Abby Gordon is a physical therapist at Seattle Children's and also works with top performing athletes at the Seattle Storm.

Abby and I speak about how to best choose a Physical Therapist when you are going through ACL recovery. For a lot of us, we have no idea where to start when looking for the best PT for our recovery. In this episode, Abby and I break it down to 10 questions you can ask your doctor and physical therapist or ask physical therapy clinics in order to be confident with your choice of therapy

Welcome to a series presented by ACL CLUB and Arp Wave. Brittany Bock, a former professional athlete, has signed up to do treatment with ARP Wave. She suffered 11 surgeries, multiple injuries and concussions throughout her soccer career and is living in pain every day now. She heard about ARP Wave and is excited to not only live without pain but to share her journey with you all throughout her recovery.

We will be sharing her recovery progress here via monthly check ins.

Check out Britt's ACL recovery story with Show Your Scars here:

https://soundcloud.com/showyourscars/082-wps-and-nwsl-veteran-brittany-bock?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Megan Wharton is a professional beach soccer player who is part of the inaugural US Women's National Beach soccer team in 2019. During this episode, Megan speaks of how she got into beach soccer, how she approached her ACL recovery, and what she learned during the process. As promised, here is a list of the books Megan dug into during recovery and recommends to others going through rehab.

The Leader Who Had No Title - Robin Sharma

Walking Miracle - Ryan Shazier

The Slight Edge - Jeff Olson

Dare to Lead - Brene Brown

Can't Hurt Me - David Goggins

Training Camp - Jon Gordon (this one is amazing)

Over It - Lolo Jones

The Champion's Mind - Jim Afremow

Think Like A Warrior - Darrin Donnelly

When Nobody Was Watching - Carli Lloyd

The Little Book of Talent - Daniel Coyle

Maley Moak is a cheerleader at Mississippi State University. She walks us through her knee injuries including and ACL tear and multiple surgeries, and shows us how her faith played a huge role in her recovery. She said she found appointment in her disappointment - what a beautiful thing to experience and live out.

If you want to follow Maley - you can so on Instagram @maley_moak

This conversation with Lanae Brody is packed with so much heart and vulnerability. She lays so much out there when it comes to listening to your body, your emotions, and the signs all around you. She learned to adapt in the midst of injury, heartache, and a pandemic. I hope you find inspiration in her story and feel empowered to appreciate your feelings and trust yourself more and more.

You can follw Lanae on instagram @lanaebrody

https://www.instagram.com/lanaebrody/

Kelsey Griffith is a Performance Enhancement Specialist at The Micheli Center in Boston, MA. She specializes in helping athletes perform and recovery to the best of their ability by addressing the mental side of performance. We talk through her introduction to mental skills, how her ACL rehab helped her in her practice, and some very specific things you personally can work on to aid in your own ACL rehabilitation process.

Kelsey is hosting a Mindset Webinar in collaboration with THE ACL CLUB on March 30th at 7:30 pm EST. Here is how you can sign up:

https://www.theaclclub.com/products/the-mental-side-of-acl-rehabilitation-kelsey-griffith

Make sure to follow Kelsey on instagram:

@psychupsports

@michelicenter

Denis Thompson reached out to me at THE ACL CLUB and immediately I was curious about what he was saying. Here was his brief email:

"We should talk about WHY ACL recovery takes so long and it has nothing to do with the ACL. We work with the most elite athletes in the world and have treated hundreds of thousands of patients with better than a 95% success at eliminating pain without drugs and speeding up recovery. I think together we can help all your members."

See why I was curious?!

In this episode, Denis and I talk about how he got into Neuro Therapy, how he created ARP Wave, and how he is helping hundreds of thousands of people by treating the nervous system. You aren't going to want to miss this episode and I hope you share it with as many people as possible.

Denis is doing an exclusive offers for Show Your Scars Podcast Listeners...

Free Treatment link: For those injured-recovering-or told they need surgery

https://arpwave.com/allforms/FreeTreatment.html

Free Workout

https://www.arpwave.com/allforms/FreeWorkout.html

"Together we can help a lot of people." - Denis

I would agree with him on that one!

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Lani Woods joins the podcast today to talk about her current ACL recovery. She speaks about how challenging things have been in regards to going through ACL recovery during the middle of COVID19. her love for Obstacle Course Racing (OCR) and what it might feel like to get back to the course again. We also talk through self talk, the evolution of Lani, and how we can choose what we believe about our journey's.

Follow Lani here:

https://www.instagram.com/evolution_of_lani/

Here is Unrelenting Humans information:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unrelenting-humans-podcast/id1511970677

https://www.instagram.com/unrelenting_humans/

Luisa Meza shares her story on today's Show Your Scars podcast. She grew up in California loving soccer and using sport to gain self confidence. She used her love of the game to travel and play all over the world eventually finding herself back at home playing beach soccer. Luisa tore her ACL just over a year ago playing futsal and talk about the journey, how she has found strength, and what she wishes she would of known. So many good nuggets of inspiration in this episode.

Follow her here:

https://www.instagram.com/luisameza13/

Laura Rafferty shows up today to talk to Jordan about her current ACL recovery, how she feels like she has grown, and how tapping into her mental game has really transformed her life and recovery.