out with that problem?
Dr. Lowe: Their back packs should not be any longer than their torso. It should not go more than four inches below their waist and should not weigh more than ten percent of their body weight.
Speaker: Okay.
Dr. Lowe: So if you have any other things, you’re causing potential problems and you have to make sure you watch for that.
Speaker: We will watch for that and also, now that school has started, high school football has started, lots of folks out there on the grid iron and I’m sure you’re probably about to see a lot more football injuries.
Dr. Lowe: We do and football is the greatest sport, I love football, I’m excited about the season starting because I get to watch it every Sunday and every Saturday, but these players are getting beat up. We see a lot of kids for football injuries and sports injuries and even adults that started five or ten years ago from football, so if you have any sports injuries, we work with those. We do active rehabilitation in our office and there is also that—
Speaker: And you know, in your spare time, you write books as well. This is really a fantastic one, Your Success Experience—how to succeed in our ever changing world—the Psychology of change. Briefly about I think your history in coming to write this book because I think it’s fascinating.
Dr. Lowe: Well, I travel as a consultant for other chiropractic offices and other businesses and one of the things I learned is that they’ve got a lot of things that people make a lot of the same—take the same steps to get to success. We also make the same mistakes to avoid success. So, through this, I’ve learned what people do and what they don’t do and what they avoid to get the success that they want and need. It’s not always about money. It’s what they truly would want.
Speaker: And it is a fascinating read and just by the way, signed, autographed copies, we’re going to give them away if you log on to cwLowe right now—well, we can put you in the next step because that would be rude if you logged on and went and did that right now. Alright, if we want to get a hold of you, sir, where do we do it?
Dr. Lowe: Lowe Chiropractor and Wellness, we’re located on Shelbyville Road in Dorsey Plaza. That’s by Baskin Robins—leave people ice cream, they can always find you, and our phone number is 502-245-7334. That’s 502-245-7334.
Speaker: Always do good advice and practical advice, Dr. Patrick Lowe, thank you so much.
Dr. Lowe: Thank you.
Speaker: Good to see you, sir.
Dr. Lowe: Thanks for having me.
Chiropractic care is generally safe if it can be applied skillfully and appropriately. I have to like this natural method because it has no side effect as traditional treatment methods.