Dr. Mark Testa has been involved in holistic and integrative musculoskeletal healthcare since the early ’90s as a chiropractor and acupuncturist. He’s been involved in many business areas of Regenexx for over 10 years. Mark is a natural healthcare geek, interested in fitness, fasting, and health longevity.

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- The difference between PRP and bone marrow concentrate treatments and how are they used

- How PRP or bone marrow concentrate treatments are driving down employer group costs

- Impacts of conservative treatments on indirect labor costs

- Employer group identification for benefits of PRP or bone marrow concentrate treatments

- The best conditions for treatment success with intervention

- The next innovations in the health and safety industry

- The importance of considering non-operative procedures

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- https://www.linkedin.com/in/marktesta-dc-mha/

- https://regenexxcorporate.com/

Tracy Stendardo has over 20 years of experience in Safety, Health, and Claims management. Tracy is the Vice President of Risk Control for Captive Resources. Her responsibilities include organizing and overseeing the safety and loss prevention services for over 500 member companies. She provides quality assurance on the delivery of safety/loss prevention and claims management services while building and maintaining relationships between members, service providers, and consultants. Tracy is responsible for organizing and facilitating Risk and Claims workshops for her members, and to date, has put together over 25 successful workshops. Before joining Captive Resources, she was a Regional Safety Manager for Pepsico Frito-Lay and a Safety Consultant for Exel Logistics.

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Dr. Ali Alhimiri of Modus

Founder, CEO, CMO at Modus

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician (Doctor of Function) who has been providing cost-effective, high quality care to thousands of patients in Southeast Michigan since 2002. His experience in treating patients with pain and loss of function led directly to the development of MODUS, a patented value-based digital health technology that enables employers to find, rate and reward physicians who serve patients’ and employers’ best interests.

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Jonathan Parnell, SVP of product development, and Zach Parnell, CEO of Industrial Training International (ITI), talk with us on innovation within training, specifically in regards to crane and rigging training using Virtual Reality (VR). ITI was founded in 1986 and is one of Inc5000 fastest growing companies in 2020. They were awarded the Liberty Mutual Safety Innovation Award in construction for their VR Construction Hazard ID platform. They regularly collaborate with some of the largest players in the construction space including Bechtel and Kiewit, among others. Whether or not you or your company has a need for training within the crane and rigging space, the discussion on the utilization of VR in the workplace setting is going to be of benefit. As Jonathan and Zack mention within this episode, there are pro’s and con’s to using VR for training but when done right, the pros far outweigh the cons.  While compliance is paramount, employers are not looking at just checking a box. They are looking for their employees to be competent at what they are doing. Ensuring that the skills are in place is necessary before putting workers on a job site. A multiple-choice test is not going to give workers the skills they need.

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Kyle Sela, PT, DPT, OCS, SCS is a physical therapist from Sun Valley, ID who practices at Zenergy Sports Rehab at Zenergy Health Club and Spa. Kyle is also co-owner of Movement Guides, Inc., the functional training program creator for Pivot by Kristin Armstrong in the Boise, ID area, and leading the charge for Work Right NW's Tactical Athlete Platform.

Kyle is an Army/Baylor DPT Program graduate and has served on Active Duty for 7 years as a physical therapist in the US Army. Following the Army, he completed a sports medicine fellowship in the Management of Division I Athletes at Duke University. After completing his fellowship Kyle moved to Boise where he was clinic manager and director of St. Luke's sports physical therapy residency program and the sports medicine program in general. 

While in Boise, Kyle co-founded Movement Guides, Inc which aims to help improve people move and feel through unique pieces of equipment and education. He was also the strength coach and physical therapist for Kristin Armstrong in the 14 months leading up to the 2016 Rio Olympic games as she trained for and eventually won her 3rd straight gold medal in the cycling time trial.

We talk with Kyle about his experience within the sports setting and how this has shaped his passion for helping the "tactical athlete", what he has learned from professional athletes about injury prevention for everybody, and why he doesn't like a traditional stretching program. During the conversation, we also dive into how all of this plays into prevention for the industrial athlete and the tactical athlete. 

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Rachael Cooper

Email: [email protected]

Contact phone: 630-373-7981

At the National Safety Council, Rachael Cooper manages the multi-level Opioids at Work initiative, helping employers understand the role they play in the opioid epidemic. She assists employers as they ensure their employees and workplaces are safe and supported throughout any experiences they have with opioids, opioid use disorder, and overdose.

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Matthew Marino PT, MSPT, CPE, CSCS, TSAC-F

Director of Ergonomic Factors at Hero Wear

Email:   [email protected]

Matthew Marino graduated from Northeastern University with a Bachelor’s degree in Rehabilitation Science and a Masters in Physical Therapy. He is a Certified Professional Ergonomist and is also an expert in the fields of Human Performance Optimization and Rehabilitation. Currently, he is the Director of Ergonomics and Human Factors for HeroWear LLC, an exoskeleton company based in Nashville, TN. This spring HeroWear is set to release a commercial version of their wearable device that will help reduce back strain and fatigue to sustain strength in workers who perform hard physical labor.  Matt has experience providing consulting services for clients in a wide array of industries and has expertise in the design, testing and implementation of exoskeleton and wearable sensor technologies in clinical and workplace environments. He has been an active member of the ASTM F48 Committee on Exoskeletons and Exosuits since its 2017 inception, and he is a founding partner of the new ASTM Exo Technology Center of Excellence. In his role at HeroWear, Matt is able to use his education, training and experience with wearable technology to revolutionize workplace safety, comfort and performance.

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Greg Stone

Founder, GMS Leadership Consulting

Greg Stone, the founder of GMS Leadership Consulting, is a medical graduate from the University of Sydney, Australia, and a specialist in both Internal and Occupational Medicine.

His career in occupational medicine evolved into broader general management roles in Australia and subsequently the US.

He became the health and safety director for a global automotive company for 16 years followed by the learning and development leader for manufacturing for 3 more years.

Since retiring from full-time roles, he has consulted in multiple organizations and industries on health and safety leadership, leadership coaching, and development.

His focus is on leadership capability, employee engagement, and system integrity.

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Linked in profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drgregstone/

Jason Townsell

Vice President, Safety Health and Environment

Jason Townsell is Vice President of SH&E for the Connected Communities Market at Centreville, Virginia-based Parsons Corporation, a digitally enabled solutions provider in the defense, intelligence, and critical infrastructure markets with 2019 revenues exceeding $4 billion.  Jason is a Certified Safety Professional (CSP) and holds a master’s degree in occupational safety and health as well as a bachelor’s degree in fire science. Jason was recognized as a Rising Star of Safety by the National Safety Council in 2014 and a Future Leader of EHS by EHS Today Magazine in 2010.   He has served as consultant, team and program leader, and lead instructor on projects and programs of varying scopes and sizes.

As Parsons’ Vice President of SH&E in the Connected Communities Market, Jason collaborates with business market leaders and program SH&E professionals to ensure work on all business market programs conforms to the corporate strategy for business market program performance excellence. Parsons was most recently rewarded the prestigious Robert W. Campbell Award in 2019 under his leadership.

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