PT Lab Podcast

Mike McIsaac Kinesiologist, Nutiritionist & Owner of McIsaac Health,joins Cillian to talk shop.  Shop includes: Training principles, patient care approaches, advanced nutrition testing & nutrition advice for traumatic brain injuries & concussions. At the hour mark the conversation changes to a discussion of who their ideal clientele is, a common mentor, challenges with the healthcare system and the ever softening people and mindset our society currently possesses. Tune in for well timed banter thorughout and light conversation to end the episode.  To learn more about Mike and his buisness check out his website https://mcisaachealth.com/

There are no words for how much craic & banter Ross Deegan (Deego) brings and exudes in life. If you want a laugh enjoying some irish banter to this episode. If you want to hear about the insights of growing up playing and thirving in the Irish School rugby & tennis system listen this chat with Deego.  MAJOR SPOILER- Galvatron (Cillian) & Deego discuss the infamous 2019 UCD RUGBY TOUR TO CANDA they both were apart of & stories that aren't mean't to be shared may slip out.... Names remain anonymous for the most part lads, don't worry to much. Ross is an uber talented athlete, a true club man & "WE" type person who's allergic to the "I" mentality

Which house does your senior provincial rugby program/team belong to? In this hilarious and fun filled episode Kevin Parfrey (KP) aka Hot Rod & Cillian (Dano) aka Galvatron. This episode was recorded January 30th, 2024. Are the Newfoundland House Stark or the Wildings? Are New Brunswick really house tully or due to recent events between January & June are they really they House Frey?  Tune in for a good laugh, if you enjoy rugby and our Canadian or simply love game of thrones this episode is very innocent and comical.  Company Webiste https://www.theptlab.ca/

Joey started and opened up Ascend Health, in October 2023. His reason for opening his own spot was really to help all the people of NL gain better access to holistic healthcare in one place. Ascend has 3 physiotherapists, 3 occupational therapists, 3 massage therapists, 1 GP,  & 1 dietitian & 1500sq/foot gym with all the toys you'd want and need in a fully stacked commercial gym. There is no place on the Avalon with this diverse staff and a more holistic approach to private health care then on 516 Topsail Road. @ascendhealthnl   Tune in for a conversation about his staff, courses he'd recommend new grads &  physiotherapists take. Cillian and Joey get nerdy about frozen shoulder, t-spine and debunk some of the black and white cardinal rules that are simply wrong in the exercise and strength & conditioning world. Company website: https://www.ascendhealthnl.com/ Instagram: ascendhealthnl  

Noah Anderson is a baseball pitching biomechanics NERD. His knowledge of baseball pitching/ athlete throwing mehcnaics and his obessesion to learn more always is truly impressive. As a player Noah had a 4 year collegiate career as a pitcher at Brock Univeristy and then played  Canadian Sernior Baseball as a pitcher in Ontario & out west. He then worked in minor league pro sports for 7-8 years up until 2019 In 2019 Noah partnered with his childhood buddy Ryan Sweeney and now finds himself living his life long dream coaching & growing baseball in Newfoundland. Noah and Cillian discuss working together, Noah's perspective on devleoping a baseball player and athletes, the yips, the mechanics of a baseball throw, the loneliest place in the sporting world the mound and everything baseball.  There is no better professional to help any overhead ahtlete improve through mechanics, increase velocity, and perform better and injury free then Noah Anderson.  You can contact him via email at noah@premiersportsacademy.ca

Chelsey Collins graduated from UCD as a physiotherapist in 2017. She has always wanted to and seeked out mentorship and experiences working alongside top sports physiotherapists in Canada. Chesley currently works with ORCA Performance specializing in Force Deck analysis and ACL rehabilitation in youth & university athletes as a physiotherapist. 

Justin Whittle has been using FORCE DECKS to enhance his clinical practice in his clinic Zwitchback physiotherapy & health. It has been a game changer for him increasing patient buy in & taking the guess work out of his assessments & tracking of objective measures. If you want to learn about cutting edge sports medicine bio medical engineering that is changing how we assess, treat and train athletes as private health care sports medicine professionals in injury rehab, prevention and strength & conditioning tune in.   VALD Website: https://valdperformance.com/products/forcedecks Zwitchback Website: Zwitchback Social Media:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zwitchbackphysio/ LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/company/zwitchback-physiotherapy-health  

Newfoundland's Owen Sheppard is a man from a humble background who has worked his tail off. Draft #1  in the CPL Soccer  league last year. Check out him, Phil and Cillian discussion on Strength & Conditioning in particular french contrast training, hip CARS and the sport of soccer. Phil & Owen discuss their relationship as personal trainer & athlete the past 15 months as well    

From a health and wellness business owner for 18 years, to university guest lecturer, to earning his PhD in human physiology, to hosting 150 radio shows ( The Wahl Show), becoming a professor teaching in the medical school in Memorial University in Newfoundland & Labrador, Mike Wahl has done it all and has done it at a high level. Mike now spends a lot of his time traveling the world shooting & creating a health & wellness TV called Health Explored.  Mike joins Cillian to speak about Newfoundland & Labrador + worldwide healthcare challenges and shed a positive light on the great incidents/experiences and trends in healthcare. It is not all doom & gloom. The healthcare professionals we have in NFLD are highly trained, community driven & there is much to celebrate about the opportunities we have in our beautiful province. Listen to why Mike thinks we live in the greatest place in the world.  Check out what Dr, Mike Wahl is doing below: The Wahl Show website:  https://wahlshow.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/healthexplored/ The Wahl Show Podcast Link for Spotify & Apple Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/6flNxCdrsTMnIvYYVDSdZB?si=505c29eb968e43c4 https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-wahl-show/id1504796756    

Kate Bazeley decided to run her first race in Grade 12 because her friend said she could miss a day of school. Countless Tely 10 wins later she flys to Serbia in 1 month to compete in the (WACCC) for Team Canada. Kevin, Kate & Cillian speak about strength training, injury rehab specifically the achilles, RESN and Kate describes her take on dealing with injuries and her love of competing in races in the sport of road running.

"Society as a whole is too weak." Brad Dixon started Everfit Physio & Coaching to treat his clients with a holisitic approach. If you are a runner and want to improve your time, add strength, add longevity while reducing your risk of injury listen to the world class information Brad provides.

Michael Krzyszton started Paragon Physiotherapy in Jan 2022. He sustained a complete C2 spinal cord injury while in his undergrad in August of 2010. His story is incredible and he turned a bad situation into a truly inspriing one. From a once paralyzed patient to a leader in the St.John's physiotherapy and sports physiotherapy world Mike shares some fantastic advice in his conversation with PT Labs Cillian (Galvatron).

Katheryn shares over 10 years expereince as a sports RMT with a focus in treating, coaching and enhancing runners injuries and performances. Katheryn currently works at Zwtichback in Corner Brook, an outdoor activities enthusiasts health care clinic lead by physiotherapist Justin Whittle.

 The Running Clinic (La clinique du Coureur) is an organization that is the leading provider of scientific evidence behind running injuries, improving running performance, footwear, nutrition in Canada & arguably the world. Whether you are a practicing physiotherapist, strength & conditioning professional, chiropractor, massage therapist, osteopath, sports medicine doctor, a run coach or a runner yourself the courses they provide and offer are changing what we know about the sport of running. The Number of world class running sports physios, update to research & coaches the running clinic team has is remarkable. Olivier is unbelievable in his wealth of running knowledge and touches on all the above with some amazing clinical and practical insights to keeping you injury free and performing better on race day. The last 10minutes Olivier gives 3 take home tips for strength training & advice to be as fast as you can be to help crush your PB's and race day goals. The Running Clinic Links: http://lacliniqueducoureur.com/ Twitter - @clinicrunning Instagram - therunningclinic

In 2018 Wayne dabbled with his 1st 43km Ultra. Fast forward in 2024 Wayne has qualified for the Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc (UTMB), which happens to be most prestigious & competitive trail running race in the world. 2 time winner of the local Newfoundland ECT 50 race, Wayne talks about cross training for ultras, trail running stories, shout outs of local trail runners and most improtantly WHY he fell in love with the ultra running. It was really the Accepting, Welcoming and Inclusive community that is long engrained in ultra running that hooked him into testing and pushing his limits. 

Ryan Sweeney joins Galvatron to speak about why longevity and excellence in the pursuit of sport is so rewarding both as coach & most importantly in athlete development. Ryan focuses on his sport of choice baseball and the boys use the GOAT debate in basketball as an analogy as it pertains to development as ex  amateur athletes & current athletes seeking and pursuing excellence. 

In 2017 Dan Meades signed up for a couch to 5km, then a month later contracted Guillain Barre Syndrome. These days and many 50km -110km race finishes, Dan shares ultra race stories and dives deep into how changing his relationship with food was the key to him taking ownership of his own health.  

Alex Lye & Jeremy Schwartz join Galvatron to talk shop about squash in NL. Both guests are great ambassadors of the sport as players, coaches & have immense respect for the sport's history in our province. Sports specific training, laughs, injury prevention, an amazing club culture and shoutouts are given throughout the conversation. The 2024 Provincial Championships fast approach in March, a new junior program in St.John's is starting & the sport continues to grow in membership in both the male & female game locally.

Kup, Hot Rod & Galvatron talk about the 2023 U19 Atlantic Rock Rugby National Championship Team, MUN Rugby University National Championships and the pleasure of working with self disciplined hard working athletes at Premier Sports Academy 

Porter returns to discuss his 6 years experience of opening and running the first spin studio in Western Canada. He spend the majority of the episode debunking the nonsense that exists in the spin class industry & explains what to focus on as both a participant and instructor.

Born in Egypt, Hady Tarek found and fell in love with MMA in order to deal with being bullied and lacking confidence as a teenager. He moved to Newfoundland & Labrador 6 years ago and now calls this island home. A man who exemplifies resilience, ambition, discipline and courage. A vulnerable and highly inspirational conversation from a humble man who will stop at nothing to pursue his dreams, help others and put Newfoundland on the map.  

Fionn Gibbons joins Phil & Cillian to discuss growing up playing rugby in Ireland and his experiences playing in Castleknock College, Leinster under ages, UCD, winning U20 Six Nations Grand Slam representing Ireland & insights into life in year 1 in the Munster Academy. This episode is packed with great prespective on the discipline and requirements it takes to make it in pro rugby in Ireland. Fionn gives fantastic insight into the systems in place in Ireland that are growing a culture of excellence in the sport as Ireland is the #1 ranked nation in the world going into the 2023 Rugby World Cup.

Nick Mercer grew up playing water polo and loving endurance sports. He has biked across Canada, competed in triathlons as a college athlete and has had to navigate through dealing with a traumatic brain injury. Nick exemplifies what it is to be resilient. He started the Podcast Concussion Talks after his head injury & lives to help & connect with others. 

Stephen Brownlow is a manager & practicing sports physio at DBC physiotherapy, one of the premier sports medicine clinics in Ireland. He explains the DBC model and how DBC has expanded in quantity to have 5 clinics without sacrificing quality in the process. A former Irish international field hockey player and a current 2 handicap golfer practices what he preaches. He happens to be former classmates with Cillian.

Mike Dawe is a man that exemplifies resiliency. In the last 5 years he has been subjected to a major brain injury, cancer and has ran 3 ironmen races all throughout this uncertain period of his life. With a supportive family network & family obligations as a young father of 2 husband and mental health care nurse, Mike has turned a terrible situation into one of hope and encouragement for so many people in Newfoundland & across Canada.

64 years old, Greg Horner plays 2 hours of badminton some days, workouts and is a fantastic example why age is only a number and what it means to take accountability, ownership and responsibility of your own body with the small assistance of healthcare professionals.

Local upcoming and well establised S&C coach, amateur soccer player & coach joins Kup, Hot Rod & Galvatron to talk shop. If you are a kinesiologist, athlete, student, physiotherapist, healtcare pracititioner and or personal trainer, Mo's experience and openess is an enticing listen.  

Mike Porter moved from Vancouver to Newfoundland with his wife in 2016. He started Positive Edge an online spin class business and run coaching platform. Mike joins Cillian & KP to discuss cold exposure, breathing, spin classes, run coaching and managing running injuries.

Justin Whittle is a well known leader in the private practice physiotherapy world. He speaks of his new start up clinic called Zwitchback tailored towards outdoor exercise enthusiasts opening May 1st.  He touches on his experiences as a private practice business owner and entrepreneur for the last 18 years. If you are an aspiring small business, large buisness owner, a physiotherapist looking for a new work opportunity or are interested in exercise and human movement this episode is sure to be an ear catcher!

Phil Alcock (Cop) gives his take on proper programming  using rugby athletes as examples. Kevin (KP) and Cillian (Dano) add to the conversation.

KP and Dano give their take on the state of private practice physiotherapy in NL.

KP & Cillian discuss their approaches to effectively rehabbing a hamstring injury.

Ellie Hartnett Irish International track athlete discusses her training & sports physio tips for excelling in the 800m & 1500m 

August 2022 - Danny Earles joins the boys to discuss track & field as a collegiate sprinter and his hamstring injuries. He provides us and the listeners with great insights into the steps it takes to improve your speed.

July 2022 - The boys have a discussion with Jamie Cudmore about his life as a pro rugby player, strength training, surgeries and rehabilitation.

The boys give insights into what they hope to learn and gain from the podcast guests.

Cillian Harnett, Kevin Parfrey & Phil Alcock introduce themselves and the purpose behind starting the podcast.