On this episode of the AMSSM Sports Medcast (T: @TheAMSSM) host Dr. Jacob Wessels, MD is joined by Polly de Mille, RN, MA, RCEP, CSCS, USAT, to discuss the topic of Exercise Physiology and how it can help figure out the missing links in training programs.

Polly de Mille is an exercise physiologist and the Director of Performance Services at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York. She will provide the American College of Sports Medicine (T: @ACSMNews) Exchange Lecture titled, “Inside the Running Lab:How to Evaluate Optimal Run Mechanics and Physiology” during the 2023 AMSSM Annual Meeting in Phoenix, AZ.

In this 20-minute conversation, she addresses the following topics:

·Sharing more information about her work as a certified exercise

physiologist at HSS

·How she and her team can help identify the causes of injuries and help athletes stay healthy in order to reach their goals

·How her background as a critical care nurse and an avid marathoner led her into the field of exercise physiology

·The ways she and her colleagues can help improve runner’s outcomes and how many different disciplines come together to play important roles to make that happen

·The different types of tests used by exercise physiologists and how they use that information to improve performance

·The possibilities of using nutrition to enhance physiologic training sessions