The Robbie Bourke Podcast

Episode 213: Maggie Downie - Movement as medicine

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This episode guest is Maggie Downie from Personal Euphoria

Maggie Downie is a Pilates Instructor and the owner of Personal Euphoria. She has a B.A in history from Eastern Connecticut State


University and has studied Pilates since 2002. She is certified in Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced Mat Pilates through STOTT Pilates. Maggie has trained in Pilates for breast cancer rehabilitation and Pilates for pre and post-natal clients, Pilates Equipment as well as injuries and special populations. She has also taken classes and trained under Pilates Elders Mary Bowen, Ron Fletcher, Jay Grimes, and Lolita San Miguel. She thinks it is a privilege to work with different bodies- whether athletes or someone doing post rehab. She has been a guest on NPR and Better CT to share and discuss her knowledge of fitness. Her enthusiastic, upbeat personality is effective in helping students become energized about health and wellness.


On this episode Maggie and I discuss:

  • Maggies background
  • What is pain?
  • I ask Maggie how she works with clients that are in pain
  • I ask Maggie who's work and research in pain has influenced her the most
  • I ask Maggie what in her opinion are the leading factors to many individuals pain
  • I ask Maggie why she wrote her book?
  • I ask Maggie about the importance of language when dealing with clients and pain
  • I ask Maggie about how she deals with individuals who really self identify with their pain
  • I ask Maggie what are the biggest things her has learned in her life and career
  • Maggie and I discuss the difference between sport and health
  • I ask Maggie what a typical day in her life is like?
  • I ask Maggie for you top resources
  • I ask Maggie for her top and current book recommendation?
  • I ask Maggie for her top life advice
  • I ask Maggie, if she only had one year left on planet earth, how would she spend that year and why?
  • I ask Maggie, if she could invite 5 people to dinner, dead and alive, who would she invite and why?

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    This was an outstanding episode and I hope you all enjoy it as much as we did!

    Stay Strong,

    RB

     

    Show Notes:

    Website - www.personaleuphoria.com

    Facebook - Personal Euphoria Pilates

    Twitter - Personal Euphoria

    Instagram - personaleuphoria

    YouTube - EuphoriaPilates

     

    Podcasts Mentioned:

    OPEX Podcast #051 - Quinn Henoch Founder of Clinical Athlete

     

    Videos Mentioned:

    TEDxAdelaide - Lorimer Moseley - Why Things Hurt

    Lorimer Moseley Pain Research Video

    Pain, the brain and your amazing protectometer - Lorimer Moseley

    The Mars Generation | Official Trailer [HD] | Netflix

    Robert Sapolsky -Human Behavioral Biology course 




    Books Mentioned:

    Keep Moving

    The Sensitive Nervous System

    High Performance Training for Sports


    Sports Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation

    Behave

    Exercise Physiology: Nutrition, Energy, and Human Performance

    Fart Proudly: Writings of Benjamin Franklin You Never Read in School

    The Four Agreements

     

    People and Resources Mentioned:

    Adriaan Louw

    Liz Cooke


    Gil Hedley

    David Bulter


    NOI Group

    Lorimer Moseley

    Greg Lehman

    Stuart McGill

    Jack Kruse

    Precision Nutrition

    San Diego Pain Summit

    David Joyce


    Daniel Lewindon

    GWS Giants

    Quinn Henoch

    Bill Knowles

    Robert Sapolsky 

    Sean Mcgarrity


    Jack White

    Meg White

    The White Stripes

    Karl Newells - Constraints Led Approach Model

    Mount Kilimanjaro

    Stott Pilates 


    Joseph Pilates 

    Katy Bowman


    Joseph Chilton Pearce

    Thomas Edison 

    Benjamin Franklin

    Jim Al-Khalili

    Eric Helms


    Precision Nutrition

    Lyle McDonald


    Renaissance Periodization 

    Elon Musk

    Alan Watts

    George W. Bush

    Mark Twain

    Michelle Obama


    Ben House

    Abraham Lincoln


    Jacque Fresco

    Martin Luther King Jr

    Nelson Mandela

    Jesus

    Adolf Hitler


    Joseph Stalin

    Paul Chek

    John F. Kennedy 

    Teddy Roosevelt 

    Jack Kruse


    Pat Davidson

    Functional Medicine Costa Rica

     

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    National Sports Performance Association

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    Complete Guide to Training the Female Athlete

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