Active Living for Healthy Brains: A Community Engagement Event

My BIM Story

Chris Hylton, Participant

April 20, 2016

Personal Experience - Pros

•Push ups 20 from 3•Sleep•Running what’s that?•Fitness levels way up•Knockkneeitis

• New friends from the program• New friends who are runners• Now that I am in an elite

fitness category you getMembership offers fromMountain rescue groupsUltra marathon groups

Pros - My new running shoe collection

Before and after Pix

• After• Before

Cons

•Being scolded by my senior neighbours for running

•“You are going to ruin your knees!”

•“You don’t see any old runners do you?

•Worst was

• I developed a physical illness that was mysterious

I visited my family physician

•He asked me the usual questions

•When did it start?

•What makes it worse?

•What makes it better?

•He was struggling for a diagnosis

The key question was When Did it Start?

•To be honest I did not know?

•Then I checked some of the early BIM documentation

Fit Test Map

•One look and my Doctor saw the trend

•8 arrows on one slide!

My Doctor Probed Further

•Were there any Traumatic Arrow Events (TAE’s)?

•No can’t think of any?

•Then I remembered

•Does anyone know what it was?

The Traumatic Arrow Quiz

Who can forget

Plus test Equipment – Arrows everywhere

Finally my Doctor provided a Diagnosis!

ARROW PHOBIA confirmed!

I was paralyzed, I could not move. I froze at the sight of an arrow, I was stuck at FMC!

Normalization TO THE RESCUE!

Life after exercise

•Has anyone tapered off their training? I have a solution!

•Does anyone remember when we were gassed?

•We were hooked up to CO2 cylinder which simulated exercise

•Which led me to conclude

•Does anyone know?

Exercise is redundant

We no longer need exercise we can celebrate indoors, pets are good too!

Thank you for your attention today!