Peep the Process Podcast

Welcome to the final episode in season 2! There was a little break but this is the finale for this season! We had a great discussion with Zoha Anjum a doctor of dentistry student at the University of Toronto.  Zoha brings an interesting point of view to the discussion as a student during the pandemic but also with her diverse background with a Master of Public Health degree from McMaster University and a graduate diploma in Water Without Borders from United Nations University, Institute of Water, Environment & Health.

Check out the resources mentioned in the episode:

https://www.shn.ca/vaxfacts/

https://www.ccmhs-ccsms.ca/

https://thebcca.com/the-black-student-athlete-mental-health-fund/

Also check out your schools wellness centre!

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Thanks for listening!

This episode we talk about depression and how it affects a student athlete. Is it just a bad day or it could it be something more? Dr. Carla Edwards joins us to share some really good information as both an MD and sport psychiatrist who recently  just returned from the 2020 Tokyo Olympic games! 

The articles and resources mentioned in the podcast are all listed below, check them out!
https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1dMW5,4QFJD-6O

https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/second-opinions/93804?trw=no

www.samhi.ca

www.benchthebarriers.com 

www.campusmentalhealth.ca

https://www.ccmhs-ccsms.ca/

https://usports.ca/hq/medical-resources

This week's guest Nick Grubic, joined us in discussing student athlete's mental health during the pandemic. Nick was a triathlete while earning his MSc Epidemiology and a varsity rower while he earned his BScH from Queen's University. We had an excellent discussion and Nick provided great resources to utilize which are linked below:
 
Student mental health in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic: A call for further research and immediate solutions - Nicholas Grubic, Shaylea Badovinac, Amer M Johri, 2020 (sagepub.com)

 Competing against COVID-19: have we forgotten about student-athletes’ mental health? | British Journal of Sports Medicine (bmj.com)

https://www.crisisservicescanada.ca/en/

https://kidshelpphone.ca/

https://www.ncaa.org/sport-science-institute/supporting-student-athlete-mental-wellness

Welcome to season 2 of Peep the Process! We are so excited to be back for a short season. This season your co-hosts Emma and Laura have a goal to discuss many aspects of mental health and how to manage your mental health and wellbeing as the country starts to reopen. Many of us have social anxiety about going out in public and we want you to know that is perfectly normal to feel that way.

For our first episode back our guest, Alicia Sheng, offers both the student athlete perspective as well as a little bit of the medical perspective. Alicia is captain of the ultimate frisbee team at the University of Ottawa and just finished her third year of medical school. Alicia has had to navigate the pandemic both as a leader for her team and also as a medical learner entering hospitals during her clinical rotations.

We talk a lot about social anxiety as the country starts to lift restrictions and how having this anxiety is normal! https://www.anxietycanada.com/ is a great resource mentioned that you can utilize!

In our final episode we are joined by Marc Rizzardo who is a registered international sport physical therapist located in Burnaby, British Columbia. He has worked with Olympic athletes and was the Chief Therapist with the Canadian Medical Teams at the 2012 London Olympics, 2010 Vancouver Olympics and the 2007 Rio de Janeiro Pan Am Games. Marc is also the head coach for the Langara College men's soccer team, and he is an inductee to the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame! This week's topic covers ACL injuries and Marc shares information on the rehab process. It was great to get his perspective from a coaching point of view and his physiotherapist point of view as well.  

Also check out these links:

https://www.slideshare.net/PedMenCoach/fifa-11-warmup-to-prevent-injuries

http://www.yrsa.ca/fifa-11.html

https://casem-acmse.org/resources/position-statements/

This episode we are joined by Dr. Melissa Corso, a sports specialist chiropractor. She is also a Certified Strength and Conditioning Coach. Melissa shares her experiences playing varsity soccer at the University of Guelph, talks about dealing with back pain, and offers some great advice.

This episode we are joined by Dr. Roz Lougheed Simpson who is a sport and exercise medicine physician still training and competing as an athlete! Despite most student athletes packing it in after they finish school, Roz has been able to maintain her athlete status as she's made the transition from going from a student to a doctor. Roz touches on wrist injuries, what it's like to work at a University sport medicine clinic, and what it's like to still compete in mountain biking races.

This week we were fortunate to be joined by four guests! We had 3 Paralympic athletes and our guest expert medical professional.

Meet the athletes:
Erica Gavel is an athlete and PhD candidate from Saskatchewan and defended her thesis while training for the 2020 Paralympic games. Gavel led her team to gold in wheelchair basketball at the Parapan American Games in 2019 in Peru.  She graduated with her master’s thesis from the University of Toronto in 2019 and was awarded the “Own the Podium Young Investigator Award”. Currently she continues to work toward her PhD in environmental physiology and performance at the Ontario Tech University with a focus on athletic performance in heat but with a focus on Paralympians.

Read more about Erica here:

https://www.wheelchairbasketball.ca/players/erica-gavel/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/gold-medal-win-wheelchair-basketball-erica-gavel-1.5267618

Nathan Reich is a 25-year-old gold medal winning Paralympian hailing from Victoria, British Columbia. His career highlights include winning the gold medal in men’s T38 1500 M at both the 2019 IPC World Championships and the Parapan American games in meet record time and he was named Athletics Canada’s Ambulatory Athlete for 2018. He has a long family line of athletes, his father competing in the 1996 Olympics for javelin for the USA, his mother was a pole vaulter for Canada and his grandfather played in the NHL for many teams, including the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Read more about Nate here:
https://paralympic.ca/team-canada/nathan-riech
https://paralympic.ca/news/nathan-riech-reaches-top

 Greg Stewart is an athlete and motivational speaker from Kamloops, British Columbia. He is a thrower in shot-put but also played volleyball and basketball. His personal motto is “trust in the process”. Stewart won a silver medal at the Parapan American Games in 2019 and also the silver medal at the 2019 Para world championship in Dubai, in Shot Put. Stewart was named CSI Pacific Athlete of the Month for January 2020. He was part of the Canadian national sitting volleyball team that won bronze at the Parapan American Games in 2007 and 2011. He also won three world titles with the Canadian national Para standing volleyball team, and played basketball for Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, BC.

Read more about Greg here:
https://paralympic.ca/team-canada/greg-stewart
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/kamloops-shot-putter-wins-silver-at-world-para-athletics-championships-1.5368769

Meet the guest expert:
Dr. Steven Macaluso is an associate professor with the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry at Western University in the Department of PM&R and a consultant physiatrist on the Stroke and MSK Rehabilitation units. Through his partnership with the Fowler Kennedy Sports Medicine Clinic, he sees athletes of all skill levels, including those with disabilities participating in parasport.

We hope you enjoy listening to our round table discussion. Each individual had so much to offer!

Also check out:
Top of Her Game episode with Chantal Pettitclerc:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6OZWz0nHkk

This episode we had the pleasure of talking to the Director of Performance Integration with the Los Angeles Angels, Ryan Crotin! Ryan is also a certified strength and conditioning specialist, a registered strength and conditioning coach, and has his Interdisciplinary PhD in Biomechanics and Exercise Physiology. He offers some really useful information to student athletes, especially baseball players. We discuss injury prevention focusing upon throwing muscles and function, the importance of isometrics for tendon health, workload management, and recovery methods including rhythmic exercise and devices.

Some links to checkout:
USA Baseball
American Sports Medicine Institute

This week's episode features a very special guest! Dr. Jane Thornton had the ultimate student athlete experience and has some great advice for student athletes. Jane was the gold medalist in the 2006 World Rowing Championships after an undefeated season alongside partner Darcy Marquardt. Jane also competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing finishing fourth in the women's eights. Jane is now a sport medicine doctor and has started many initiatives for physical activity.

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