Healthy Wealthy & Smart

This week, Dr. Tim Gabbett joins me on the Healthy Wealthy and Smart podcast to talk about how he prepares athletes to perform at high levels of competition and mitigate injury risk during critical periods of play. Tim is an applied sports scientist who consults with elite international athletes and has authored numerous research papers that benefit the sports performance community. In this episode, we discuss: -Sport specific external and internal training loads -How chronic training load history impacts training guidelines and injury prevention -The mathematical relationship between fitness and fatigue and its effect on physical performance -Why building trust with athletes supports the mental component of competition -And so much more!   Tim stresses that it is more common for players to be undertrained than over trained when it comes to injury risk. He suggests, “High chronic load is protective against injury and gives you the physical qualities that allow you to compete.”   Tim also develops strong relationships with his athletes to help facilitate the training regimen. He emphasizes, “They need to know that I have their best interest at heart. I'm looking to keep them injury free and make sure they can compete as hard as possible. They know at the end of it I'm not asking them to do anything that will put them at risk, but it will prepare them better and keep them injury free.”   Our role as coaches and physical therapists is to guide our athletes during times of difficulty within training sessions for ultimate success in competition. “Winning games comes back to how often they have learned to win the session. The more often we can put players into sessions where they either dig in or give in, they learn to find a way to fight themselves out of the dark hole and the more likely it will be a familiar place in competition.”   For more information on Dr. Gabbett: Dr Tim Gabbett has 20 years experience working as an applied sport scientist with athletes and coaches from a wide range of sports. He holds a PhD in Human Physiology (2000) and has completed a second PhD in the Applied Science of Professional Football (2011), with special reference to physical demands, injury prevention, and skill acquisition. Tim has worked with elite international athletes over several Commonwealth Games (2002 and 2006) and Olympic Games (2000, 2004, and 2008) cycles. He continues to work as a sport science and coaching consultant for several high performance teams around the world. Tim has published over 200 peer-reviewed articles and has presented at over 200 national and international conferences. He is committed to performing world-leading research that can be applied in the ‘real world’ to benefit high performance coaches and athletes.   You can get in contact with Tim at his website Gabbett Performance and follow his updates on twitter!   Thank you for listening to the show and being a part of the Healthy Wealthy and Smart community!   If you would like to hear more from me, make sure to follow me on twitter and be sure to leave a rating and/or a review on iTunes to support the show!   Xo Karen   P.S. Do you want to be a stand out podcast guest? Make sure to grab the tools from the FREE eBook on the home page!  

On this week's episode of the Healthy Wealthy and Smart podcast, I welcomed Jason Glass to edutain, or educate through entertainment, on his rotational power training philosophy. Jason is one of the world’s top Golf Strength and Conditioning Specialists and owns and operates Tour Performance Lab and Kinetica Golf Performance in Vancouver, British Columbia. He specializes in training rotary athletes, biomechanics, physical assessments and functional strength training. In this episode, we discuss: -Does rotational power only equate to explosive movement? -Why Jason finds that his job is 80% psychological for better client-coach relationships -Is functional training dependent on individual performance demands? -Why Jason dropped his book and picked up a microphone -And much more! Coach Glass shared so many great pieces of advice especially on how developing relationships with his athletes was the difference maker in his career. Jason begins his assessment by asking the questions, “What would you like me to do for you? Why is that important to you? What are your strategies for this? Do you have the capacity or capabilities to do what you want to do? Do you have the skill set? You have the ambition; let's start with what you have.”   Jason also stresses the importance of aligning your training goals with your clients by, “Find[ing] their vulnerability, their fear. Can we take care of what we need to do and address their fears at the same time?”   Jason is a proponent for managing the psychological aspect of his training and not just focusing on his kinesiology expertise, "This is a human being that I'm training. If I can't communicate with the human being element and tell them this is why this is important… If they don't buy in, there will be no change."   Jason left us with these parting words that really resonated with me, “Dream big, over deliver, be undeniable." He reminds us to always stay true to yourself, do what makes you excited, do it well and you will be able to reach your goals! Here’s more information on Coach Jason Glass: Jason Glass is one of the world’s top Golf Strength & Conditioning Specialist. Jason owns and operates Tour Performance Lab and Kinetica Golf Performance in Vancouver BC; specializing in training rotary athletes, biomechanics, physical assessments and functional strength training. Jason is a consultant for many top professional athletes from the PGA Tour, European Tour, Nationwide Tour, LPGA to professional snowboarding. He is also the head strength and conditioning coach for the Canadian National Team. Jason is also the head of the Titleist Performance Institutes Fitness Advisory Board. Jason has been featured on the Golf Channel, Golf Canada Magazine and CBC Sports. Jason has his own TPI TV show “The Jason Glass Performance Lab”. Jason has published 3 DVD’s specializing in creating explosive rotational power in athletes. Jason graduated from University of British Columbia with a bachelor of Human Kinetics and is a Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist with the NSCA. Jason is a professional speaker and lead presenter for the Titleist Performance Institute. Jason has presented internationally on golf conditioning, functional training, corrective exercise progressions, and creating rotary power for all athletes. His enthusiasm, sense of humour and passion for training makes Jason a crowd favourite on the speaker’s circuit. Digest and enjoy all of the content Coach Glass provides on his website here and check out his podcast! You can find more from Jason on facebook and twitter! Make sure to connect with me on twitter to stay updated on all of the latest! If you would like to support the show, be sure to leave a rating and/or a review on iTunes! Have a great week and stay Healthy Wealthy and Smart! Xo Karen P.S. Do you want to be a stand out podcast guest? Make sure to grab the tools from the FREE eBook on the home page!  

On today's episode, we pick the brain of IT band expert, Mark Alexander. Mark is the founder of BakPhysio, a Sports Physiotherapist with a background treating the Australian Olympic and Commonwealth Games Triathlon Teams, and a former lecturer/manager on the La Trobe University post-graduate Master of Sports Physiotherapy program. In this episode, we tackle: -Common misconceptions surrounding the IT band -Possible causal theories of IT Band Friction Syndrome and does the cause effect treatment -Intrinsic anatomical considerations and extrinsic effects on lateral knee pain -Mark's treatment approaches to lateral knee pain and "treat what you find" philosophy -And much more!   We cover so much in this podcast and Mark helps dispels quite a few myths. The IT band is continuous with the entire circumferential fascia and it is not something you can target and lengthen. As Mark says, "you can have an impact on the myofascial attachments, but you're not releasing the IT band. If a scalpel can't do it, you can't do it."   We also learn some new effective ways to evaluate and treat patients with lateral knee pain.  Mark recommends finding the extrinsic cause through the patient history. Mark’s key question and realization: “Ask them what their activity level has been over the preceding 3-6 months. What? How long? Intensity? Think about a graph with force or load on the y axis and x axis is just time and plot over time what the load has been like. In 80-90% of patients there is a spike! 3 weeks earlier they started to really ramp it up…Their IT band cannot handle that spike and load.”   Remember, every patient in front of you is unique! Understand the load and volume being put on their IT band and as ardently put by Mark, "treat what you find, challenge your assumptions, and compare to the other side." And for some guiding treatment principles, Mark suggests to, “Start with pyramidal foundation of stability and work up to strength.”   Thank you for listening to the podcast! You can find more from Mark on twitter and can reach him by email at mark.alexander@bakballs.com. If you want to learn more about bakballs, check out his company BakPhysio for more information!   Make sure to connect with me on twitter to stay updated on all of the latest! If you would like to support the show, be sure to leave a rating and/or a review on iTunes!   Have a great week and stay Healthy Wealthy and Smart!   Xo Karen   P.S. Do you want to be a stand out podcast guest? Make sure to grab all the tools for free on the home page!  

On this week's episode of the Healthy Wealthy and Smart podcast, Michol Dalcourt joins me to discuss how to integrate health and wellness principles to achieve individual performance outcomes. Michol is an industry leading expert in human movement, the inventor of the fitness tool "ViPR" and founder of the Institute of Motion. In this episode, we discuss: -The Institute of Motion's principles and intervention strategies -Why sympathetic workouts must be offset with parasympathetic workouts for longevity -How to effectively communicate dosage, timing, and exposure for exercise programs for clients -Has the health and wellness industry exhausted the word "functional"? -The 4 Q training model -And so much more! Michol addresses the multifaceted aspects of longevity including the physical, mental, and social considerations from the cellular level to the systems level. If you are interested in the health and performance strategies discussed, visit the Institute of Motion. If you want to discover the beauty and intricacies of the human body and apply your knowledge of anatomy to learn how to prepare tissues for performance, you can immerse yourself in the Anatomy Live Expanded course. You can sign up here for the course on June 10-12, 2016 in Boulder, Colorado! Thank you for listening to the podcast! If you would like to support the show, be sure to leave a rating and/or a review on iTunes! Connect with me on twitter to stay updated on all of the latest! Have a great week and stay Healthy Wealthy and Smart!   Xo Karen  

On today's episode, I am joined by a very ambitious duo, Dr. Dave Kittle who is the CEO of Vinitial and Dr. Annie Abbate who is a physical therapist practicing in Brooklyn, New York. We talk about the evolution of the Vinitial app, which allows healthcare providers to text their patients without exchanging personal phone numbers, and how becoming an entrepreneur impacts your life. In this episode, we discuss: -What led up to Dave and Annie's decision to start a tech company -Dave's lessons from failure and key ingredients for a viable business -Advice for entrepreneurs on managing work life balance -The Vinitial app and how you can use it to improve your healthcare practice -And so much more! Dave and Annie remind us that if you have an idea and entrepreneurial spirit, you need to take action! Failure can be expected and it is necessary for growth and success. Embrace the journey and persevere! If you would like to utilize Vinitial in your practice, you can find more information here! You can connect with Dave and Annie on twitter! Thank you for listening to the podcast! If you would like to support the show, be sure to leave a rating and/or a review on iTunes! Make sure to follow me on twitter to stay updated on all of the latest! Have a great week and stay Healthy Wealthy and Smart!   Xo Karen  

On this week's episode of the Healthy Wealthy and Smart podcast, I had the pleasure of speaking with Stephanie Nickolich who is known as the Millionista Mentor. Stephanie left an unfulfilling corporate job to start her own online coaching business which gave her the ability to control her time and achieve financial freedom. We discuss her most important marketing strategies that you can implement to gain rapport with prospective clients and ultimately generate sales. In this episode, we talk about: -How Stephanie overcame adversity in her career and finances to go on to start a thriving business -What sales funnels can do to improve your business -Do's and don’ts of launching a sales funnel -The steps needed to build an efficient team to increase your productivity -And so much more! Stephanie shares nuggets of wisdom from her journey and shows how accountability and self-knowledge fueled her passion and propelled her to reach her goals. You can find more from Stephanie on her website here! If you're interested in becoming a legendary entrepreneur make sure to check out her program which gives you the fundamental building blocks for starting an online business! Thank you for listening to the podcast! If you would like to support the show, be sure to leave a rating and/or a review on iTunes! Connect with me on twitter to stay updated on all of the latest! Stay Healthy Wealthy and Smart! Xo Karen  

In today’s episode, I had a very candid conversation with Erin Jackson, who was a member on the patient panel at CSM. She bravely and openly discusses her personal challenges with persistent pain as well as her experiences navigating the healthcare system and being her own best advocate. In this episode, we touch on: -What led up to Erin's years of persistent pain -The challenges of living with persistent pain and how to deal with other people’s perceptions of your journey - Her advice for people who have persistent pain and her experiences with the path to recovery - What clinicians can do to better treat patients with persistent pain - How to deal with the ups and downs of recovery from the patient standpoint - Much more! I greatly appreciate Erin taking the time to come on the podcast and share her journey so that we can have a better understanding of those who are experiencing persistent pain. Hearing direct perspectives from patients allows clinicians to understand what they value, what their goals are, and how we can better treat and support them on their journey. My hope is that this podcast can help people who have persistent pain know that there is hope for recovery. Although the journey is not likely to be quick or easy, the transition to being whole and functional again is rewarding. You can find Erin on twitter and linkedin and if you want to learn more about her practice you can check out her website here! Thank you for being a part of the Healthy Wealthy and Smart family. Make sure to leave a rating and/or a review on iTunes. Connect with me on twitter to stay updated on all of the latest!   Stay Healthy Wealthy and Smart!   Xo Karen    

In this week’s episode of the Healthy Wealthy and Smart podcast, I speak with Ali Schoos, a private practice outpatient orthopedic and sports medicine physical therapist out of Bellevue, Washington. Ali joins me to discuss why her goal is to change the current PT mindset from episode based care to full lifespan primary care and why this change could be fundamental to your practice. In this episode, we talk about: -What is a primary care physical therapist -Why we should treat every patient like a direct access patient -How to incorporate patient education in your treatment plan -How physical therapists can impact the growing Alzheimer's population -The benefits of exercise on body and brain longevity -And so much more! Currently, about 5.4 million Americans are living with Alzheimer's and will ultimately die from the disease because there is no cure. By 2050, it is projected that 13.8 million people age 65 and older will be diagnosed with Alzheimer's and the associated costs are expected to grow to over 1 trillion dollars. Physical therapists are uniquely qualified to help provide the care needed for this patient population through preventative education and exercise-based treatments. Ultimately, we can help reduce future healthcare costs, improve quality of life for our patients, and slow the progression of the disease.   For more information, be sure to check out the Alzheimer's Association for great informative resources. You can find more from Ali on twitter and check out her website here! If you would like to learn more about the Graham Sessions, check out this podcast with Steve Anderson! Thank you for listening and subscribing to the show! If you like what you're hearing, I would greatly appreciate you leaving a rating and/or a review on iTunes.   Stay Healthy Wealthy and Smart!   Xo Karen  

Live from CSM, I was fortunate to sit down with Dr. John Childs to discuss the new frontier of DPT education. He is a founder and CEO of Evidence in Motion and a partner in Confluent Health which includes EIM, 75 physical therapy clinics across the States, and Fit for Work which helps employers reduce workers' compensation costs through consultative services. In this episode, we talk about: -How Evidence in Motion bridges the gap between research and clinical practice -Technology's role in facilitating a new blended educational model for entry level DPT programs -Revolutionizing the curriculum for the clinical educational experience -Common criticisms of the blended educational model -And much more! The future of DPT education is evolving toward collaborative learning which helps students grow and come together as a profession. This new model also is able to lower the cost of education and give nontraditional students more opportunities to pursue a career in physical therapy. John welcomes your suggestions by phone ((210) 364-7410) and email (john@eimpt.com). You can find more information about Evidence in Motion here! Thank you for listening and have a great week!   If you want to stay updated, make sure to connect with me on twitter!   Stay Healthy Wealthy and Smart!   Xo Karen  

On this week's episode of the Healthy Wealthy and Smart podcast, Dr. Sarah Haag and Dr. Sandy Hilton join me outside the Disneyland Hotel post CSM to take the taboo out of discussing sex. They are both physical therapists who work with anyone needing to get back to doing what they love and who they love and are making the discussion around sex a little more comfortable and approachable. In this show, we discuss: -What every PT should be asking their patients -Why you shouldn't make assumptions about your patients' sex lives -How to differentiate UTI from DOMS of the pelvic floor -How you can approach your partner who has pain with sex -Guiding principles for pelvic health rehabilitation -How to navigate sex in the nursing home system -And a lot more! Sex is part of normal human function and no other species makes it this complicated. If you are experiencing pain with sex and you want to live a happier and more fulfilled life, there is something you can do about it by seeking help from a pelvic health physical therapist. You can find more on twitter from Sandy (@SandyHiltonPT), Sarah (@SarahHaagPT), and myself (@karenlitzyNYC)!   Thank you for following along and listening to the podcast!   Xo Karen