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- Achilles Tendinopathy Panel Discussion (Dr Karin Silbernagel, Mark Young & Dr Matt Tuttle)
Episode 31: Andy McDonald hosts a discussion on achilles tendinopathy between Karin Silbernagel, Mark Young and Matt Tuttle.
Dr Dr Karin Grävare-Silbernagel is an Associate Professor at the Department of Physical Therapy, University of Delaware, Newark, USA. At University of Delaware she runs the tendon research lab together with her colleagues from mechanical and biomedical engineering.
Mark Young is a Senior Physiotherapist at the Geelong Cats who has previously worked at the AIS, EIS, UK Athletics, Nike Athletics and the England & Wales Cricket Board.
Dr Matt Tuttle has previously been on the podcast in episodes 11 and 24 and is the Lead Sport Scientist and Physical Therapist for NBA team the Denver Nuggets.
In this episode the panel discuss:
- Their backgrounds & personal interests in tendons
- Achilles diagnostic considerations & processes
- Acute achilles tendinopathy management
- Management approach & philosophy
- Challenges in their individual athlete settings
- Tendon risk mitigation
- Elastography & UTC to monitor and Intervene with rehab
- Imaging
- Achilles tendon ruptures
- Tendon Resiliency
- Managing Tendons In-season
- Athlete cut points / can the athlete train or play?
- Managing warm-up and game timing
- Setting expectations
- What exercises to use to make a tendon feel better in-season.
- Thorough assessment and differentials
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- Andy McDonald
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1 hr 16 min - Achilles Tendinopathy Panel Discussion (Dr Karin Silbernagel, Mark Young & Dr Matt Tuttle)Episode 31: Andy McDonald hosts a discussion on achilles tendinopathy between Karin Silbernagel, Mark Young and Matt Tuttle. Dr Dr Karin Grävare-Silbernagel is an Associate Professor at the Department of Physical Therapy, University of Delaware, Newark, USA. At University of Delaware she runs the tendon research lab together with her colleagues from mechanical and biomedical engineering. Mark Young is a Senior Physiotherapist at the Geelong Cats who has previously worked at the AIS, EIS, UK Athletics, Nike Athletics and the England & Wales Cricket Board. Dr Matt Tuttle has previously been on the podcast in episodes 11 and 24 and is the Lead Sport Scientist and Physical Therapist for NBA team the Denver Nuggets. In this episode the panel discuss: Their backgrounds & personal interests in tendonsAchilles diagnostic considerations & processes Acute achilles tendinopathy managementManagement approach & philosophy Challenges in their individual athlete settings Tendon risk mitigation Elastography & UTC to monitor and Intervene with rehabImaging Achilles tendon ruptures Tendon Resiliency Managing Tendons In-seasonAthlete cut points / can the athlete train or play?Managing warm-up and game timingSetting expectationsWhat exercises to use to make a tendon feel better in-season. Thorough assessment and differentials Keep up to date with everything that is going on with the podcast by following Inform Performance on: InstagramTwitterOur Website Our team Andy McDonald Ben Ashworth1 hr 16 min
- Dr Meeta Singh MD (Sleep Medicine Specialist & Service Chief / Section Head at Henry Ford Sleep Disorder Clinic)
Episode 30: Andy McDonald chats to Dr Meeta Singh. Dr Meeta Singh is a sleep doctor whose work and research focuses on “Coaching the sleep muscle” to help maximize performance in both individual athletes and sports teams. She is the Service chief of the sleep medicine, and section head and medical director at the Henry Fordsleep laboratory in Michigan. Dr Singh is board-certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology as a psychiatrist and sleep medicine sub-specialist. She has served as a consultant for multiple NFL, MLB, NHL and NBA teams. She has also worked with college sports teams. As part of this service, Dr. Singh performs athletic sleep assessments with personalized prescriptions for better sleep. She also helps sports teams and athletes with their travel management with a focus on addressing sleep deprivation and jet lag and maximizing athletic performance. Her passion is lecturing and educating teams and athletes about the benefits of sleep on performance.
In this episode Andy and Dr Meeta Singh discuss:
- Her background
- Sleep requirement, deficit & dose response
- Sleep Diaries
- Wearable Technology
- Educating and implementing sleep strategies
- Orthosomnia
- Sleep Environment
- Jet lag
- Crossing time zones
- Relationship between sleep and Injury risk
- Sleep and Recovery from injury
- Can you get too much sleep?
- Napping
- Uncoupled sleep and circadian rhythm
- Backroom staff sleep considerations
Where you can find Dr Meeta Singh:
- LinkedIn
- Instagram
- Website
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1 hr 17 min - Dr Andy Barr DPT (CEO & Founder of Quantum Performance)
Episode 29: Andy McDonald chats to Dr Andy Barr a British Physiotherapist / Doctor of Physical Therapy. Andy is an established leader in the field of high performance and injury risk reduction with over 20 years of experience working in professional sports. He has held Director of Medicine and Performance roles with Bolton Wanderers F.C., Southampton F.C. and Manchester City F.C. in the EPL, New York Knicks in the NBA and New York City F.C. in the MLS. More recently Andy is the CEO & founder of Quantum Performance in Los Angeles providing rehab and performance solutions to elite athletes and teams.
In this conversation with Dr Andy Barr we discuss:
- Andy’s background
- Transitioning from the UK to USA / EPL to the NBA
- Working freelance and as a consultant
- Andy’s 4 Pillars approach to rehabilitation
- Variety during rehab
- Pros and cons of working independently vs in a team
- Andy’s current and future projects
Where you can find Dr Andy Barr:
- Linkedin
- Instagram
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- Andy McDonald
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37 min - Dr Matt Taberner (Sport Scientist, S&C and Rehab Coach)
Episode 28: Andy McDonald chats to Dr Matt Taberner, a Sport Scientist, S&C and Rehab Coach who has enjoyed career spells at Aston Villa and Everton Football Club previously. Matt recently finished his PHD constructing a framework for return to sport in elite football. In this episode we’ll hear Matt explain his work and dive into the control chaos continuum framework he’s produced.
In this conversation Andy & Matt discuss:
- Origins of the Control Chaos Continuum
- Bridging the gap between traditional rehab and return to performance
- Applying the Control Chaos Continuum to specific injury cases
- Applying the principles of the CCC to different sports
- What Matt is looking to do next professionally
Where you can find Matt:
- LinkedIn
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43 min - Dr Phil Wagner (Founder & CEO of Sparta Science)
Episode 27: Andy McDonald chats with Dr Phil Wagner the Founder & CEO of Sparta Science. Phil is a a Physician and a Strength Coach who received his medical degree from USC focused on biomechanics. Phil’s passion for protecting athlete health and longevity through injury resilience coupled with his medically-oriented human performance mindset inspired him to found Sparta Science, a movement technology and data science company focused on improving musculoskeletal health.
In this conversation Andy & Phil discuss:
- Phil’s from athlete to Strength & Conditioning Coach to medicine.
- Setting up Sparta Science
- Informed consumers
- Assessing methods & tools before Implementation
- Re-defining what “Injury prevention means”
- How Sparta Interacts with team systems
- AI & Machine learning in predictive injury models
- Blind spots in data models
- Injury risk identification verses occurrence
- The value of coaches & clinicians gaining foundation knowledge in data methods
Where you can find Phil:
- LinkedIn
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- Andy McDonald
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36 min - Pete McKnight (Hintsa Performance Director of Coaching and Sports Science)
Episode 26: Andy McDonald catches up with Pete McKnight the Hintsa Performance Director of Coaching & Sports Science. Pete has also been a Strength & Conditioning Coach in elite sport and human performance for almost two decades, working across multiple organisations including the French Ski Federation, Leicester CCC, England & Wales Cricket, UK Athletics, The English Institute of Sport and he was previously Chairman of the Board of Directors for the UK Strength & Conditioning Association (UKSCA).
In this conversation Andy & Pete discuss:
- His current role at Hintsa
- The skills, qualities and lessons Pete carried forward in the journey director.
- Stability at home
- Goal setting
- Skills: leadership, communication, building a team, systems, program development
- What Pete learnt from being at the English Institute of Sport MDT environment
- Preparedness to lead a discipline / department
- Preparedness to progress to Director / Head of Dept
- Challenges he faces and strategies he deploys
- Advising yourself in hindsight
- People that have Inspired him
- Books and resources
- Changing jobs, accepting and turning down offers
Were you can find Pete
- LinkedIn
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43 min - Dan Howells (Houston Astros Head S&C Coordinator)
Episode 25: Andy McDonald speaks to Dan Howells the Houston Astros Head S&C Coordinator. Dan is a British S&C coach that has transitioned from the English Institute of sport, England Rugby Sevens to Major League Baseball. With these transitions in mind in this episode with Dan we discuss his move to baseball and how he structured the thought processes for developing and managing a strength & conditioning program and department.
Andy and Dan discuss:
- Dans Role
- Dans transition from Rugby to Baseball
- How Dan developed through changing sports
- Muti-Sport Environments
- Relating principles of training to the athlete
- Individual load management - “Biological Periodisation”
- “Push Pull” Player load management
- Being perceived as a coach rather in the front office
- Difference of S&C provision between the UK / USA or rugby and baseball
- Approach to developing and managing a strength and conditioning program/dept
- Identifying what the team/organisation needs
- Effecting performance remotely as a coordinator
- Ashtest
Were you can find Dan
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53 min - Dr Matt Tuttle (Lead Sport Scientist & Physical Therapist at the Denver Nuggets)
Episode 24: Andy McDonald chats to Dr Matt Tuttle a Physical Therapist working at NBA team the Denver Nuggets as Lead Sport Scientist / Physical Therapist. We spoke to Matt in episode 11 about pain science and the realities of managing pain within an elite athletic population.
In this second episode with Matt we discuss
- The relationship between single vs multipart athletes in the NBA and 3 key injuries in professional basketball.
Lateral ankle sprains
- Managing lateral ankle sprains
- What do they use / do at the Denver Nuggets
Patella Region Injuries
- How much Matt considers n=1 biomechanics
- How do you understand the internal overloads from biomechanics
Lumber Spine Injuries
- NSLBP
- Strength & Conditioning / Testing the lumber-spine
- Benchmarking lumber spine performance standards
Were you can find Matt
- Twitter
- Instagram
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44 min - Per Lundstam (Redbull Director of Performance)
Episode 23: Andy McDonald speaks to Per Lundstam the Director Of Performance at Redbull. Per previously enjoyed roles at both the US Ski & Snowboard association and the Swedish Ski Federation perviously. In this episode Andy and Per discuss:
- Redbull High Performance Program
- Redbulls performance values and ‘pillars’
- The process for Redbull athletes to access performance services
- Program development at Redbull
- Organisation objective & shared direction
- Cross pollinating athletes
- Testing athletes at Redbull
- Assessing and understanding athletes extreme environments
- Where Per turns to develop his knowledge and skill-set
Were you can find Per
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About Inform Performance
From the publisher's feed
The Inform Perform Podcast is an industry show focussed on Sports Performance and Sports Medicine. The show interviews thought leaders and professionals that support elite athletes and teams. The aim…
of the show is to deconstruct the strategies and philosophies the guests utilise in their working environment or area of expertise. Featured guests have worked across the NBA, NFL, MLB, F1, World title Boxing, EPL and more.
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