Tuesday Feb 06, 2024

106. Don't Let Your Mood Dictate Your Action | Dr. Roger St. Onge

“Show me your calendar and I will show you your priorities,” says Dr. Roger St. Onge, physical therapist and owner of Move Athletics—Performance Rehab Authority. A Marine Corp veteran and former Crossfit trainer, Dr. St. Onge has seen the power of fitness and physical therapy to transform peoples’ health as well as their lives. Unfortunately, the healthcare industry–which he calls a sick care industry—doesn’t prioritize physical therapy as treatment, and physical therapists are forced by health insurance companies to give only a small amount of distracted time to each patient.

On the other hand, many patients themselves don’t prioritize Physical Therapy, citing a lack of money or time. Yet, when money is needed for a new car or a new phone, people will come up with the cash to fix or replace those. Until the pain of avoidance becomes greater than the pain of changing, most people won’t take action.

Not that he can’t relate. As a business owner and a father of two young children who has earned two fellowships, there have been many times when he mismanaged his time and priorities. He’s also put the minimum into rehabbing an injury from a major accident and paid the price for it. He discusses what happened and how those experiences shifted his mindset.

He debunks the work/life balance paradigm as a myth. There are seasons in life, he says, and you must shift your focus to whichever priorities are most paramount at any given time, and sacrifice in other areas as a result. The key, Dr. St Onge explains, is consistency over time. He and Dr. Fix discuss helpful strategies that keep them on track with their daily goals and the steps they take to keep their devices— the ultimate distraction for most of us— in check.

Your mood should never dictate your actions. Still, the examples from Dr. St. Onge’s life will inspire you to take action in your own life, and to put your well-being at the top of your list.

Quotes

• “As a whole, we don’t really have a healthcare system, it’s more of a sick care system. You go to your doctor and a lot of things that could be cured with nutrition and sleep and sunlight and movement gets prescribed a pharmaceutical pill. And then people wonder why they’re sick and in pain for long periods of time.” (6:28 | Dr. St. Onge)

• “When people tell me, ‘I can’t afford to come and see you,’ but they live in America, they have a thousand-dollar cell phone in their pocket, they have a brand new car, they went to college—they didn’t pay cash for that. You can. If your car broke down and you needed a new transmission, what would you do?” (12:06 | Dr. St. Onge)

• “If you show me your calendar, I’ll show you your priorities.” (18:49 | Dr. St. Onge)

• “There are all the excuses but really, when it comes down to it, you just haven’t felt enough pain, yet, whether it’s physical pain or inconvenience pain, to actually overcome the pain of making a change and prioritizing.” (27:53 | Dr. St. Onge)

• “Never let how you feel dictate what you do because once you start moving your body, the way you feel changes. If I only worked out when I felt like it, I would never work out.” (38:43 | Dr. St. Onge)

Links

Connect with Dr. Roger St. Onge:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doc.rog/

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