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The following Mark's Daily Apple article was written by Mark Sisson and is narrated by Brock Armstrong.

Health checkups. How important are they? Really? This past weekend's Linklove over at Marksdailyapple.com

highlighted an article called Rethinking Movement, why you should see a physical therapist every year.

Arguing for a systemic approach to movement and a deeper appreciation for the interconnections

among the body's neuromuscular, skeletal, cardiovascular, and even endocrine functioning,

Professor Emerita of Physical Therapy, Dr. Shirley Sarman, proposes that taking a more preemptive

approach to movement, aka prehab throughout life,

can head off injury, osteoarthritis, chronic pain, as well as some of the common surgeries

and other intensive and pharmaceutical treatments related to these conditions.

Whether you're an elite athlete or a channel surfer, she claims an annual checkup by a physical

therapist should be routine practice.

Having seen so many injuries and pain issues as a trainer, and suffering them myself,

I find her proposal very compelling. More than that, however, her reasoning opens up

a larger question. What really should we be monitoring on an annual basis? As many of you know by now,

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