Restoring Human Movement

SHOW NOTES Tight hamstrings are a chronic issue for many runners and lifters. What creates the sensation of a "tight hamstring" when you can actually touch your toes? Are the hamstrings really tight or do they just feel tight? Did you have a "pop" occur in the hamstring region? Did it bruise? Does your back hurt? In this podcast, I asked my serial co-host (Dr. Cody Dimak DC) to have a discussion about all of the common questions/ considerations patients may have when they're experiencing symptoms into the hamstring region. Dr. Dimak shares a story about a powerlifter with tightness in the hamstrings. We both cover some stories about runners with hamstring "tightness." Enjoy and I hope this assists all the clinicians in communicating with their patients about what their treatment plan is attempting to do mechanically. In this podcast we will cover the following topics: Hamstring "tightness" sensations vs hamstring tears Clues to see if you may have a hamstring tear Simple ways to recovery from hamstring tightness Warm ups for runners Strength for runners Low back considerations in hamstring tightness Contact Dr. Cody Dimak DrCodyDimak@gmail.com Sebastian's Youtube Channel Attention Docs and Fitness Professionals: Access your client educational products, banners and posters here. Dr. Sebastian Gonzales is an expert in trouble shooting sports injuries and overuse conditions. This podcast is intended for sports medicine topics to become easier for patients and athletes to understand. Don't get confused by what your doctor told you in your appointment. If you like in Orange County CA, book an exam with Dr. Gonzales, your Huntington Beach Chiropractor.

SHOW NOTES Dr. Cameron Marshall was recommended to be on the podcast by a listener. Thank you Mark for suggesting! We're going to cover all things concussion and the great part about having Dr. Marshall speak is that he breaks things down extremely well. He takes complicated concepts and puts them in very simple, but accurate terms, so if you're not a medical person you'll still get a ton of information from this... I know I did! He's a wealth of knowledge as you will hear in the podcast. Enjoy! Thanks again for being on Cameron! Dr. Cameron Marshall DC Bio: Dr. Cameron Marshall is a Doctor of Chiropractic and sports injury specialist who holds a Fellowship through the Royal College of Chiropractic Sports Sciences in Canada. Dr. Marshall's primary research and clinic practice focuses on evidence-based treatment and management of concussion and post-concussion syndrome. Dr. Marshall has been a keynote speaker at several leading concussion conferences and continuing education seminars as well as serves as a Board member for Brain Injury Canada, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for those living with a brain injury and their families/caregivers. Dr. Marshall has also done peer review work for the Journal of Emergency Medicine and Care. In this podcast I'll cover the following topics: Pickle Lake New Concepts In Concussion Management Fur Trapping Overused Rest Contact Dr. Cameron Marshall DC Website: http://completeconcussions.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/completeconcussions/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/completeconcussions/ YouTube: http://youtube.com/completeconcussionmanagement Twitter: https://twitter.com/ccmconcussions Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/complete-concussion-management/id1357687909?mt=2 Join CCMI Network: https://completeconcussions.com/services-courses/healthcare-practitioners/become-a-clinic/ Instagram: http://instagram.com/concussion_doc/ Email: cmarshall@completeconcussions.com

SHOW NOTES A few weeks back a ballroom dance coach, Ikaika Dowsett, reached out to me for an interview on his podcast. During the hour, we had a great conversation and I realized he has a lot of information to share with clinicians about the ballroom dance world. One realization I had in the conversation was that cueing motion and goal setting is a challenge in rehab, dance and many other movement disciplines. We are all assisting people to different ways of moving, building healthy habits and more. Listen and soak it up. In this podcast I'll cover the following topics: Competition Dancing Partner Dancing Injuries in Dance Postures in Dance Weight Loss and Dancing Cueing Dance Contact Ikaika Dowsett: @ikaikadowsett ikaikadowsett@gmail.com Sebastian's Youtube Channel Attention Docs and Fitness Professionals: Access your client educational products, banners and posters here. Dr. Sebastian Gonzales is an expert in trouble shooting sports injuries and overuse conditions. This podcast is intended for sports medicine topics to become easier for patients and athletes to understand. Don't get confused by what your doctor told you in your appointment. If you like in Orange County CA, book an exam with Dr. Gonzales, your Huntington Beach Chiropractor.

SHOW NOTES On by popular demand, Dr. Perry Nickleston DC from Stop Chasing Pain! If you've never heard Dr. Perry's content, you're in for a special treat. He's a great conversationalist and amazing at typing together human body systems. You'll be entertained, and enlightened in this session… I know I was! In the first section, we cover a bit of Dr. Perry's story: How he came to think of the body how he does What needed to occur in his life for personal and clinical growth How he knew he was on the right path If you're a member of the lay public audience, you're going to get a ton from this as well. The conversation lingo is very simple, easy to follow, yet meaty. Clinically we cover: Systems correlation to a MSK problem Vascular Considerations Lymphatic Considerations Neurological Considerations Other MSK Considerations Techniques Dr. Perry Nickleston's Contacts: Stop Chasing Pain Website Instagram @stopchasingpain Perry Nickelston, DC, NKT, FMS, SFMA Bio: Dr. Perry is an expert in movement assessment and diagnosis. Certified and trained as a Functional Movement Specialist (FMS) and Selective Functional Movement Assessment Specialist (SFMA). He uses programs designed to find your source of painful dysfunction and correct it the site of pain improves. A regular columnist for Dynamic Chiropractic, Practice Insights, Chiropractic Economics, To Your Health Magazine, Advance Physical Therapy, PT on the Net, LiveStrong, StrengthCoach, and other industry publications for health and fitness. After suffering a severe back injury and recovering with laser therapy, he decided to dedicate himself to offering this amazing treatment modality to others. Creator of the Core 4 RRTT Recovery and Regeneration Program for maximum pain relief. A self treatment program whose sole purpose is to empower you to take back control of your life from chronic pain. He is a 1997 graduate from Palmer Chiropractic University and a master fitness trainer with over 25 years experience in the health industry. Suffering from obesity as a teenager and overcoming all of the emotional strife that accompanies being overweight, Dr. Perry dedicated himself to teaching others how to get in shape and lead a healthy lifestyle. He is currently publishing several books on health, fitness, laser therapy, business success, and self treatment programs from his website. Sebastian's Youtube Channel Attention Docs and Fitness Professionals: Access your client educational products, banners and posters here. Dr. Sebastian Gonzales is an expert in trouble shooting sports injuries and overuse conditions. This podcast is intended for sports medicine topics to become easier for patients and athletes to understand. Don't get confused by what your doctor told you in your appointment. If you like in Orange County CA, book an exam with Dr. Gonzales, your Huntington Beach Chiropractor.

SHOW NOTES Recently at my old chiropractic college, I presented on how I've use Youtube to grow my business. If you don't know already, I started my practice from scratch, had no employees for 4 years and used Youtube as a way to duplicate topics of discussion, exercise instruction and more. I needed to automate part of myself and these entry level conversations/ topics were a great place to start. In this podcast I'll cover the following topics: How to discover your audience How to create for your audience What mental barriers you'll need to overcome as you create How to pick your topics Links to more valuable practice building content A warning, I cussed a bit my lectures. I do that when I get hot on a topic! If I sounds like I was angry, I promise I wasn't. I tend to be more decisive with my speaking when I'm on a topic path :) Sebastian's Youtube Channel Attention Docs and Fitness Professionals: Access your client educational products, banners and posters here. Dr. Sebastian Gonzales is an expert in trouble shooting sports injuries and overuse conditions. This podcast is intended for sports medicine topics to become easier for patients and athletes to understand. Don't get confused by what your doctor told you in your appointment. If you like in Orange County CA, book an exam with Dr. Gonzales, your Huntington Beach Chiropractor.

SHOW NOTES Dr. Kevin Christie DC, from the Modern Chiropractic Marketing Show has been on my podcast before speaking about a very different topic than we'll be covering today. Today we're all about educating the young and "newer" chiropractors about how to ethically market their services to the public. Physical therapists you many get some times from this episode too! In my first 5 years of practice, I saw the words "sales & marketing" as dirty words that carried the perception that I was slimy. During those 5 years, I did alright in business, but not amazing. After seeing friend and family seek care from doctors who charged more than me and weren't as trusted as "family" I decide that the way I conveyed my message to the public about how I could help them needed to change. I came to terms that people will only find my assistance if I figured out how to communicate my value and expertise better. Now my practice is much busier, I see highly motivated people within my client base and get paid exactly what I want to be paid for my time. Kevin has been able to build an amazing platform for doctors just like me, ones who want to learn to succeed in business sooner after they graduate. He has tons of great information to share for those who you who want more patients, want to build a solo practice, or who want to better communicate with their audience. Flow Chart Image Kevin Christie's Modern Chiropractic Marketing Show Chiropractic Success Academy Facebook Group Attention Docs and Fitness Professionals: Access your client educational products, banners and posters here. Dr. Sebastian Gonzales is an expert in trouble shooting sports injuries and overuse conditions. This podcast is intended for sports medicine topics to become easier for patients and athletes to understand. Don't get confused by what your doctor told you in your appointment. If you like in Orange County CA, book an exam with Dr. Gonzales, your Huntington Beach Chiropractor.

SHOW NOTES Working in the same facility as Allie Christensen over the last few months, it's been amazing to see the WAY she works with her young dancers. As a past professional dancer who was forced to stop due to repeated hip injuries, she refocused her efforts to assist young dancers to get to a professional level, without all of the pain that she went through. Some topics she addresses daily with this athletic population are unique. If you've listened to #104 with Dr. Sloan Beard, you'll find similarities with the dance and gymnastic worlds. Since I have less "bendy" athletes, with more clothing on as well, I'm learning the unique challenges that these demands place on young women. Some of these topics we cover are: Body image Poor body supports Excessive activity Flexibility with control Strength I've gotten the chance to observe the simple verbal cues Allie uses. They are very relatable for her young athletes. I've found it personally challenging to work with middle school kids, so needless to say I learn the art of being patient from Allie's ways of teaching. Contact Allie: Website Instagram: @alignfitnessbyallie

SHOW NOTES Over the past month, I had a few amazing cases come into my office. These cases were classic, in that I've seen a lot of them, but they're often times odd for the patient to understand. The correction was not even remotely close to the area of pain. These three cases made me wish I had more content to assist the public in their understanding of other possible reasons why their son or daughter's foot, knee or groin pain is not going away with standard physical therapy, why their MRIs are negative despite continued disability and why their sports doctor has no idea what to do with them. (Sorry guys… nothing against any profession, but that's just the story they tell me.) These athletes stories all had something in common… off-loading of their symptomatic limb during a squat test. In other words, they had crooked squats. In all of these cases, the first correction I made was to "even out" their squat. Low and behold, they felt better within a matter of minutes and this reduction remained for days to follow! I picked the "low hanging fruit" found within their examination. The key was not getting caught up in solely investigating in the region of pain or where the patient was pointing to. Each person was very different in their presentation, which is interesting in itself, because their regions of pain (the diagnoses) would be very different by definition. Groin Pain Knee Pain Foot/ Arch Pain After we made the needed correction, they all had questions about WHY this worked. Why did improving their squats yield 50-75% reduction of symptoms within one session? Great question! As I explained the theory of WHY the correction working in their case, I started to wish I had something I could share with them, hence this podcast. So here we are! General Rules Of My Examinations In These Cases Listen Don't beat the same therapy to death Rule out spinal considerations Rule out local instability Look at the other side Pick the low hanging fruit Pick a movement based trigger (not a stretch) Recommend exercise dose Retest Young Adult Female Soccer Player With Knee Pain "Patellar tendonitis?" MRI negative Multiple professionals examined Months out of soccer Squat patterning - she off-loaded the symptomatic knee Youth Male Soccer Player With Groin Pain "Sports hernia?" Years of past groin pain Reoccurring Negative advanced imaging Pick a movement test Normalize the squat Explain to patient what is exacted of them asap Squat patterning - he off-loaded the symptomatic thigh 50+ Year Old Golfer With Arch Pain "Posterior Tibial Tendon Dysfunction?" Podiatrist and orthopedic evaluation MRI found PTTD possibility Noticeable medial lower arch of the foot Can't walk or golf without pain Current recommendation was bracing for 6 weeks Squat patterning - he off-loaded the symptomatic foot Sebastian's Youtube Channel Attention Docs and Fitness Professionals: Access your client educational products, banners and posters here. Dr. Sebastian Gonzales is an expert in trouble shooting sports injuries and overuse conditions. This podcast is intended for sports medicine topics to become easier for patients and athletes to understand. Don't get confused by what your doctor told you in your appointment. If you like in Orange County CA, book an exam with Dr. Gonzales, your Huntington Beach Chiropractor.

SHOW NOTES Garrett Wood, licensed massage therapist, reached out recently on Instagram about being on the show or at least having an LMT on an interview. I've never interview a massage therapist so I thought… why not! After looking at Garrett's Instagram posts, I couldn't help but think "there's more to this guy than just massage." Pain is a very complex, multifactorial topic. Garrett takes us through his journey from personal trainer, to massage therapy, to hypnotherapy and what he learned along the way... To be honest, I don't know a ton about the biopsychosocial aspect of pain, so I just went where Garrett lead. I'm learning just like you! Garrett, thank you for taking me through your experiences, for the coffee and the laughs! Contact for Garrett Wood: Instagram: @gnosistherapy Garrett Wood Bio: Owns and operates a pain and performance Clinic in Downtown Long Beach. Where compassionate coaching, unlocks movements and motivations in movements. Garrett is humbled to work with entrepreneurs, weekend warriors, and Athletes of every sport. Sebastian's Youtube Channel Attention Docs and Fitness Professionals: Access your client educational products, banners and posters here. Dr. Sebastian Gonzales is an expert in trouble shooting sports injuries and overuse conditions. This podcast is intended for sports medicine topics to become easier for patients and athletes to understand. Don't get confused by what your doctor told you in your appointment. If you like in Orange County CA, book an exam with Dr. Gonzales, your Huntington Beach Chiropractor.

I had a listener email a great question. He asked if I ever planned on addressing some of the concerns of active seniors. The 65+ group how wants to stay active as they were when they were younger. I'm sure many of you know people like this… those older guys and girls who were complete badasses at their sport when they were younger and now they just want to keep active and participating in sports, regardless of age. The young at heart! Since this is a huge area of conversation, I asked him to clarify some direct questions he and his "old fart" friends (he called them this) would like to know about. He supplied me with a ton of talking points (listed below). Thank you Jack for supplying literally all of the topic points for this episode! I hope this is helpful for you and your boys. Keep being active! Suggested Links: Course Mentioned Runner's Tips Article Back Pain Article SHOW NOTES HERE Feet- chronic pain on one side and on both sides. Balance Flexibility Functional strength - Declining strength contributes to a lot of joint pain? What to do at the gym/fitness center. Machines are convenient but lack a lot. Along with that no training partners creates a challenge. Neck pain and mobility- this is a big problem when turning and looking for traffic when cycling. Knees and hip/glutes. Possibly look at linkage among foot-knee- hip and neck and shoulders. Heart consideration for seniors Diet/supplementation. Many older guys eat poorly and too much. Exercise modification since many of the above mentioned topics limit execution and which exercises older guys/gals can do correctly. Sebastian's Youtube Channel Attention Docs and Fitness Professionals: Access your client educational products, banners and posters here. Dr. Sebastian Gonzales is an expert in trouble shooting sports injuries and overuse conditions. This podcast is intended for sports medicine topics to become easier for patients and athletes to understand. Don't get confused by what your doctor told you in your appointment. If you like in Orange County CA, book an exam with Dr. Gonzales, your Huntington Beach Chiropractor.