Bunions aren’t genetic

They are caused by unnatural footwear

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Like #Bitcoin, we are eliminating 3rd party intermediaries when it comes to lower body health

How?

With a simple and effective lower extremity health protocol that empowers individual to prevent and resolve dysfunction without relying on disease care professionals

Thank you Satoshi for inspiring so much beauty and goodness in this world ❤️

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We will collapse $10 billion of misallocated capital spent on treating symptoms of preventable lower extremity injury into a free and open source health protocol

Pain will be a forcing function for individuals to accept more responsibility for taking care of themselves

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The stars have aligned

Health is software

Run better code

= have better health

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Cool graphic. Anything brighter instead of a firescape? Lol

Apollo is a proof of work health protocol for the lower extremity

It’s software for human hardware

It outlines simple, actionable principles grounded in foundational axioms of biology

1. Low time preference

2. Reduce unnatural behaviours

3. Increase natural behaviours

That’s it

That’s the formula for a healthy lower body

Don’t trust us

Validate the software by running it in your life and experiencing the benefits

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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

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Health centric technology is going to win

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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

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Self care = Self respect

Health is a direct reflection of how much we respect our biology

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Official release of our best practices document 🤙🏽

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Consensus best practices for lower extremity health professionals

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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

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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)

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Best practices v1.1_843604

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

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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

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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

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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

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