In this episode, Derrick McBride questions Dr. Kelton Mehls on the value of testing pre and post acupuncture treatments with devices that measure performance metrics such as RSI, stability in 3 planes of movement, range of motion improvements, and others. We hypothesize what is actually happening to the motor recruitement patterns of muscles after sticking acupuncture needles into them and how we may be able to test those to solify the science of using acupuncture for not only pain and injuries, but for performance.

In this episode Derrick McBride LAc, CSCS, and Dr. Kelton Mehls PhD, CSCS discuss the physiolgical basis for VO2, how to test it, why it matters, and how to efficiently train it.

In the first episode of The Doc and a Quack Podcast, Derrick McBride and Dr. Kelton Mehls sit down to talk about all things lactate. What is it? What is it not? What does it mean? How to measure it? Why measuring it is useful in conditioning programming.