Dr. Kelly Starrett

The other thing is I think in America or Western countries, we really think that the way we've set up our environment is how everybody lives. But it turns out something like half the world actually sits on the floor, sleeps on the floor, toilets on the ground, really is like operating in their whole environment is very floor based.

And it turns out in those countries, the amount of orthopedic injuries is much lower and the fall risk in the elderly drops to almost zero. just simply because those people actually are practicing the thing. They're practicing getting up and down off the ground. And I want to tell you one quick story that I think you'll appreciate.

And it turns out in those countries, the amount of orthopedic injuries is much lower and the fall risk in the elderly drops to almost zero. just simply because those people actually are practicing the thing. They're practicing getting up and down off the ground. And I want to tell you one quick story that I think you'll appreciate.

And it turns out in those countries, the amount of orthopedic injuries is much lower and the fall risk in the elderly drops to almost zero. just simply because those people actually are practicing the thing. They're practicing getting up and down off the ground. And I want to tell you one quick story that I think you'll appreciate.

Kelly was just in Japan traveling with some friends on a ski trip in February and they got to a hotel and it turned out there was like not enough rooms. And so Kelly didn't have a room and the hotel staff was getting really nervous.

Kelly was just in Japan traveling with some friends on a ski trip in February and they got to a hotel and it turned out there was like not enough rooms. And so Kelly didn't have a room and the hotel staff was getting really nervous.

Kelly was just in Japan traveling with some friends on a ski trip in February and they got to a hotel and it turned out there was like not enough rooms. And so Kelly didn't have a room and the hotel staff was getting really nervous.

and sort of freaking out and turned out what they didn't have when they got to the bottom of it turns out what they didn't have was a western room where the bed was off the ground the table was off the ground the toilet was off the ground and they had plenty of more Japanese style rooms where you know there was a futon on the floor and a table on the floor and you know even things like you know the um the thermostat were like at squatting height not at face height like we would have and and Kelly was like yes like

and sort of freaking out and turned out what they didn't have when they got to the bottom of it turns out what they didn't have was a western room where the bed was off the ground the table was off the ground the toilet was off the ground and they had plenty of more Japanese style rooms where you know there was a futon on the floor and a table on the floor and you know even things like you know the um the thermostat were like at squatting height not at face height like we would have and and Kelly was like yes like

and sort of freaking out and turned out what they didn't have when they got to the bottom of it turns out what they didn't have was a western room where the bed was off the ground the table was off the ground the toilet was off the ground and they had plenty of more Japanese style rooms where you know there was a futon on the floor and a table on the floor and you know even things like you know the um the thermostat were like at squatting height not at face height like we would have and and Kelly was like yes like

This room was made for me. I am the American who can manage this room.

This room was made for me. I am the American who can manage this room.

This room was made for me. I am the American who can manage this room.

They took one look at him and they're like, oh, he's going to complain. This person's going to die. They took one look at him and they're like, we do not have a room for this guy. But it turns out that he was totally comfortable in that environment.

They took one look at him and they're like, oh, he's going to complain. This person's going to die. They took one look at him and they're like, we do not have a room for this guy. But it turns out that he was totally comfortable in that environment.

They took one look at him and they're like, oh, he's going to complain. This person's going to die. They took one look at him and they're like, we do not have a room for this guy. But it turns out that he was totally comfortable in that environment.

But it just gives you kind of an idea of we get so accustomed to thinking that the way that we are in our environment here is how everybody is in their environment.

But it just gives you kind of an idea of we get so accustomed to thinking that the way that we are in our environment here is how everybody is in their environment.

But it just gives you kind of an idea of we get so accustomed to thinking that the way that we are in our environment here is how everybody is in their environment.

It's almost like you fall off a cliff.