Renegade Movement and Performance Podcast

On this episode, we talk with Dr. Tyler Kallasy, PT, DPT about everything from taboo training, the role of physical therapy in performance training, similarities and delineations between different types of sports performance professionals, knees-over-toes training, and how physical therapists are uniquely trained to help athletes achieve their goals. 

More about Tyler:
Tyler Kallasy is a graduate of Utica College, where he received a B.S. in Health Sciences and then a Doctorate of Physical Therapy degree. Currently, he is a traveling DPT, allowing him to adventure across the U.S., and practice in a variety of settings.

Initially, Tyler planned to focus solely on outpatient orthopedic and athletic performance. His love for sports and recreation began as a young boy, and carried him through 4 years as a collegiate football player. During grad school, Tyler spent some time experimenting with various fitness modalities, and eventually landed himself in a CrossFit box, where his passion for improving human movement really began to thrive.  Tyler has been able to use his DPT degree in combination with his experience as a CrossFit L-1 Trainer and Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist to help athletes of all ages, shapes and sizes progress toward a healthier, happier version of themselves.

Along the way, Tyler has had a few experiences that have had a significant influence on his professional goals, and potential career path. While completing a 12-week clinical rotation at an intensive care unit for patients with a variety of neurologic conditions (TBI, SCI, stroke, CP) Tyler discovered his love for neurologic rehabilitation. Throughout graduate school, Tyler worked in Adaptive Sports and Recreation – building, facilitating and developing a variety of programs for folks who are blind or visually impaired. Since then, he has focused his efforts toward learning how to better incorporate his passion for the human nervous system, with his clinical knowledge of the musculoskeletal system, and professional experience in recreational and wellness adaptation.

Tyler continues to advance his knowledge of manual medicine through courses including RockTape Functional Movement Techniques (Kinesiology Taping and IASTM Tools), Grey institute 3DMAPS Movement Analysis and Performance Systems.

While he enjoyed practicing in the standard outpatient orthopedic setting, Tyler recognized how much he enjoyed working 1-on-1 with folks in the comfort of a private setting, such as their home, or their gym. While he continues to practice in a commercial outpatient orthopedic setting, Tyler also provides exceptional physical therapy services in a non-traditional way. This has allowed him to further improve his ability to really understand the patient and provide skilled evaluations and treatments with undivided attention and guidance.

Tyler enjoys making up his own recipes, hiking mountains with his girlfriend and doggos, exploring restaurants in a new city and working out.

Find Tyler on Instagram @tylerkallasy.dpt and on his website www.prospect-pt.com

This week we're keeping it super short and giving you some life updates, a quick little plug on the coronavirus, and how the coronavirus relates to your minor musculoskeletal aches and pains.

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On this Episode we chat with Lauryn Ginsburg, P.T., D.P.T., Owner of SportsFit Physical Therapy, about what performance physical therapy looks and feels like, common injuries in performance athletes she treats, dry needling, gymnastics, pelvic health, and how performance PT can help you level up in your sport.

Lauryn can be found on Instagram: @sportsfitphysicaltherapy
You can also contact her on her website: https://www.sportsfitptandfitness.com/

Lauryn's Bio:
Lauryn Ginsburg, P.T., D.P.T., graduated from Springfield College with her master’s degree in physical therapy in 2009 and from Simmons College with her doctorate in physical therapy in 2013. Lauryn is certified in functional dry needling (Level 1, 2, 3 & functional therapeutics) and has a strong hands-on approach to physical therapy. Lauryn combines her manual therapy skills with therapeutic exercise to return her patients back to the sports and activities they enjoy. She specializes in treating CrossFitters, Olympic Weightlifters, and Gymnasts, but enjoys treating all injuries and people that are looking to get better or further educate themselves on how to stay healthy and active!

Lauryn spent the first 10 years of her physical therapy career working at two different outpatient physical therapy offices. Tired of her treatments being dictated by insurance company rules instead of what her patients truly needed, she decided to open up her own PT clinic in 2019.

Lauryn was a gymnast for 20 years, finishing her career as a collegiate gymnast competing for Springfield College. Over those years, the sport took a toll on her body leading to various injuries. Those injuries and her time spent rehabbing made her decide to pursue a career in physical therapy.

Lauryn has coached gymnastics for 15 years, the last six as head coach of Beverly High School’s Varsity Gymnastics team, where she led the team to become five-time NEC/CAL Champions and an undefeated 46-0 record. Lauryn was named Coach of the Year by the Salem Evening News four years in a row. After retiring from the sport of gymnastics, she found a new passion in CrossFit and Olympic Weightlifting. Lauryn trains and competes in both. Lauryn is also a USA Weightlifting Level 1 Certified Coach. It is her athletic and coaching background that inspired her to become a physical therapist and to help others stay healthy, fit, and injury-free.

WHO SHE HAS WORKED WITH:

• Boston Lobsters Tennis Team

• CrossFit Wicked Regional Team

• Katrin Davidsdottir, CrossFit Games Athlete

• Sara Sigmundsdottir, CrossFit Games Athlete

• Brooke Ence, CrossFit Games Athlete

• Cici Fougere, CrossFit Games Athlete

• Alicia Gomes, CrossFit Games Athlete

• Stacey Kroon, CrossFit Games Athlete

• Many National Level Olympic Weightlifters and Gymnasts

In this episode we discuss progressive overload and tradition parameters for achieving progressive overload and how that relates to performance physical therapy. 

In this episode we talk about pain science topics to include:

• Pain as an output of the brain, rather than an input

• Cortical smudging

• Neurotags 

• The pain experience 

• and how these relate to ways to resolve pain and improve performance. 

Give it a listen and let us know what you think!