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Dr. Felix Liao DDS  is the author of the book Six Foot Tiger, Three-Foot Cage: Take Charge of Your Health by Taking Charge of Your Mouth. He joins the show to discuss how this might be impacting your overall recovery due to airway obstruction. 

Do you, or someone you know, live with snoring, teeth grinding, poor sleep, aches and pains, chronic fatigue, moodiness, and other seemingly inexplicable symptoms? Your whole body suffers oxygen deficiency from a clogged airway and poor sleep when your mouth is structurally impaired. “Six-foot tiger” is the vicious medical, dental, mood, and financial consequences of a “three-foot cage” — a mouth that's too small for the tongue.

Check out Dr. Liao’s most recent book Licensed to Thrive: A Mouth Owner’s GPS to Vibrant Health & Innate Immunity

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In this episode I am joined by Dr. Ford Dyke Ph.D. who is a Kinesiologist, Assistant Professor at Auburn University, and Team USA Handball Athlete. Dr. Dyke specializes in Performance and Exercise Psychophysiology and is a subject-matter expert in Mindfulness-Based Performance and Health Optimization©. 

For over a decade, Dr. Dyke has studied Human Psychology, Kinesiology, and Psychophysiology. He professes that optimal performance is dependent upon the integration of health and well-being. His knowledge and experience led to the creation of perfor[Hu]mance.® 

With his roots in the seaside community of Jupiter Beach, Florida, he remains mindful of the soil of the land, an ocean breeze, and waves breaking upon the sand.

In this episode we discuss...

• What Mindfulness-based performance is
• Mental Health and Mindfulness-Based Performance in the Olympics
• Dr. Dyke's experience as a team USA handball athlete
• The Ideal Performance State and the Energetic State
• Bridging mindfulness across different sports cultures
• How cognition & mindfulness impacts movement
• Importance of [H]ydrate, [U]nplug, [M]ove, [A]spire, and [N]ourish

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This solo episode is a mid year review of my work with Injured to Elite and beyond! In case you are just coming into my content this will bring you up to speed :)

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Returning to play after injury requires a specific physical progression, but what does the optimal mindset look like for an athlete during the process? This is a question that Drew Werner and I have both been on a mission to answer for the athletes and colleagues we work with. Drew is a Certified Athletic Trainer who has gone on to obtain his masters degree in Sport Psychology from Capella University and a like minded colleague that is also integrating mental performance into sports rehabilitation. 

Some of our conversation topics include...

• Bridging the conversation from physical to mental
• Signs of mental health related issues in the training room
• Breathing strategies to use when facing fear in rehab
• Avoiding versus leaning into the mental side after injury
• Goal setting after injury 

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Dr. Phillip Williams and I both trained at the Hospital for Special Surgery while he was completing his orthopaedic surgery residency and I was completing my Sports Physical Therapy Residency. This episode is a long time coming for Injured to Elite with our first guest who is an Orthopedic Surgeon to join. 

We cover a ton of different topics including...

• Dr.William's overcoming adversity through his medical education
• Changing careers
• The Return to Play Process After Knee Surgery
• Speaking His Own Truth as a Physician Through Social Media
• Overcoming fear (pre, peri, and post-operatively)

Dr. Phillip Williams earned his medical degree from Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts, following graduation from Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. He completed his internship at Weill Medical College of Cornell University in New York City and his orthopedic surgery residency at the Hospital for Special Surgery, also in New York City. He then completed his sports medicine fellowship at Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic in Los Angeles, California.

Dr. Williams specializes in sports medicine with a focus on innovative arthroscopic and reconstructive interventions for injuries affecting patients from two years of age.  Using the most current, evidence-based surgical and non-surgical techniques, he implements a comprehensive individualized treatment plan for each patient. He strives to get patients back to doing what they love, emphasizing the prevention of further injuries. He speaks French and Spanish.

He has served as an assistant team physician for the Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Dodgers, Los Angeles Kings, Anaheim Ducks, Los Angeles Sparks, and Los Angeles Galaxy. He also served as an assistant team physician for Loyola Marymount University Athletics in Los Angeles.

A published author of numerous scientific articles and book chapters on various sports medicine conditions, Dr. Williams is an assistant professor or orthopedic surgery at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth in Houston. He is active in the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine and American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.

Away from the office, Dr. Williams enjoys spending time with his wife and two daughters, running, and collecting jazz records.

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"We Live in a Cause and Effect Universe"

Regular special guest, performance coach John Denney and I discuss his mental performance coaching work with professional golfers including LPGA tour golfer Lexi Thompson; along with covering our thoughts on the recent PGA tour US open.

In this episode here are a few things we mention with additional media resources.

Click here to Listen to John Denney's client and top LPGA tour golfer Lexi Thompson discuss integrating some of the mental strategies John and I discuss on this episode

Book: Golf in the Kingdom

Moe Norman : A Fireside Chat with Golf's best Ballstriker

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Zach Bitter is an ultramarathon endurance athlete that holds the 100 mile treadmill world record completing it in 12:09:15. Zach also hosts his own podcast titled The Human Performance Outliers Podcast (HPO) where he recently interviewed me a few months ago on the mental approach I take with helping others through physical challenges and injuries. Since statistics show that the majority of sport and orthopedic injuries are related to recreational running, and fitness activities, it would only make sense that we highlight this. But in this episode we go much deeper than just running and draw to the symbolism that running represents in many people's lives and also talk about "MILE 79" or really preparing for the toughest moments in the pursuit of our goals related to our performances in life.

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In this solo episode I discuss the mental health reckoning that is happening in elite sports. I cover the recent topic regarding elite tennis player Naomi Osaka who recently was fined for not doing a press conference during the French Open, citing mental health reasons. Some of the guests on this podcast including Ryan Sherriff have shared their mental health journey and specifically how it has impacted their physical health and performance. You can listen to episode # 31, and  episode # 5 with Tampa Bay Rays LHP Ryan Sherriff and episode #32 with MLB 2020 comeback story of the year Daniel Bard.

The time to integrate mental strategies into physical rehab is now. If you are an injured athlete going through a tough time mentally, learn more about my work at http://www.drdavidmeyer.com and schedule on my calendly at https://calendly.com/davidmeyer/consultation.

Below you can learn more about some of these recent stories covering athletes speaking out on their mental health including Naomi Osaka, Michael Phelps, and Ryan Sherriff.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/01/opinion/naomi-osaka-french-open-tennis.html

https://www.cnn.com/videos/sports/2021/06/03/michael-phelps-naomi-osaka-withdraws-from-french-open-newday-vpx.cnn

https://www.si.com/mlb/2021/04/20/mlb-mental-health-reckoning-daily-cover

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In this solo episode I share my recent webinar titled Cracking the Rehab Code: Integrating Mental Strategies Into Elite Athlete Care; covering practical mental skills & strategies to incorporate into sports rehabilitation. 

• Unlock the untapped potential of mindfulness in your sports rehabilitation work.
• Level up your communication through the use of effective social psychology strategies, building the career of your dreams.
• Develop mental skills such as conscious breathing techniques, visualization, and step by step graded exposure to optimize your client's rehabilitation outcomes.
• Unleash the the power of shifting your perspective, and get in the zone that journalling and self-affirmation provides. 
• Master your understanding of intrinsic motivation to maximize athlete compliance and engagement, while learning how to improve your own consistency.
• Break the shell of your comfort zone of "staying in your lane" and integrate yourself into a high performing multi-disciplined sports setting.
• Take your sports rehabilitation career and those you work with from Injured to Elite!

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Jud Brewer, MD, PhD “Dr. Jud” is a NYT best-selling author & thought leader in the field of habit change & the “science of self-mastery”, having combined over 20 years of experience with mindfulness training with his scientific research therein. He is the Director of Research and Innovation at Brown University’s Mindfulness Center, where he also serves as an associate professor. He is the executive medical director at Sharecare Inc. and a research affiliate at MIT. Dr. Jud has developed and tested novel mindfulness programs for habit change, including both in-person and app-based treatments for smoking, emotional eating, and anxiety. His new book is called “Unwinding Anxiety: New Science Shows How to Break the Cycles of Worry and Fear to Heal Your Mind”.

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