Dr. Michael Chivers

sending all the love and prayers to the wiesblatt family. still one of the most inspirational stories in the league. 🥺❤️‍🩹

I think we can all agree😉 most of us don’t move like elite athletes by default. So when we hear people say, “just move naturally” or “trust your natural pattern,” we have to be honest about what that really means. Because for most people, “natural” movement is built on survival. It’s shaped by compensation, restriction, and whatever the body had to do to get the job done, not by what’s efficient, sustainable, or elite. Just because something feels familiar doesn’t make it optimal. And just because it worked at one level doesn’t mean it holds up at the next. That’s why coaching isn’t about protecting what’s natural. It’s about helping the body access what it was actually capable of, not just what it defaulted to. And the idea that movement is fixed or hardwired ignores how adaptive, responsive, and plastic the human body truly is. I’ve seen hitters completely reshape their patterns by gaining access to better joint positions, cleaning up force transmission, or rethinking intention. That doesn’t happen if you treat their current strategy like destiny. And when you reduce athletes to a single movement style or category, you stop asking questions. You coach the pattern, not the person. You see everything through the lens of confirmation, not curiosity. Movement isn’t a type. It’s a solution. And sometimes that solution works. But sometimes it’s the only option the body had. My job isn’t to reinforce the box they’re already in. It’s to help them see how many doors are actually available. Because movement isn’t identity. It’s access. And great coaching gives athletes more of it, not less.

Any NBA player who isn’t preventatively injecting their Achilles tendons with stem cells every 6-12 months under ultrasound guidance is begging for an injury. These Achilles tears are 100% preventable. SMH.

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