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The Latest Research Behind Phantom Pain   You may have heard the saying, "Mind over Matter" a few times in your life. I know I have, but did you know that it is more than just a saying? Did you know that our brains are capable of helping us cope when we struggle, especially when we deal with pain? Today I learned how the brain can actually help us changing the way we think and perceive the pain we feel. We have the ability to redirect and reconnect our brain waves to cope with phantom pain, or any pain, that we experience. Today, I was honored to have on Dr Felipe Fregni, professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Harvard Medical School and Professor of Epidemiology at Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, as well as the Director of the laboratory of Neuromodulation at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital. He has been researching how the brain perceives pain and what is happening during bouts of pain to our brain. Dr Felipe Fregni, Harvard Professor   The hope is that if we learn how our brain works and how it changes during moments of pain or discomfort then we can start to use that information to better equip the individual to work through pain and eliminate it without medication! Wouldn't that be something! Studying the brain to find connections   Dr Fregni splits his time teaching at Harvard and working the lab at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital   Dr Fregni and his staff and students have been researching this topic for a while now and getting the data they need from participants, like myself, and they could use you too! Their goal is to create a device that you can wear to assist in pain elimination through brain waves. They started this study with bringing people into their lab to trial what they had created. Now they are onto phase 2 and getting new participants to work from home with their device. As an amputee I am excited to see research into phantom pain and how we deal with it and finding ways to cope without medication. Dr Fregni also mentioned that their research also branches into helping stroke victims and paralysis as well! When we figure out how pain is communicated within our body we can then begin to find ways to lessen or even eliminate it. One interesting thing we did touch on, which I stated at the very beginning was the mind over matter mentality. You may have heard me say that when I start hurting I tend to become active, I get moving and I find something to distract myself from thinking about the phantom pain. What Dr Fregni told me was that when we become active we start using our brain, we get neurons to fire and this makes for a healthy brain. So every time I'm struggling, my coping mechanism was to not think about the pain but to dive into something else. This is exactly what we should all be doing because we are creating connections in our brain, fire it up, and building it stronger. So mindset matters. Speaking to ourselves in positive ways matters. Even thinking about an activity we love to do creates connections in our brain for healing. What a powerful organ it is, indeed! I want to thank Dr Fregni for coming on and guiding us through how our brain is capable of helping us heal and for building this community of researchers to help those of us who are struggling with pain and need a better way to handle it. I look forward to seeing how your research builds a stronger and healthier tomorrow for us! Thank you! If you would like to take part in the clinical research happening right now, from the comfort of your own home you can reach out to Dr Fregni's department with the link below. I hope you all have a very blessed week. And as always until next time, Be Healthy, Be Happy, Be YOU!!! Much love,     To see if you qualify to participate in their study please click HERE

Sifting through the overwhelming amount of books, news articles, social media influencers, pop-up speaker events, and retreats for menopause is overwhelming, confusing, and expensive. How should midlife women navigate menopause feeling lost, alone, and confused by conflicting information that is supposed to make us healthier, stronger, and more resilient?There's a lot of trial and error and good money spent on products, providers, treatments, and at-home devices that don't live up to their promises. Today, you will walk away with golden nuggets of evidence-based and practical strategies to help you navigate midlife and beyond. This episode covers how to know if the information that you are hearing or reading is evidence-based, why research on women in menopause is complicated to decipher, the nuances of weight resistance training versus cardio exercise, what's most important for midlife women nutritionally, and how to properly eat around your workouts. We also cover how to read protein powder labels and what to look for in amino acids, why creatine is a game-changer for women beyond muscle health, and how to strategize getting restorative sleep. Dr. Rachele Pojednic is an international authority on nutrition, supplementation, and physical activity interventions for muscle physiology, performance, and recovery. She received her PhD from Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy and completed her postdoctoral training at Harvard Medical School at the Joslin Diabetes Center and Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital. She has a faculty appointment at Stanford University and holds research appointments at the Institute of Lifestyle Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Edith Cowan University's Nutrition and Health Innovation Research Institute. She has received NIH research funding from the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and the Vermont Biomedical Research Network (VBRN), an NIH IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) program. She currently serves on the Board of Governors for the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) Exercise Is Medicine® initiative. Dr. Pojednic has been an active fitness professional for over 20 years as a nutrition educator and coach for Olympic, Division I sports, and tactical athletes. She has a passion for science communication and is regularly featured in outlets such as NPR, Sirius Doctor Radio, Time, the Wall Street Journal, STAT News, Popular Science, Self, Shape, Women's Health, Forbes, and Runners World.Medical Disclaimer:By listening to this podcast, you agree not to use this podcast as medical advice or to make any lifestyle changes to treat any medical condition in yourself or others. Consult your physician for any medical issues that you may be having. This entire disclaimer also applies to any of the guests on my podcast.Connect with Rachele:Website: https://www.rachelepojednic.com/IG: @rachelepojednic2004 YouTube: @RachelePojednic_PhDCourses: https://strongprocess.com/Stay connected with JFW:Watch on my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@jillfooswellness/videosFollow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jillfooswellness/Follow me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jillfooswellnessGrab discounts on my favorite biohacking products: https://www.jillfooswellness.com/health-productsEnjoy 20% savings and free shipping at Fullscript for your favorite supplements by leading brands:https://us.fullscript.com/welcome/jillfooswellnessSubscribe to the JFW newsletter at www.jillfooswellness.com and receive your FREE Guide on How To Increase Your Protein in 5 Easy Steps and your free Protein Powder Recipe Ebook. Schedule your complimentary 30-minute Zoom consultation here:https://calendly.com/jillfooswellness/30-minute-zoom-consultations

"You don't have to believe in energy for it to affect you. You've walked into a room and felt tension. You've met people who drain you, and others who light you up. We are all picking up on energy, whether we realize it or not."This week on the Bountifull Podcast, I sit down with Dr. Rick Leskowitz, a Harvard-affiliated psychiatrist, researcher, and expert in pain management, energy healing, and consciousness. With over 25 years of experience at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Rick has spent his career exploring the connection between mind, body, and energy—long before mainstream medicine began catching up.In this episode, we dive into the #science of energy and its impact on our health, relationships, and collective well-being. Rick shares his research on phantom limb pain, group energy fields, and how our focus and intention influence both physical and emotional healing. We also explore why Western medicine has overlooked energy as a key part of #healing, and what happens when we begin to see ourselves as more than just physical bodies.If you've ever wondered why some places "feel different," why some people leave you feeling drained while others lift you up, or how energy plays a role in our everyday lives, this episode offers a fascinating and practical perspective.Episode Highlights:

Today I'm talking with Jason Biundo. Jason is a lived-experience graduate student at Harvard Medical School. He earned a dual degree in Neuroscience and Biology from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. It's worth noting that some of that degree was earned from a hospital bed while recovering from his spinal cord injury at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital. Beyond this, Jason is a personal friend of ours and U2FP advocate. We begin our conversation exploring... More info: https://u2fp.org/get-educated/curecast/episode-116.html

How do the dividing cells of an embryo know where there need to go to create a baby? Psychiatrist Rick Leskowitz knows that an energetic template guides those cells to their proper places. Templates also seem to guide the creation of synchronicities, partly influenced by your intentions and partly influenced by current mysteries. Being able to feel the energy field of a man's amputated leg convinced Rick that we are more than flesh. More than bones. We have biofields that shape our minds and bodies, that help us get into the flow, into the zone and that participate in coincidence creations through resonance and entrainment with other people and our surroundings. Dr. Eric (Rick) Leskowitz was a consultant psychiatrist for over 25 years with the Pain Management Program at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston, where he founded the Integrative Medicine Task Force. He holds an appointment at Harvard Medical School, has studied energy healing, meditation and hypnosis for over 40 years, and has had 50+ articles published in leading scientific journals. He has also edited three textbooks, and his documentary film about group energies and sports, The Joy of Sox: Weird Science and the Power of Intention, was broadcast on PBS. The Mystery of Life Energy is his latest book. https://www.TheMysteryOfLifeEnergy.com The Joy of Sox film (PBS): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgh11r8xB7ltgm7P6Qujblw Sports, Energy and Consciousness (book): https://www.amazon.com/Eric-Leskowitz-Sports-Energy-Consciousness/dp/B00SB2DBUK The Mystery of Life Energy (book): https://www.amazon.com/Mystery-Life-Energy-Energetics-Consciousness-ebook/dp/B0CFM722W8 Coast to Coast AM Podcast with George Noory: https://www.coasttocoastam.com/show/2024-04-15-show/ Bernard D. Beitman, MD has broken out of the restrictive bounds of conservative academic research to produce a blueprint for the practically-oriented new discipline of Coincidence Studies. He has served as chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Neurology and then as chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Missouri-Columbia. He has reached more than one million people through his Psychology Today blog, radio show, website, and two coincidence books, Connecting with Coincidence and Meaningful Coincidences. Yale and Stanford educated, He is the founder and president of The Coincidence Project. https://www.innertraditions.com/books/meaningful-coincidences to purchase Dr. Beitman's new book "Meaningful Coincidences". Visit https://www.coincider.com/ to learn more about Dr. Beitman's research. #coincidence #serendipity #synchronicity

Home Base Nation is Back with its 8th Season and 110th Episode of the show. In this episode Dr. Ron Hirschberg reviews some of the news and updates from Home Base since summer, highlighting the All-Star Forum Honoring Women Service Members and Veterans on 7-26-24 at the MGM Music Hall at Fenway just prior to the 15th Annual Run To Home Base. This powerhouse panel was hosted by former ABC News Chief Health and Medical Correspondent / Emmy Award Winning Journalist, Dr. Jen Ashton. On September 11th, Drs. Sofia Matta and Joe Bonvie launched the 1st Annual Home Base Brain Health Summit which was a big success. Later in September at the Seaport in Boston, the New England Council honored General Jack Hammond as one of the recipients of the esteemed "New Englander of the Year Award."  We had a bittersweet farewell to Chief of TBI Services Dr. Ross Zafonte at Home Base is heading to Missouri as Medical School Dean, and a recent pivotal visit by Senator Elizabeth to Warren Spaulding Rehabiliation Hospital for a Forum on Blast Injury and Special Operator Health along with Dr. Zafonte and others. Thanks for your support and tuning in to our 8th Season kick-off!In The News at Home Base!First, if you didn't know – In 2015 Home Base opened its doors in Fort Meyers, Florida, more recently expanded to Tampa, and now working with partners in Pensacola. This month our Home Base colleagues and all the community they serve are on our minds - in the wake of Hurricanes Helene and Milton – Resilience and recovery is what our teams do for patients – But building back up your own body, mind and soul is another challenge - that is necessary to help take care of others. So, Marine Veteran Armando Hernandez heads up the FL team, thinking of you all.On September 11 and 12, the brainchild of Drs. Sofia Matta and Joe Bonvie – The 1st Annual Home Base Brain Health Summit, was a great success. With local and national experts at the podium, the Summit recognized the evolution of military medicine since 9/11, and focused on brain health and performance medicine in the Special Operations community, and a strong emphasis on not just living long, but living well – something we focus a lot of energy on at Home Base – Healthspan. Check out link here: https://homebase.org/events/brain-health-summit/Later in September, at the New England Council's massive event in the Boston Seaport, General Jack Hammond was one of the annual recipients the New Englander of the Year Award. Chairman of the Boston Red Sox and Co-Founder of Home Base Tom Werner's words summed it up, introducing our Executive Director: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHMYXDC6MBQLast week, we said our bittersweet farewells to Dr. Ross Zafonte who is heading to Missouri to lead the medical school. Ross received the prestigious Warren Award at Home Base from General Hammond and Michael Allard. AND, last month, Senator Warren visited Spaulding Rehab Hospital for a Forum on Blast Injury and Special Operator Health with Dr. Zafonte. Take a Listen: Senator Elizabeth Warren Forum at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in collaboration with Home Base (youtube.com)__________Home Base Nation is the official podcast for Home Base Program for Veterans and Military Families – Our team sees veterans, servicemembers and their families addressing the invisible wounds of war at no cost. This is all made possible thanks to a grateful nation – And if you want to learn more on how you can help, visit us at www.homebase.org, or if you or anyone you know would like to connect to care, you can also reach us at 617-724-5202.Follow Home Base on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedInThe Home Base Nation Team is Steve Monaco, Army Veteran Kelly Field, Justin Scheinert, Chuck Clough, with COO Michael Allard, Brigadier General Jack Hammond, and Peter Smyth.Producer and Host: Dr. Ron HirschbergAssistant Producer, Editor: Chuck CloughChairman, Home Base Media Lab: Peter SmythThe views expressed by guests to the Home Base Nation podcast are their own and their appearance on the program does not imply an endorsement of them or any entity they represent. Views and opinions expressed by guests are those of the guests and do not necessarily reflect the view of the Massachusetts General Hospital, Home Base, the Red Sox Foundation or any of its officials.

Crop Circles and Earth Frequencies with Rick Leskowitz Eric “Rick” Leskowitz, MD, served as a consultant psychiatrist for over 25 years with the Pain Management Program at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston, where he also founded the Integrative Medicine Task Force. He holds an appointment as a research affiliate with the Osher Institute for Integrative … Continue reading "Crop Circles and Earth Frequencies with Rick Leskowitz"

Cultivating Peak Experiences with Rick Leskowitz Eric “Rick” Leskowitz, MD served as a consultant psychiatrist for over 25 years with the Pain Management Program at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston, where he also founded the Integrative Medicine Task Force. He holds an appointment as a research affiliate with the Osher Institute for Integrative Medicine research … Continue reading "Cultivating Peak Experiences with Rick Leskowitz"

Energy Medicine for Pain Relief and Healing with Rick Leskowitz Eric “Rick” Leskowitz, MD served as a consultant psychiatrist for over 25 years with the Pain Management Program at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston, where he also founded the Integrative Medicine Task Force. He holds an appointment as a research affiliate with the Osher Institute … Continue reading "Energy Medicine for Pain Relief and Healing with Rick Leskowitz"

Air Date 01 August 2024Sacred sites, prehistoric stone circles, rock concerts, sports events, phantom limb pain, paranormal phenomena, and charisma—that elusive quality some people have to sway opinions and influence mass consciousness—what do they all have in common?The answer is invisible energy…Eric Leskowitz, MD, is a retired Harvard Medical School-affiliated psychiatrist who practiced pain management for more than 25 years at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston. The author/editor of four books and more than 50 articles published in peer-reviewed scientific journals his documentary The Joy of Sox, about group energies and sports aired nationally on PBS in 2012. In his latest book The Mystery of Life Energy: Biofield Healing, Phantom Limbs, Group Energetics, and Gaia Consciousness Dr. Eric Leskowitz shares why phantom limb pain provides direct proof for the existence of a biofield, how energy therapies can cure chronic pain, PTSD & more, and how the alignment of your personal energy biofield can bring about a state of true spiritual awakening that can help transcend our current states of global crises in medicine, politics & religion.https://themysteryoflifeenergy.com/#EricLeskowitz #SandieSedgbeer #WhatIsGoingOM #InterviewsVisit the What Is Going OM show page https://omtimes.com/iom/shows/what-is-going-omConnect with Sandie Sedgbeer at https://www.sedgbeer.comSubscribe to our Newsletter https://omtimes.com/subscribe-omtimes-magazine/Connect with OMTimes on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Omtimes.Magazine/ and OMTimes Radio https://www.facebook.com/ConsciousRadiowebtv.OMTimes/Twitter: https://twitter.com/OmTimes/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/omtimes/Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/OMTimesTVLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/2798417/Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/omtimes/

EPISODE #1066 ENERGY HEALING AND PHANTOM LIMBS Richard speaks with a retired psychiatrist and author about the various expressions of life energy. From the personal level of individual healing to the vast, interconnected realm of global consciousness, the book lays bare the undeniable efficacy of energy-based therapies. Intriguingly, it delves into the perplexing world of phantom limb pain, offering fresh perspectives on this long-standing medical mystery. GUEST: Eric (Rick) Leskowitz, M.D., is a retired Harvard Medical School-affiliated psychiatrist who practiced pain management for over 25 years at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston. He has published over 50 articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals and is the author/editor of four books, including The Mystery of Life Energy. His documentary about group energies and sports, The Joy of Sox, aired nationally on PBS in 2012. He lives in Western Massachusetts. WEBSITE: https://themysteryoflifeenergy.com BOOK: The Mystery of Life Energy Biofield Healing, Phantom Limbs, Group Energetics, and Gaia Consciousness SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS!!! BIRCH GOLD GROUP - The Precious Metal IRA Specialists Diversify a portion of your savings into GOLD with Birch Gold Group. Gold is your hedge against inflation, and Birch Gold makes it EASY to own. Text STRANGE to 989898 and get your free info-kit on gold, then talk to a precious metals specialist on how to protect your savings from persistent inflation with gold. Text STRANGE to 989898 now. THE WELLNESS COMPANY - Own Your Wellness, Own Your Health, Own Your Freedom The comprehensive Med Kit is meticulously stocked with 8 potentially life saving medicines to address injuries and emergencies. It's your safety net for the unexpected. Visit https://www.twc.health/strangeplanet and secure your Emergency MED Kit. Use CODE STRANGEPLANET to receive 10% off BECOME A PREMIUM SUBSCRIBER!!! https://strangeplanet.supportingcast.fm Three monthly subscriptions to choose from. Commercial Free Listening, Bonus Episodes and a Subscription to my monthly newsletter, InnerSanctum. We and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. By using our website and services, you agree to our use of cookies as described in our Cookie Policy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://strangeplanet.supportingcast.fm/

Dr. Rick Leskowitz is a board certified and retired Harvard Medical School-affiliated psychiatrist specializing in energy psychology and pain management. For 25 years, Dr. Leskowitz practiced at the Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston, which advocates for a body-mind approach. At Harvard, he directed an Integrative Medicine Task Force, and is a founding member of the Sports, Energy and Consciousness Group - an integrated collective of doctors, psychologists, scientists and world class athletes. While traveling through India in the mid-1970s, Rick became interested in subtle energy and its relation to physical health and mental well being. Since then he has been a leader in energy psychology. He has published 50 peer-reviewed papers and four books, the latest being "The Mystery of Life Energy: Biofield Healing, Phantom Limbs, Group Energetics and Gaia Consciousness," which examines the scientific evidence to support the reality of the human biofield and its practical applications in healing.

Today's special guest, Eric Leskowitz, M.D., a Harvard trained doctor, argues that the biofield is real in his book The Mystery of Life Energy: Biofield Healing, Phantom Limbs, Group Energies, and Gaia Consciousness.. Dr. Leskowitz, with his expert blend of medical insight and scientific curiosity, takes readers on a riveting journey through the various expressions of life energy. From the personal level of individual healing to the vast, interconnected realm of global consciousness, his book lays bare the undeniable efficacy of energy-based therapies. Eric Leskowitz, M.D., is a retired Harvard Medical School-affiliated psychiatrist who practiced pain management for over 25 years at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston. He has published over 50 articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals and is the author/editor of four books. Hia documentary about group energies and sports, The Joy of Sox, aired nationally on PBS in 2012. He lives in Western Massachusetts.    

Chime In, Send Us a Text Message!We're kicking off Stroke Awareness Month with our first business spotlight series in partnership with Vivistim®. On this episode we'll introduce you to Teresa Jacobson Kimberley, PT, PhD, FAPTA  Director of the Rehabilitation Science PhD Program School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences MGH Institute of Health Professionals.About our Guest:Dr. Kimberley is a Professor and Director of the Brain Recovery Lab in the MGH Institute's Department of Physical Therapy. She is also a research associate at Harvard Medical School, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Center for Neurotechnology and Neurorecovery. Her lab's cross-disciplinary focus is to understand the pathophysiology of sensory-motor impairment and facilitate recovery for people with neurologic disorders. The career-long impact of her work is reflected in numerous awards, including Physical Therapy's highest honor of being named a Catherine Worthingham Fellow of the American Physical Therapy Association. Connect with our guest Mention: VNS REHAB About Vivistim®:Vivistim® is the first FDA-approved neurostimulation device to pair vagus nerve stimulation with rehabilitation therapy and daily activities. This pairing helps strengthen the brain connections needed to improve hand and arm function. It's the only system of its kind, and it is proven safe and effective. The MicroTransponder® Vivistim® Paired VNS™ System is intended to be used to stimulate the vagus nerve during rehabilitation therapy in order to reduce upper extremity motor deficits and improve motor function in chronic ischemic stroke patients with moderate to severe arm impairment. Do not use if you have had a bilateral or left cervical vagotomy. Risks may include, but are not limited to pain after surgery, hoarseness, bruising, swelling, coughing and throat irritation. While not observed in the Vivistim studies, infection leading to explant is a risk associatedNew show supporter CTA for 2024-Mike Garrow Support Our Show! Thank you for helping us to continue to make great content. We appreciate your generosity! For more information about joining our show or advertising with us visit: https://enable4us.comSupport the Show.Support the show:Become a monthly subscriber for as low as $3 per month.Click here to subscribe.Be sure to give the show a like and share, & follow plus connect with us on social or contact us to support us as a show sponsor or become a guest on the Know Stroke Podcast. Visit website to to learn more: https://www.knowstrokepod.com/Show credits:Music intro credit to Jake Dansereau. Our intro welcome is the voice of Caroline Goggin, a stroke survivor and our first podcast guest! Please listen to her inspiring story on Episode 2 of the podcastConnect with Us and Share our Show on Social: Website | Linkedin | Twitter | YouTube | Facebook

Explores the wealth of evidence for the reality of the biofield• Describes how energy therapies are now gaining acceptance due to irrefutable proof of their effectiveness for clinical conditions from PTSD to phantom limb pain• Examines the power of group energetics and team chemistry in sports and in society• Explains how megalithic sacred sites are aligned with Earth's subtle energies and explores the energetics of crop circles and global consciousnessExamining the wealth of evidence supporting the reality of the human biofield, Eric Leskowitz, M.D., explores the role of life energy in healing therapies and outlines its many manifestations at the individual, group, and global levels. He shows how energy therapies have been taboo in the West, from the French Royal Academy's suppression of Franz Mesmer's animal magnetism, to the FDA's persecution of Wilhelm Reich and his orgone box therapy, to Wikipedia's biased coverage of energy psychology. He then reveals irrefutable evidence for the clinical benefits of energy-based therapies and describes the obstacles he faced in his own attempts to bring these holistic approaches into the world of academic medicine.The author's detailed exploration of phantom limb pain shows that this phenomenon is not a psychosomatic creation of the brain but is a tangible energetic structure: the human biofield in action. Exploring group energetics and team chemistry, he looks at how group situations— a concert, a meditation retreat, a sporting event—create their own energetic power. He shares the results of his innovative computer measurements during Red Sox baseball games, proving that group energies can be detected when fans become entrained in resonance to the larger field. He explores how Stonehenge and other megaliths were built in alignment with Earth's own energy meridians, and he proposes that the mysterious phenomenon of crop circles may be emerging in harmony with Earth's subtle energies.Blending hard science with ancient healing wisdom, the author reveals how we can all thrive together by remembering our shared energetic roots and our undeniable interconnectedness through the global web of life energy and consciousness itself.Eric Leskowitz, M.D., is a retired Harvard Medical School-affiliated psychiatrist who practiced pain management for more than 25 years at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston. He has published more than 50 articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals and is the author/editor of four books. His documentary about group energies and sports, The Joy of Sox, aired nationally on PBS in 2012. He lives in western Massachusetts.https://themysteryoflifeenergy.com/Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/earth-ancients--2790919/support.

Despite a wealth of evidence proving clinical benefits, energy therapies are taboo in our Western culture. Blending hard science with ancient healing wisdom. Dr. Leskowitz reveals how we can use energy therapy to achieve health and higher consciousness.Dr. Leskowitz is a retired Harvard Medical School affiliated psychiatrit who practiced pain management for more than 25 years at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston.  He has published more than 50 articles in peer reviewed scientific journals and is the author/editor of four books.

Regardless of the underlying cause of spinal cord disease, we have many tools at our disposal to improve symptoms and function in these patients. Even better, technology in this area is advancing rapidly. In this episode, Lyell Jones, MD, FAAN, speaks with Kathy Chuang, MD, author of the article “Symptomatic Treatment of Myelopathy,” in the Continuum February 2024 Spinal Cord Disorders issue. Dr. Jones is the editor-in-chief of Continuum: Lifelong Learning in Neurology® and is a professor of neurology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Dr. Chuang is an instructor in neurology at Harvard Medical School and assistant in neurology co-director at Paralysis Center, Massachusetts General Hospital and Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. Additional Resources Read the article: Symptomatic Treatment of Myelopathy Subscribe to Continuum: shop.lww.com/Continuum Earn CME (available only to AAN members): continpub.com/AudioCME Continuum® Aloud (verbatim audio-book style recordings of articles available only to Continuum® subscribers): continpub.com/Aloud More about the American Academy of Neurology: aan.com Social Media facebook.com/continuumcme @ContinuumAAN Host: @LyellJ Transcript  Full transcript available on Libsyn   Dr Jones: This is Dr Lyell Jones, Editor-in-Chief of Continuum, the premier topic-based neurology clinical review and CME journal from the American Academy of Neurology. Thank you for joining us on Continuum Audio, a companion podcast to the journal. Continuum Audio features conversations with the guest editors and authors of Continuum, who are the leading experts in their fields. Subscribers to the Continuum journal can read the full article or listen to verbatim recordings of the article by visiting the link in the show notes. Subscribers also have access exclusive audio content not featured on the podcast. As an ad-free journal entirely supported by subscriptions, if you're not already a subscriber, we encourage you to become one. For more information on subscribing, please visit the link in the show notes. AAN members, stay tuned after the episode to hear how you can get CME for listening. Dr Jones: This is Dr Lyell Jones, Editor-in-Chief of Continuum Lifelong Learning in Neurology. Today, I'm interviewing Dr Kathy Chuang, who has recently authored an article on symptomatic management of myelopathy in the latest issue of Continuum, on spinal cord disorders. Dr. Chuang is a neurologist and physical medicine and rehabilitation specialist at Mass General, where she serves as Co-Director of the MGH Paralysis Program and Chief of the Neuromuscular Rehabilitation Program. Dr Chuang, welcome, and thank you for joining us today. Would you introduce yourself to our listeners? Dr Chuang: Hi, my name is Kathy Chuang. As you said, I'm a neurologist at Mass General Hospital specializing in neuromuscular medicine, also physiatry, physical medicine, and rehab. And I'm glad to be here. Dr Jones: Thank you for joining us. Basically, if we want to know more about managing spinal cord disorders, we have come to the right person, right? Dr Chuang: I try to do my best with all patients - yep. Dr Jones: For our listeners who are new to Continuum, Continuum is a journal dedicated to helping clinicians deliver the highest quality neurologic care to their patients, and we do this with high-quality and current clinical reviews. For our long-time Continuum Audio listeners, you'll notice a few different things with our latest issue and series of author interviews. For many years, Continuum Audio has been a great way to learn about our Continuum articles. Starting with our issue on spinal cord disorders (this issue), I'm happy to announce that our Continuum Audio interviews will now be available to all on your favorite open podcast platform, with some exciting new content in our interviews. Dr. Chuang, your article is absolutely full of extremely helpful and clinically relevant recommendations for the treatment of myelopathy, regardless of the cause. If there were one single most important practice-changing recommendation that you'd like our listeners to take away, what would that be? Dr Chuang: I think the most important thing to take away is that spinal cord injury of any type spans so many organ systems, it is good to get people - or multidisciplinary care - involved early on. There's eighteen model systems for spinal cord injuries scattered across the US. Those can be great avenues of resources for patients and for practitioners, for people around. Physical medicine and rehab specialists (our physiatrists or spinal cord injury specialists) can be very useful. And then, also for each individual organ system, there are specialists involved. And so, having that multidisciplinary care is probably the most important thing for a patient that's suffering from myelopathy because every patient is different and coordinating that care is so important to them. Dr Jones: So, teamwork is probably the most important thing, and I think most of our listeners who have taken care of patients with spinal cord disorders realize that that's really key. Your article - it leads off with such a great review of one of the big problems with myelopathy, which is spasticity management. From a medication perspective, I think many of us struggle with the balance between controlling the spasticity and some of the side effects of those medications, like sedation. How do you walk that fine line, Dr. Chuang? Dr Chuang: Spasticity management, like everything else, is patient directed. It depends on what the patient is most complaining of. If a patient has spasticity but they're not actually having any complaints from it, we don't need to treat, because of fear of side effects. I tend to try to use focal procedures (like botulinum toxin injections) earlier on, in order to try and spare side effects of antispasticity medications. Use of other conservative therapies, like bracing, stretching, is very essential. Another thing to consider is that dantrolene doesn't usually have side effects - cognitive side effects, at least - and actually can be monitored pretty closely for hepatotoxicity, which is its major side effect. Other possibilities are the baclofen pumps, which can be very useful in patients with spinal cord injury because their spasticity is often more in their lower limbs than in their upper limbs. By using multimodality approaches, we can definitely limit the amount of cognitive side effects of medications. Dr Jones: That's fantastic. Do you start with that multimodal at the beginning, or do you step into it with one, then the other, then the other? Dr Chuang: I usually start off with a low-dose baclofen because they usually have generalized tone - first, in order to see if they have cognitive side effects with it and if so, at what dose. Also, so that insurers have a trial of some medication before we proceed to something as expensive as botulinum toxin injection. But yes, if there's significant focal spasticity, especially, I try to bring in botulinum toxin injections as early as possible, just because of the possibility of minimizing the effect. Dr Jones: That's a great point - that you can start these from multiple angles and start them early. And great point about dantrolene - I think the hepatotoxicity makes many of us nervous. But it's a key point there - that it can spare some of the cognitive side effects. Dr Chuang: Yes, and actually, it can be monitored pretty closely. As long as a patient has access to labs, we can check liver function tests weekly or every two weeks until you're on a stable dose, and after that, only at intervals. And it can be weaned off just as quickly. Dr Jones: Fantastic. Another issue that you cover really nicely in the article, that I think is an underrecognized complication of spinal cord diseases - neuropathic pain. What's your approach to that problem, Dr. Chuang? Dr Chuang: Neuropathic pain is very, very tough to treat a lot of times. I usually give the chance of gabapentin, pregabalin, and duloxetine early, just to see if we can start managing their pain early and to try to prevent potentiation of pain. But I also tend to try to get pain management specialists on early, and also keep in mind that there can be other causes of pain other than just the actual spinal cord injury itself. Because of deafferentation and reafferentation, patients may think of neuropathic pain, and it could be something as simple as appendicitis. If there's a change in pain, there always needs to be a workup for acute causes. Again, multidisciplinary treatment, especially with pain specialists, can be really helpful. Dr Jones: Great point about thinking of other causes, including appendicitis or the musculoskeletal things that I'm sure can be pain generators in this pain population, right? Dr Chuang: Yeah, it's very common. Patients can often fracture themselves just with a simple transfer and that can cause a huge flare-up of pain. So, not all pain should be just dismissed as being neuropathic or just from the spinal cord injury itself. Dr Jones: Great point - thank you. Another topic that you cover - that I think is mystifying to many of us - is the neurogenic bladder problems that occur in patients with myelopathy. You talk about the different types - how do you tell them apart? Dr Chuang: It's hard to tell them apart from a patient perspective because a patient will just say that they have difficulty with urination. With a spastic bladder or detrusor sphincter dyssynergia, oftentimes, patients will complain of a short stream and having to force things out. And with an atonic bladder or flaccid bladder, they have difficulty initiating a stream. What can be useful are postvoid residuals - where, if a patient is in the hospital, or if you have access to an ultrasound, or if they see a urologist - after they void, you measure the amount of urine left in their bladder. You can see whether it's a smaller amount, which is suggestive of a spastic bladder, versus a large amount, or an atonic or flaccid bladder. The standard procedure that's done to measure these are also urodynamic studies that are done, oftentimes, by urologists, where they can actually measure pressure volumes and oftentimes get EMG recordings of the actual bladder - the sphincters. Dr Jones: Perfect. When you do those postvoid residuals (easiest done with ultrasound), what's the general cutoff you use to say - that's a small amount that might be suggestive of a spastic bladder? Dr Chuang: I would say, probably less than a hundred. And then, if it was flaccid, more than five hundred. If there's in between, it may fall into either category. Dr Jones: Got it. When you think about neurogenic bladder, what are the treatment options? How do they vary between the different types that patients may have? Dr Chuang: If you have an atonic or flaccid bladder, the main possibilities for patients just are, oftentimes, Credé maneuvers (or pressure on the bladder) in order to try and help with the bladder to squeeze urine out. But a lot of times they need clean intermittent catheterization or maybe placement of a suprapubic catheter long term. For patients who have a spastic bladder or detrusor sphincter dyssynergia, we can use anticholinergic medications, like bethanechol, tolterodine - those medications - in order to try to relax the sphincter a little bit and then allow the urine to pass through. You can also have BOTOX injections to these sphincters of the bladder as well, which can be useful to relax them so that they can allow the urine to pass through. But a lot of times, a mainstay of treatment is intermittent catheterization, also for patients with severe detrusor sphincter dyssynergia, so that we can maintain small bladder volumes and not develop hydronephrosis, urinary tract infections, and complications of holding urine in the bladder. Dr Jones: Thanks for that, Dr. Chuang. Another part of your article that I thought was really fascinating, and probably will cover some new ground for our readers and listeners, is the use of nerve transfers or surgical treatment of weakness, basically. Tell us about that and how it's used in patients with myelopathy. Dr Chuang: For patients with myelopathy, it's used often in the upper extremities. If a patient has voluntary control of either elbow flexion or elbow extension (usually, elbow flexion), you can oftentimes have the ability to transfer nerves into the finger flexors and allow voluntary hand closure. If there's supination or wrist extension, you can oftentimes allow transfers of branches of the nerve - for example, from the supinator, or from the branch to the extensor carpi radialis brevis, into the finger extensor - so that, over a period of nine to twelve months, we'll be able to slowly regrow the nerve back in and allow the denervated muscle to become reinnervated with a voluntary controlled muscle and then restore voluntary finger extension, which can be extremely beneficial - just being able to voluntarily open and close their hands. Dr Jones: Right. And it sounds like the goal is really that functional use of grip and use of the upper limb. Not really so much for transfers, I imagine - is that not so much the goal? Dr Chuang: If there's less than antigravity strength of elbow extension and reasonable external rotation strength, you may be able to get elbow extension strong enough antigravity, and at that point a patient may be able to transfer independently - with a lot of training. Dr Jones: Wow, that's fantastic - thank you. There's lots of therapeutic options, really, for many of these complications, which I think is an important point for our readers and our listeners to take home. When you look into the future, Dr. Chuang, what do you see on the horizon as the next generation of care for patients with spinal cord disorders? Dr Chuang: I see a huge, expanding field, both of therapeutics - there are stem cell trials all over the world; there are neurorestorative hormones that are being tried. I'm very excited about the advent of robotics, with motors being basically shrunk down to the size of millimeters, and exoskeletons becoming lighter and lighter. I suspect that, long term, we'll be able to have robotic exoskeletons to be able to help patients walk and move their limbs normally. I know there are clinical trials right now involving orthoses that are controlled with brain interfaces that will hopefully help restore function in patients who need it. Dr Jones: It sounds like science fiction, but a lot of that technology exists now, right? Dr Chuang: Yes, it does. We definitely have prototypes of multigear hands with multiple directions. Now, the problem is trying to find the way to control these motors and to control these robotic hands and legs. Dr Jones: Caring for patients with myelopathy I imagine can be challenging, but I imagine it can also be quite rewarding. Tell us, Dr. Chuang, what drew you to this work specifically, and what do you find most exciting about it? Dr Chuang: I want to help people move better. I'm a physiatrist by training, and our job as physiatrist is to try to get people back to their activities of daily living as soon as possible; to try to remove any barriers to becoming active, independent people in their society. And so, I think that spinal patients that suffer from myelopathies or other spinal cord injuries have a lot of potential in the amount of activities that they can do and the way that they can contribute. I've seen patients who have been paralyzed and unable to move their hands at all develop tenodesis scripts, initially in order to just pick up things and then later obtain voluntary control of opening and closing their fingers. And it's huge in terms of what they can do in their everyday lives. Just being able to see that is just really rewarding. And even being able to help patients navigate society around them is just a hugely rewarding experience. Dr Jones: I imagine that must be really fantastic to see folks regain those milestones. Dr Chuang: Yes. Dr Jones: It's pretty unusual for someone to have done a neurology and a physiatry residency. So, between me and you and all of our listeners, which residency was better? Dr Chuang: Wouldn't trade one without the other. Probably wouldn't have done the one without the other, either! Dr Jones: What a great, diplomatic answer. Okay, good. Dr Chuang: It's true. Dr Jones: Yeah. You avoided offending all the neurologists and physiatrists out there. And really fascinating discussion, Dr. Chuang. It's an outstanding article. I think it's a must-read for anyone who takes care of patients with spinal cord disorders. I want to thank you Dr. Wang for joining us and for such a thoughtful, fascinating discussion on symptomatic management of spinal cord disorders. Dr Chuang: Thank you, Dr. Jones for having me today. Dr Jones: Again, we've been speaking with Dr. Kathy Chuang, author of an article on symptomatic treatment of myelopathy in Continuum's most recent issue on spinal cord disease - please check it out. And thank you to our listeners for joining today. Dr. Monteith: This is Dr Teshamae Monteith, Associate Editor of Continuum Audio. If you've enjoyed this episode, please consider subscribing to the journal. There's a link in the episode notes. We'd also appreciate you following the podcast and rating or reviewing it. AAN members, go to the link in the episode notes and complete the evaluation to get CME for this episode. Thank you for listening to Continuum Audio.

This is a MUST LISTEN episode of The Sonography Lounge, hosted by Lori Green and Trisha Reo where we dive into a high-level discussion on various regenerative medicine options, and unveil the pivotal role ultrasound plays in musculoskeletal (MSK) injury diagnosis and treatment. This episode is for both healthcare providers and patients interested in Regenerative medicine treatment options. We discuss Prolotherapy, Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP), Adipose Derived Stem Cells, and Bone Marrow concentrate. This episode focuses mostly on Prolotherapy and PRP. Due to Time constraints, we will be doing follow up episodes on Adipose Derived Stem Cells (aka Lipoaspirate), and Bone Marrow Aspirate.   Joining us today are distinguished experts: Dr. John Broussard, (https://www.thealliancerx.com/) is board certified in Family Medicine and Sports Medicine and specializes in both regenerative and osteopathic manipulative medicine. He earned his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from Nova Southeastern University in South Florida and completed his residency training in Family Medicine at an osteopathic hospital, practicing in the urgent care setting. He then followed to complete a Sports Medicine Fellowship at the Institute for Non-Surgical Orthopedics in Florida. In 2014, he integrated ultrasound into his practice for diagnostics and guided interventional procedures. In 2020, he and his brother opened their own practice right here in sunny St. Pete. Together, they help active adults and athletes quickly overcome injury and get back to the activities they love. Dr. David Wang, (https://www.rosm.org/) Who earned his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from The West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, where he was selected as a teaching Fellow in Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine. He completed his residency training in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Harvard Medical School/Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, during which time he was appointed Chief Resident.  He is a founding partner and Director of Education and Training of Regenerative Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, with offices throughout the Metropolitan DC area.  He specializes in diagnostic musculoskeletal ultrasound, non-fluoroscopic interventional spine, osteopathic manual treatment, and regenerative medicine including prolotherapy, PRP, orthobiologics, and lipoaspirate stem cell therapies.    Dr. Imran Siddiqui, (https://www.rosm.org/) Currently serves as a Partner and the Director of Clinical Operations at Regenerative Orthopedics and Sports Medicine in Washington, DC.  He graduated medical school Cum Laude from Thomas Jefferson University where he was inducted in to the Alpha Omega Alpha honor society.  After which, he completed his residency at Harvard Medical School and Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital where he trained extensively in musculoskeletal ultrasound and regenerative medicine and was awarded resident teacher of the year. Currently, Dr. Siddiqui also servers as an ultrasound and instructor and board member for the Interventional Orthobiologic Foundation.  He also has instructed at Harvard Medical School, Orthosound Educational Institute, and the American Academy of PM&R.   MSK ULTRASOUND RESOURCES   CME and Cross training resources: Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute (Training materials and programs):https://www.gcus.com/   Certification Agencies: American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM): https://www.abem.org/public Sonographer / Physician: American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS):http://www.ardms.org/ Physicians: Alliance for Physician Certification & Advancement (APCA):http://www.apca.org/ Point of Care Healthcare Providers: Point of Care Certification Academy (POCUS):http://www.pocus.org/ Sonographer / Physician: Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI):http://www.cci-online.org/  Find an accredited long term Ultrasound Program: https://www.caahep.org/Students/Find-a-Program.aspx

This week on Seasoned, real talk from the authors of the podcast—and now book—Food, We Need to Talk: The Science-Based, Humor-Laced Last Word on Eating, Diet, and Making Peace with Your Body. Juna Gjata and Dr. Eddie Phillips join producer Katrice Claudio to unpack ideas about diet culture, weight loss and what it means to be healthy. GUESTS: Juna Gjata: Co-host of the podcast and co-author of the book, Food, We Need to Talk. She graduated from Harvard with a degree in cognitive neuroscience. (@theofficialjuna) (@foodweneedtotalk) Dr. Edward Phillips: Co-host of the podcast and co-author of the book, Food, We Need to Talk. He is Associate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Harvard Medical School, and the founder and director of the Institute of Lifestyle Medicine at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston. This show was produced by Robyn Doyon-Aitken, Meg Dalton, Katrice Claudio, Stephanie Stender, Tagan Engel, Meg Fitzgerald, and Sabrina Herrera. Join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and email: seasoned@ctpublic.org. Seasoned is available as a podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, TuneIn, Listen Notes, or wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribe and never miss an episode.Support the show: https://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With over 20 years of experience, Dr. Jeffrey Schneider specializes in physical medicine and rehabilitation and first had his opportunity to work with burn patients shortly after the Station Nightclub Fire occurred while he was completing his residency. It was during that time that Dr. Schneider became interested in the long-term effects of a burn injury, and has since dedicated time to researching to better understand the impact of a burn injury. In this episode, we speak with Dr. Schneider about his research, discuss areas of opportunity for the burn community, and understand more about what it means to classify burns as a ‘chronic condition'. About Dr. Jeffrey C. SchneiderDr. Jeffrey C. Schneider is the Medical Director of Burn, Trauma, & Orthopedic Rehabilitation and Director of the Rehabilitation Outcomes Group at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital. In addition, he serves as Division Chief of Comprehensive Rehabilitation and Associate Chair of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Schneider's research focus is on the long-term effects of burn injury. He is also the Principal Investigator and Project Director of the Boston-Harvard Burn Injury Model System (BHBIMS), a multi-institutional clinical and research collaboration between Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston University, and Shriners Hospitals for Children—Boston.Resources from the Show Learn more about Spaulding RehabLearn more about the Station Nightclub Fire Watch ‘Burns as a Chronic Condition' featuring Dr. SchneiderCheckout Research Opportunities for Burn SurvivorsInformation about the Libre SurveyUnderstand more about the Burn Model SystemsRead more about the Harvey Stuart Allen Distinguished Service AwardListen to Gina Russo, Station Nightclub Survivor on Girls with GraftsGet articles to learn more about physical healing after an injuryPhoenix Society ResourcesAbout Spaulding RehabSpaulding is one of our Phoenix Partners and is a world leader in advanced rehabilitation treatment and research – serving the greater Boston region and beyond. Learn more about Spaulding Rehab: https://spauldingrehab.org/research/programs-labs/burn-injury Sponsor Girls with Grafts Interested in becoming a sponsor of the show? Email us at info@phoenix-society.org. Enjoyed the show? Tell us on social media using hashtag #GirlswithGrafts and tagging Phoenix Society for Burn Survivors! 

In this interview, Heather discusses with Eric (Rick) Leskowitz, MD his most recent book "The Mystery of Life Energy" and his holistic and integrative understanding of healing. https: //www.TheMysteryOfLifeEnergy.com/  Eric (Rick) Leskowitz, MD was a psychiatrist with the Pain Management Program at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston for over 25 years, where he founded the hospital's Integrative Medicine Project and was the Principal Investigator of a grant from the Langeloth Foundation to develop a comprehensive integrative medicine program at SRH. He has an appointment at the Harvard Medical School Osher Research Institute, and he organized two HMS Continuing Education conferences on Complementary and Integrative Medicine in Rehabilitation. He was also an advisor to Tufts Medical School's NIH-funded project that introduced evidence-based integrative medicine material into the medical school curriculum. A long-time meditator, he studied energy healing for many years with Rev. Rosalyn Bruyere and received advanced training in clinical hypnosis from the Americal Society of Clinical Hypnosis. His clinical work focused on integrating holistic therapies such as meditation, hypnosis and energy psychology into the multidisciplinary pain management program at SRH. He has edited three textbooks and has published over 50 research articles (on ResearchGate.net). He has lectured and presented workshops internationally. He also has a longstanding interest in Earth energies and global consciousness as catalysts for social transformation. To access some of Rick's medical journal articles related to energy healing: https:/www.ResearchGate.net/profile/Eric-Leskowitz/research/  Heather's website: https://www.risingmoonhealingcenter.com/

Edward M. Phillips, MD, is Associate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Harvard Medical School and is Founder and Director of the Institute of Lifestyle Medicine (ILM) at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital. In his work at the ILM since 2006 he has directed 26 live CME programs attended by over 25,000 clinicians from 115 countries. In 2015 Phillips joined the VA Boston Healthcare System and now serves as Whole Health Medical Director. He is integrating Whole Health-lifestyle medicine training for students and trainees across the VA as National Whole Health Education Champion for Health Professions Trainees.Additionally, Phillips is a Fellow of American College of Sports Medicine (FACSM) and serves on the executive council that developed the Exercise is Medicine global initiative. He has >80 scientific publications. He served on the Advisory Board of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, the Health Sector and Military Settings Sectors of the United States National Physical Activity Plan and is a founding director of the American Board of Lifestyle Medicine.Phillips is an active clinician, educator and advocate who speaks and consults nationally guiding a broad-based effort to reduce lifestyle-related death, disease, and costs through clinician directed interventions with patients. His medical school, SUNY Buffalo, honored him with its Distinguished Alumni Award for his accomplishments in Lifestyle Medicine. The President's Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition has recognized Dr. Phillips, the ILM and the Lifestyle Medicine Education Collaborative with its Community Leadership Award. He appears on national media including Good Morning America, ESPN radio, Huffington Post, Slate, and Time Magazine. He co-hosted the NPR Daily Exercise Podcast, WBUR's Magic Pill which was awarded an Edward R. Murrow award for Excellence in Innovation.Juna Gjata graduated from Harvard College in 2017 with a Bachelor's in Cognitive Neuroscience and Evolutionary Psychology and a minor in Music. While at Harvard, she was awarded the David M. McCord prize for Excellence in the Arts. She is also an accomplished concert pianist and composer, having performed as a soloist at Carnegie Hall and The Kennedy Center's Millennium stage. In 2018, Juna approached WBUR, Boston's NPR station, with an idea for a podcast to dispel health and fitness misinformation loosely through the lens of her own struggles with body image, weight loss, and eating disorders. Eighteen months later, Food, We Need to Talk was launched. She co-hosts the podcast along with Dr. Eddie Phillips. The podcast has now reached over 2.5 million downloads.In July 2023, Gjata and Phillips will also be publishing their book, Food, We Need to Talk: The Science-Based, Humor-Laced Last Word on Diet, Eating and Making Peace with Your Body, published by St. Martin's Press.  Links:Check out Eddie and Juna's podcast, Food, We Need to TalkFollow Juna on Instagram and TikTokOrder Eddie and Juna's book, Food, We Need to Talk, out July 11, 2023

Type 2 Diabetes is one of the most common diseases in the Western world. Much of the emphasis in the medical community is based on medications for ‘treating' Diabetes and oftentimes the discussion of diet and lifestyle gets left behind. In this episode, I speak with Dr. Janel Gordon about using a plant-based diet to improve and reverse your Type 2 Diabetes. Yes, reversing your Type 2 Diabetes is possible contrary to what we were taught in medical school. I hope you find this discussion beneficial. We discuss: - Her background starting in Lifestyle Medicine and how that translates into practice.  - What is the role of diet in type 2 diabetes? - What she recommends to patients when she talks to them about type 2 diabetes management.  - What aspects of diet do we get wrong when talking about Type 2 Diabetes  - A few case studies of patients with Type 2 Diabetes that have benefited from diet changes.  Guest Bio: Dr. Janel Gordon, M.D., DipABOM, DipABLM, is a Board Certified Family, Obesity & Lifestyle Medicine Physician. Dr. Gordon is certified in Plant-based Nutrition by the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies and Cornell University. She is certified in Culinary Coaching by Harvard Medical School, The Institute of Lifestyle Medicine, and Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital. Dr. Gordon was recently selected as a Leading Physician Well-being Fellow with the American Academy of Family Physicians, through which she is receiving further training in leadership development, program development, and quality improvement. Dr. Gordon has special interests in culinary medicine, food security, community development, and sustainable efforts. She enjoys spending time with loved ones, traveling, and discovering delicious and nutritious foods near and far. Connect with Dr. Gordon https://www.linkedin.com/in/janel-gordon-md-dipabom-dipablm-18ba339b/ https://www.instagram.com/janelgordonmd/ Connect with Dr. Akhter Website: www.madinamedicine.com Email: info@madinamedicine.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/dromarakhter  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dromarakhter/ 

Join me as I interview Dr. Beth Frates, a pioneer in Lifestyle Medicine education and an award-winning Harvard teacher. Dr. Frates has a passion for helping patients adopt and sustain healthy habits, stemming from her father's heart attack and stroke at the young age of 52. With an impressive background that includes graduating magna cum laude from Harvard College, attending Stanford Medical School, and completing her residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Harvard Medical School, Dr. Frates has dedicated her career to promoting wellness and stroke prevention. In this episode, we'll explore Dr. Frates's journey as she developed and taught a popular Lifestyle Medicine curriculum at the Harvard Extension School, created the concept of Lifestyle Medicine Interest Groups (LMIGs) for medical schools, and served as a board item writer for the American Board of Lifestyle Medicine. We'll also discuss her election as the president of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM) in August 2020 and her ongoing efforts to define the scope of this emerging specialty. As a prolific author, Dr. Frates has published books, medical textbooks, and calendars that focus on health and prevention topics. We'll delve into her influential books, including "Life After Stroke: The Guide to Recovering Your Health and Preventing Another Stroke" and "The Lifestyle Medicine Handbook: An Introduction to the Power of Healthy Habits," which was listed among the 100 Best Medicine Books of All Time by BookAuthority. In addition to her public work in Lifestyle Medicine, Dr. Frates is dedicated to helping individuals and groups implement healthy behavioral changes through her private practice, Wellness Synergy, LLC, and her roles at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and Mass General Hospital. Don't miss this inspiring conversation with a true leader in the field of Lifestyle Medicine, and learn how you can take charge of your own health journey. To see a plant-based lifestyle medicine doctor, visit: https://www.mora.com/ To connect with Dr. Frates: https://www.bethfratesmd.com/

Mirror therapy has been used with amputees for many years. This scene from a 2009 episode of Dr House demonstrates the effects of mirror therapy for amputees. In this episode of TWiH. Dr. Clas Linnman, assistant professor at the Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital discusses his patent-pending auditory mirror therapy device for tinnitus patents.  Be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel for the latest episodes each week, and follow This Week in Hearing on LinkedIn and Twitter: https://www.linkedin.com/company/this-week-in-hearing/ https://twitter.com/WeekinHearing

Edward M. Phillips, MD, is Associate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Harvard Medical School and is Founder and Director of the Institute of Lifestyle Medicine (ILM) at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital.  In his work at the ILM since 2006 he has directed 26 live CME programs attended by over 25,000 clinicians from 115 countries. In 2015 Phillips joined the VA Boston Healthcare System and now serves as Whole Health Medical Director. He is integrating Whole Health-lifestyle medicine training for students and trainees across the VA as National Whole Health Education Champion for Health Professions Trainees. Additionally, Phillips is a Fellow of American College of Sports Medicine (FACSM) and serves on the executive council that developed the Exercise is Medicine global initiative. He has >80 scientific publications. He served on the Advisory Board of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, the Health Sector and Military Settings Sectors of the United States National Physical Activity Plan and is a founding director of the American Board of Lifestyle Medicine.Phillips is an active clinician, educator and advocate who speaks and consults nationally guiding a broad-based effort to reduce lifestyle-related death, disease, and costs through clinician directed interventions with patients. His medical school, SUNY Buffalo, honored him with its Distinguished Alumni Award for his accomplishments in Lifestyle Medicine. The President's Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition has recognized Dr. Phillips, the ILM and the Lifestyle Medicine Education Collaborative with its Community Leadership Award. He appears on national media including Good Morning America, ESPN radio, Huffington Post, Slate, and Time Magazine. He co-hosted the NPR Daily Exercise Podcast, WBUR's Magic Pill which was awarded an Edward R. Murrow award for Excellence in Innovation and >2.4 million downloads of the sequel podcast “Food, We Need to Talk.” He is co-authoring his third book, “Food, We Need to Talk: The science-based, humor-laced last word on eating, diet, and making peace with your body” from St. Martin's Press, July 2023.  In this episode we discuss:Zip code vs genetic code in health outcomesExercise culture and barriers to exerciseFinding joy in physical activityIndividualizing someone's reason for exerciseAssessing readiness for exerciseThe aging athlete Expanding the idea of health & wellness beyond exerciseThe podcast episodes drop weekly on Mondays in seasonal chunks. This is the last episode in season 2!Subscribe to stay up to date, and tune in when you can! Be sure to rate, review, and follow on your favorite podcast app and let me know what other brain & body things you'd like to hear about.For more information about me, check out my website, www.natashamehtamd.com.Follow me on Instagram, Twitter, or Tik Tok @drnatashamehta.Connect with Dr. Phillips on Twitter @EddiePhillipsMD.This episode is not sponsored.

Travis Roy—a 20-year-old hockey player with a promising future—sustained a life-changing injury in October 1995. 11 seconds into his first game as a Freshman at Boston University, a freak accident drove him into the boards, leaving him paralyzed from the neck down. It ended his career and changed his life forever.  As his accident became national news, an entire country became his fan club, cheering him on as he adjusted to daily life and rooting for him when he established the Travis Roy Foundation, dedicated to research and one-on-one assistance for spinal injury cases. Six years ago, after his dad suffered a spinal cord injury, Scott Litner launched the Travis Roy Hockey Classic. This event brings hockey players from all over the country to skate together at Madison Square Garden to honor and remember Travis while raising money for spinal cord injuries.  Dr. Randy Trumbower is the Executive Director of the Travis Roy Center for Enhancing Functional Independence and the Director of the INSPIRE Laboratory at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital. Lee Roy, Travis's father, will also be joining us in this episode. They've turned the events in Travis's life into some great work to help those affected by spinal cord injuries everywhere and work toward a cure.  You will want to hear this episode if you are interested in... Lee shares Travis's story and how his passion became his purpose [5:23] Why Travis's outlook after his injury resonated with others [10:42]  Scott shares how the Travis Roy Hockey Classic came to be [14:00]  Dr. Trumbower shares the mission of the Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital [17:41]  The future of spinal cord research and working toward a cure [21:17] How The Travis Roy Foundation became part of Spaulding [24:16]  What can you do to support the mission of Spaulding [28:03]  Learn more about supporting the Travis Roy Hockey Classic [30:16]  What Lee hopes Travis' legacy will teach others [32:22]  What Dr. Trumbower, Scott, and Lee did today that brought them joy [34:27] Resources & People Mentioned Help Me Raise Funds for the Spaulding Rehabilitation Network! INSPIRE Lab Spaulding Rehabilitation Center Connect with the Guests Travis Roy Foundation Dr. Randy Trumbower on Linkedin Dr. Randy Trumbower on Twitter Connect With Mitlin Financial podcast*at*mitlinfinancial(dot)com - email us with your suggestions for topics or guests If you would like to learn more schedule a call: https://mitlin.us/FitCall https://mitlinfinancial.com  Follow on Twitter Follow on Instagram Subscribe on Youtube Follow on Linkedin Follow on Facebook Guests on the Mitlin Money Mindset Show are not affiliated with CWM, LLC, and opinions expressed herein may not be representative of CWM, LLC. CWM, LLC is not responsible for the guest's content linked on this site. Subscribe to Mitlin Money Mindset™ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts

Today on the show, host Dr. Ron Hirschberg chats with friend and colleague Dr. Eddie Phillips, Whole Health Medical Director at the Boston VA, and Associate Professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation at Harvard Medical School, about asking not what's the matter with you - but what matters to you, about Eddie's "Bike Desk" that keeps him moving while working, moderate and vigorous intensity exercise, and learning while laughing with his cohost Juna Gtata on PRX's Food, We Need To Talk.___I first met Dr. Eddie Phillips back in… 2003 (gasp), which is officially now 20 years ago when I was a resident, training at Spaulding Rehab Hospital and he was an attending physician. Eddie was then in the process of essentially grass roots education to not only patients but all healthcare workers - that exercise is medicine. Something was catching on in looking at not only exercise, but patient lifestyle more than before - such that in 2007 he founded the Institute of Lifestyle Medicine at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital. Before long, Eddie and team were developing multiple Harvard CME courses around the world… So it was no surprise to me that in 2016 Dr. Phillips was approached by WBUR the NPR Boston affiliate to host The Magic Pill along with cohost WBUR's Carey Goldberg – This show won an Edward R. Murrow Award which is basically like getting an Emmy for broadcasting. Very cool. Fast-forward a couple years and Eddie joined the very talented Juna Gjata – on a fantastic new podcast produced with PRX call Food We Need to Talk – essentially educating and entertaining us all about nutrition and food and how it relates to our lives - Make sure to check out this show, perhaps as your New Year's resolution (and hint-hint that's the topic of their episode this week – all you need to know about New Years' resolutions, including the science behind it)…-Cheers all and Happy New Year! - Ron____If you are your loved one is experiencing any emotional, mental health struggles, you are not alone and please contact Home Base at (617) 724-5202, or visit www.homebase.org.Theme music for Home Base Nation: "Rolling the tree" by The Butler FrogsFollow Home Base on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedInThe Home Base Nation Team is Steve Monaco, Army Veteran Kelly Field, Phebe Garver, Justin Scheinert, Chuck Clough, with COO Michael Allard, Brigadier General Jack Hammond, and Peter Smyth.Producer and Host: Dr. Ron HirschbergAssistant Producer, Editor: Chuck CloughChairman, Home Base Media Lab: Peter SmythTo Donate to Home Base where every dollar goes to the care of veterans and military families that is cost to them, go to: www.homebase.org/donate.Home Base Nation is the official podcast of Home Base Program for Veterans and Military Families, a partnership of the Massachusetts General Hospital and the Red Sox Foundation. To learn more and connect with us at Home Base Nation: www.homebase.org/podcastThe views expressed by guests to the Home Base Nation podcast are their own and their appearance on the program does not imply an endorsement of them or any entity they represent. Views and opinions expressed by guests are those of the guests and do not necessarily reflect the view of the Massachusetts General Hospital, Home Base, the Red Sox Foundation or any of its officials.

In this episode of Curbside Consults, we are joined by Dr. Cheri Blauwet, Chief Medical Officer at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Associate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Harvard Medical School, and retired Paralympian in the sport of competitive wheelchair racing. We discuss the evolving understanding of disability in the medical community, disability advocacy, and her experiences practicing medicine with a disability.

Dr. Daniel Daneshvar, assistant professor at Harvard Medical School and brain injury physician at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston, joins Lisa Dent on Chicago’s Afternoon News to discuss the seriousness of concussions, and why they should be properly handled when players who participate in contact sports suffer from them. Follow Your Favorite Chicago’s Afternoon News […]

What does healthy aging look and feel like? How does movement and fitness and physical therapy fit in with our health goals as we age? During this episode we discuss and answer: 1. What does physical therapy look like for aging populations? What is the priority for patient care and who can benefit? 2. Digging into the impact of muscle loss (sarcopenia) and bone density loss (osteoporosis) and how to minimize further loss of both and the impact of our strength, power, mobility, and independence as we age. 3. Goal setting and managing expectations when working with a physical therapist and/or trainer. 4. The difference between movement and workouts. 5. The difference between endurance, strength, and power training and why strength and power training are especially important for folks as they age. 6. The evolving recommendations for what to do when you get injured and why RICE is no longer the go to help healing. 7. The great ice vs heat debate and what is actually most important. About this week's guest: Katie Wadland is a Doctor of Physical Therapy and Board-Certified Geriatric Clinical Specialist (License #18193) with over fourteen years of experience in inpatient, outpatient and home care rehabilitation settings. Based in Wakefield, MA, she has worked at some of the region's best hospitals and home care agencies including Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital and Beth Israel Lahey Health at Home. She has expertise working with older adults, people with neurological disorders and other complex medical issues. She is the Owner of Healthy Aging Essentials Physical Therapy (HAE/PT), and provides in-home physical therapy and wellness services for people living in Wakefield, MA and surrounding towns. Find Katie: Website: Www.healthyagingpt.com Facebook: @healthyagingpt Instagram @healthyagingpt Email: katie@healthyagingpt.com

Join me today as we welcome back Caitlin Hebb! Today, we chat about how music therapy can actually be an excellent tool to improve your goals with walking, strength, balance, and more! Caitlin Hebb is the Clinical Operations Manager for MedRhythms Inc. She graduated from Berklee College of Music with a degree in Music Therapy, and received her fellowship in Neurologic Music Therapy from The Academy for Neurologic Music Therapy. Caitlin is also the Internship Director for MedRhythms, Inc. at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital where she primarily works with patients on the traumatic brain injury, stroke, and spinal cord units. She is passionate about education and advocacy, and has spoken at several regional and national conferences. Caitlin also serves on the board of The New England Region of The American Music Therapy Association as the Interprofessional Collaborative Resources Representative. Website: https://www.medrhythmstherapy.com Email: caitlin@medrhythmstherapy.com Additional Resources: https://www.doctorgretchenhawley.com/insider Reach out to Me: Gretchen@DoctorGretchenHawley.com Website: www.MSingLink.com Social: ★ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/mswellness ★ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doctor.gretchen ★ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/doctorgretchenhawley?sub_confirmation=1 → Game Changers Course: https://www.doctorgretchenhawley.com/GameChangersCourse → Total Core Program: https://www.doctorgretchenhawley.com/TotalCoreProgram → The MSing Link: https://www.doctorgretchenhawley.com/TheMSingLink

In this episode of the Plant-Based Canada Podcast we chat with Dr. Jade Dittaro, a lifestyle medicine physician in the Okanagan. She is certified with the American Board of Lifestyle Medicine, has a certification in plant-based nutrition from eCornell University, and has completed Dr. Michael Klaper's Master Class in Nutrition.Dr. Dittaro now plans to challenge the American Boards of Obesity next year, and recently completed the Obesity: Etiology, Prevention, and Treatment course through Columbia University's Institute of Human Nutrition. She is enrolled in the Clinicians Culinary Health Education Fundamentals (CHEF) coaching from the Institute of Lifestyle Medicine, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Harvard Medical School. Originally family medicine trained and traveling rurally to practice both family and emergency medicine, Dr. Dittaro settled in Kelowna and holds positions as a Hospitalist, Site Director for both the UBC Kelowna Rural and Regional Family Practice sites, and as a Clinical Instructor with the UBC Southern Medical Program. Dr. Dittaro has not only reviewed the evidence, but experienced personally the benefits of a whole food plant-based diet, and truly sees its potential to revolutionize our idea of “healthcare”. She joined Aroga Lifestyle Medicine Clinic based out of Victoria, BC in 2020, and it has been life changing for her and so many patients. In this episode we discuss:A day in Dr. Dittaro's life working at Aroga and Kelowna General The six pillars of lifestyle medicineHelping patients choose attainable goals on their path to better health Animal welfare and environmental concerns Tips and tricks on raising children on a plant-based diet Her battle with Lupus and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma SOCIALSFacebookInstagramAroga   STUDIES Nurses Health Study Dr. Brooke GoldnerThe China StudyTeam SherzaiNutrition FactsGame Changers The Proof  Podcast with Simon Hill Plantrician Pediatric Plant-Based Nutrition Quick Start GuideAtherosclerosis in Young Children Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Beginning in ChildhoodFiber Fuelled by Dr. Will BulsiewiczBlue Zones Dr. Matthew Nagra

Lance Dodes, M.D. is a retired assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He has been the Director of the substance abuse treatment unit of Harvard's McLean Hospital, Director of the Alcoholism Treatment Unit at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital (now part of Massachusetts General Hospital), and Director of the Boston Center for Problem Gambling. He is the author or co-author of many journal articles and book chapters about the psychology of addiction and the author of three books: The Heart of Addiction (HarperCollins, 2002), Breaking Addiction: A 7-Step Handbook for Ending Any Addiction (HarperCollins, 2011), and The Sober Truth: Debunking the Bad Science Behind 12-Step Programs and the Rehab Industry (Beacon Press, 2014; senior author). This fascinating exchange helps to challenge the idea of a “disease” model of addiction and offers his decades of experience helping people overcome the compulsion underlying most addictions. Learn more about Steven Hassan and Freedom of Mind Resource Center. Visit freedomofmind.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cheri Blauwet is an American physician and Paralympic wheelchair racer. She is Board Certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine, is Assistant Professor of PM&R at Harvard Medical School and an attending physician at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital.

Rick Leskowitz MD is a psychiatrist at Harvard Medical School's Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital. He is an expert on phantom limb pain as well as how energy and consciousness affect sports performance. In this conversation, Rick and Dawson discuss the role of energy fields in both individual and global healing. Coherent personal energy facilitates healing, while large-scale energy fields are implicated in events involving entire communities. Among the topics Rick and Dawson cover are:  Our energy fields have boundaries; and we can sense their edges. Physical trauma produces emotional wounding, and this is rarely addressed by doctors. EFT is a great way to release grief and pain. The energy of enthusiastic sports fans is measurable. Athletes know the energy of being in the "zone". Sports is a powerful path to transformation. Like magnets, energy fields don't have to touch to interact. When heart and brain are in coherence, they entrain others nearby. The phenomenon of group consciousness can be as large as an entire nation. The Global Consciousness Project: using a network of computers to monitor worldwide shifts. Rick can be reached at: http://sportsenergygroup.com/ Dawson can be reached at: http://dawsongift.com/ #sports #eft #eftuniverse #blissbrain #mindtomatter #energy #consciousness #healingandsports 

Rick Leskowitz is a consultant psychiatrist to the Pain Management Program at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston, where he is also the Director of the Integrative Medicine Project. As a board-certified psychiatrist, he holds an appointment with the Departments of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical Schools. He has studied energy healing, meditation, and hypnosis for over 30 years. He has presented workshops nationally and internationally on the integration of subtle energy techniques and theories with the allopathic medical model. He serves on the Advisory Boards of three journals and has written widely for medical and lay journals. He has also edited two textbooks: Transpersonal Hypnotherapy: Gateway to Body, Mind and Spirit, and Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Rehabilitation. His documentary film about group energies in baseball (and life), “The Joy of Sox: Weird Science and the Power of Intention”, will be broadcasted on PBS. Here Rick and Dawson discuss: * The reaction to mentioning meditation 40 years ago  * The belief that matter follows energy * The experiments of Burr in the 1930s and Becker in the 1960s * The results of positive emotions  * Human beings and magnetic fields  * Soul and energy giving rise to matter * How at the energy level, events may be choreographed Rick can be reached at: http://sportsenergygroup.com/ Dawson can be reached at: http://dawsongift.com/ #eft #meditation #eftuniverse #mindtomatter #blissbrain #energy

Panic, hallucinations, intrusive thoughts! These are all symptoms of PANS / PANDAS. It's a terrifying ordeal to live through when your child is stricken with such a complex and mysterious condition. No one knows this better than Brandi Dean, Lyme advocate and founder of the Dean Center for Tick-Borne Illness at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital. Brandi has been a passionate advocate for patients with Lyme disease since 2011. Most recently she advocates for children and adolescents with PANS and PANDAS, as her 10-year-old son, Finn, was diagnosed with PANS in 2020. In this episode, Brandi shares her son's story including his sudden onset, the complexity of his illness which also included a diagnosis of Lyme and other tick-borne illness, as well as his treatment plan. She credits her physicians for his remarkable recovery. His story is featured on Lymedisease.org and Fox News Boston. Learn how she managed to cope through this extra challenging period in her life and how they made it to the other side. Grateful for our Sponsor! The presenting sponsor of Very Happy Stories is Fruitful Yield Health Foods, a family-owned business serving Chicagoland since 1962. Find all your health & wellness essentials in-store or online at www.fruitfulyield.com. You can save $5 off $25 online - valid for Store Pickup, Curbside Pickup, Same Day Delivery, or standard shipping. Use code VERYHAPPY at checkout. About Liza's Guest, Brandi Dean In 2015, Brandi Dean founded the Dean Center for Tick-Borne Illness at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital. Her personal experience as a young mother with Lyme disease led her to identify a need for a multidisciplinary center to treat individuals suffering from persistent tick-borne illness. Acting as an advisor and advocate, she joined hands with both physicians and leadership at Spaulding Rehab to help open the first center embedded in a major academic medical institution focused on treating patients with chronic tick-borne illnesses. Brandi continues to serve as an active Advisory Board member for the Dean Center for Tick-Borne Illness. Her story has been featured in the Boston Globe, DoctorOz.com, Good Housekeeping, and WCVB.  Brandi has been a passionate advocate for patients with Lyme disease since 2011 and most recently for children and adolescents with PANS and PANDAS. Her 10-year-old son, Finn, was diagnosed with PANS in 2020, whom she credits her physicians for his remarkable recovery. His story is featured on Lymedisease.org and Fox News Boston. Brandi's determination to make a positive difference in the lives of patients with Lyme disease is additionally demonstrated in her leadership of Ride Out Lyme, a charity event she designed and that raises financial grants for adults with the tick-borne illness. The event is held annually at SoulCycle in Boston, NYC, and Los Angeles with expansion into other cities. She also serves on the Board for the Alex Manfull Fund. Prior to her work in the field of Lyme disease, Brandi's professional life included a four-year tour of duty in the United States Coast Guard. Brandi also has a decade of experience in leadership in the hospitality industry and has a degree in Business from Boston University. Follow Liza and Very Happy Stories   Instagram or Facebook Download Liza's free Thrive Guide for more of Liza's best practices on thriving during difficult times. Subscribe to Liza's newsletter on Http://VeryHappyStories.com. MAY IS LYME AWARENESS MONTH! Very Happy Stories has partnered with The LymeLight Foundation. Their mission is to provide grants to enable eligible children and young adults with Lyme disease to receive proper treatment and medication as well as raising awareness about Lyme disease. When you support the LymeLight Foundation you are supporting a child's recovery. Here are some ways you can donate. Donate Here and mention Very Happy Stories Purchase a Very Happy Stories Gratitude Hat. All proceeds are donated to The LymeLight Foundation. Purchase merchandise from The LymeLight Store  Thank you for supporting a child's treatment and recovery. My hope and belief is that we will heal all the beautiful children infected with Lyme and tick-borne infections. Grateful for you and your support.

This episode, Judy chats with Ann Cody and Cheri Blauwet. Ann and Cheri are both retired Paralympic athletes who have filled many different roles as leaders in the area of sports and disability. Judy, Ann and Cheri discuss the importance of including disabled people in sports, the evolution of the Paralympic movement, and more. The transcript for this podcast episode is available here. Ann Cody oversees the International Disability Rights portfolio at the U.S. Department of State.  She is responsible for the Department's engagement to combat discrimination and abuse against persons with disabilities globally and to promote the rights, respect, and full inclusion of all persons with disabilities on an equal basis with others. Prior to joining the State Department, Ann oversaw the Washington, D.C. office of BlazeSports America where she shaped the organization's policy efforts and helped lead its international initiatives.  Also a Paralympic gold medalist, Ann held leadership positions at the highest levels of the Paralympic movement with the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee, International Paralympic Committee, and International Olympic Committee. She is a recipient of the Paralympic Order - the highest honor bestowed by the International Paralympic Committee. Cheri is a mother, physician, Gold medal-winning Paralympic athlete and leader in the Olympic and Paralympic movement driven to promote inclusion in the sports and fitness sector and beyond while empowering others to reimagine their full potential. She is an Associate Professor in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Harvard Medical School and an attending physician at the Brigham and Women's Hospital and Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital. Cheri is also a retired Paralympic athlete in the sport of wheelchair racing, competing for the United States Team in three Paralympic Games (Sydney '00, Athens '04, Beijing '08) and bringing home a total of seven Paralympic medals. She is also a two-time winner of both the Boston and New York City Marathons. Translating her background as an athlete to the clinic setting, Dr. Blauwet now serves in numerous leadership roles throughout the Olympic and Paralympic Movement. Related Links: Cheri Blauwet's Website International Paralympic Committee Tatyana McFadden Case Deaflympics Special Olympics This episode's Ask Judy question came from John Beach. If you'd like to submit a question for Ask Judy, send it to media@judithheumann.com or DM Judy on Instagram or Twitter. Find a shortened video version of this interview on Judy's YouTube channel.  Outro music by Gaelynn Lea: https://violinscratches.com/ 

Dr. Jonas Sokolof is Director of the Division of Oncological Rehabilitation and Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at NYU Grossman School of Medicine. He is certified by the American Board of PM&R both in Sports Medicine and in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. His doctor of osteopathy degree is from the New York Institute Of Technology. His Residency occurred at the Harvard Medical School and the Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston. He also had a fellowship in sports medicine from Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. Prior to arriving at NYU Langone Health in 2018, he was at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. In Part 1, we discussed the following:  if the recent COVID resurgence affected his ability to furnish care for patients with cancer; the types of cancer in which most of his patients can be found; what manual medicine entails; assessment of patients' emotional needs; supportive needs of patients of an informational, spiritual, or social nature;  whether patients are requested to produce autobiographical accounts of how they experience life as a cancer patient and the treatment they receive; and efforts to enable patients to become adept as self-managers of cancer so that they can be effective in self-monitoring, recognizing and reporting symptoms, and treating side effects.    In Part 2, we discussed the following: from the perspective of osteopathic medicine, how rehabilitation can be used to deal with undesirable side effects; extent to which telemedicine is employed in the treatment of patients; current status of an exercise oncology initiative known as “Moving Through Cancer;” challenges involved in motivating patients to exercise whose lifestyle prior to the onset of cancer did not include efforts to be physically fit; and topics involving cancer rehabilitation where more research could prove to be advantageous in improving patient care, along with research that either is underway or projected to occur.

Dr. Jonas Sokolof is Director of the Division of Oncological Rehabilitation and Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at NYU Grossman School of Medicine. He is certified by the American Board of PM&R both in Sports Medicine and in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. His doctor of osteopathy degree is from the New York Institute Of Technology. His Residency occurred at the Harvard Medical School and the Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston. He also had a fellowship in sports medicine from Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. Prior to arriving at NYU Langone Health in 2018, he was at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. In Part 1, we discussed the following:  if the recent COVID resurgence affected his ability to furnish care for patients with cancer; the types of cancer in which most of his patients can be found; what manual medicine entails; assessment of patients' emotional needs; supportive needs of patients of an informational, spiritual, or social nature;  whether patients are requested to produce autobiographical accounts of how they experience life as a cancer patient and the treatment they receive; and efforts to enable patients to become adept as self-managers of cancer so that they can be effective in self-monitoring, recognizing and reporting symptoms, and treating side effects.         

Martha Edmister is a multi-talented 47-year-old artist, entrepreneur, and mental health coach from Baltimore Maryland. Her health journey began after suffering a childhood tick bite, 2 years before Borrelia Burgdorferi was identified as the bacterial cause of Lyme. Shortly after her childhood tick bite, she developed health issues that were followed for 14 months by the head of endocrinology at DC's Children's Hospital. For the next 40 years she battled mental and physical illnesses resulting in multiple hospitalizations. Prior to securing a Lyme Disease diagnosis, she was medicated for serious mental illness and her physical symptoms digressed to a point where she lost her vision, lost the ability to work, and suffered incontinence. At the age of 41, Ms. Edmister tested CDC positive for Lyme Disease by a doctor utilizing the two-tier Elisa/Western blot tests. The positive diagnosis liberated her from years of mental health medication and launched a healing journey. Her diverse treatment protocols included two trips to the German Klinik St. George and the Dean Center for Tick Borne Illness at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital. On August 24, 2021, Ms. Edmister officially joined the ranks of nationally recognized Lyme disease activists by testifying before the Federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group. If you would like to learn more about how Lyme disease taught an artist and activist the importance of pivoting in life and Lyme, then tune in now!

Know Stroke Podcast S2E1-Brian Harris Interview-MedRhythmsAbout Our Guest: Brian Harris is the Co-Founder and CEO of MedRhythms; a digital therapeutics company focused on the intersection music, neuroscience and technology.  Brian is a board-certified music therapist and one of 350 Neurologic Music Therapist Fellows in the world. Brian's clinical work is focused at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston, USA where he created and implemented their first inpatient full time Neurologic Music Therapy program, specializing in Traumatic Brain Injury, Stroke, and neurologic disease and built this program to be the most comprehensive NMT program in the country.  Brian is also the Co-Founder of the Arts & Neuroscience group at the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and sits on the Advisory Council of the Academy of Neurologic Music Therapy. He has been an invited speaker at venues throughout the world including: the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Harvard Medical School, the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, Stanford University, Berklee College of Music, The Neurology Foundation of India, and Google.  Brian is an author on multiple publications related to music and rehabilitation and is listed as an inventor on several patents related to MedRhythms digital therapeutic platform.  His work has also been featured in Forbes, CNBC, The Huffington Post, TechCrunch, Pitchfork, Mashable, The Boston Herald, XConomy, MedTech Boston and on Chronicle Boston. Brian has been named to MedTech Boston's 40 Under 40 Healthcare Innovators and Top 100 Innovation CEOs by World Biz Magazine.To connect with Brian Harris and the MedRhythms Team:Web: https://www.medrhythms.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/medrhythms/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MedRhythmsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/medrhythms/Twitter: https://twitter.com/medrhythmsYouTube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGbpHpHMXKCbAbYLv1cig2QTo watch this episode on our YouTube Channel visit: https://youtu.be/gPM97xor7N8Music Credit and Podcast Production by Jake Dansereau, connect at JAKEEZo on Soundcloud  @user-257386777About the Know Stroke PodcastWelcome to the Know Stroke Podcast of Co-Founders David Dansereau and Michael Garrow to support the reach of our growing TeamEnable Us Community and the Mission of our EnableUs Digital Stroke Support Platform at enable4us.comWe get you caught up on the latest stroke science, worldwide community support collaborations and interview top researchers and health care experts in the field. We also invite all stroke thrivers to join us so together we can share success to help you manage your own condition and maximize your true rehabilitation potential and preventive care.Want to join us as a stroke thriver guest and tell your stroke story on our website or this podcast? Contact us here: https://enable4us.com/survivor-storiesComplete our know stroke patient survey at https://know-stroke.orgPlease support the show https://paypal.me/SmartMovesPTGet this latest episode and all previous podcast episodes here: https://knowstrokepodcast.buzzsprout.com/Reach out to make a one time donation to our mission or inquire about becoming a Know Stroke show sponsor at https://enable4us.comFor more information about joining our show or advertising with us visit: https://enable4us.comSupport the show (https://paypal.me/SmartMovesPT)

Dr. Kara Radzak discusses recent updates in sport-related concussion assessment and rehabilitation with Dr. Abigail Bretzin, Dr. Jaclyn Caccese, and Dr. Justin Karr. Dr. Abigail Bretzin is a certified athletic trainer (AT) and a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Pennsylvania in the Penn Injury Science Center. She is a collaborative member of the Ivy League-Big 10 Epidemiology of Concussion Study, and is a member of the COllaborative Neuropathology NEtwork Characterizing ouTcomes of TBI (CONNECT-TBI) Data Coordinating Core. Her primary research focuses on the epidemiology of concussion and traumatic brain injury (TBI), emphasizing socio-demographic factors related the injury including sex and gender differences, to inform areas for primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention.  Dr. Jaclyn B. Caccese is an Assistant Professor in the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences at The Ohio State University College of Medicine and a member of Ohio State's Chronic Brain Injury Program. She completed her BSE in Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania, and MS and PhD in Biomechanics and Movement Science at the University of Delaware. Her research focuses on understanding the short- and long-term effects of contact sports participation and sport-related concussion with the overarching goals to inform public policy regarding youth sports participation and to improve outcomes in current and former athletes. Dr. Justin Karr is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Neuropsychology in the Department of Psychology at the University of Kentucky in August 2020. He completed his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology with a Neuropsychology Specialization at the University of Victoria in 2018, where his doctoral studies and research were supported by the Vanier Scholarship. He completed my clinical internship year at the Seattle VA hospital, and my postdoctoral training within the Harvard Medical School system at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital. His research to date has focused on neuropsychological assessment methods, cross-cultural validation of psychological tests, cognitive aging, and the psychological and cognitive sequelae of brain injury.

*To sign up for the in-person Run To Home Base at Fenway Park on Saturday, September 25th, click here.  (Enter  promo code "PODCAST" for $5.00 off registration fee)This episode was recorded at the Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, in Boston, MA, on April 29,th 2021.For more on Mr. Marvin Gilmore, tune in recent story on Chronicle to learn more.To learn more and connect with us at Home Base Nation:www.homebase.org/homebasenationTwitter,Facebook,Instagram,LinkedInHome Base Nation Team: Steve Monaco, Maureen Roderick, Laurie Gallagher, Shea Hammond, Karianne Kraus, with COO Michael Allard and Brigadier General  Jack HammondProducer and Host: Dr. Ron HirschbergTheme music:  The Butler FrogsHome Base Media Lab Chairman: Peter SmythHome Base Nation is the official podcast of Home Base Program for Veterans and Military Families, a partnership of the Massachusetts General Hospital and the Red Sox Foundation.The views expressed by guests to the Home Base Nation podcast are their own and their appearance on the program does not imply an endorsement of them or any entity they represent. Views and opinions expressed by guests are those of the guests and do not necessarily reflect the view of the Massachusetts General Hospital, Home Base, the Red Sox Foundation or any of its officials.

In this episode we dive into what life is like living with a chronic illness, from diagnosis, through treatment, all the way to recovery and beyond with Brandi Dean. Brandi is a Holistic Wellness Coach who is passionate about helping women heal, thrive and live a life of happiness by nourishing their body, mind and spirit. She is a surviver of Lyme disease, and is also the founder of Harvard-affiliated, The Dean Center for Tick Borne Illness at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital. Her personal experience as a young mother with Lyme disease led her to identify a need for a multidisciplinary center to treat, rehabilitate, and recover individuals suffering from persistent tick borne illness. Acting as an advisor and advocate, she joined hands with both physicians and leadership at Spaulding Rehab to help open the first center imbedded in a major academic medical institution focused on treating patients with chronic tick-borne illnesses. Brandi continues to serve as an active Advisory Board member for the Dean Center for Tick Borne Illness. Her story has been featured in the Boston Globe, DoctorOz.com, Fox News Boston, WCVB Boston, NPR, Good Housekeeping, and Wellesley Weston Magazine.  Brandi has been a passionate advocate for patients with Lyme disease since 2011. She founded and was co-president of the Massachusetts Lyme Association, whose mission was to support and educate local patients, caregivers, and physicians by offering bi-weekly support groups and educational presentations by doctors, authors, herbalists, and nutritionists from all over the country. Her determination to make a positive difference in the lives of patients with Lyme disease is additionally demonstrated in her leadership of Ride Out Lyme, a charity event she designed and that raises financial grants for adults with the illness. The event is held annually at SoulCycle in Boston, NYC and Los Angeles with expansion into other cities.  We touch on:   〰️Brandi's journey with chronic illness, and more specifically lyme disease 〰️The power of becoming your own health advocate and standing up for your health  〰️How Brandi has coped not only with having lyme herself, but also how she has been able to help her son heal from the same illness  〰️The power of community when dealing with a chronic illness, and especially a community of those who are suffering from the same health issues.  〰️What a flare of lyme looks like and how she is able to get back on track with her health after a flare up  〰️And we also talk about many, many resources that are available to those who are living with lyme and/or tick borne illness  You can connect with Brandi on www.brandidean.com and on Instagram at @brandi.j.dean.  RESOURCES:  rideoutlyme.org  Bay Area Lyme Foundation  Generation Lyme  Lymedisease.org  ___  PS: Have you grabbed a copy of my Healthy Gut Reset yet? This 3-day meal plan + guide will help you to give your body a break from all the processed, high sugar food that can be irritating to the gut without sacrificing flavor. It's filled with tons of nutrient-dense foods that will aid in the restoration of the gut.  What's included? 

I first met Katilynn Wetherbee at my favorite safe space/keep-your-butt-in-shape workout spot, barre3 Frankfort Avenue in Louisville, KY & we became fast friends. I was blown away by her energy and spirit, but if wasn't until I ultimately learned about the complexities of her life and her love story with her now-husband Matt that I was able to imagine and live a life of love such as theirs, which so many might miss out on. Together for nine years, five of which were back then seemingly normal for Kaitlynn and Matt, they lived their lives in Boston in bliss; then in an instant everything changed. Five years ago, three days before his 29th birthday, Matt suffered a life-changing spinal cord injury while playing basketball, his go-to favorite sport. Then came two months at Massachusetts General Hospital, followed by three months of recovery at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital before he could return home. Matt ultimately launched the MW Fund when he realized how important it was for those living with spinal cord injuries (SCI) to have access to daily exercise and therapy. Once leaving a rehab hospital and being discharged from outpatient therapy, insurance often does not cover the cost of exercise facilities specializing in SCI, typically costing a minimum of $100 per hour. This is difficult for most to afford given the extra costs associated with SCI, which is why the sole mission of the MW Fund is to award scholarships to deserving individuals in order to offset these financial burdens. Although he remains paralyzed below his shoulders, Matt has made huge progress since his injury and guess what? This beautiful couple recently got married! I knew I had to share their story with everyone I possibly could via my Not So Darlin podcast and luckily for everyone, they both agreed to come on board. Please listen in on our conversation, check out Matt's amazing website at www.mwfund.org and please follow Kaitlynn and Matt on Instagram at @kkiely14 and @mwetherbee.

In this episode, I speak with Brian Harris.  Brian is the Co-Founder and CEO of MedRhythms; a Portland, Maine based digital therapeutics company focused on the intersection of music and neuroscience!  Brian is also a board-certified music therapist and one of 350 Neurologic Music Therapist Fellows in the world. Brian’s clinical work is focused at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston where he created and implemented their first inpatient full time Neurologic Music Therapy program, specializing in Stroke, Traumatic Brain Injuries, MS, Parkinson's and Cerebral Palsy and built this program to be the most comprehensive NMT program in the country. Music has been demonstrated to globally activate the human brain, including areas that are responsible for movement, language, attention, memory, executive function, and emotion.  There is profound evidence that rhythm is able to engage the motor system to improve functional outcomes and Brian will explain how this therapy works. I hope you find this information interesting and welcome your feedback!  Find me at www.successfulbalancedliving.com and www.facebook.com/successfulbalancedliving  

The morning of July 4th, 2018 began like any other in Sadie Raymond's household. What Sadie and her family didn't know, however, was that by the end of the day the course of all of their lives, especially that of their teenageson, Corbin would change forever. After receiving a phone call that chilled her to the bone, Sadie rushed to the scene of a car accident alongside a forested road in their home state of New Hampshire. There, she discovered that her son had been a passenger in a car that had collided with a tree and was on his way to the hospital via ambulance. For 121 days, Corbin fought an arduous battle for his life in the Intensive Care Unit at Boston Children's Hospital and at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital. New Englanders from across his home state and beyond declared themselves Corbin Strong. His family and friends found their strength and resilience in the face of adversity. And, through faith and love against all odds, Corbin won. Meet NaughtyGood Bites Woman of the month, Sadie Raymond, who teaches us the power of being THANKFUL in all things and what that means to her.  Sadie Raymond is a single mother of four children: Corbin, Grace, Cohen, and Grayson. A lifelong resident of Boscawen, NH, Sadie is a graduate of Merrimack Valley High School and New Hampshire Technical Institute. Her greatest joy in life is being a mother. Link to 121 Days website  Connect with Sadie and Corbin on Facebook Connect with Sadie and Corbin on Instagram 

Happy holidays! In this episode, we welcomed Dara L'Italien, a lecturer at Sargent College. With clinical experience at the Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, she specializes in prosthetics after the Boston Marathon Bombing. As a physical therapist, she shares how she has helped patients to deal with internal and external stressors after amputation and recommendations on how to get in the field of prosthetics. Here are some resources if you are interested in getting into the field: This is a link for the Orthotics and Prosthetics Activities Foundation. Unfortunately, they were impacted by COVID-19 and have decided to go into “dormancy” until after the global pandemic has passed. This is a wonderful foundation that sponsors lots of adaptive recreational activities nationwide to help get folks “back on their feet” and resuming activities like dancing, swimming, diving, rock climbing, etc. AmpSurf is another fantastic organization that promotes Surf therapy and other outdoor activities. They have a few “clinics” here on the east coast, but they also sponsor activities nationwide. The Amputee Coalition is a great resource for people with amputations and for clinicians who want to help this community. They oversee peer mentorship programs and provide a lot of education on many issues that face persons with amputations. They also hold a yearly conference which is open to people with limb loss, their families, and health care providers. For clinicians looking to expand their knowledge about prosthetics, I would also suggest people to look into the continuing education provided by many of the prosthetic technology companies such as Ossur and Ottobock. I would also follow Bob Gailey, who is a PT specializing in prosthetics. The moderator of the podcast is Dr. Karen Jacobs (kjacobs@bu.edu), who is the Associate Dean, Digital Learning and Innovation, a Clinical Professor and the Program Director for the on-line post-professional doctorate in the occupational therapy program at Sargent College. Marial Williams (marialw@bu.edu), a Boston University entry-level occupational therapy doctoral student, composed the music for the podcast.

This episode is dedicated to the 723 people with COVID-19 who came to recover at the Boston Hope Field Hospital during Spring 2020, and to all 1,034 staff who took incredible care of them. With heartfelt appreciation to the Dr. Anne Klibanski, President and CEO of Mass General Brigham (MGB) and the entire MGB leadership team, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker and Boston’s Mayor Marty Walsh for making it happen. And with much gratitude to our partners and colleagues at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston Medical Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Atrius Health, Boston Healthcare for the Homeless, Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, Suffolk Construction, the Army Reserve, the Massachusetts National Guard, Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency, and the Boston Public Health Commission.The "Hope 4" Commander - Brigadier General Jack Hammond, Deputy Commander – Michael Allard, and Medical Directors – Drs. Jeanette Ives Erickson and Giles Boland To learn more and connect with us at Home Base:www.homebase.org/homebasenationTwitter,Facebook,Instagram,LinkedInHome Base Nation Team:Steve Monaco, Marine Veteran Brendan McCaffrey, Maureen Roderick, Charlotte Luckey, Karianne Kraus, Dan Berg, DeeDee Kearney, Natalie BonelliProducer and Host:Dr. Ron HirschbergHome Base Media Lab Chairman:Peter SmythHome Base Nation is the official podcast of Home Base Program for Veterans and Military Families, a partnership of the Massachusetts General Hospital and the Red Sox Foundation.The views expressed by guests to the Home Base Nation podcast are their own and their appearance on the program does not imply an endorsement of them or any entity they represent. Views and opinions expressed by guests are those of the guests and do not necessarily reflect the view of the Massachusetts General Hospital, Home Base, the Red Sox Foundation or any of its officials.

Music has the power to take us back in time to a fuzzy, nostalgic past. Or it can take us into a future we aspire too. It can show us history or connect us with God. It can take us deep into the emotional side of our brain and help us transcend our present.  As I invested time with my therapists, Lin Manuel Miranda's lyrics helped keep me going, Just like my country, am young, scrappy, and hungry, and I'm not throwing away my shot  My Shot, Lin-Manuel Miranda And even in the dark days, Billy Joel reminds me that The good old days weren't always so good and tomorrow's not as bad as it seems. Keepin' the Faith, Billy Joes Music can take us to a different place metaphorically, and now, literally. Medrythms uses a system of sensors and specific music tracks to help stroke survivors learn to walk. The US Food and Drug Administration recently accepted the Digital Therapeutics Platform for Walking from Medrythms into the Breakthrough devices program. This program streamlines the approval process for certain medical devices. I talked with CEO and Co-founder Brian Harris to learn more. Bio     Brian Harris is the Co-Founder and CEO of MedRhythms, a digital therapeutics company focused on the intersection music, neuroscience and technology.  Brian is a board-certified music therapist and one of 300 Neurologic Music Therapist Fellows in the world. Brian’s clinical work was focused at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston where he created and implemented their first inpatient full time Neurologic Music Therapy program, specializing in Traumatic Brain Injury, Stroke, and neurologic disease and built this program to be the most comprehensive NMT program in the country.  Brian is also the Chair of the Arts & Neuroscience group at the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and sits on the Advisory Council of the Academy of Neurologic Music Therapy. He has been an invited speaker at numerous venues throughout the world at venues including: the American Academy of Neurosurgeons, Harvard Medical School, the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, Stanford University, Berklee College of Music, The Neurology Foundation of India, and Google.  His work has also been featured in Forbes, CNBC, The Huffington Post, Pitchfork, Mashable, The Boston Herald, XConomy, MedTech Boston and on Chronicle Boston. Brian is an inventor on 2 patents related to MedRhythms digital therapeutic platform and was recently named to MedTech Boston's 40 Under 40 Healthcare Innovators for 2017. Rhythmic Audio Stimulation in Action   Google News Alerts A Google News alert  is a daily email digest from Google with links to news and article about a particular key word.  You can set one or more up here https://www.google.com/alerts I have one running for neuroscience and another for stroke. It's how I first hearrd about Medrhythms and the fast track program Set one up for your own area of interest to give it a try. Hack of the Week Make music a part of your life. Listen to music. Create music. Sing. Do it by yourself or with friends and family at a distance or online. Play an instrument. Or just play music while you walk and exercise. Adding music can be simple and powerful. Links Medrythms Website https://www.medrhythms.com/ Entrainment https://www.medrhythms.com/scientific-approach Medrhythms on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/MedRhythms/   Medrhythms on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/medrhythms/ Medrhythms on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/medrhythms/?hl=en Medrhythms on Twitter https://www.instagram.com/medrhythms/?hl=en Medrhythms on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/Medrhythmstherapy Medrhythms Clinical Trial https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20191028005569/en/MedRhythms-Initiates-Multi-Site-Randomized-Controlled-Trial-Nation%E2%80%99s FDA Breakthrough Devices Program https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/how-study-and-market-your-device/breakthrough-devices-program Melodic Intonation Therapy http://researchandhope.com/melodic-intonation-therapy/ The Use of Rhythmic Auditory Stimulation to Optimize Treadmill Training for Stroke Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6149244/ Where do we go from here? Visit http://medrhythms.com to learn more about the technology Share this episode with someone you know by giving them the link http://Strokecast.com/Medrythms Subscribe to Strokecast for free so you never miss an episode Don't get best…get better     Strokecast is the stroke podcast where a Gen X stroke survivor explores rehab, recovery, the frontiers of neuroscience and one-handed banana peeling by helping stroke survivors, caregivers, medical providers and stroke industry affiliates connect and share their stories.

 “Let food be thy medicine” - Hippocrates, the Greek founder of western medicine.   In this episode, you will learn the art and science of using food as medicine, and how doctors can prescribe home-cooking and lifestyle changes to prevent, treat and manage disease from our guest speak, Dr. Rani Polak. If you’re interested in pursuing a career in lifestyle medicine with a focus on culinary medicine, stay through the end of the episode, to learn about the CHEF Program at Harvard Medical School. It is a great way for doctors to earn continuing medicine education to teach their patients how to better care for their health by cooking and nutrition education. This program is opened to health coaches and other health professionals who are interested in using these tips for their clients. Dr. Rani Polak is the Founding Director of the Culinary Healthcare Education Fundamentals (CHEF) Coaching at the Institute of Lifestyle Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, and the Center of Lifestyle Medicine at Sheba Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel and as well as an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School. His current work is concentrated on culinary coaching, an innovative telemedicine approach which utilizes evidence-based medicine to help individuals and professionals to efficiently and cost-effectively improve nutrition through home cooking. His work has been featured in many media outlets including Scientific American, Herald Tribute, and USA Today. Visit the CHEF program at https://www.instituteoflifestylemedicine.org This is the "What is Public Health Podcast" with your host Dr. Kee Chan. Public Health is the invisible force that keeps you healthy everyday, and I bet you didn’t even know it. This podcast is your source of the latest trend in public health, is a place to refresh your skill set and get quick tips on professional development so you can do your best work in serving the public. Discover the many, different, and exciting careers in public health. Connect with stories from people impacted by public health.  To learn more about public health, connect with me at www.whatispublichealthpodcast.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whatispublichealth/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/whatispublichealth/support

Episode 7 In this episode, the table is turned on me, and your regular host, Andrew Boyarsky, is interviewed by Katherine Boyarsky , the host’s niece who is a healthcare specialist (both bios below.) In this episode we discuss how healthcare professionals and organizations need to prepare for handling COVID-19, also known as the Coronavirus, in their operations and what they may expect in the near term. Andrew Boyarsky, MSM, PMP, CBCP, is President of Pinnacle Performance Management, and an emergency management and disaster recovery specialist with 25 years of experience in project management and 18 years in emergency management, business continuity, and disaster recovery. He is also a Clinical Associate Professor in Project and Emergency Management at NYU and John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY). Katherine Boyarsky is a registered nurse and oncology specialist at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston. She also co-owns CXD Studio, a creative marketing agency, where she is responsible for managing marketing and copywriting services. Katherine is a regular contributor for Florence Health, a site dedicated to sharing information from healthcare providers to fellow providers. Links that we discuss in this episode: Johns Hopkins CSSE Coronavirus COVID-19 Global Cases dashboard: https://www.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6 Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Information on COVID-19 for Healthcare Professionals: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/index.html World Health Organization (WHO) COVID-19) technical guidance for patient management: https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/technical-guidance/patient-management

Episode 19 – Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L interviews Marilyn Zurwaski, OTR/L and Carroll Noel-Mozer, OTR/L about “Acupressure and Your Health” on the Healing Connections Podcast episode 19 on 2/17/20. Marilyn Zurwaski is the Co-President for Soul Lightening International. Marilyn is a Soul Lightening certified practitioner for Clinical Acupressure and Process Acupressure, and teaches several of their acupressure courses. Marilyn is an occupational therapist, and for the past 25 years she has been in private practice providing occupational therapy in Middleboro, MA. Carroll Noel-Mozer is an occupational therapist at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital’s outpatient site in Wellesley, MA. She has more than 35 years of experience in neurological and orthopedic disorders. Carroll is Neurodevelopmental Technique trained and has taken several acupressure courses that she uses extensively in her practice. Visit SoulLightening.com and TotalApproachTherapy.

What is a Military Traumatic Brain Injury?A TBI is caused by a bump, blow, or jolt to the head that disrupts the normal function of the brain. Regardless of severity, brain injuries cause symptoms such as headaches, dizziness, fatigue, weakened physical abilities, and impaired ability to concentrate. In addition, a brain injury may negatively affect memory, sleep, senses, and emotions, and may impede language and communication abilities.The Military Culture Shift is Just Beginning“When we first went into Afghanistan and Iraq back in 2002 and 2003, post-traumatic stress and traumatic brain injuries really weren’t anything that came up on our screens,” explains Hammond, who has commanded troops at the Platoon, Troop, Battalion and Brigade level both at home and abroad, including Afghanistan in 2002, Iraq in 2003, and Afghanistan 2011-2012 “We had a number of soldiers in Fallujah that received blast injuries from rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs), roadside bombs, mortars, rockets, and hand-grenades. If you were able to walk away, we high-fived. It was ingrained in all of us…you continue to march, you continue to fight. We played hurt.”That mentality of “playing hurt” shifted by the time Hammond deployed to Afghanistan again in 2010. Diagnostic and treatment protocols were established – in part – thanks to Dr. Zafonte who spent time in the region and studied the longitudinal effects of TBI. Under the guidance of Dr. Zafonte, Home Base and Spaulding’s pioneering research is already accelerating knowledge that translates into better clinical care for Veterans, Service Members and Special Operations Forces.We’ve Only Recently Begun to Understand the Full Impact Of TBILike professional sports teams, the military is beginning to understand that a TBI is more serious than a bump on the head that requires a couple of aspirin and back into action. “There are systems in place now that did not exist a decade ago,” says Michael Allard. “What we have today is a much better system of care, not only within the military – but organizations – like Home Base – are working with our DOD and our VA counterparts to develop novel models of interventions.”Stigma Can Deter Treatment, But Early Intervention Is Necessary“I’ve had a soldier with a brain injury based on a roadside bomb that lost a quarter of his head, and he returned to duty because of that drive to get back and continue to serve. Stigma to connecting to care is real, and anything that deters people from coming to get the help they need over something as silly as a stigma is painful for us to see,” says Hammond. “We want to make sure that people understand these are legitimate and serious wounds.“Some of the wonderful innovation and success stories we’ve had here at Home Base are because of the deep resources that we’re able to access here at Home Base between Spaulding Rehab and the Mass General Hospital,” says Hammond. “I know many Veterans who wish they could have gotten care sooner. But they don’t really look in the rear view mirror a lot. They’re happy for the guys to get the treatment now and they would be advocates for the young men and women that are coming up to make sure they get the help as soon as possible.”Family Members are Essential to Healing and RecoveryThe belief that family members play a significant role in the recovery of traumatic brain injuries lies at the heart of the foundation at Home Base. “This is a team effort and it starts with the family and it starts with approaches that that family member can really readily understand it and then know where to go,” says Allard. “When you can begin to educate those family members, they begin to understand that there are resources out there that will take them in and coach them through it to get their loved one into care. Now you’re making progress and you can put it into the hands of the clinicians who do have a handle on where we should go with the actual care.”Private-Public Partnerships are Essential in Meeting the Growing Demand“Home Base has been a unique starter of a flame that was necessary to really look at private-public partnerships and how we can serve as a complementary resource for people who need access to care, access through their families,” adds Zafonte, “Access for people who have difficult symptom complexes chronically, access for people who have unusual parts of that diagnosis. Not to be exclusive of the VA, but to collaborate with the VA for a single purpose, getting the Veteran well – that is what Home Base is here to do.”Access to Care is Key – Home Base Answers the CallAs a National Center of Excellence, Home Base provides a holistic and innovative approach to clinical care for Veterans, Service Members and their Families. Through a long-standing partnership with Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, this unique partnership allows Home Base to utilize today’s most cutting-edge technology and treatment for TBI. “We’ve invested and have extraordinary resources from a brain injury treatment and research perspective,” notes Zafonte, when asked about the integration between Spaulding and Home Base. Spaulding has been the TBI model center of the country and the neurology, neurosurgery and orthopedics programs at Home Base, which include specialists who treat traumatic brain injury, are consistently ranked among the best in the country by U.S. News & World Report.“Veterans deserve to have their injuries taken more significantly and when we think about it, it’s critical for us to appreciate that there could be some longer-term effects. Most people who are treated well early on will get better.”Connect to CareIf you suspect that you or a loved one has suffered a concussion or traumatic brain injury, it’s important that they receive proper care as soon as possible following injury as this can have significant impact on their recovery. To learn more about clinical and support programs at Home Base for TBI, contact Home Base at (617) 724-5202 or visit www.homebase.org/connect2care.Above article by Cassandra Falone, Director of Communications, Home Base Program for Veterans and Families

Whether we find role models at home, in our schools, hospitals or on the big screen, they have a lasting effect on us all. SGT Kirstie Ennis inspires everyone in her path, ever since finding her own inspiration to help others who can’t help themselves. This dates back to her enlistment in the Marine Corps at age 17, growing up with not one, but two Marine parents.During her second deployment to Afghanistan in June 2012, Kirstie sustained polytraumatic injuries from a helicopter crash including traumatic brain injury, facial and spine injuries, and leg trauma that eventually left her with an amputation above the knee.After being hurt overseas, Kirstie went on to become a Paralympian snowboarder, a proud contestant at Prince Harry’s 2016 Invictus Games, and a member of a Veteran team on a 1000 mile trek across Great Britain with the organization Walking With The Wounded.She continues to push herself every day while giving back to others through mountaineering and world travel. Since 2016, Kirstie set out to climb the Seven Summits (the highest peaks on every continent), having climbed Four of Seven so far. In May 2019 she was just 650 feet from the top of Mount Everest and had to turn back because her team was running out of oxygen, but without any surprise, she plans to return in 2021.Upon taking the stage accepting the 2019 Pat Tilman Award for Service at the ESPYs, Kirstie said… “I am one of the lucky ones who came home. Broken, but I am still here and I still can. So I will continue every day for those who can’t....Let this be my message tonight: Rest a moment less, endure a fraction more and try to make peace with whatever your pain may be.”Thank you Sgt Kirstie Ennis for your inspiration, and HBN wishes you the best as you complete the final three of the Seven Summits...For more information go to The Kirstie Ennis Foundation.We would like to thank our two rehabilitation guests on this episode, Ms Anne Packard and Mr. Ben Cole, and best of luck with your next chapters at home. Thank you Dr. David Crandell at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital for your care and constant advocacy for not only your patients, but your ongoing support of adaptive sports.www.homebase.org/homebasenationTwitter, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedInThe views expressed by guests to the Home Base Nation podcast are their own and their appearance on the program does not imply an endorsement of them or any entity they represent. Views and opinions expressed by guests are those of the guests and do not necessarily reflect the view of the Massachusetts General Hospital, Home Base, the Red Sox Foundation or any of its officials. 

Medicine Grand Rounds November 8, 2019 Edward M. Phillips, MD Assistant Professor, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Harvard Medical School Whole Health Medical Director, VA Boston Healthcare System National Whole Health Education Champion for Professional Trainees, Office for Patient Centered Care and Cultural Transformation Founder and Director, Institute of Lifestyle Medicine, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Dr. Rani Polak is the founding director of both the Culinary Healthcare Education Fundamentals (CHEF) Coaching program at the Institute of Lifestyle Medicine, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, and the Center of Lifestyle Medicine at Sheba Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel; as well as an Assistant Professors, Part Time, at the Department of PM & R, Harvard Medical School. Dr. Polak's focus, along with clinical care, is on clinical and translational research relating to the Culinary Coaching method which combine culinary training with health coaching principles. Dr. Polak is the PI of the Culinary CoRe (Culinary Coaching Research) group which aimed at expanding the culinary coaching as an effective, scalable telemedicine method to improve nutrition; and a course director of a medical education program at Harvard Medical School that disseminate culinary coaching to hundreds clinician worldwide. Dr. Polak work has been featured in many media outlets including Scientific American, Herald Tribute, US News and World Reports and USA Today. In this conversation Dr. Polak explains what is culinary medicine, its key components, and why it is an integral part of empowering patients to live a healthier lifestyle. Dr. Polak also talks about culinary coaching and shares innovative ways to deploy education and build skills. Tune in to learn more! To learn more please visit: Website: https://www.instituteoflifestylemedicine.org/?page_id=890 Twitter: https://twitter.com/RaniPolakMD Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CHEFCoaching/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rani-polak-md-mba-chef-22578744/

Today’s guest is Stephanie Nadolny. Stephanie is the Vice President of Hospital Operations, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Cape Cod and the Vice President of Ancillary Services, Spaulding Rehabilitation Network. Stephanie started her career in therapeutic recreation and has worked in rehabilitation services for thirty years. In this podcast we talk about Stephanie’s journey from an entry-level clinician to running a 60 bed rehabilitation hospital and helping to lead a rehabilitation services network. I really enjoyed talking with Stephanie not just because she happens to be a two-time UNH alumna, but also because she is a truly authentic leader. I hope you enjoy listening to her journey as much as I did. This is the full length version of the podcast. To check out the abridged version please see our web site, http://healthleaderforge.org

Today’s guest is Stephanie Nadolny. Stephanie is the Vice President of Hospital Operations, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Cape Cod and the Vice President of Ancillary Services, Spaulding Rehabilitation Network. Stephanie started her career in therapeutic recreation and has worked in rehabilitation services for thirty years. In this podcast we talk about Stephanie’s journey from an entry-level clinician to running a 60 bed rehabilitation hospital and helping to lead a rehabilitation services network. I really enjoyed talking with Stephanie not just because she happens to be a two-time UNH alumna, but also because she is a truly authentic leader. I hope you enjoy listening to her journey as much as I did. This is the abridged version of the podcast. To check out the full length version please see our web site, healthleaderforge.org

When we think of the blended art forms of music and photography, there is a something iconic that can come out of a still picture of the great artists of the past. Catching a glimpse of Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock or Leonard Bernstein conducting at the Philharmonic, it’s as if you can see the music coming out of the page - the thoughts coming from the artist as they glance to the side, backstage. We can let our imagination come up with scenarios, like picturing a scene or portrait while we listen to the music itself. Recently Ronnie was fortunate to be introduced to Mr. Jack Bradley at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital on Cape Cod. Nancy, His wife of 48 years, who you just heard, spoke of the death of “Louie” in 1971. That man was legendary Jazz trumpeter, vocalist and composer Louis Armstrong, who from the 1920s-60s was the lead influencer of both structural and improvisational elements of instrumental and vocal jazz for decades to follow. Ronnie's colleague Dr. Anne-Marie Thomas had known of Above The Basement and wanted to connect him with Mr. Bradley. At first glance, Jack is indeed a man who visited the emergency room after a fall and a man living with Parkinson’s Disease. But when he picked up the microphone to speak about his story of the love of music, which eventually led to a career as personal photographer for Mr. Armstrong, his face and body illuminated with excitement. Jack took us on his journey as a kid with eyes and ears glued to the local bandstand, to his Merchant Marine work that took him to NYC, which led to the nightly discovery of jazz with a camera around his neck at all times.

In this episode, I spoke with Dr. Rani Polak, who is also a chef doctor who teaches the importance of why we need to get back into the kitchen to take back our health!Dr. Rani Polak is the founding director of both the Culinary Healthcare Education Fundamentals (CHEF) Coaching program at the Institute of Lifestyle Medicine, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, and the Center of Lifestyle Medicine at Sheba Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel; as well as an Assistant Professors, Part-Time, at the Department of PM & R, Harvard Medical School. Dr. Polak’s focus, along with clinical care, is on clinical and translational research relating to the Culinary Coaching method which combines culinary training with health coaching principles. Dr. Polak is the PI of the Culinary CoRe (Culinary Coaching Research) group which aimed at expanding the culinary coaching as an effective, scalable telemedicine method to improve nutrition; and a course director of a medical education program at Harvard Medical School that disseminate culinary coaching to hundreds clinician worldwide. Dr. Polak's work has been featured in many media outlets including Scientific American, Herald Tribute, US News and World Reports, and USA Today.Social Media Links:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CHEFCoaching/Twitter: https://twitter.com/RaniPolakMDLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rani-polak-md-mba-chef-22578744/Chef Coaching: https://www.instituteoflifestylemedicine.org/?page_id=511Please support this podcast to impact others to live better: https://patron.podbean.com/thrivebitespodcast*Interview views are opinions of the individual. This podcast is not a source of medical advice*Copyright © 2020 by TheChefDoc, LLCAll text, graphics, audio files, Java applets and scripts, downloadable software, and other works on this web site are the copyrighted works of TheChefDoc, LLC. All Rights Reserved. Any unauthorized redistribution or reproduction of any copyrighted materials on this web site is strictly prohibited.

We recently had the absolute honor to welcome Dr. Cheri Blauwet onto our Traipsin' Global On Wheels Podcast Hour. Dr. Blauwet is a Stanford medical graduate, an assistant professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation at Harvard Medical School, an attending physician at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and the Brigham and Women’s Hospital director of the Kelley Adaptive Sports Research Institute. She is a three-time Paralympian, seven-time Paralympic medalist and two-time winner of the wheelchair divisions of the Boston Marathon and the New York City Marathon. She serves on the board of directors of the U.S. Olympic Committee and as chair of the International Paralympic Committee Medical Committee. Needless to say, she is a busy lady! Traipsin’ Global on Wheels is focused on sharing resources and insights into disability advocacy, fitness and health, and accessible travel. Our mission is to build a community of healthy, worldly, and informed advocates. Please send your feedback and stories to: tgowpodcast@gmail.com. You really want to hear from YOU, our listeners! This week's episode is sponsored by ChiBiBio: 'It's the little things in life that matter most.' You can learn more about their mission and see their entire line of nature-themed products at www.chibibio.com. end credit music: 'Who' by Seth Power (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0)

Wearable technology and robotics are two rehabilitation methods used to help those with limited mobility regain movement. Paolo Bonato, PhD, director of the Motion Analysis Laboratory at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, discusses the role of innovative technology in rehabilitation.

On this episode of the Healthy Wealthy and Smart Podcast, Jenna Kantor, DPT guest hosts and interviews Carrie Callahan and Matthew Bremekamp on the non-profit Empower SCI: a residential rehabilitation program for individuals with spinal cord injuries. Carrie Callahan is a physical therapist and one of the founders of Empower SCI and Matthew Bremekamp was a participant in the program who has now become a mentor with Empower SCI. In this episode, we discuss: -Empower SCI’s mission to integrate patients back into their community -The benefits of volunteering with a non-profit -A multitude of ways to get involved and support Empower SCI -Carrie and Matthew’s favorite memories while working with Empower SCI -And so much more!   “A lot of the topics that are covered in inpatient rehab are vital to survival but not necessarily knowing how to enjoy life once again.”   “Those seeds were planted and the information that was given to him years ago as a participant has literally rolled into this full, meaningful, substantive existence for him that he could come back and share.”   “The power of the human spirit is the biggest thing that I’ve learned about during the time we’ve had Empower.”   “Look at life more of as a why not instead of a why.”   For more information on Carrie: Carrie Callahan has practiced physical therapy for over 12 years, graduating from Ithaca College in 2003. She currently specializes in seating, positioning and wheeled mobility, earning her Assistive Technology Professional Certification in 2015, and now holds a position as Territory Sales Manager for Permobil, TiLite and ROHO products in the Boston area. She has a passion for teaching manual wheelchair skills, and has led Empower SCI in teaching these skills at Abilities Expos and through day courses for students, therapists and wheelchair-users in the Long Island and Boston communities. She also enjoys taking part in the adaptive sports community through Spaulding Adaptive Sports Centers, and in January of 2016, she was part of a team of one doctor and three clinicians who pioneered the monthly Adaptive Sports Medicine Clinic at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital. At Empower, she is co-founder and president of the program, leader of wheelchair skills activities, leader of the Knobby Tire Ride and Roll Fall fundraiser, coordinates participant applications and communications, and loves to co-lead the Back on Board surfing event each July with the Testaverde Foundation.   For more information on Empower SCI: Empower SCI is a non-profit corporation established to enable individuals with spinal cord injuries to lead happier, more meaningful and more independent lives. Empower SCI seeks to fill the gap in the rehabilitation industry that has been created by a decrease in length of stays at rehabilitation hospitals and outpatient services during the recovery from a spinal cord injury. Through community outreach and a two week residential rehabilitation program at Stony Brook University in Long Island, NY, Empower SCI will provide the knowledge, tools, strength, and support that individuals with spinal cord injuries need to thrive.   For more information on Jenna: Jenna Kantor (co-founder) is a bubbly and energetic girl who was born and raised in Petaluma, California. Growing up, she trained and performed ballet throughout the United States. After earning a BA in Dance and Drama at the University of California, Irvine, she worked professionally in musical theatre for 15+ years with tours, regional theatres, & overseas (www.jennakantor.com) until she found herself ready to move onto a new chapter in her life – a career in Physical Therapy. Jenna is currently in her 3rd year at Columbia University’s Physical Therapy Program. She is also a co-founder of the podcast, “Physiotherapy Performance Perspectives,” has an evidence-based monthly youtube series titled “Injury Prevention for Dancers,” is a NY SSIG Co-Founder, NYPTA Student Conclave 2017 Development Team, works with the NYPTA Greater New York Legislative Task Force and is the NYPTA Public Policy Committee Student Liaison. Jenna aspires to be a physical therapist for amateur and professional performers to help ensure long, healthy careers. To learn more, please check out her website: www.jennafkantor.wixsite.com/jkpt   Resources discussed on this show: Empower SCI Website Empower SCI Facebook Empower SCI Twitter Matthew Bremekamp LinkedIn Matthew Bremekamp Twitter Matthew Bremekamp Facebook Carrie Callahan Facebook   Thanks for listening and subscribing to the podcast! Make sure to connect with me on twitter, instagram and facebook to stay updated on all of the latest! Show your support for the show by leaving a rating and review on iTunes!   Have a great week and stay Healthy Wealthy and Smart!   Xo Karen    

Dr. Elizabeth (Beth) Pegg Frates, is a physician and certified health and wellness coach. She graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University, as a double major in psychology and biology. Then, she attended Stanford University Medical School where she chose the specialty of Physiatry. Dr. Frates came back to Boston for her internship in internal medicine at MGH and residency at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in the Harvard Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. There, she served as chief resident and President of the National Resident Physician Committee for the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. During her residency, she performed research on patient and caregiver knowledge and expectations for functional recovery after stroke and published those results in the American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Finding there was a lack of understanding of stroke basics in both patients and caregivers post stroke, she co-authored a book to help fill this gap. The book is titled "Life After Stroke: The Guide to Recovering Your Health and Preventing Another Stroke" (2006) Johns Hopkins University Press. Dr. Frates has trained in many different programs addressing behavior change in order to learn how to empower people to adopt healthy habits, those that prevent stroke and other lifestyle related diseases. This training includes a certification in Motivational Interviewing from UMass, certification in health and wellness coaching, Mind Body Medicine training with Dr. Herb Benson's group, and Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction training with Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn's group. She has been actively involved with teaching evidence based wellness, healthy habits, stroke prevention as well as lifestyle medicine at the Harvard Medical School, Continuing Medical Education Conferences both nationally and internationally for years. Dr. Frates founded her own wellness coaching company, Wellness Synergy in order to empower individuals and groups to attain their optimal level of wellness. She has developed 12 Steps to Wellness, which has helped people move from sitting on the couch eating potato chips to walking, tracking their steps with pedometers and enjoying fruits and vegetables. She is currently the Director of Wellness Programming at the Spaulding Stroke Research and Recovery Institute at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, a Harvard Medical School affiliate. Dr. Frates is a Clinical Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Frates has worked in the area of lifestyle medicine for almost ten years. She is the Director of Medical Student Education at the Institute of Lifestyle Medicine, the faculty advisor for the Lifestyle Medicine Interest Group at Harvard Medical School and has directed wellness programs at Harvard College. In the fall of 2014, Dr. Frates created a college level course in lifestyle medicine from scratch. Using all her experience in medicine and coaching along with the latest evidence from the medical literature, Dr. Frates crafted the curriculum, wrote weekly case studies, quizzes, and discussion questions and lectured in two hour classes for 14 weeks in the course Psych E 1037 Introduction to Lifestyle Medicine at Harvard Extension School. Teaching is a passion for Dr. Frates. Dr. Frates talks about shifting the perspective from "expert" approach to what she calls "COACH approach" to wellness and healing - an approach rooted in compassion, openness, appreciation, curiosity and honesty. To learn more please visit: Website: http://wellness-synergy.com Twitter: @BethFratesMD Course Website: https://www.extension.harvard.edu/academics/courses/introduction-lifestyle-medicine/14505

Dr. Beth Frates is a physician and Director of Wellness Programming at the Spaulding Stroke Research and Recovery Institute at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital. Dr. Frates is also a Clinical Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School. As I was listening to our conversation in post-production, Dr. Frates reminded me of past guest and plant-based rock star Jane Esselstyn with some of her language and mannerisms and inflection and occasional bursts of vocal volume and passion. Dr. Frates was influenced to practice lifestyle medicine from a very important person in her life, the person or patient she calls “Patient Zero”. This person, a major life-changing event and the effect he had on her caused a life-altering shift in her mindset, her thinking and ultimately her career path. In our conversation, we speak about Dr. Frates' interests in stress, the nervous system and its effect on heart health and vascular health. Dr. Frates has also devoted a considerable amount of time educating herself on behavior change and a “Coach Approach”. The emphasis on talking to your patients, not talking at them, being a coach instead of their finger-wagging doctor and enabling them to find the answers to their own concerns, to own their problems themselves by leading a discussion, asking questions, being a good listener and not judging. I sense that this content is very applicable to doctors and medical professionals who listen to this podcast. In other news, I have a big announcement of the completion of a project that I've been working on for many, many months. Not a book or a study, but a course, a webinar, to further your knowledge about plant-=based nutrition and the many reasons why this is the future. It is, to my knowledge, the first ever comprehensive webinar on the implementation of the plant-based diet for endurance athletes. If you're relatively new to the podcast or to me and my story, I am an endurance and competitive cyclist who just happens to have a radio style announcer voice, who just happens to have a podcast about plant-based nutrition. So, I've created this course that details from introduction to implementation, how athletes can implement a plant-based diet into their life. Why would you want to do this? Because it WILL make you a better athlete, no doubt about it. The line baloney that we've been fed that you must eat meat and dairy to be healthy humans and strong athletes is simply not true, and I have compiled the evidence and explanations to take you on a step-by-step journey to the end goal of immediately implementing this so that you can start to reap the rewards of this lifestyle for both your short-term athletic success and long-term health. This is somewhat time sensitive as I begin teaching this live and interactive webinar, on August 18, 2018. I have much more information on this course, what's included and specifics of dates and times of presentation by visiting plant-basedcyclist.com/plantbasedathletics. I'll also include several links in the show notes to make it easier. Plant-Based Nutrition for Endurance Athletes Details on the Webinar itself I hope you enjoy and learn something from this conversation, on Episode #47 with Dr. Beth Frates.

Only those with a passion for wound care can describe a wound as "beefy" and still have a stomach for summer barbecues! Join Melissa Agrimanakis, PT, DPT, WCC (Wound Care Clinician) a Spinal Cord Specialist from Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Charleston, MA as she walks us through her role as the part time Neuro/full time Wound Guru on her last 3 trips with STAND. She shares insight on the difference between wound care in the States and Haiti, describes what types of wounds she sees on a day to day basis, educates us on the challenges she faces and the creativity working in a third world country cultivates. She also describes how she manages to single-handedly drag 200 pounds of donations down to Haiti. Talus Media Talks is a subsidiary of Talus Media: PT Views & PT News. You can find physical therapy news on our sister channel, Talus Media News. Check us out on Twitter & Facebook @TalusMedia, and head to our website at talusmedia.org for more information.

Beth Frates, M.D. is the founder of Wellness Synergy which provides the knowledge, skills and tools needed to empower individuals and groups to reach their optimum health and wellness. She graduated from Harvard University, as a double major in psychology and biology. Dr. Frates attended Stanford University Medical School where she chose the specialty of Physiatry. She came back to Boston for her internship in internal medicine at MGH and her residency at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in the Harvard Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Dr. Frates co-authored a book, titled Life After Stroke: The Guide to Recovering Your Health and Preventing Another Stroke (2006) Johns Hopkins University Press. Website: www.wellness-synergy.com Twitter: @BethFrates

British pianist, vocalist and performer Tom Odell writes and sings from the soul and gives an unforgettable live performance with his band that is both modern and classic at the same time. We were thrilled to sit at Strongroom Studios in East London where he was putting the final touches on his latest album. The surrounding color and lighting around the instruments made up for the fact that I kicked over his tea and Ronnie left 2 very expensive microphones in the back seat of the Uber we took to get there – which we fortunately got back later that evening. This was a special trip for us at Above The Basement as two Bostonians visiting England. There was a lot of healing that needed to happen following the Boston bombing in 2013 ¬- and it’s fitting that we sat in Strongroom Studios when Tom’s song Heal was featured in the movie Stronger. To that end we would like to dedicate this episode and the inspiring music behind it to the healing victims, their families and caregivers throughout our Boston hospitals - in particular the amazing staff at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital – whose motto is, appropriately enough - "Find Your Strength". Song List: Song 1: Concrete (Wrong Crowd) Song 2: Heal (Long Way Down) Song 3: Somehow (Wrong Crowd) Song 4: Constellations (Wrong Crowd) Song 5: Supposed To Be (Long Way Down)

  Greyledge Technology is a biotech company that works with the patient’s own tissue samples. They take a tissue from you, typically blood or bone marrow tissue, and they manipulate that into a sample in a therapeutic that’s placed back either via injection, or as part of the surgical technique where our surgeon implants it. There are therapeutic cells within these preparations that can be used to promote and support natural healing.   Watch the episode: Listen to the podcast:   Greyledge CEO Dave Karli MD, biotech startup & optimizing the process of regenerative medicine. We’re incredibly fortunate to have Dr. Dave Karli on the show. He is the CEO of Greyledge (https://greyledgebiotech.com/) . Greyledge is located out of Vail, Colorado in Denver. Dave is responsible for all aspects of the company development, including the integration of a strong team of professionals to support Greyledge’s innovative approach to regenerative medicine. A bit of background about Dave; after attending med school at the University of Maryland, Dr. Karli, completed his residency at Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Harvard Medical School. Subsequently, he joined the facility at Harvard serving as an attending physician with the Department of PM&R at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital as well as working in the department of Orthopedic Surgery at Mass General Hospital. After joining the Steadman Clinic in Vail, Colorado in 2003, Dr. Karli began to adopt the use of autologous-based therapies that were emerging in the field of regenerative medicine. He has continued to lead the effort required to refine the practice of regenerative medicine. He has published pivotal clinical results and lectured extensively. His practice has grown substantially and includes treating elite-level and professional athletes. As a result, Dr. Karli has been featured in publications such as the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, ESPN Magazine and the Denver Magazine. Dr. Karli recognized early on that understanding the composition of regenerative biologic preparations used in treating his patients would be critical to refining his practice of medicine. He also realized that a one size fits all approach to creating the therapeutic preparations wouldn’t meet the need for an evidence-based precision medicine approach. In support of his concept for regenerative medicine, he completed the COLA Laboratory Director training course and obtained his MBA at Daniels College of Business, University of Denver. Greyledge has achieved sustained profitability ready for scalable expansion. Dr. Karli is positioning the company to maintain its unique technology platform offering by tracking regulatory activity, advancing biologic sample analytics and quality measures, and creating protocols that allow for customization of patient biologic preparations. Dave, welcome to the show. Thank you so much for having me. It’s an honor to be here. What is Greyledge Technology? Greyledge is an early-phase biotech company that works with the patient’s own tissue samples. You mentioned the word autologous earlier, a lot of people may not know what that word means. Autologous means from the self. It’s your tissues that are put back into you. We’ll take a tissue from you, typically blood or bone marrow tissue, and we manipulate that into a sample, a therapeutic, that’s placed back either via injection or as a part of a surgical technique where our surgeon implants it. I hesitate to use the word stem cell. There are stem cells in these preparations. That’s not a very accurate term to be using anymore, it’s been antiquated, but there are therapeutic cells within these preparations that we can use to promote and support natural healing. Our company promotes healing at the end of the day. We apply it towards orthopedic applications, arthritis, sports injuries, and things of that...

Why would a medical student quit medical school, go to culinary school and then back to medical school? Well that is the story of Dr. Rani Polak. Dr. Polak has an impressive resume and was a delight to talk to how he prescribes food as medicine and practices in the USA and Israel. Rani Polak, MD, Chef, MBA is founder and director of the Culinary Healthcare Education Fundamentals (CHEF) Coaching program at the Institute of Lifestyle Medicine, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, and a Research Associate, PM&R Department, Harvard Medical School. Prior to this position he completed a Research Fellowship in Lifestyle Medicine at Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School, and a residency in Family Medicine at the Hebrew University Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel. Dr. Polak had the good fortune to be the founder of the Hadassah Healthy Cooking and Lifestyle Center, and the Israeli Society of Lifestyle Medicine. His first lifestyle intervention won the Hebrew University’s Kaye Award Price for innovation, and his book, Delicious Diabetic Recipes is a gold best seller. Dr. Polak’s current focus is in nutrition education, and clinical and translational research relating to culinary medicine and medical education. His work focuses on CHEF Coaching utilizing evidence-based medicine to help individuals and professionals efficiently and cost-effectively improve nutrition. Aspects of this work includes a Patient CHEF Coaching program to improve the eating behavior of patients with cardio-metabolic risk factors, and a Clinician CHEF Coaching program that trains clinicians on how to provide effective culinary healthcare education. The Clinician CHEF Coaching program has been implemented into the Yale Preventive Medicine/Internal Medicine residency program and was recently approved by Harvard Medical School for Continuing Medical Education credits. Follow Dr. Polak on Twitter, @RaniPolakMD. Thank you for listening to the podcast and please share and rate wherever you listen!

Dr. Veronica Anderson, Host, Functional Medicine Specialist and Medical Intuitive interviews Dr. Elizabeth Frates about Recovering Your Health and Preventing Another Stroke. Are you overworked, overstressed or overweight? When Dr. Elizabeth Frates was 18 years old, her father suffered a heart attack and a stroke.  He was only 52 at the time.  This event sparked her interest in medicine and continued her passion for health, healing, and wellness. Now, she is the co-author of Life After Stroke, helps wellness groups for stroke survivors at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and is the faculty advisor for the Lifestyle Medicine Interest Group at Harvard Medical School. In this episode, Dr. Frates takes us through an in-depth story behind her father's near death experience, testimonials from happy and healthy clients and how you can take the first step towards the best version of yourself. Listen to the end you’ll learn exactly what to look for when looking for a doctor to help you back on the road to recovery. Full Show Notes: http://drveronica.com/8-recovering-health-preventing-another-stroke/   Show Notes: 04:00 – Elizabeth’s father near death experience 13:15 – How to take action on knowledge 14:00 – Becoming a C.O.A.C.H 18:00 – Bikini ready for summer 20:50 – Mind, body and spirit 22:00 – Health promoting emotions 24:00 – What are your priorities? 27:30 – Practice what your preach

HWYRT is back in the WGBH Studio at the Boston Public Library, which triggers a memory for Bryan. Peter continues his training for the Boston Marathon. And Bryan gets a kick out of Peter’s habit of always working toward the .2 of 26.2 miles. Then they are joined by veteran runner, and Executive Director of Back On My Feet, Theresa Lynn. Back on My Feet, a national organization operating in 12 major cities coast to coast, combats homelessness through the power of running, community support, and essential employment and housing resources.   To learn more about Back On My Feet and find out how you can get involved, click here: http://www.backonmyfeet.org   To help Peter meet his fundraising goal for his 2017 Boston Marathon run for Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, click here: https://www.crowdrise.com/spauldingrehabboston17/fundraiser/petervilla    

Peter has begun his Boston Marathon training and is raising money for Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital. Bryan admits he looks terrible at the end of every race he has ever run. They both admit it’s hard to love a treadmill workout at their gym. Then everything gets better when past HWYRT guests each send in an audio letter with their look ahead to running in 2017. https://www.crowdrise.com/spauldingrehabboston17/fundraiser/petervilla

Dr. Veronica Anderson, Host, Functional Medicine Specialist and Medical Intuitive interviews Dr. Elizabeth Frates about Recovering Your Health and Preventing Another Stroke. Are you overworked, overstressed or overweight? When Dr. Elizabeth Frates was 18 years old, her father suffered a heart attack and a stroke.  He was only 52 at the time.  This event sparked her interest in medicine and continued her passion for health, healing, and wellness. Now, she is the co-author of Life After Stroke, helps wellness groups for stroke survivors at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and is the faculty advisor for the Lifestyle Medicine Interest Group at Harvard Medical School. In this episode, Dr. Frates takes us through an in-depth story behind her father's near death experience, testimonials from happy and healthy clients and how you can take the first step towards the best version of yourself. Listen to the end you’ll learn exactly what to look for when looking for a doctor to help you back on the road to recovery.   Dr. Veronica Anderson's Links https://www.linkedin.com/in/drveronicaanderson/ https://www.facebook.com/drveronicaanderson/ https://twitter.com/DrVeronicaEyeMD?lang=en https://www.pinterest.com/drveronicaeyemd/?eq=dr.%20veronica&etslf=14837 https://www.instagram.com/drveronica/?hl=en   Recommended Book: Dr. Frates: A john Hopkins Press Health Book - http://amzn.to/2nTYv6y   Show Notes:   04:00 - Elizabeth's father near death experience 13:15 - How to take action on knowledge 14:00 - Becoming a C.O.A.C.H 18:00 - Bikini ready for summer 20:50 - Mind, body and spirit 22:00 - Health promoting emotions 24:00 - What are your priorities? 27:30 - Practice what your preach _______________________________ Dr. Veronica Anderson is an MD, Functional Medicine practitioner, Homeopath. and Medical Intuitive. As a national speaker and designer of the Functional Fix and Rejuvenation Journey programs, she helps people who feel like their doctors have failed them. She advocates science-based natural, holistic, and complementary treatments to address the root cause of disease. Dr. Veronica is a highly-sought guest on national television and syndicated radio and hosts her own radio show, Wellness for the REAL World, on FOX Sports 920 AM “the Jersey” on Mondays at 7:00 pm ET.   If you enjoyed this episode, do us a favor and share it! Also, if you haven’t already, please take a minute to leave us a 5-star review on iTunes and claim your bonus here!   Do you want to regain your health? Visit: http://drveronica.com/ TranscriptFemale VO: Welcome to the Wellness Revolution Podcast, the radio show all about wellness in your mind, body, spirit, personal growth, sex, and relationships. Stay tuned for weekly interviews featuring guests that have achieved physical, mental, and spiritual health in their lives. If you'd like to have access to our entire back catalog visit drveronica.com for instant access. Here's your host, Dr. Veronica. Dr. Veronica: Thank you for joining in for another episode of Dr. Veronica's Wellness Revolution. Today I am so lucky to have this lady on. She doesn't know how great she is. I already told her how great she is, but she doesn't even know how great she is but you're going to find out.  This lady teaches at Harvard, yes she does. And she's teaching all kinds of people how to teach people how to be healthy. And so she's a teacher of the teacher. So you know somebody who is a teacher of the teacher is a master. And not only does she teach the teachers, she also has her own clients that she helps transform their lives. I have with me Dr. Elizabeth Frates. Dr. Elizabeth Frates, a newly elected board member of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. You're saying, "What is the American College of Lifestyle Medicine?" This is the area... Finally Harvard has said, and you know when Harvard says it it's right, right?  Finally, we know that the way to get results in your body is through lifestyle changes. But why is there a whole college about it and conferences about it? Because people just don't know how to do it. It seems intuitive but a lot of it isn't. It's a field.  And so I'm at Dr. Frates at the Institute for Functional Medicine and she was given a talk about how for us as practitioners to get our clients to exercise. And she was brilliant. She was hula hooping on the stage while she was giving her talk. She talked about how you get people creatively to move. And then I said I used to be able to hula hoop, let me go hula hoop. And I couldn't hula hoop. I was pissed. But you know me, I'm competitive. I got to figure out how to get it done. So I even got myself a hula hoop. Somebody told me, "Here's the problem. You got to have the right set of..." You don't have the right equipment. You don't have the right knowledge. You do not get results. Let me introduce to you Dr. Elizabeth Frates, physician in physical rehabilitative medicine, teacher to the teachers, and master. Welcome to Dr. Veronica's Wellness Revolution. Dr. Frates: Thank you so much Dr. Veronica. I love being here. I love your energy. And I admire what you're doing. Every day all of your podcast, what you do for people to help them transform their lives and how you're able to do this virtually and hit millions of people. I saw somewhere a stat of 29 million people, which is... Dr. Veronica: I've been all over the world. People find me from the other side of the earth and it's quite interesting. Because what people don't know how I started doing this, I was doing something completely different. I had left health care and people found me and pulled me back in because they figured that I was a doctor. And that's how I started coaching. I started doing it remotely. Now, Dr. Frates, you have a very interesting story about how you started in this. And I want you to share that because everybody has that journey, that story. So how did you start in this area? What happened in your life? Dr. Frates: Thank you for asking Dr. Veronica because it is the reason that I get up every day and I love going to work as the original seed for my calling in lifestyle medicine. It has to do with the patients, one particular patient actually, Donald. And that's his first name. It's not Donald Trump. He just happens to be Donald. Just clarification.  I do want to tell you about Donald. When he was 52 years old he was overworked, overstressed, and overweight. Some of you might know someone like this. Some of you might be someone like this. A good man, loved his family and his clients. He was a financial adviser, Park Avenue in New York. He took over his dad's business and was a good son and a hard worker. And he dined almost exclusively on steak, French fries, quick fix hamburgers, chocolate cake, Oreos in the middle drawer of his office desk. Keeping them stashed. And he used to be an amazing athlete. That was in high school. Now he was 53 when I'm telling you this story of his life. And at this time he did one form of exercise, just one. He used to be a baseball player, soccer player, basketball player, one thing, sprints. Imagine, sprints. But these are only on occasion and only at 11:07 PM, only time he did this sprint. And that's because he needed to catch the last train home from Grand Central Station.  So if he looked at his clock and it said 11:05, he could finish a few things up, maybe grab an Oreo, and then race down Park Avenue to Grand Central Station to catch that last train home. And one of those sprints, he had a little pressure, a little pain. No pain, no gain. Forge forward. He can get through anything. This man can make it through any amount of pain. He will get the job done. He will get to his destination. He will meet his goal. He got on the train. He made it just... He would cut often, report stories of getting in and the doors just closing in right after him. Well, he was happy to be on the train. By the end of the half hour train ride, his home station arrives and he feels as if there's an elephant resting on his chest now. Numbness and tingling down his left arm. Sweaty, diaphoretic, short of breath. This is very strange. He feels very uncomfortable. His wife was a school teacher and knows nothing about medicine.  Picks him up at 11:39, which is the time the train would arrive, takes one look at him and says, "You need to go to the ER." He drives him there where he completes his massive myocardial infarction and right middle cerebral artery stroke. What's that? He had a heart attack and he had a stroke leaving him paralyzed on his left side. That's the patient that inspires me every single day, basically. Pretty much every single day that one patient. I was 18 when that happened to Donald. And this is Donald Peg, my dad. That event is forever etched in my head because I love my dad. And he was the pillar of strength. And I was actually going to go into the family business. That was my plan. I'm the youngest of all Pegs. That's my maiden name, Peg.  And all the other cousins they had their other things they were doing and I was very much like that. Hard worker, driven, and the youngest cousin I was going to take it over, until this. And I watched my dad, he didn't make a complete recovery. So he worked hard for in physical medicine and rehabilitation with PT's and OT's.  The only thing that remained, fine motor movement of his left hand was not quite up to par. But you wouldn't notice unless you were his daughter or his physician. But more importantly he made a complete lifestyle change and this is back in the 80's. I watched this man change from the diet you've just heard to fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and fish. He never ate these things before. They weren't in our house. I wasn't eating them before, and I started having salads before every meal just like he did. My mom was his kind of coach Dr. Veronica. I know you coach people. She isn't trained but she went with my dad to intensive lifestyle therapy programs. And she learned about healthy foods and cooking. She also learned about movement and she took it to heart. So not only did he change his diet he changed his pattern of living and moving. Meaning you got an exercise bike, stationary one that he was on one half hour, five days a week religiously.  Yes, he would be watching some new show or something about the stock market but he was on that bike. He started working from 10 am to 10 pm each day, complete change. Spending more time with my mom, more time with me. My brother got married and had little kids, he was the best grandfather there ever was. And he kissed my mom. For the first time I saw him kiss my mom. That was when I was about 18-19 years old. I still see it. I see him coming towards my mom from behind and I see him leaning over her shoulder and kissing her on the cheek.  And I remember my thinking, that's so great. He's expressing all that love and he's finally able to live the life that he wanted but I think just couldn't hold. He couldn't hold it because he was so trapped by do, do, do...  "Make sure the company succeeds for your father. Keep going. Your clients are the most important. Forget you. You don't mean anything. You're fine. You're invincible. You're Donald Peg. You can do anything." And watching this transformation, first of all I was so grateful that he was able to do this and he did live the best 27 years of his life after his heart attack and stroke. I'm still very close to him. In fact some of this work I feel like I'm doing with him. It's very was very strange. We didn't end up working together in the business, of finance, but I think ultimately in the end we're working together to help people avoid the health setbacks that he had and to help others achieve their optimal state of health and wellness. This is why I'm so passionate. Since 18 I've been on my own wellness journey, trying different things, different types of foods, different types of movement. Maybe you've noticed something's a little strange about what I'm doing. But that's because I do try to practice what I preach Dr. Veronica. You know this with the hooping. I really try to practice what I preach. And I studied a lot Dr. Veronica about what the body needs so that it can function at its optimal state, optimal level and what the mind needs to achieve peace, and what the heart needs to feel joy.  These are different things. Medicine really honed in for us, right Dr. Veronica on the body, what the body needs. Dr. Veronica: Yeah, it did. Dr. Frates: We didn't get too heavy into the mind, and the peaceful mind, it wasn't part of my training. Certainly the joyful heart, that really wasn't part of it. But I know that's your situation. I know that's what you do. You help all these viewers to understand, to live. Not just get the knowledge but you empower them through your coaching so that they can achieve these feelings of wellness and health.  That's how my dad and I when we partnered... I joined him again but I just continue and I will find avenues to share the health. And I appreciate this avenue because it's not what I'm familiar with. I know you and I spoke together privately about, I've been teaching at Harvard at the medical school and at the extension school, the students. And I also teach physicians as you heard at the Institute of Functional Medicine at a conference. But I haven't had this avenue open to me until you contacted me. So I'm grateful to partner with you in this podcast ad hopefully share some maybe tidbits that will be useful to your viewers. Dr. Veronica: Let's talk about some tidbits because you brought out a lot of nuggets that people can learn from. We're now in the age, back when your father had his massive event which could have killed him, he luckily had those events, lived, and really made the change. It really was the moment that made him change. But you and I see people every day who have these moments and they want to change but they just can't figure out how. They don't have a Mrs. Peg there. Is Mrs. Peg your mom? Dr. Frates: That's right, very married. Dr. Veronica: ...who has the background or the knowledge or the know-how to... There's a lot of Mrs. and Mr.'s out there that are supportive of the person that they're married to or in a relationship with. But now we have so much knowledge at the university of Google that people feel like I read it, I know it. Nothing's new under the earth but I'm not having success.  What do you say about that to people? Because I make the point to people that nobody can do anything by themselves, so this is your problem right there. But people still aren't convinced. What do you say to people? Because people are trying hard. They're reading everything. The information's out there. They come in. They almost know more than we do. Almost but not quite. Dr. Frates: You make so many good points. Francis Bacon, right, knowledge is power. University of Google, knowledge is power. We all go out and we try and get as much knowledge as possible. The thing that I'd learned is it's power but it's not powerful enough to instill lasting change. And so what do we need people to appreciate?  Because you have the information as Dr. Veronica's saying. Does it mean you'll act on it? We want to know how to get going and how to act on it. There's power in numbers. Having support is important. Having a Mrs. Mary Peg for Donald is important. I think the first partner you need to partner up with though, yourself. Here's the first partner. And I'm going to ask you to partner with the coach self that's inside of you, every one of you. Dr. Veronica is a coach and she knows how to coach. But guess what, all of you can bring out your own personal coach. How's this?  I love these five words. Coach, curiosity, bring out your curious child-like self. Be open and non-judgmental with yourself and others. But I'm talking about now you're bringing the coach out of you to help you and talk to you from above. Appreciation for this moment, appreciate for actually being in this podcast, appreciation for Dr. Veronica to have the wherewithal to create these things for you all, appreciation that you had the time to sit and listen today, that you can sit and listen today. Appreciation for perhaps your mom, your dad, your grandmother, your best friend, your spouse, your dog. And then compassion, you've tried things perhaps and it hasn't worked. You've read everything in the internet and it hasn't actually helped yet. But compassion, compassion for yourself and where you are, compassion for others around you. And then H is honesty. Being honest with yourself.  Are you the person you want to be? Are you following your own sense of purpose? If you line up your priorities on one side and then you line up the amount of time you're spending doing specific activities in your day, is it going to match? Are you spending the most time on the things that are most important to you? Do your priorities match your daily life? In most cases we find no. But you need to be honest with yourself about this. When you bring this coach like person out of you we all one living inside ourselves. Each one of us has a coach-like individual that can be curious, open, appreciative, compassionate and honest. We can be those things, those human characteristics.  Partnering with that coach in you, number one, is really, really important. And then if you can find a Dr. Veronica, or become part of a program where there is coach like person that can help you look at your motivators, why change, why adopt a healthy diet now? Why change your eating pattern now? Dr. Veronica could tell you. I could tell you. Dr. Google could tell you. But you need to verbalize why you want to make a change right now.  For me I'm sure Dr. Veronica can tell you about her clients. I can just list one client who wanted to go to Florida and wear a bikini, and this was a 74-year old woman. I'm not talking about a teenager. That's true. That was her motivation. She was 74 and wanted to wear a bikini. Alright, I'll work with that. I want to get to an intrinsic motivator that was kind of extrinsic appearance motivator. But if that's going to lead her to, which it did, walking regularly, choosing fruits for dessert, filling her plate with vegetables, if that motivation to get on that into a bikini at 74 is her motivator to begin.  And by the way, she was 200 pounds to start. I'm just trying to paint the picture for you. Then I'm fine with that if that's her motivation, because guess what eventually ended up happening. She started walking and loving it and feeling really good. And she started noticing her pants were fitting differently. She started noticing she was more nimble. She was more energetic. She started inviting friends on walks. She changed her diet because she wanted to fuel herself so she could walk farther. Then she started snowshoeing. We're here in New England. Then she started biking. Now this 74-year old woman has a bike rack behind her car so that she can take her bike and her friend's bikes out to trails. Now she just loves the feeling she gets after exercising.  So the time comes she's supposed to go to Florida, to get to wear her bikini in Florida. She goes to Macy's, she tries on bikinis. She does. I wasn't there. She told me this story. She didn't like the way they looked so she was disappointed. She found a great one piece that she loved but she came to me saying she was very disappointed. I said, "Wait a minute, did you ever think you'd even put a bikini on 10 months ago?" She said, "Good point. No." And then the whole point of the story is did she stop after going to Florida and prancing around in her special little one piece that she looked so good in? No, she didn't stop because she loved the feeling of exercise. And she loved the way she felt after she ate fish, broccoli, quinoa, versus when she used to eat five pieces of pizza. She didn't like that feeling. Now, did she stop pizza altogether Dr. Veronica? Actually this woman did not. She had one piece a week because where she worked they would order pizzas. Why, I don't know. They would order pizzas on Thursday, and it was I guess pizza Thursday. Why don't we have kale and quinoa Thursday, Dr. Veronica? Why? We have pizza Thursday. So she would instead use that as her treat. She would do one piece of pizza. What happened with her? A massive transformation in her mindset, in her movement, and in her heart. I think if we understand that it's the body, mind, and spirit, not just the body that needs healthy input like how we speak to ourselves, that's asking the coach to speak nicely to yourself. And don't you wonder sometimes, you say things to yourself that you would never say to another person, let alone a friend. You would never speak to a friend that way. Meanwhile you can tell yourself these terrible things. It comes back to partnering with a coach. Because guess who's with you all the time? Yourself, right? I think the number one message is to bring out the coach in you, that curious, child-like, open, appreciative, look at this day. By the way it's a really cloudy day in New England but you know what, we need rain. We got a drought. So I am saying, "Great. Look it's cloudy. I hope it rains because that'll help the flowers. That'll help our water supply. That'll help us."  Be appreciative for it. And then be compassionate and honest. I hope that helps. Does that help Dr. Veronica? Was that something you think might be useful? Dr. Veronica: Absolutely. I love it. You've talked about appreciation and you're showing appreciation. I term that gratitude and I like to talk to people and tell them about the health harming emotions and the health promoting emotions. And that fear, anger, sadness... Your self-talk of fear, anger, and sadness to yourself about yourself is harming your health. The love, the joy, and the gratitude changes your physiology. And we now know that. We have research on that.  This is why lifestyle medicine is so important. We talk of lifestyle medicine, this goes back to physicians take the Hippocratic Oath. Hippocrates said let your food be your medicine. Medicine is food, food is medicine. We take the Hippocratic Oath. Yet traditional mainstream American medicine has become just the opposite. And in fact we like to talk about doctors who promote using food as medicine. And we want to call them quacks.  I'm trained now in homeopathy. And Hahnemann, there's a medical school named after him in Philadelphia. They actually changed the medical school name to Drexel now. But Hahnemann, father of homeopathy named homeopathy and allopathy. He named what everybody does today. It meant we're going to do it this way, homeopathy, and drugs, allopathy. We have come so far away, now we have to turn back around and realize that what we left, what was happening centuries and centuries ago, what was in Hippocrates, what was in ancient China and ancient India, a lot of that, which has to do with the mind and the spirit not just the physical is extremely important. I also want to bring out something else that you sad about what are your priorities and how much time do you spend with those particular priorities? Is health your priority? This is a Wednesday when we're making this recording. People don't know when they see it. They see it when they happen to come upon it. Wednesday is my work out Wednesday. That's my day. I go to the gym. It's my endurance two hour workout. I spent from 5:45 to 7:45 in the gym working out hard. Dr. Frates: Look at that glow she has. Just everybody look at her glow, that's from working out. Do you see that glow? That's a glow. Dr. Veronica: Yes. And then I came home. I made my bone broth. I made my cranberry drink. I made my protein smoothie. I start my day, after I say hello to my dogs, working out and bringing in the right nutritional things to make sure I'm taking my supplements because it's the most important. Me is the more important. And so, what got me here wasn't just me alone. I had to get to the point where I decided me was important. But I also have a good friend and she's a Dr. Veronica too. And the other Dr. Veronica is a chiropractor. And she got me on the path of understanding about homeopathy because I went to medical school, she used to use these little substances on me and I said, "How did you get that to work?" I don't have any side effects. It happened so fast. How come I never learned about it? I got pissed. You know what doctors do, we're all competitive about this. I went and got trained instead of "how come nobody knows about this?" It's so easy. People call you a quack here. In France you get a degree from the Ministry of Health when you get trained in homeopathy. Here people say that you're a quack. Yet it works so nicely in the right circumstance.  You have to keep your mind open. Understand, I have gratitude for people like Dr. Frates who I go to meetings, I meet them, and they say, "Sure, I’ll come on. I'd love to. I have gratitude for that because I always learned something. But it means that I can have your energy and my energy together to come out and help people make the decision that they can do it and they can change. Dr. Frates, she's up there at Frates, wellness.synergy.com. I want you to know how to find her. Because if you want to go to Harvard and you want to get trained in how to teach other people, or you want to get some advice about your own health, wellness.synergy.com is where you find Dr. Frates. She's got all the paper on her wall. I got paper on the wall in a different way. I've got all the degrees and all that stuff that you're supposed to have. But I'm here because I'm not going to be the person to help everybody. Here you have it, Dr. Elizabeth Frates on the board of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. How about that, on the board.  I'm sitting on her exercise ball. Let me just ask people this. Audience, is your doctor practicing what they're preaching? If they tell you lose weight or go exercise are they doing it? Do they look how you want to look? If they can't a result for themselves they're not going to get a result for you. If they can't get a result for themselves they have to understand they don't have the knowledge and go to another doctor.  Dr. Veronica, I didn't have all the knowledge. I go to my chiropractor, I go to my physical therapist. I got my trainer. I go to conferences where I'm able to collaborate with the Dr. Frates of the world to figure out how can I do it better for me. Because if I can do i better for me I can teach you how to do it better. So Dr. Frates, thank you for doing what you do. You are wonderful. This a role model for women and women physicians on the way to do what's passionate for you. You hear where that comes from, from watching her father almost die. And a lot of us, people out there, if you're on a health journey it's not just about you. There people around you who love you. It's not just about you. Get out of your selfishness and realize that you are responsible to all those people around you. Even if your kids are grown, they love you, they want you to be around. And they suffer when they watch you doing things. I'm an eye surgeon. I watch my grandmother go blind. Do  you understand how my grandmother sacrificed and went blind so that I would do what I do today. Because I know it's preventable. Preventable blindness. She went blind from diabetes. That is preventable diet blindness. Dr. Frates, she talks about exercise prescriptions. I give people exercise prescriptions. I tell them how to do it. They have to report back to me. I put it little tiny bikes so that they can be successful. And even before I give them the exercise prescription now because they start feeling good on their program they start it themselves because they know they should be doing. Dr. Frates, thank you so much for being on Dr. Veronica's Wellness Revolution. Dr. Frates: Thank you Dr. Veronica and thank you everyone for listening. Dr. Veronica: Hey everyone. I want to really thank you so much for listening to my new podcast, Dr. Veronica's Wellness Revolution. I really enjoy helping others regain their health. So if this episode helps you, it can definitely help others. Do me a favor. Give us a five star review on iTunes to help me spread this message.  And because I really appreciate your help so much I will be giving away a $25 Amazon gift card each week to a random individual. Check the show notes of this episode for the details on how to win. Thank you so much. Take care. Female VO: Thank you for listening to the Wellness Revolution Podcast. If you want to hear more on how to bring wellness into your life visit drveronica.com. See you all next week. Take care.   

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1) Age of first exposure to football and the effect of later-life cognitive impairment on former NFL players and 2) Topic of the month: Stroke in systemic disease. This podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Howard Goodkin interviews Dr. Robert Stern about his paper on the age of first exposure to football and the effect of later-life cognitive impairment on former NFL players. Dr. James Addington is reading our e-Pearl of the week about REM behavior disorder. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Michelle Johansen interviews Dr. Kevin Barrett about the topic of stroke in the setting of Endocrine disorders. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Goodkin, Stern, Addington, Johansen and Barrett.Dr. Goodkin serves on the scientific advisory board for Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance and CURE Infantile Spasms; serves as an editorial board member of Neurology, Surgical Neurology International and Epilepsia; receive a royalty from UpToDate for co-authorship of an entry entitled The "choking game" and other strangulation activities in children and adolescents; will be receiving royalties for editing Epilepsy as part of the Neurology in Practice series and receives research support from the NIH.Dr. Stern serves as an Associate Editor of Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences; serves as an editorial board member of Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology; serves as a Review Editor of Frontiers in Neurotrauma and Frontiers in Sports Neurology; serves as Series Editor of Alzheimer's Research and Therapy; serves on the Mackey-White Traumatic Brain Injury Committee of the National Football League Players Association; serves on the medical advisory board of Sports Legacy Institute, the National Graves' Disease Foundation and Amarantus Biosciences (paid advisor); serves on the Medical and Scientific Advisory Committee of the MA/NH Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association; is a consultant for Janssen Research & Development and Athena Diagnostics; receives publishing royalties from Psychological Assessment Resources, Inc. for the Visual Analog Mood Scales, the Boston Qualitative Scoring System for the Rey-Osterreith Complex Figure, and the Neuropsychological Assessment Battery; receives research support from Eisai Inc., Eli Lilly and Company, Amarantus Biosciences, Aethlon Medical, Avid Radiopharmaceuticals, the Department of Defense and the NIH; received honorariums from, Braintree Neurorehabilitation Conference, National Academy of Neuropsychology, Harvard Medical School, The German Center for Research and Innovation and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen, Medical University of South Carolina, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and 8th Annual National Summit on Sports Concussion.Dr. Addington serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section. Dr. Johansen serves as a scientific advisory member of Stroke and as a contributor to Blogging Stroke.Dr. Kevin Barrett serves as an Associate Editor of Neurohospitalist; serves as an editorial board member of Neurology; and receives research support from the NIH.

Lance Dodes, M.D. is a Training and Supervising Analyst Emeritus with the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute and was assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School (retired). He has been the Director of the substance abuse treatment unit of Harvard’s McLean Hospital, Director of the Alcoholism Treatment Unit at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital (now part of Massachusetts General Hospital) and Director of the Boston Center for Problem Gambling. He annually chairs the discussion group The Patient witih Addiction in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis at the fall meeting of the American Psychoanalytic Association.

Lance Dodes, M.D. is a Training and Supervising Analyst Emeritus with the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute and was assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School (retired). He has been the Director of the substance abuse treatment unit of Harvard's McLean Hospital, Director of the Alcoholism Treatment Unit at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital (now part of Massachusetts General Hospital) and Director of the Boston Center for Problem Gambling. He annually chairs the discussion group The Patient witih Addiction in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis at the fall meeting of the American Psychoanalytic Association.