- Hi, I'm Bob of "Bob and Brad." - And I'm Brad of "Bob and Brad." And together we are the two
most famous physical therapists on the internet in our opinion, of course.
- In our opinion. - Did we ever say that before? - Yeah, I think so. Today, I'm gonna tell you
what has happened to me. ♪ Bob and Brad ♪ ♪ The two most famous physical
therapists on the internet ♪ - So Brad, about four years ago, I was running on the treadmill and- - Something you've done for years. - Yeah. - In winter. And I was losing my balance and I thought it was because
I was getting old as I am. (Brad laughs) But over time, it got worse. So I saw a neurologist at the Mayo Clinic and they did an MRI and they showed involvement
of my cerebellum. And you wouldn't know what that is. It's a part of the brain that involves balance and coordination. - Right. From the back of the brain
right by the brainstem. And neurological problems are
very difficult to diagnose. It takes years sometimes
to get it all put together with symptoms that, you know,
it's not like a broken arm or something like that. - Right. They have trouble, I mean, to be honest. - Right. The experts at Mayo are challenged with it.
- Right. So he said what I have is slow moving. - Okay.
- He thought I had it probably for six, seven years already. - All right. - And he said, I don't have MS. - Multiple sclerosis. - ALS. - Lou Gehrig's Disease. - Yeah, right. - Or Parkinson's disease. - Which is a big load off. - Right. It was helpful, yes. - Your shoulders and everyone's here. - It's a form of ataxia. - Right. Yeah. And if you're a therapist,
that's something we're aware of. - We've treated before. - Right, yep. - So what causes? It could be caused by eating
gluten, believe it or not. - That gluten is just a bad thing.
- Yeah. Which would be the best scenario because if it's gluten,
things won't get worse. - Sure. - I am currently gluten-free, of course. But the tactic could also be genetic. - Sure. - You know, from my mom or dad. - Is that something that
they've dealt with or? - No. - Okay. Has the gluten-free been problems for you as far as not eating it? - No, it's been better for me. - Oh good, good.
- Yeah. - I should probably start it. - So the ataxia affects my balance. - Sure. - It has a slight effect on my upper extremity coordination. But most irritatingly,
it affects my language, you know, as people have noticed. - You've had bad language
all your adult life. But no, seriously.
- This is worse. - And this is something
our viewers have noticed over the year with comments
asking if you're intoxicated or- - Or had a stroke. - Had a stroke, things like that which- - Well, at the time I
had surgery in my mouth. - Right. - And I had six cysts removed
that were not cancerous, but it also affected my ability. So I'm a mess. I mean, I'm trying to. - And it took, you had to
give that a number of months to help determine if the removal. - If this was that. Right, right.
- Right. - I thought for sure 'cause
it was completely coordinated, I mean.
- Yeah, you got these bumps in your lip
- Right. and it interferes with your-
- And I started talking funny. - Right. - But my daughter is a
speech language pathologist, believe it or not. - Yep. - And she's gonna help me work on this. - Right. - So hopefully I'll get, you know, at least I
get more understandable. - Right. - Yeah, when you understand a problem, it helps you relax. You can work with it better. - Right. - And that's what we always work with our patients.
- Good point, Brad. - You know, understand,
work with it, improve. - Yeah. If the ataxia Brad is
genetic, it could get worse. I mean, my balance could get worse, my coordination, my
speech, believe it or not. And I wanna let you know it has not affected my
thinking or my strength. I mean I still am stupid. (Brad laughs) - And strong like bull. - And strong like bull - And you're still six
and a half foot tall. - Yeah, that doesn't help
with balance, let me tell you. - Yeah, yeah. - And small feet. - Right, yeah. Tall people are more
linked to less balance and more balance problems, naturally. - So I had a talk this past
weekend with my daughters. I got two of 'em. And they both recommend that
I continue to do videos, Brad. They think that, you know, we can start with a blurb
at the start of our video. - So, and we're looking at Bob has been diagnosed with ataxia. It affects his balance, his speech. It does not affect his thinking. And we should appreciate
your understanding or we would hope you appreciate our understanding and support. And you know, so far
the people we have told and myself, I think this
is the thing to do, Bob. As therapists, we have problems. You don't run away from it.
- Right. - You face it
- We gotta work through it. - Yep. And so we're gonna help you, Bob, and we hope everyone else understands and does as well.
- That's right. - Oh, I concur. - Yeah, concur.
- I forgot about that. - Your favorite line. - I've been concurring
ever since that Brad Pitt- - From 10 years ago. - That one movie. - Right. - I can't remember the name of it. - Okay folks, I'm trying to
keep things into perspective. I know that many of you. I don't have to look very far to find people that are
suffering way worse than me. - Right. - So if you are religious, I want you, you can send prayers, but I want to have you
send 'em for our followers who are suffering out there. - Right. We have just thousands
of people who comment and we've worked with thousands of people. - Right. - We understand difficulties and challenges with all kinds of physical. - Really terrible. Yeah.
- Yeah, right, so. - If you're not religious,
just send your positive vibes. Right
- Right, yep. (Bob zaps) There you go. I'm starting to feel it already, Bob and I'm supposed to go that way with you. So I'll get it to you later. - All right, thanks. Okay, I just want to
finish by saying, Brad, my greatest pleasure in life
has been serving all of you. And hopefully, I mean I'm
sure you think the same, Brad. Right?
- Yeah. - And so hopefully I'll be
able to do this for a while. I want you to take care
and I love you all. - Bob is the man. He started this program and we've got a hundred million. Is that? Or a hundred billion. We've got a lot of people
we wanna reach out to you. - I think we got 300 million. - Yeah.
- Yep. - And help out, so. - We'll stick with it. - Bob is here and he's our leader. He's steering the boat here for us. And we're just- - Right off the road. - No way, man. - Off the river. - We're going right up the gullet to having all kinds of
excitement for everyone. - All right, thanks.
- Take care. (vibrant music)
