Happy to answer mc. My interest and my practice are focused on simple, inexpensive, science-based, functional training methods to keep people active and help keep people from needing the services of people like me. Basically it's about public health. While that makes me something of an odd type of DC in the minds of many, it helps me sleep at night. Candidly, I'm more interested in what the science says about how to help avoid alot of common health issues and figuring out ways to apply them to the general public than I am about espousing some chiropractic BS.

My exposure to RKC began 2 years ago with ETKB. While I saw the value of the training methods at the time, I was not excited about the marketing. That said, I reviewed Pavel's instruction and was very impressed that the quality of the instruction was great. I began incorporating KB into workouts and recommending them to patients. I have winced at the schlock on YouTube that passes as KB instruction that ignores current science and places people on the fast track to lumbar disc herniation. As such, I've encouraged patients to seek out the help of experienced KB trainers. They would in turn ask the logical question of how to determine whether someone was knowledgable in healthy KB training. Part of my reason for me being here is to find out what you RKC instructors know, so that I can determine if this is a reliable source for me to refer my patients to.

I have recently become more interested in kettlebell training as several common threads of sports med research that have influenced me, have looped around to this organization. Namely, Stuart McGill's research and Gary Gray's affiliation with RKC. That interest brought me to this forum.

While I'm a newbie to this group, I'm not a newbie to biomechanics, anatomy and physiology, sports medicine and rehab, and training. Given the manner in which some of my colleagues have conducted themselves in public, you've a right to question my motives and place here. Thanks for giving me the opportunity to give a clearer picture of who you're dealing with. Cheers.

Phillip Snell, DC
www.FixYourOwnBack.com