In today’s episode, Roger will talk about foot pain. He shares some advice on dealing with it.

00:43 - Spending more times barefoot is the answer to a lot of foot problems

Today, we have a special guest Pat Tudryn. This is the story of his ACLR and cartilage repair journey.

In this episode:

01:50 – Pat acquired his ACL tear 3 years ago

03:58 – I’m pretty athletic in my entire life and adulthood

07:07 – Pat decided to visit a surgeon

13:47 – Getting the second and third opinion just make things even more difficult because every person I saw gave me a different method that they would do to repair the cartilage in my knee

15:41 – Recovery timeline after surgery.

16:42 - Pat shares his experience after surgery.

22:25 – I wasn’t allowed to do any PT on my leg to ensure the cartilage repair for six weeks.

30:01 – Hardships that Pat experienced after the surgery

36:33 – Pat has undergone his third surgery.

41:13 – Progress after the surgery

43:51 - Pat talks about how covid played a part in him spending time with his son.

48:45 – At the end of the day, when I see the kids smiling, having a good time… there’s joy in that

Meet Erica Gonzales, founder and owner of ECycle in Wilbraham. She began her fitness journey 20 years ago and has been in the fitness industry for 10 years. She also competed in bodybuilding and finally chose to focus on her business.

In this episode:

For more info about Erica, visit here website at ECycle Wilbraham

Phone number: 4132182399

Personal email: [email protected]

Instagram: @ecycle_ma_2021

Today, we have Liane Muise Smola of Guidance By Li. She became a personal and grief coach after experiencing the grief herself after losing her brother 7 years ago.

In this episode:

01:20 – What is grief coaching?

For more info, visit her website Guidance By Li

Facebook: Guidance By Li

Email: [email protected]

Instagram: @lilimuise44

Today, Doc Rog interviews Sahar, manager of Amped Fitness Enfield. Sahar shares her experience with eating disorders, toxic relationships, and her journey to health and fitness, and her desire to help others. This is a must-listen episode!

In this episode:

1:57 – Sahar talks about how she got into fitness.

4:43 – What is eating disorder.

7:30 – How long Sahar suffers from bulimia?

12:53 – How Sahar handles a sudden intervension as people starts to catch on and have questions?

16:30 – Sahar's advice to women who might be suffering from the same disoder

18:55 – Roger talks about the stigma around mental health.

19:55 – Sahar mentioned the show Intervention.

24:16 – Sahar shares her recovery process.

27:32 – How Sahar find her way to healthy habits, excercises, and food

32:40 – Amped Fitness

For more info, you can reach Sahar at:

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/sahar.amped

Instagram: @coach.sahar.krug

Email:

[email protected]

Meet Steve Czerniejewski, Founder of Full Plate Strength and Conditioning learn his journey, and how he transformed his passion into running top-notch strength and conditioning helping local sports teams and athletes.

In This Episode:

0:41 – What got Steve into fitness training?

13:25 – Steve and friends opened up a garage gym

18:00 – Steve transitioned from fitness to strength and conditioning

24:15 – The goal of Full Plate Strength and Conditioning

28:16 – Giving and helping each other out in the community

29:26 – Steve shares the benefits of living off of less.

32:35 – The importance of having a good quality coach.

34:42 – Programs and services that Full Plate are offering

35:51 – Gym membership or group coaching

38:32 – The story behind the logo

42:32 – Full Plate focuses on cross-fit

For more information, visit Full Plate Strength and Conditioning

Their email is [email protected]

Visit their Facebook and Instagram:

Full Plate Strength & Conditioning 

@full_plate_sc

Today Doc Rog chats with Nick Saccente, former CrossFit Regionals competitor, former international level Olympic weightlifter, and current strongman competitor. They discuss Nick's fitness journey, exercising for Competition and Sport vs exercising for optimal health and wellness, as well as reminisce about that one time they shared a bed and Nick became the little spoon (what?).

In this episode:

1:16 – How Nick got into fitness?

4:15 – Nick’s stint in weightlifting.

7:33 – How Nick brought weightlifting in western Massachusetts?

10:51 – Nick got attracted to weightlifting and being strong.

12:57 – Sports is unhealthy for the body.

16:55 – Nick’s goal is to be healthy as he can be getting into a competition.

24:10 – Nick shares that Rob Kearney was the one who pushed him into strongman.

28:41 – The difference of weightlifting and strongman community.

32:23 – It’s okay for your fitness passion to change.

35:44 – The acid bath.

42:33 – Emotional state control.

44:58 – It takes 66 days to form a new habit.

48:31 – What is controlled aggression?

For more info visit Nick’s Instagram: @eltoro_conqueso

Meet Brian Beauvais, learn about how he completely ruptured his Achilles and what that was like for him emotionally and physically.

***Show correction. Doc Rog speaks about Tendon repair vs remodeling. The correct vernacular is repair vs REGENERATE. All tendons remodel with loading. We apologize for the misspeak. 

Welcome to the Move Well radio podcast. Where we discuss all things related to health and wellness. We dispel common myths and misconceptions regarding healthcare. And we do it in a way that you can actually understand.

And it’s hosted by yours truly, Dr. Roger St. Onge. Dr. of physical therapy, founder of Move Athletics physical therapy and performance.

This episode picks up right where the last one left off, if you haven't listened to that, please go back to that one first.

This is Part 3 of a 3 part series where Casey and Doc Rog take a deep dive into busting nutrition myths and a drop ton of useful knowledge.

In this episode:

1:36 – Q- What are the things that go into the caloric needs? That would be an example of your physical activity level, right? Or is that more of your daily total energy expenditure? Like, where does that fit in?

2:42 – Casey explains how you burn calories.

4:23 – Roger and Casey talk about anorexia and some people think wrongly about calories.

7:11 – Q- Should I eat 6 small meals throughout the day or should I eat 1 big one or 3? Or, does it matter?

9:22 – Roger and Casey discuss intermittent fasting and restrictions in diets.

15:00 – Casey tells people about balance.

15:24 – Roger and Casey talk about the importance of Why.

19:19 – Casey explains that being lean does not equate to being healthy.

23:12 – Roger mentions consistency.

Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/moveathleticspt/?hl=en

Website:

https://www.moveathleticspt.com/

Facebook:

https://web.facebook.com/MOVEAthleticsPT/?_rdc=1&_rdr

This is Part 2 of a THREE part series where Casey and Doc Rog take a deep dive into busting nutrition myths and a drop ton of useful knowledge. 

This episode was broken into 2 parts, to make it more easily digestible. Stay tuned for part three!