Welcome to See'rs be-ers, knowers, and doers, a podcast about intuition. Do you know what that is? Intuition to me, is that inner sense for knowing that something is true and yet I have no proof, but there's so many definitions and there's so many ways that can come and will even be , bring together and share with you some amazing guests. You have some amazing life stories and also some insights into how intuition can come. And I'm looking to gather those crows in the trees.
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So today I'm super excited to reconnect with Crystal Trevors, who I met at the Boiling Point podcast seminar back in January. I think it was was still winter before COVID and I think we S we actually spent the last five minutes connecting on a street corner. It was so cool. It's like, Oh, wait, we need to go back to our cars, but we'll talk again. I'm sure. So here we are. Thank you so much for saying yes.
You're very welcome. Nice to reconnect.
So Crystal, tell us all about you. Tell us what you do. Tell us whatever you'd like to share with us so we can get to know you better.
Sure. Well, I am a business owner and I identified as being a scientist than a business owner. So my company is called Stepscan technologies, and basically it's technology that measures how people walk. And if you think about why would you want to measure how somebody walks it's mainly for medical purposes rehabilitation. So if you think of anybody that has a mobility impairment, it could be because of a degenerative disease or arthritis, pain, back injuries, knee, and hip replacements.
They all have kind of impairments in how they walk and we provide objective measures , uh, so that rehabilitation specialists can have that data to help inform decisions with respect to treatments and rehabilitation.
Fabulous timing with all these boomers who don't want to age. Right .
Yeah. And we like to think about again, rehabilitation. And one thing that we're definitely passionate about as a team at step family is there's a huge problem with falls. So the stats are really that somebody over the age of 65 and , uh , how's it go to 35% chance of falling. So basically one in three seniors over 65 will fall this year. Wow, that's a crazy , it's a significant problem. We can help.
We are helping, and we can identify those high risk fallers by looking at the regularities in their needed balance . So we do really simple, quick assessments of their dates and their balance. And we can identify those people that probably should have a little more attention or maybe assistive device, a walker, a cane to help reduce the risks . So that's something we're really passionate about and something we're really focused on right now.
Well, just think of the wait times for people to get hip operations or knee operations, or if you're doing preventative stuff to stop them from needing that more drastic repair, like the healthcare system must be thinking, woo whooh,
And it's , it's pretty new, like this one particular aspect of it. So , um, you know, a lot of our effort right now is in the marketing and awareness of this new , uh , use case for the technology. And , uh, yeah, it's , it is really exciting. Um, and we really feel like we're helping, obviously the outcome of a fall is not great for both somebody and had a fall is not always great outcome. Any license usually significantly impacted,
Right? And sometimes just even then , like the time of person remains down on the floor impacts the outcome of, of re rehabilitation if they're living alone or, or have a certain situation where they fall in the middle of the night and their spouse doesn't know that they've fallen the length of time that somebody can be on a floor is a long time. So to prevent that aspect too is very, very important
And you see more and more senior care facilities advocating for restorative care and , uh , really try to keep seniors mobile and active and kind of our mantra here at stepscan is mobility as sort of this test for healthy aging.
And you also though have a segment of your business that we connect with as well is the concussion world , which is also sadly to me, whether we're just diagnosing more of them, or if this sporting events at younger ages have gotten more contact or, or we're just a more aggressive society, I'm not sure or more clumsy society. Cause I know my concussions have happened from clumsiness or inattentiveness, but that of what you do I think is also fascinating. Can you share more about that?
Yeah, absolutely. We actually had a researcher so often we sell a turnkey system and researchers mostly will ask for some customization. So we had a researcher that was doing concussion research and probably one of the most accepted , uh , tools for assessing a concussion is called the BESS past ambassadors , an acronym for balance error scoring system. And it is a subjective test and they have the patient stand with their eyes open and eyes closed or on a piece of foam and off a piece of foam.
And , uh , they basically get them to stand for 30 seconds or a minute. And every time they practice themselves or they lift their arms in the air or they have to adjust their position. And because they're balanced too often, they're both fall is considered to be an error. So it's really a subjective test and they get a score and we've instrumented that in the step scan system . So you still have to count the errors.
We do video record them as well, but we also then allow , um, they get their center of pressure trajectory and their sway path and their distribution pressure on both feet. And so we just provide a lot of objective measures of what's happening between the foot and the ground, along with the subjective error score.
This gentleman is using it for a research concussion research and just finding some really interesting things when you have, you know, I've heard it been said , like , like having a , a dirty window and you clean it off. And all of a sudden there's this data that I've just never had before. And you start to see things that you just never even thought of it .
No, exactly. And, and concussions, they're a little bit of a, they're kind of like a ghost in the closet. Like you don't know each person's individual buttons and how their brain has been affected specifically and how their symptomology going to present post-concussion and it's really cool to be able to systematically see it, like what you're doing to be able to monitor whether or not that balance aspect is a trend across everybody, because some people are light sensitive.
Some people are, are mood oriented. Like there's just so many different ways that it can present. But if everybody presents with balance issue, then we're able to catch more people who are struggling with recovering from concussions and get them support, I would think.
Yeah . And it doesn't, you know , I'm not an expert in the concussion field, but I, from what I understand, there's not a lot of expenses with respect to the strategy for rehabilitation. Should you rest for two weeks with your eyes closed, if you get right up and are there some corr exercises that you should be doing? And if you had the choice of three different treatment plans, what's happening in the brain, what's , you know, patients can report the symptoms. But again, I emphasize this .
I love , I like having data and objective measures. I just what's happening with their center group pressure, church trajectory. How much are they swaying if they're swaying getting better, swaying getting worse. I just think it helps guides has to help guide the plan .
Right. Right. Well, and, and in my work, I see it. Sometimes it's still affects the person, even if they hit their head, you know, 20 years ago, there's still some inflammation that can be stored in the body depending on how the body responded to stresses at the time or stresses since. So it's , it's interesting to be able to, I would even go back with the seniors who are, have more opportunity of falling and see, did you clunk your head when you were a kid? Did you fall off the horse?
Did you have whiplash? Did you like, I'd be curious to know if that history was there with some of the seniors to see if it's, if it's just systemic inflammation, that's stuck in there. That's affecting one versus another. Anyway, that's my scientist brain going, Oh, let's connect some dots here,
But you know, people who had a fall and hit their heads when they were younger maot even associated with something that's happening later on. So I do think you're on the right track because I went to , um, a, an acupuncture chiropractor. I was a chiropractor and it was because I had a , just the TMJ like jaw. And they asked me in my intake form if I had ever had ever had a concussion or if I ever fall.
And, and this is what hit it for me, it wasn't that if you've ever had a concussion and if you've ever fallen and been knocked out and I like, yeah, I have, when I was a kid and right away, it was like, Oh, well, you know, we can't do these types of techniques unless you have a Neck xray right here , you have an X range . So I forgot . I never would have thought that I had a concussion, but I was definitely knocked out.
Right. Right. Well, and we weren't throwing the word concussion around when we were kids. Like, it just, wasn't a word. And now it is. So, you know, you got your, your bell rung or where you saw stars or you got knocked out or, you know how we just used groovy little descriptions. How bad was it? You know, like, did you actually lose consciousness or just see stars? Oh , you just saw stars. Okay. Go out and play.
Yeah, really. Exactly.
So shifting gears a little bit, crystal, how does your intuition come to you? You, you are this beautiful scientist with that empirical brain, but you, we spoke a little bit before the podcast. You're saying that there's an opening up. That's been happening in the last few years. So how does your intuition come?
Well, I, I think I have definitely been guilty of resisting intuition. Like when I make decisions and this might take 30 seconds or it could take a day, I'm going to probe , what are the options? What are the pros and cons of each option? What's the, you know , what's the best course of action. And , uh, I guess I could say that at the end of it, there always is that gut feel right? So I got all the analytical part of my brain satisfied and I've narrowed it down to this.
And then my gut has to jump in somewhere and help you at least weigh the difference. Right. But I, I just think , uh, as a scientist, maybe a business owner in an analytical brain , um, intuition has definitely taken a back seat. And like we discussed before.
I just think, I don't know, people get a little bit older, wiser, you start seeing your kids grow up and , um, you have more experience in life and you look back and you realize a lot of milestone moments or significant events that have happened in your life have all contributed to who you are and , uh, where you're moving forward to . And you just can't help, but sit back and reflect on that. Right .
Exactly. And I think that that second generation inspires and interesting I'm using that word, inspires us to turn on that spidey sense to protect them in some cases or warn them in advance. Cause I, when this, when I did A, B and C, just like you're thinking about doing this happen. So make sure you listen to your instincts, every teenage client or tween that I see, I'm like, okay, you're really going to listen to your instincts. Don't stop.
And the parents sitting in the room going listen to her, you know , I'm not going to be hanging out with you minute by minute. As you go through your teens, please listen to her. So I think that's almost a , um , it's all as the parameter or not a parameter, it's almost a tool that I think is given to adults to inspire them to reconnect because there's this stage. I don't know if it's in our twenties and thirties where we're the ego kicks in and we know best, right?
Like we, we disconnect from our present . We gained our independence. We disconnect from our parental guidance and we, and we just go out and make all these mistakes. Some of them are expensive. Some of them are relationships, some of them or whatever. And , and then like you say, this there's a timing when we're like, Oh, life gets easier. We listen to our intuition. And that's usually when there's teenagers or tweens in our life. Right. So we're like, Oh yeah, yeah , yeah.
You could skip the twenties and thirties, like I did, if you just stay listening.
Yes. And I probably drive my kids crazy with a hose, reflective comments. Like, you know, you're like sometimes your biggest tormentors, your greatest teachers throw them mobile tickets . They're like that . Right. Leave me alone. But I I'm definitely, you know, when they're trying to make decisions now. And , uh, you think back to where you were at that stage in your life and what you were doing when you were, when you were their age. Uh, Oh yeah. The words of wisdom.
Now just keep, just keep coming at me. And I don't know if they really appreciate them yet, but they will some day.
Well, exactly, exactly. So how does your gut actually come to you when you're making those final decisions? Do you feel it, does it words that pop in your head? Do you just know like, Oh, that's the Drake decision? Like, how does your, how does, how does your gut,
I feel it. I know it . And honestly, sometimes if I'm really thinking about it, that I really looking for that, I'm like, okay, God , like say what you got to say here. There is a knowing. And it's almost like, I wouldn't say butterflies in my stomach, but that might be the best way to describe it when I'm on the right path. I know. I just, I feel it in my God . I sometimes literally butterflies.
Cool. I love those things. It's like, okay, somebody else out there is going to have butterflies and they're gonna go, Oh yeah,
Yeah. It's a good feeling. Um, I'm still balanced. Like I, I still need to do that in my head. I need to do the options. Pros, cons you know, Frank , Sweden's his best action to move forward. Gut-check , that's kind of the process.
Cool. Yeah. Well, I mean, I think that there's good reason for that, because that helps you find all the holes that you may need to have a gut instinct about down the road. Right. When you're looking at pros and cons and you actually go forward, you now have a map of what all those cons are that you need to dive deeper into with your empirical brain and your gut to make sure that you fill them . Yes, absolutely. It's a cool process.
So do you have any stories you'd like to share with us in terms of how things have rolled out with your gut instinct or any words of wisdom that if your kids were to listen to this in five years, he wants to share with them?
You know, I just, I do find , um, maybe even just the last year, allowing the more spiritual side of my personality, maybe to come out and there , not that long ago, I just busy. Right? You own a business, you have kids that you're raising and life is just busy and everybody's kind of living that, but, you know, things can get overwhelming and probably brought before COVID he had in February merge are going to guess an estimate. I mean, I woke up from a dream.
I woke up out of deep sleep with live joy, like an audible voice saying lift joy. And I obviously questioned where that came from was that my subconscious is that my, my left brain, my right brain. But , uh, there was a definite more than a little gentle nudge for me to take a look at where I was , uh , investing my time and energy and she may be refocused on my priority . So it's been an interesting few months just with us .
And the next day after I woke up and I got up to go out by day, I thought, what am I doing right now that I don't get any joy out of? And I do, I do sit on a lot boards . And there was one that I guess I knew that I wasn't a good fit for, and that day I resigned. I resigned for that board. And I just thought, this is the beginning. And this is the beginning. Just live joy, live joy.
And obviously we have to do things that we don't like, like, you know, maybe exercising and all the things hat we need to do, eating healthy that we do because it's important. But , um, it kind of the time and energy and priorities, I think most joy is a good philosophy.
You need a bumper sticker. That's a perfect example. Oh my gosh, how many people are doing stuff like you're bored and just muddle along? Like, that's fantastic. Oh my goodness. Did you get rewarded for quitting?
It's opened up my time to do other volunteer things that I feel that I can help make a difference and provide, you know, just make an impact. And did that bring you joy? Absolutely. I mean, I'm , uh , I'm sitting on the Biathlon PEI board. I started , uh , training for biathlon a year and a half ago, two years, I guess. And Anna winter games is being hosted here at BI 2023. And I know nothing about what happens to plan such a significant event.
And sitting on the board of biathlon PEI is really amazing. I just, there are so many passionate volunteers in our communities that, I mean, these, these events just wouldn't happen without their cooperation and participation. And think about how many events we've been to, where they we'd like to thank the volunteers. I'm only now starting to realize, yeah, we really need to thank these volunteers because they put hours and hours and hours and hours of time into making this happen.
And again, I hear it said in all of these events where we're thanking sponsors and we're taking volunteers, but the words just don't convey the time and passion that they put into it.
Absolutely . It's so true. And, and it, it typically volunteering for anything should bring joy to somebody because it's, it is the proverbial thankless job. Cause nobody understands or knows all the blood, sweat and tears behind the scenes that go on. So if you're volunteering right now for something that doesn't bring a joy leave, make space for somebody that it will bring joy to and go find something that's going to bring you joy.
Yeah. Aligned more with I'm a learner. So for me, again, this opportunity over the next few years to learn about organized sports and, and , uh, what goes on into planning a race, and I've just enthralled with all this stuff, but it's so different from what I do on a day to day basis in my business. So I find it quite fascinating.
Well , and something that's been put on my radar is if we, if we learn something different than it puts us in a creative space so that we can actually see the world differently and have , uh , openings, whether it's in the synopsis is in our brains or whatever the case may be, that actually allows us to see and do things in our day to day life differently. There's I don't know if there's a scientific data on that, but there's actually a thing.
Like if you change how you move in the run of a day, it's going to bring new ideas to light, so to speak new inspiration, new intuition, and solving that problem. Right.
And I agree, and I, I try to, every time I meet somebody, now, it wasn't always like this, but now when I meet somebody, I think right away, why are they here? And what am I going to learn from them?
It's true way . Why do you cross paths? It's so neat. Like, why are you cross paths? And what am I, what am I supposed to work with you? Sometimes it could be good. Mostly could be dads , but that's a matter of all learning . Yeah , Absolutely. So true. Before the podcast, we were talking a little bit about how The evolution of, of different books that we read and how that takes us down places.
And , and we landed , um, even just talking about Chinese medicine and I thought your, your insight into how the two are our Western and Eastern medicine working together was really insightful. So do you mind sharing that a little bit?
I don't know , Paul , I just , um, academically my background is given all of the molecular biology. So if I understand what the medicine and the biology, you know, physiology of the body, but through my , really through my sister. So my sister, the English major and creative writer and a teacher, and she's, I'm a Reiki master. And I remember when she went into this training, I had no idea when she was talking to them.
I never heard of him never been exposed to it and kinda lights you up with, Ooh, there's this whole realm of something that I know nothing about. So you head down that path and this whole thing , just the more and more I think about it. And I have a lot of colleagues and friends that are scientists and maybe just don't buy into it quite yet. Um, but I'm definitely have more of an open mind about it now than when I first learned about it.
The more and more I read about it, I just realized, you know, hundreds , thousands of years of this energy meridians and, and , uh, the studying and the mapping of Verdeans . And , uh, the fact that it's been in practice for all these years, I just really feel strongly at this point that not too long in the future Eastern and Western medicine are going to be integrated and both have equal merit. That's what I hope.
Yeah. I think so too. I think when Western medicine can't explain something Eastern medicine can, you know, there's no reason for that person to have a lung issue, but they've had so much grief in their life and sadness that there's the reason for the sadness and the lung issue. So it's, I use it regularly in my practice and it, and it just marries up so nicely. So to hear you say that I'm hoping it's like almost a premonition. So thank you so much for sharing that.
And I'm so excited about your inspiration of live joy, because I firmly also believe that intuition leads us to a joyful life. So if you're incorporating more joy in your life, just by listening a little bit more than I hope that you will inspire others to do the same. So thank you so much today for all that you've shared Crystal. I really appreciate it.
You're very welcome. Thank you as well .
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