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A Broken Foot, a New Exosym, and 100 Miles Later
While training for and completing my first 50 mile ultramarathon in early 2025, I developed a small fracture in my right foot. The Exosym provided just enough protection to get me across the finish line, but the pain made one thing clear, if I wanted to go farther, something had to change in my Exosym.…
Read MoreThe Skin Battle: Endurance Training in Prosthetics and Orthotics
Leaning against a sun-baked streetlight, I untie my shoe, raise my right leg, and investigate the damage. A flap of skin hangs loose beneath a wound. The sting itself is nothing, pain is familiar territory. What upsets me is the math that follows: infection or pressure sores equal downtime. I’m only one mile into a…
Read More100 Miles Was Impossible, Until It Wasn’t
100 miles is unachievable for someone like me. In fact, here are the odds: Clubfoot occurs in 1 in 1,000.¹ About 1 in 2 of those cases are bilateral clubfoot.¹ Roughly 1 in 3 to 1 in 2 bilateral cases are severe to very severe at presentation.¹ There are 148,169 people in recorded history that…
Read MoreChase an Impossible Dream and Learn Why You’re Here
My hope is that you will chase an impossible dream. A dream that requires relentless work, ushers in sleepless nights, and overwhelms you with doubt. A dream so big that you’re hypercautious to share with your community. A dream that pushes you to reach your greatest potential. This is the kind of dream I hope…
Read MoreHow I Stopped Hiding My Legs
My story of overcoming severe body image issues. Toothpick legs, stick legs, chicken legs, weird, gross, starving, anorexic, retard. What’s wrong with your legs? Do you eat? Will your legs break if I kick them? Does it hurt to stand? These were the types of comments and questions I received every single gym class. The…
Read MoreWhen Adversity Hits, Minimalism Works
Minimalism is a useful tool or approach to your adversity. Scott Davidson – Follow on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter Minimalism is not a cure, but it is a useful tool or approach. In a world where we live in uncertainty with little control at times, when one can be born disabled, wake up one day with…
Read MoreStart a Podcast and You Will Change Your Life
Start a Podcast and You Will Change Your Life Scott Davidson – Follow on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter “Here I am, ten years old and my best friend dies of cancer. And so going back to school and trying to focus on your school work and trying to talk and connect with your friends when they’re…
Read MoreHow to Get Booked on a Podcast
How to Get Booked on a Podcast There’s a bunch of reasons to want to be guest on a podcast, including wanting to promote yourself, product, company, or nonprofit. Podcasts are good venues for promotion because the format allows guests to fully expound upon an idea or story to a relatively highly engaged audience. So…
Read MoreUpdated: What is Living Adaptive
Updated: What is Living Adaptive What’s up? So Living Adaptive is approximately two years old. Upon reflection, some updates about Living Adaptive is required. What is Living Adaptive? Living Adaptive is produced by an adaptive person for everyone, especially those adapting to struggles. We address adapting and working with many difficult experiences, and sometimes we…
Read MoreTune out the Experts
Tune Out the Experts Experts? “It doesn’t look good. I am surprised you don’t have more problems” says this belligerent doctor. I am sitting across from him while he’s staring at my X-rays. He looks at me and starts railing away about all this shit I shouldn’t be doing and declares I have very limited options.…
Read MoreThree Quick Tips to Deal with Your Fears of the Unknown
Being Okay with Fear A common theme I’ve struggled with throughout my life is my inability to sit with my fears. For me, my fears are often of the unknown. The goal is to live with my fears of the unknown. If I get past my fears of the unknown, then great, but…
Read MoreWhat is Living Adaptive?
What’s Up? After much time, I mean like a lot of time and delays, many nervous moments because I am neurotic, so much apprehension and subsequent procrastination, all that stuff, here I go. For me, this event of introducing myself and this podcast is sort of like base jumping (you know, the crazy people that jump off cliffs/buildings and fly…
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