Episode 12 is with Johnny Owens discussing Blood Flow Restriction Training and it's clinical applications.

Bio: 

Johnny Owens BS, MPT is a physical therapist San Antonio, Tx.  He is currently a clinical researcher in the Clinical Research Center at Brooke Army Medical Center, a medical consultant to various professional and college medical organizations and adjunct faculty at the Army Baylor Doctoral Physical Therapy Program.  He is the former Chief of Human Performance Optimization at the Center for the Intrepid at Brooke Army Military Medical Center. He specialized in management of lower extremity trauma and complex foot and ankle injuries of patients returning from the combat zone.  He developed the Return to Run Clinical Pathway which focuses on returning service members who have suffered trauma back to high level activity and most recently the application of a novel technique, blood flow restriction training to help restore strength after injuries.  He has numerous multi-center research projects involving regenerative medicine, sports medicine, exoskeletons, blood flow restriction and rehabilitation of the combat casualty.  His work has been featured on 60 minutes, NPR, Time magazine, Forbes, ESPN and Sports Illustrated.  He did his undergraduate course work in Biology at The University of Texas at Austin and earned his Masters in Physical Therapy at The University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston.

https://www.owensrecoveryscience.com/

 Topics: 

Summary of the history and physiology behind Blood Flow Restriction training (BFR).

Medical vs. fitness contrast in application of BFR

How the Delfi unit differs from other BFR units

Patient populations that can benefit from BFR

Discussion on downstream fatigue and proximal benefit theories of BFR

Implications on how BFR has a role in rehab and how it can fill a void where only steroid shots were available

Brief discussion on stem cell treatment