I have several ideas that could help advance and/or complement my online presence -- which I want to focus on sports injuries and staying active as you age -- none of which are fully developed. And I may think of others, or modify these, in the days ahead. But here are a few so far:
Write a book on one of these topics: my personal experience with hip arthroscopy; athletes overcoming injuries, with key people profiled or a historical perspective; baby boomers and Gen-Xers refusing to grow up and staying active; people competing well into their 60s, 70s, 80s, and even beyond despite injuries (I like this one!); a profile of the World Triathlon Corp., owner of the Ironman franchise, evolving from a small organization where the owner sent our personal Christmas cards to the participants to a huge money maker owned by a hedge fund.
Set up a podcast: This could be about sports injuries or FAI, my hip injury, or just about dealing with and accepting physical limitations, particularly for aging baby boomer and Gen-Xers.
Create an app: I immediately thought of one that would allow you to plug in symptoms and come up with injury possibilities, but it’s already been done by a group in Britain. Maybe I could do a U.S. version? I also thought about an app for core strengthening. Done. Then I thought of one, a bit off topic but not done: an app for colleges students living away from home that gives them access to all the medical information they might need but may not always have handy, like insurance card information, parents’ work information, allergies, etc. It would have to be safeguarded somewhere, but I think this would be useful, especially after receiving a call from my own daughter looking for this information.
Set up an organization: It would be nice to have a group geared toward older athletes that could act as a clearing house of information on a wide range of subjects like training tips, injuries, medical data and support or activities.
Thank you for this post. You helped me to realize that I am not trapped into anything and that the more ideas we have, the better.
ReplyDeleteI believe if you get into interviewing older athletes it will help your proposal/execution. On another post you mentioned a chatroom on your website where people can share stories on your topic - sounds great! The more interactive you can make you 'active' topic the better.
I really like the idea for the app. If all medical fields could have something like this would be amazing. If you could type in symptoms and get a list of possible illnesses...wow! Think of how this may change medicine in the future - people being more aware of how they feel and function? Great idea... Great post!