Moxy High Performance Podcast

Dr. Nicholas Studholme from Studholme Chiropractic in Denver, Colorado is interviewed by Philip Batterson.  They discuss how Moxy is used in physical therapy and performance training for elite athletes like NHL hockey players as well as for regular patients.

0:00 - Introduction and Role of the Athletic Trainer
5:25 - Technology used in practice
14:10 - Recovery and Warm-up
20:15 - Who to test and practical applications
26:00 - Training for different occlusion types
33:30 - Measuring on back muscles
35:10 - Post Concussion and Post Covid considerations
40:00 - ACL Injuries
46:30 - Recommendations for new Moxy users

Dr. Nancy Quick from the Berkana Rehabilitation Institute discusses the early successes that she's had with using Moxy in her physical therapy practice and what she sees for next steps.  She is interviewed by Moxy staff physiologist, Philip Batterson.

0:00 - 9:20 - Stroke Patients, 6 Minute Walk Test
9:20 - 15:50 - Post Surgery, Functional Outcomes, Return to Play
15:50 - 22:00 - Clinical Practice
22:00 - 30:30 - Functional Outcomes
30:30 - end - Impacts from COVID-19 and Respiratory Training

Conversation with Mark Rubin - Norwich City FC S&C Coach

Show Notes - we discuss:

• Technology Adoption
• How to balance new methods to reach for performance with the risk of deviating from what's worked in the past
• Hamstring Rehab
• Managing fatigue with a congested competition schedule

More About Mark:

• Mark Rubin is the strength and conditioning coach for Norwich City FC, a soccer club currently in the Premier League.
• He has had multiple experiences in the collegiate setting with swimming and diving, professional soccer in the US, and has had the privilege of working with many different populations in the private sector, from the general population to youth and professional athletes.

Conversation with Mike Potenza - San Jose Sharks Director of Performance.

Show Notes - we discuss:

• Rehab after injury
• How to know when a player is ready to return to 100% load
• Various technologies used at the NHL level to assess their athletes
• What’s unique about training athletes for the sport of hockey

More About Mike:

• Director of the Performance, San Jose Sharks Hockey Team (14years with the club)
• Managing Partner of Tactical Fitness and Performance.  TFP is a performance consulting and management business specifically working in the US Military space.  
• President of the Strength Coaches Association of Professional Hockey (SCAPH)
• Has held Strength Coaching positions at University of Wisconsin, Colgate University, Harvard University and Boston University. 
• Boston University grad (2002) M.Ed.
• Springfield College grad (2000) B.Sc.

Conversation with Andrew Hauser - Director of Performance Rehab, Assistant Athletic Trainer with the LA Dodgers

Show Notes - we discuss:

• What first got him interested in Moxy
• His approach to learning how to use the data
• How Moxy challenged and ultimately changed how he thought about energy systems
• How objective data alters the conversation with the players
• Where he'd like to go next with the technology

More About Andrew:

Andrew is an athletic trainer & strength coach with 15 years of varying roles & experiences within professional baseball, as well as working with other athletic disciplines & in a clinical setting. He is currently in his 2nd year the Director of Performance Rehab with the Los Angeles Dodgers after coming over from the Atlanta Braves where he held the role of Director of Player Health & Performance. He and his wife Valerie live in Glendale, CA.

Conversation with Karamvir Gill - NBA Performance Consultant

Show Notes - we discuss:

• What an NBA Performance Consultant does
• How he became an NBA Performance Consultant 
• How he uses technology in his role
• His training philosophy and how that guides his work

More About Karamvir:

Karamvir Gill is an Athletic Performance Coach with over 10 years of experience working with professional and amateur athletes. His clients include athletes in the NBA, EuroLeague, CBA and Olympians. As a member of Canada Basketball's Men's High Performance Team, Karamvir was the lead Strength and Conditioning Coach of the squad that made history in 2017 by winning gold at the FIBA U19 World Cup.

Conversation with Brad Scott - Head Performance Coach for the Atlanta Braves.

Show Notes - we discuss:

• How advanced physiology data supporting pro-baseball fits into Brad’s role with the team
• Types of technology currently being use to support player health 
• Decision criteria on what new technologies to review and ultimately integrate.
• Strategy for leveraging SmO2 (Moxy) into individual and team evaluation and performance

More About Brad:

Brad Scott - Head Performance Coach for the Atlanta Braves, is heading into his 19th year as a strength and conditioning coach and 5th season in professional baseball. Prior to his current position, Brad was involved extensively in collegiate sports.  After graduating from University of Massachusetts - Boston in 2001, he gained experience in strength and conditioning first as an intern at Northeastern University and then as a graduate assistant at the University of Arizona from 2002-2004. He worked as the Assistant Director of Strength & Conditioning at Velocity Sports Performance in Irvine, California (2004-2005) before becoming the Director of Strength and Conditioning at California State University Northridge in 2005.  In 2006, he became the Director of Strength and Conditioning for Men’s & Women’s Basketball and Volleyball at the University of Southern California.  In 2007, he became the Associate Athletics Director / Director of Athletic Performance at the University of Portland, a position he held for 9 years before joining the Braves in 2016.   

A native of Westwood, Mass, Brad earned both a BS in Exercise Physiology from the University of Massachusetts - Boston in 2001 and Master of Ed. from the University of Arizona in 2003.  In 2012, he earned his license in Massage Therapy from East West College of Healing Arts in Portland.

He is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) and Registered Strength and Conditioning Coach (RSCC) through the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA