A degree is just an expensive, fancy certificate Disease care certificates are worse than useless They teach people the wrong things which much then be unlearned Healthcare on #Bitcoin will be about proof of work and ability Certificates will matter much less [trogon_844994]

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Unnatural behaviours devitalize our biology [devitalize: deprive of strength and vigor] Natural behaviours revitalize our biology [revitalize: imbue with new life and vitality] Apollo is free open source proof of work health software created to help individuals revitalize their lower body [quetzal_844776]

Self care = Self respect Health is a direct reflection of how much we respect our biology [peccary_844494]

Official release of our best practices document 🤙🏽 — Consensus best practices for lower extremity health professionals [v1.1_5.20.24_844313] As a global community of lower extremity health professionals, we aspire to hold ourselves to a higher standard of care and restore a reputation of effectiveness. Treating symptoms while ignoring root causes is no longer acceptable and establishing consensus best practices for the prevention and resolution of lower extremity dysfunction is essential. We believe five critical practices serve as a gold standard for effective care and must be adopted by all professionals. Consensus is achieved through professional endorsement as a method to signal agreement and validate effectiveness. Each practice includes a reference document which offers a deeper explanation and practical guidance for application. References are updated monthly based on feedback and best practices are reviewed quarterly by a council of professionals from varying specialties. Health professional is defined as any individual whose primary profession is helping individuals restore natural function. We believe natural function is the default state of human physiology and is defined as a strong, stable, mobile, resilient lower extremity that is free of longstanding pain. Lower extremity is defined as a subsystem of the body which includes hip, thigh, knee, leg, ankle and foot. In accordance with the SAID principle, restoration of natural function requires the lower extremity to be protected from unnatural behaviours and exposed to natural behaviours [1]. Health professionals are expected to apply best practices in their own lives and to orient their practice around helping individuals restore natural function. While we acknowledge pain as a major consideration, improved function must remain the primary objective. Best practices include education about movement, footwear, pain and mindset along with simple movement screens. If you are a health professional and agree with these best practices, please consider helping us build consensus by endorsing them. If you disagree with them, please consider participating in a quarterly roundtable discussion with fellow professionals to share your disagreement. Best practices checklist: ✅ Movement education [2] ✅ Footwear education [3] ✅ Pain education [4] ✅ Mindset education [5] ✅ Movement screens [6] Thank you for holding yourself to a higher professional standard. Thank you for helping us build consensus. Next update: 8.24 — References [1] Apollo Whitepaper (https://www.runningapollo.com/whitepaper) [2] Movement (https://github.com/LEHP829388/Building_Apollo/blob/main/_bpr_movement) [3] Footwear (https://github.com/LEHP829388/Building_Apollo/blob/main/_bpr_footwear) [4] Pain (https://github.com/LEHP829388/Building_Apollo/blob/main/_bpr_pain) [5] Mindset (https://github.com/LEHP829388/Building_Apollo/blob/main/_bpr_mindset) [6] Screens (https://github.com/LEHP829388/Building_Apollo/blob/main/_bpr_screens) — Endorsements 1. Nick St Louis_health protocol developper_BSc, MPT_Apollo, The Foot Collective, Sole Freedom 2. Ruth O’Donnell_educator_M.S Kinesiology, Exercise Science_The Foot Collective 3. Christopher Thanopoulos_S&C coach_BSc Kinesiology, AT candidate_Concordia University

In disease care, few treat many In healthcare, many help many In disease care, the “experts” are ordained with fancy degrees that teach them how to profit from sickness by treating symptoms without ever addressing root causes In healthcare, people who have achieved great health share their lessons to empower others to do the same. Degrees are not important, leading by example is important Pain is the forcing function that is gradually nudging people out of disease care and into healthcare [toucan_844187]

Building tools that help humans reclaim responsibility for their health is meaningful and exciting AF Low time preference A+ team Laser focus Built on #Bitcoin by healthy Bitcoiners for people who save in Bitcoin [macaw_844166]

Imagine trusting the management of our health to those who profit from our sickness Disease care is a twisted system Time to seek guidance from people who profit from helping us achieve better health Time to replace centralized disease care with decentralized healthcare [quetzal_843936]

Eventually, if you call yourself a lower extremity health professional but don’t warn people about the harms of unnatural shoes, nobody will take you seriously It will be like calling yourself a doctor but not warning people against the harms of smoking cigarettes [trogon_843863]

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Consensus doesn’t just build itself, people build it It takes time It takes effort It takes a lot of motivated humans who believe it’s important Our mission is to gather 1000 endorsements from lower extremity health professionals who agree with and implement best practices One pro at a time Because no matter how difficult it might be, some things are important enough to persevere with [macaw_843444]

Movement standards: If you can’t get down and up from the ground without using your hands, you’re missing foundational human capacity If you can’t lower into a resting squat position and spend 30 seconds there, you’re missing foundational human capacity If you can’t stand on 1 leg for 60 seconds without losing your balance? You’re missing foundational human capacity The good news? Anyone can build capacity and restore the ability to accomplish these standards Using these screens allows us to make the invisible visible and detect deficiencies before they turn into injuries [macaw_843149]

Symptom treaters will be replaced by Health guides The hardest part of making the transition from treating symptoms to helping people improve their health is the unlearning The curious ones will lead the way Pain will force the remaining laggards to adapt or become irrelevant Exciting times ahead Hard money will forge the healthiest cohort of humans that has ever existed [trogon_843005]

If you call yourself a lower extremity health professional but don’t warn your patients about the dangers of unnatural footwear you are not upholding a reasonable standard of care Borderline negligence It’s time to call out disease care professionals who treat symptoms without addressing root causes It’s no longer acceptable This stance will trigger legacy professionals and that’s fine They need to be jolted into the 21st century and update their practices or they will be left behind and ridiculed Rant over [trogon_842701]

Excerpt from best practices document: “It’s no longer acceptable to treat symptoms without addressing root causes and best practices are required to establish a standard of care among health professionals. Consensus agreement for six critical practices is achieved through professional endorsement which signals agreement and validates effectiveness. These practices serve as a gold standard for effective care.” — Best practices are essential in the creation of a healthcare system We aren’t fighting centralized medicine built on fiat incentives We’re building a new system on #Bitcoin that makes 95% of centralized medicine obsolete [trogon_842699]

Truth by consensus >> truth by authority Consensus best practices endorsed by 10,000 health professionals from varying domains of speciality The gold standard for competent health professionals who help others restore lower extremity health You wouldn’t ask someone who smokes for lung health advice You shouldn’t ask someone who wears unnatural shoes and can’t squat for lower extremity health advice It’s time to level up as a community of health professionals Read Verify Endorse Apply Share [trogon_841848]

Health is a function of education Better education = better lifestyle choices = better health If you are a lower extremity health professional and you don’t educate about the dangers of unnatural footwear you are being negligent Yep I said it Enough of the bullshit ineffective status quo Time for a return to first principles and a return to effectiveness [trogon_841710]

The job of a health professional: 1) Be healthy 2) Deeply understand the body, how it adapts, and the inputs it requires for optimal health & function 3) Through education, guide others to develop better health — Health professionals stay updated on best practices Health professionals do not mute the signal of pain Health professionals are educators, not disease treaters [trogon_841493]

Next step: Translate the super hardcore nerd version of the whitepaper (v0.97 published on block 840,000) to practice guidelines for lower extremity health professionals Objective: establish consensus best practices [macaw_841281]

PSA to doctors, physical therapists, chiropractors and athletic trainers: If you don’t educate your patients/clients about the dangers of unnatural shoes or excessive chair sitting, you aren’t being effective A personal trainer with no “official” credentials who runs Apollo and educates their clients about protocol fundamentals will be more effective at achieving long term health outcomes than disease care professionals with degrees 3 fundamental principles applied consistently >> disease care interventions Social incentives will wipe out ineffective disease care providers The age of centralized disease care is ending The age of decentralized health care is blossoming Free open source health protocols built on #Bitcoin will empower a health revolution 🙌🏽 [macaw_840340]