Jim Kirkham talks with Dr. Ben Pearl on Coaching, Cutters, & Little 500

Behind the scenes with the longest running coach of the Cutter in the Little 500 from the movie  Breaking Away 

Former DC United Goalie, Andrew Dykstra, on soccer skills and conditioning. Live demos of ball handling and tactical moves on the pitch are reviewed.

Dr Ben Pearl hosts Dr. David  Armstrong and Dr. Bijan Najafi with GW students and podiatry students reviewing important aspects of research: RCTs, leveled of evidence, evidence based medicine. Research with offloading, vascular complications with Covid.

Ben Pearl, DPM interviewes Greg Smith, former Athletic Trainer for the Washington Capitals. Smith is the medical director for the new 3ICE 3V3 hockey league which is in it’s inaugural season this summer. Smith speculates there will be less impact injuries but more overuse injuries due to the faster open nature of 3-on-3  hockey.  Smith stresses the importance of developing intrinsic foot muscles with the demands of jumping and landing and skating at extreme edge angles in hockey.

Conversation with Gary Hall, Jr., regarding his life as an athlete with diabetes.  We spoke about health, challenges of chronic disease in sport, doping, harassment, and exclusion.  We wrapped up our conversation with his outlook on maintaining physical and mental health during COVID. 

#swimming #fitness #garyhalljr #olympics #diabetes #doping #mentalhealth #exercise #health #fit #fitfootu #arlingtonfootandankle#olympics

Ben Pearl DPM and Dr. N. Chockalingam review the appropriate use of biomechanics technology and the importance of calibration of systems.  Also, he expands on a research project he is working on with WHO on the benefits of orthotics.