Move Your Brain Move Your Body

Karen Kelsall, DC, CCSP®, has been practicing the healing art and science of chiropractic since 1997 from a stately Victorian set in the bustling commercial district of NW 23rd Avenue in Portland, Oregon. She discovered gymnastics at nine, and within three years had moved from her Surrey, BC, home to Eugene, Oregon, to hone her talent at the Olympic training center. Kelsall competed internationally for five years, culminating in the 1976 Montreal Summer Olympics where she earned distinction as the Games youngest competitor. She climbed to tenth in world ranking in 1978. At her peak as she prepared for the 1980 Olympics, her Olympic career came to an end when her native country, Canada, boycotted the Moscow Olympics.

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·        Karen Kelsall is an Olympic gymnast who competed in the 1876 Olympics in Montreal

·        Gymnastics has been a positive experience, opening many doors for the speaker

·        She was instilled an incredible work ethic and showed that if you set your mind to something, you can achieve it

·        Pursuing a career in modern dance in New York City

·        An injured shoulder made her pursue a career in chiropractic

·        The pressures of an Olympic athlete

·        Modern equipment is much better now with more safety

·         Her experience in gymnastics has helped treat injuries

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On this episode, we welcome Melissa and Lacee, Lacee discovered kettlebell training in 2013; working with bells not only changed her body but her entire career trajectory. She now helps clients build strong bodies with kettlebells, barbells, and bodyweight training. Lacee is a graduate with honors from Portland State University, holding a BA in communication forms/Business Administration, and National Academy of Sports Medicine Certified Personal Trainer. She is a StrongFirst Kettlebell Level 2 and Bodyweight Instructor and a current RKC Level 1 Kettlebell Instructor.

Melissa has a degree in dietetics and has been working as a personal trainer since college, Melissa has 15 years of fitness and nutrition experience. Since the birth of her sons in 2014 and 2018, her business shifted to working with prenatal and postnatal women seeking guidance in safe and effective ways to retain strength for the duration of pregnancy and recovery.

On Today’s Episode:

• Melissa and Lacee are introduced to the show!

• Lacee discovered kettlebell training in 2013 and now helps clients build strong bodies with kettlebells, barbells, and body-weight training

• Melissa has been working as a personal trainer for 15 years and specializes in prenatal and postnatal women seeking guidance in safe and effective ways to retrain strength for the duration of pregnancy and recovery

• Building businesses from the ground up, all referral based, and with a strong clientele

• Mentoring and learning from experienced trainers are key to success

• Personal connections to helping others feel good about their bodies and elevate them

• Applying traditional values that have led to a corporate job, but feeling stuck

• How they started building digital businesses before the pandemic for flexibility

• They found that kettlebells are most effective for clients

• How they funded themselves by teaching kettlebell basics during the pandemic

• They stress the value of consistency and repetition in a program

• They compare fitness goal setting to teaching a child to read with a progression

• Kettlebell training is functional and translates well into everyday life

• Group fitness can be unsustainable and frustrating for many people

• Bells Up TV focuses on building long-term habits and progress over time

• Fitness requires consistent effort and cannot be achieved with a quick fix or pill

• Video format provides encouragement, technique cues, and explanations

• Flexibility in training plans is important for managing stress and life demands

• Strength training is important for recovery and injury prevention

• Extreme exercise can come with a price and it’s important to find balance and listen to your body

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On this episode, we welcome Scott Kennedy, Scott is the owner of Light Path LED. He is on the show to discuss the benefits of red-light therapy and how it can help increase blood flow, oxygen, recovery time, and healing. He explores the differences between red and near infrared light, as well as the benefits of using specific pulses for different purposes such as 40 hertz for inflammation and brain health, 2.94 hertz for eyes, 5.87 hertz for lymphatic flow, and 4.69 for pain relief. He delves into the effects of light penetrating through the sinuses and eyes up into the nasal cavities, and how one should take off their clothing to ensure maximum effectiveness. He is a certified laser/light specialist and health coach. In 2018, he started the first light therapy wellness center in New Jersey where he met with clients from all walks of life, all ages, and with the gambit of issues. He started my journey 10 years ago when he suffered from peripheral neuropathy. He saw countless doctors and tried countless remedies with only limited relief. He went from running ultra-marathons and boxing to being sedentary. Within 4 months, his symptoms decreased over 80%. The improvements he felt from light therapy were life-altering. He’s now back to running and boxing and living life. His goal is to now help others get back to doing what they enjoy in life, without pain or pills. With a focus on safety and quality, he began LightpathLED to create the best home use panels on the market. He now has panels that surpass the competition at a lower price point as well as panels with multiple wavelengths and pulsing, which no other company is doing. His commitment is always to the pursuit of optimal health and well-being of his clients and their families.

On Today’s Episode:

• Scott Kennedy is introduced to the show!
• Scott owns and runs Light Path LED, which offers home-use spread light therapy devices
• Light therapy has been researched wavelengths of red and near infrared light that are absorbed into the cells and mitochondria
• Near infrared light for bones, joints, brain, organs, and lymphatic flow
• Pulsing has been shown to be more beneficial than non-pulsing or continuous wave
• Some side effects of NIR pulsing setting
• Red light benefits for inflammation, age-related macular degeneration and glaucoma
• Starting up a wellness center in upstate NY
• How Scott moves his brain & body

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Torin Berge, PT, MPT, PRC is originally from Colorado, Torin knew from an early age that he wanted to be a physical therapist and help people.  As he went through his schooling, he kept searching to know not only what was going on with people but “Why”.  Shortly after graduating from PT school in 1999, he was exposed to PRI and was hooked knowing there was a framework out there that helped with that question.  After several more years of learning and treating Torin was hired on at the Hruska Clinic in 2011 and has worked there immersed in PRI ever since.  Along with working as a staff physical therapist for the Hruska Clinic, he has helped with the growth and evolution of the PRIME program which focuses on providing multidisciplinary tools to assist those people who just can’t seem to get better with “traditional” methods PRI or non-PRI.

On Today’s Episode:

• Torin Berge is introduced to the show!
• The focus on integration of vision, dental, and other specialties with the body
• Streamlining the process of vision, splint calibration, and orthotic molding
• Getting the right tools is a huge step forward for people who have been trying PI for a long time
• A good shoe can make a huge difference and doesn’t have to be expensive
• The PRIME program takes 3 big pieces into account:
  • Feet/shoes
  • Head/neck
  • Vision
• The goal for PRIME is to get people to the starting line of their rehab 
• Neurological symptoms that we find that are becoming more common:
• POTS
• Dysautonomia
• Heart palpitations
• Seizures
• Dystonia
• Focal vision can be used to reinforce a pattern of locking into a certain position
• Clarity is an important aspect of vision
• How we used to use prisms and force prescriptions on people, but now we try to minimize focal demand
• The benefits of neuro optometry
• People are not giving bad treatment, but it is a matter of working together to get all the treatments to work together
• PRIME started to integrate several pieces and make patients work less hard than before
• The community aspect of the PRIME clinic setting
• Having a community around energizes to keep producing and learning
• How Torin moves his brain & body

Dr. Emily Kiberd is a Chiropractor, Entrepreneur,  podcast host to the Thyroid Strong Podcast, a mommy of two and an all-around empowering woman who champions knowledge by teaching her clients the tools they need to reach their highest physical potential. Emily’s expertise spans several therapeutic fields: functional movement patterns, biomechanics, kettlebells, functional medicine, hashimotos thyroiditis, mold illness and lately search engine optimization for the practitioner. 

Freddie Kimmel is the host of The Beautifully Broken Podcast and consultant to technologycompanies including AmpCoil and LightpathLED. He is also certified as a Functional HealthCoach, personal trainer, and gut health specialist. Freddie has been featured in The Wall StreetJournal, The New York Times, LA talk radio, and Dance Magazine. Freddie performed across the country in Broadway touring productions of Phantom of the Opera, Billy Elliot, and the Broadway-bound Cagney the Musical. Music heals and it continues to be a driving force in the way he helps others.

He is a proud survivor of metastatic cancer, Lyme, and toxic mold.Through the Beautifully Broken Podcast and patient advocacy Freddie educates on the value of wellness technology (think PEMF, Frequency, Pulsed Light, Supplements, Oxygen therapy, and more) to help people empower the body’s natural healing mechanisms.Before becoming a champion for vitality and wellness.

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Michael McNeal has spent the last 10 years in the functional medicine world as a prolific researcher and self proclaimed Gastronaught. He has helped hundreds of clients overcome various conditions and restored their bodies to homeostasis. He himself has overcame type two diabetes and Tourette syndrome. He has worked closely with companies like Cellcore biosciences and Mother Earth labs. He spends his free time making incredible music and living a wild bio hacking lifestyle.

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Wesley Wang is a physical therapist and clinic director of Healthy Baller in Rockville, MD. He has worked in cash-based and specializes in ACL rehab for over 4 years. Having suffered two ACL tears himself, Wesley utilizes his social media to provide educational content surrounding ACL and sports rehab. He strives to help decrease the high ACL re-tear rates which we know are around 25-30%!

On This Episode:

• Wesley's story about becoming a Physical Therapist
• Wesley as the "ACL guy"
• Social Media 
• Establishing a library of exercises
• His own ACL rehab x2 and how that allows him to relate to athletes
• Educating athletes to understand their body
• Misconceptions of ACL tears
• Advice to new clinicians
• Representation of Wesleys brand of PT - fun, hard work and authenticity 
• His Mastermind group
• How Wesley moves his brain & body

Dr. Alexis Jazmyn Cowan, PhD works with clients to support them in all aspects of their journey to health, from diet and nutraceuticals to exercise and lifestyle. She also works with individuals looking to improve their scientific literacy, helping them to gain the competence and confidence needed to effectively review scientific literature, assess data quality, and critically analyze published claims. She attained her PhD from Princeton University in Molecular Biology in 2022.  

On This Episode: 

• Alexis's Background 
• Her journey of losing 100 lbs, from disordered eating to IBS to now being healthy! 
• Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) her experience and scientific data of what it is and how to treat it 
• Gut permeability and competitive bodybuilders/athletes 
• Glyphosate and how it is harming our human bodies 
• Human Milk Olligosaccharides, Bifidobacteria & gut health Biffidobacteria & Akkermasia 
• "The Gut Protocol" that Alexis practices with clients 
• We can make changes to the gut microbiome within 24 hours using dietary changes
•  The Orange Juice Protocol -Joel Greene Activated charcoal / Binders Probiotics/ Prebiotics /Postbiotics Intramuscular fat  
• Dr. Alexis's PhD research Obesity  
• Microbiome Optimization Products- Layer Origin (code: DrAlexis15)
•  What Dr. Alexis does to move her brain & move her body! 
• Contact/ Book with Dr. Alexis 
• Dr. Alexis Website 
• Dr. Alexis's Blog on Biffidobacteria Layer Origin (code: DrAlexis15) 

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Monica Franke is an osteopath, counselor and movement specialist using PRI.She is also a self-published author of the books, BodySense and BodySense for Fitness and Health Professionals.Her vision is to enable a journey into health and fitness that creates and holds space for all aspects of the person - brain, body and heart - and allows both client and professional to leave each session in their fullest capacity.

After an intense childhood of moving across continents multiple times, losing her home country (Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe) and a fragmented family structure, as well as traumatic experiences in childhood, Monica took a few years  - or decades - to sort through the effects. Experiencing very delayed-onset PTSD and severe anxiety after the birth of her son, Monica started doing the work to heal and integrate her feelings and experiences.Monica has always been drawn to movement, physical expression of capacity and the human spirit.

Monica practices therapeutic and complementary counselling using Transactional Analysis (TA), having gained her qualification over a number of years and over 600 teaching hours and 250 hours clinical experience. Monica talks about the main theories of TA, which make it so usable and accessible.

• Monica Franke’s background & movement around different countries throughout her upbringing
• How she got into osteopathy
• The “should’s” in your life
• Idea of “okayness”
• How she uses PRI with counseling in client sessions
• 10 week course she is offering!
• The language and framework she uses with her work with clients
• How Monica’s upbringing has brought her to study psychology

Chris Wark was diagnosed with stage III colon cancer in 2003, at 26 years old. After surgery, he opted out of chemotherapy and used evidence-based nutrition and natural non-toxic therapies to heal. He began sharing his story in 2010 with a mission to inspire people to take control of their health and reverse disease by radically transforming their diet and lifestyle. Chris reaches millions of people per year as a blogger, podcaster, speaker and global health coach through his social media channels and his website chrisbeatcancer.com. His book Chris Beat Cancer: A Comprehensive Plan for Healing Naturally was published by Hay House on September 25th, 2018 and became a National Bestseller as ranked by USA Today, The Wall Street Journal and Publishers Weekly.


On This Episode:

• Diagnosed with stage three colon cancer
• Horrible industrial process in hospitals
• The huge disconnect between healthcare and healthy living
• Finding alternatives besides relying on pharmaceutical drugs
• Accepting responsibility for your problems
• What causes cancer?
  • Smoking
  • Obesity
• Changing food and lifestyle habits
• The rise of young adult cancers
• Overscreening and over-diagnoses problem with breast cancer, thyroid cancer and lung cancer
• Preventing colon cancer through early colonoscopy
• Having a beat cancer mindset
• Surviving and thriving
• Re-shaping your thoughts and behaviors
• Practice gratitude instead of getting upset or resentful
• Converting to a Raw Food Diet
• A little support goes a long way in the challenges in your life
• Chris Beat Cancer book discussion
• Holistic methods and Alternative therapies for healing
• Cancer can be prevented and healed with diet and lifestyle
• The pharmaceutical industry is one of the most powerful and they can influence everything
• Science-based medicine
• How drug companies are horrible corrupt for all of the drugs they produce
• The paradox of chemotherapy
• Personal empowerment to protect yourself from cancer
• Cancer patients are being manipulated out of fear
• Fear suppresses your immune system
• Recognizing the source of fear in your life and turning it off
• News media thrives on fear
• Face your fears and failures and to forgive everyone

Ryan Blaser is a husband, father, and Idaho native with a passion for bridging the gap between environment and wellness.  This passion fueled his 25 year career as an Electrical Engineer specializing in health hazards of the environment. His experience includes a position as Electrical Engineer for the Department of Energy (nuclear division), Field Engineer for the Department of Environmental Quality, Master Acoustician and Commercial Audio/Video integrator, and Broadband RF installation.

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Jordan has developed, synthesized and teaches the Adaptable Polarity Series. Formally trained as an architect, Jordan made a career change from the structure and flow of buildings to that of the human body. Jordan earned his licensure to touch through Santa Barbara Body Therapy Institute where he began his teaching career under the study, tutelage and mentorship of John Harris, local legend to Santa Barbara and author of Fix Pain, as well as, one of Jordan’s all-time favorite instructors. He has since accumulated hundreds of hours of continuing education and pursued countless hours of personal study that ultimately led to the formation and continual adaptation of Adaptable Polarity. Everything has its place and space, and it is our duty as therapists to adapt to the client before us.

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On Move Your Brain Move Your Body Episode 78, Aleena and Meghan discuss their thoughts on stretching. 

On This Episode:

• Our ideas of stretching 
• The nature of sports/activities like Gymnastics and yoga
• FRC & hypermobility
• Isometric hold
• "People tend to feel tight and it may make them feel the need to stretch"
• Olympic Weightlifting/ explosive sports and stretching
• Neurology and bodies that need stability
• Controlling and owning full range of motion
• Overall body tension
• Pelvis positioning and hamstring length
• How asymmetries contribute to positioning 
• Meditation
• Holistic approach 
• Get an assessment!

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On today's episode we have Hayley Kava! Hayley Kava PT, MPT, never wanted to be a pelvic floor physical therapist. She had been an athlete her whole life and thought she would work with athletes integrating postural restoration teachings her entire career. She then gave birth for the first time and realized that labor, birth and post- partum recovery was the most physically, and emotionally demanding thing she had ever done, and pelvic floors needed a lot more attention and support than they were getting. Her mission become sharing more information and spreading empowerment about how to address these common, but often taboo, issues. She created her business, social platforms and podcast in order to serve this mission to spread this information, to help ensure that no person feels alone is dealing with any pelvic floor problem.

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On This Episode Meghan and Aleena ask each other questions and reflect on their 2021 year. They talk about lessons learned, goals and what they are looking forward to in 2022!

Thank you so much for sticking with us through 76 episodes!! More to come. We appreciate each and everyone of our listeners!!

-Aleena  & Meghan

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Mike is a Physical Therapist (DPT) and Strength and Conditioning Coach (CSCS) as well as Postural Restoration Certified (PRC) who believes in helping his clients achieve their pain, and exercise related goals. During his time at Springfield College Mike played baseball while earning his Physical Therapy degree, a time that shaped him both athletically and as a clinician. While playing baseball, Mike was introduced to the Postural Restoration Institute (PRI) to improve his health and performance as a pitcher. It was this introduction that has shaped Mike’s career and blossomed into a Physical Therapy practice and Personal Training gym based on the Postural Restoration Institute principles.

Today on the Podcast we welcome guests, Tim Reynolds and Brian Guzski. Bryan Guzski PT, DPT, OCS, MBA, CSCS is an outpatient orthopedic physical therapist practicing in Rochester, NY working primarily with patients with spine related issues and persistent pain. Bryan earned his Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from Ithaca College in 2014, completed an Orthopedic residency program through Cayuga Medical Center in 2015 and received his Orthopedic Clinical Specialist certification, and earned a Master of Business Administration degree from Simon Business School at the University of Rochester in 2021. Tim Reynolds PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Anatomy & Physiology at Ithaca College and a part-time physical therapist practicing at Cayuga Medical Center in Ithaca, NY where he predominately treats patients with spine or lower extremity impairments. Tim earned his Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from Ithaca College in 2014 and completed both his orthopaedic residency and spine fellowship through Cayuga Medical Center, and currently helps mentor and teach in both of these programs as well. 

On This Episode: 

• Tim and Bryan Introduction
•  How they decided to write this book Movers & Mentors (Purchase here!) 
• Why this book is different than other Physical Therapy books Who are the Movers and Shakers in this generation?
•  Inspiration behind the book Tim - Being a full time professor  
• Favorite quotes/ memories from writing this book 
• Advice given in this book that stuck with them 
• Tokens of wisdom that both Tim & Bryan used during times of struggle 
• How Tim & Bryan move their brain and body

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On today's podcast we have Steve Lintern, ATC, CSCS, PRT.  Steve is currently the Director of Health and Performance for the Oilers, through the Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences. In the off-season, he assists in teaching Master’s Level Athletic Training Students at the medical school, and devotes time to performing treatment and rehabilitation on local Fire Department tactical athletes.He simultaneously is the founder and CEO of the Lintern Athletic Integration Center working with athletes and populations of all skill levels in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He works with the Sports Performance Institute (SPI) in Tulsa as a part of their consulting performance staff. He interned with the Cleveland Browns in 2008-09 and returned in 2012 as a Seasonal Intern Athletic Trainer. He completed his Masters Degree in Kinesiology with a concentration in Exercise Science at the University of Arkansas in 2011. Currently Steve hits for Long Drive For Heroes, to raise awareness for PTSD, as a long driver competing in mostly local events. Steve and his wife Anna are both Ironman Triathletes and live in Tulsa with their son Lukas, new daughter Roselyn Jo and Australian Heeler, Rinny.

On Today's Episode:

• Steve's background
• Working for Arkansas with Athletic Training & the Cleveland Browns
• How he got into working Hockey
• Implementing Postural Restoration techniques with Athletic Training and with athletes
• The concept of down regulation for the human body
• "Putting a bandaid on a bullethole"
• Having ability to impact a team through PRI
• Working with Firefighters and Combat Veterans
• Long drive golfing
• Athletic Training as a health profession
• Why we should care about the rate of pay for Athletic Trainers
• Elevating & giving respect to the profession of Athletic Training
• How Steve moves his brain & body

Today on Move Your BB we welcome Dr. Rich Severin PT, DPT. Dr. Severin is a board-certified cardiovascular and pulmonary clinical specialist. Currently, he is finishing a PhD in rehabilitation science at the University of Illinois at Chicago, with a focus on cardiorespiratory physiology and obesity. His dissertation project is investigating the role of respiratory muscle performance in obese patients undergoing weight-loss surgery. Dr. Severin serves as clinical faculty in the Department of Physical Therapy at the University of Illinois at Chicago and is the coordinator of the bariatric surgery rehabilitation program at UIHealth. He is also a part-time clinical assistant professor in the Hybrid Doctor of Physical Therapy Program at Baylor University.

On This Episode:

• Dr. Rich Severin's background
• PhD Research
• Dyspnea, asthma and looking deeper at breathing muscles
• Assessing dyspnea & asthma
• Functional Residual Capacity
• Changes with obesity and functional residual capacity
• Leading barrier for obese patients for exercise is the dyspnea they experience
• Why PT and Personal Trainers are so important for these humans for lifestyle changes
• The importance of collaboration
• Blood Flow Resistance Training
• APTA Leadership Goals
• Physical Therapy throughout the world
• Cardiopulmonary Specialty in PT
• How Dr. Severin moves his brain & body

Today on Move Your Brain Move Your Body we welcome Dr. Carla Hannaford! Dr. Hannaford is a biologist, author, educator with more than forty years teaching experience. Dr. Hannaford is the author of Smart Moves - Why Learning is Not All In Your Head, The Dominance Factor, Awakening the Child Heart, Playing in the Unified field, Raising and Becoming Conscious, Creative Human Beings. Dr. Hannaford has worked with musicians, artists, health care professionals, social service agencies, atheletes & spiritual organizations  She has keynoted for many conferences worldwide, and been quoted in well over 1,000 books and journal articles on the importance of movement, and music for brain development, life-long learning and health.

Today on Move Your Brain Move Your Body Podcast we welcome Dr. Ralph Esposito. Dr. Esposito is a naturopathic physician, acupuncturist and functional medicine practitioner specializing in integrative urology and endocrinology with a hyper-focus on men’s health. His precise and personalized style utilizes a systems biology and precision-medicine approach to medicine. In addition to advising as a peer reviewer for medical journals, he has authored several medical textbook chapters and has designed education modules for health professionals specifically on urological conditions, male and female hormone dysfunction, hypogonadism, exercise, men’s health and sexual dysfunction. Dr. Esposito holds a position as adjunct professor at New York University  where he lectures on integrative medicine. He is currently practicing out of New York City.

On Today’s Episode:

• Dr. Ralph Esposito’s background & why he became a Naturopathic physician & Acupuncturist
• Naturopathic Medicine / Functional Medicine
• How Dr. Ralph Esposito practices “Good Medicine"
• Hormonal dysfunction and what to look for
• Men and hormonal dysfunction
• Gut Dysfunction
• Alzheimer’s & Microbiome
• Systemic Inflammation
• GABA
• Spreading education via IG
• What Dr. Esposito does to move his brain & body

Dr. Navaz Habib, is the founder of Health Upgraded an online Functional Medicine and Health Optimization clinic, working with high performing professionals, athletes and entrepreneurs to dig a little deeper and find the answers to what is holding back their health. He works with those who want to upgrade their health, allowing them to have a greater impact and serve more people. Dr. Habib is an expert on the vagus nerve. On today's episode we dive deep into learning more about functional medicine and the vagus nerve!

On This Episode:

• The Vagus nerve’s effect on our daily life
• The role of the vagus nerve and how Dr. Habib became interested in learning more
• Connection between vagus nerve and the liver and kidney
• The breath and the vagus nerve
• How individual organs are connected with the vagus nerve
• Actionable ways regulate the vagus nerve
• Places on your body that can stimulate the vagus nerve
• Paradoxical Breathing
• What Dr. Habib does to move his brain and body

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Today’s episode of Move Your Brain Move Your Body Podcast, we welcome Katie Morra MS, RD, LDN, IFMCP. Katie is an Institute for Functional Medicine Certified Practitioner and Registered Dietitian specializing in gut health and nutrition. Katie owns and runs a virtual functional medicine practice, Gut Honest Truth. In private practice, Katie treats a wide variety of conditions, always focusing on the root causes of inflammation, autoimmune disease, irritable bowel syndrome, food sensitivities, allergies, skin conditions, fatigue; amongst other chronic disease states and symptoms.

Katie is the host of the Gut Honest Truth Podcast available for iTunes and Spotify listeners worldwide where she has interviewed some of the most prominent individuals in the field. She has been featured in publications such as MindBodyGreen, Experience Life Magazine, Vitamin Shoppe and more. Katie is also is the author of 5 condition specific e-books that are available on her website! 

On This Episode:

• Diving into gut health!
• Telehealth & the pandemic
• Utilizing Instagram to educate
• Finding the root cause
• The connection between gut health & skin
• Testing for gut health
• How do we sanitize ourselves in order to not be vulnerable?
• Antibiotic use
• Probiotics in yogurt
• Imbalanced hormones
• Dutch Test
• What is a leaky gut? (aka intestinal permeability)
• Body awareness & noticing signs
• Sleep & gut health
• Can detox help with your liver?
• How Katie moves her brain and body

We welcome Romina Kostich, a personal trainer specializing in strength & performance training for runners on this episode of Move Your Brain Move Your Body Podcast. She started coaching in 2014 and now trains clients around the globe to run faster, breathe easier, and get stronger while decreasing their likelihood of injury. 

On This Episode:

• Romina's background
• Disordered eating, injuries and introduction to strength training
• Strength training & running mechanics
• How to approach clients with chronic injuries
• Having an evolving assessment process
• Introduction to Postural Restoration Institute as an Olympic weightlifter
• Teaching proper breathing techniques
• Emotions in sport and training
• Her blog
• Goals and training program
• virtual remote training 

Today on Move Your BB, we welcome Chris Frioux! A former radio DJ turned physical therapy student currently attending Baylor University. He lives in the Oklahoma City area with his wife, Carrie, and two pugs, Pistol and Boomer. Recognizing the need to be a good role-model for his future patients, Chris lost over 100 pounds in the last year through diet and exercise and hopes to not only get people back to the most important things in their lives, but also be a source of inspiration for healthier lives for all those he meets!

On Today's Episode:

• Chris’s background
• Leaving his radio hosting job
• The pull to become a Physical Therapist
• Having a great support system from his wife
• Chris's journey losing weight 
• Losing 100 lbs!
• Participating in Endurance Sports
• Having set backs
• How Chris moves his brain and body

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Stacey Schaedler is a strength and nutrition coach based out of the Boston area. Stacey has a Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science from UMass Amherst. Her mission is helping women feel incredible through intelligent strength, training and sustainable nutrition. All of Stacy's methods are backed by science as well as no bullshit, quick fixes. Stacey's motto is all about "Progress Not Perfection" which she demonstrates in her life on a daily basis. We were pumped to have Stacey on our podcast!

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Mike Stella is a Certified Athletic Trainer and founder of Movement Underground in Long Island, New York. He has rehabilitated and reconditioned athletes from a variety of levels in sports, not only help them return to competition but also increase in their resilience to future injury. Mike’s potent combination of movement evaluation, manual therapy, and corrective exercise help him identify and eliminate the underlying causes of pain in injuries while educating athletes on the best practices in training and recovery. Mike is an expert movement evaluator and manual therapist with over a decade of experience working with high level athletes from all across the realms.


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Today on Move Your Brain Move Your Body we have David Bidler! David is a speaker, author, and leader in professional development. David is the CEO of Breathe to Perform which shares the science of stress management and peak performance with industry leaders and their teams. David proudly serves as the President of the nonprofit organization Physiology First and presents material from the Breathe to Perform program to students and teachers throughout the United States. David owns The Distance Project: Strength and Conditioning, in Freeport, Maine and is an avid endurance athlete and ultramarathon competitor.


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Today on the podcast, we welcome Erin Murray. Erin Murray is a nutrition, health, and strength coach that that splits her time between clients and academia. Her passion for science and whole foods directs much of her work, where she focuses on transforming biochemistry into delicious meal ideas, actionable steps, and sustainable new lifestyles for her clients. Her work also centers around a whole systems approach, where she synthesizes research on food, climate, and biological sciences to work towards building people and communities that make American food culture a healthier and more holistic one. She currently is finishing her two secondary degrees — a Masters of Science in Nutrition and Health Promotion as well as her clinical work to be a dietitian. She sees clients online from around the globe, in addition to teaching and working in a microbiome research laboratory. Her deep belief in the connections between person, land, and food guides her own lifestyle so that she may lead by example. For that reason, you will find Erin in the kitchen, her garden, or with her chickens if she’s not in the lab or gym!

On Today's Episode:

• Epidemiological Nutrition Research
• Nutrition "Camps"
• Ketogenic & Vegan Diet and physiological effects on the body
• Assessing Calcium stores in the body
• Is Alkaline valuable?
• Alkaline diet and stomach acid
• The effects of a healthy digestion
• Recommendations for people who purchasing on a budget
• Misconceptions about meat and the environment
• Sacred Cow

Today on Move Your Brain Move Your Body Podcast, Meghan Barrington & Aleena Kanner share their journeys in 2020 and what they are looking forward to in 2021! They talk about where this podcast is going, what their future looks like and where they are after quite an interesting year! 

We want to thank all of our listeners for supporting us in 2020! It's been a wild ride of a year and we want you to know that we are here for you and we are SO grateful for you. Thank you for posting us on IG, sharing our episodes with friends and tuning in to listen every week! We will continue to bring you brilliant guests so you can learn along with us!

For interview recommendations, please email moveyourbb@gmail.com!

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Today on Move Your Brain Move Your Body podcast we have Emily Kadish, PT, DPT! Emily is a physical therapist specializing in women’s pelvic health and wellness. She obtained both a B.S. in Exercise Science and Doctorate in P.T. degree from Marshall University and has continued her education with Postural Restoration Institute, Herman and Wallace Pelvic Rehab Institute, APTA Women’s Health, Postpartum Corrective Exercise Specialist course, and is an Empowered Performance grad. Emily’s passion for pelvic health stems from her own difficult journey through pregnancy, birth, and beyond. Her mission is to bring greater awareness to the issues women face and encourage women to become comfortable with the uncomfortable with all things pertaining to pelvic health. She strives to bring hope, confidence, and empowerment to women navigating their journey to pelvic health and wellness. 

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On today's Move Your Brain Move Your Body Podcast episodes we welcome Rua Gilna & Boris Dugandzic. Both are brilliant personal trainers in the fitness space in New York/ New Jersey area.

Rua, originally from Ireland, has been in fitness for over 16 years from personal training, to lecturing and designing syllabus for certification courses to managing multi million dollar gyms, heading training departments for chains of gyms and working one on one with international level athletes and average Joes. He stepped away from the corporate side because he prefers the reward of working with individuals one on one, especially the chronically injured. Rua has a background in gymnastics, martial arts and breakdancing among other sports. Rua specializes in taking people who currently in pain and transitioning them back to high levels of performance utilizing concepts of Postural Restoration Institute. This subject is close to his heart after several traumatic brain injuries and joint injuries himself.

Boris is originally from Croatia, played professional, semiprofessional and college basketball for over 15 years. Boris is a strength and movement coach based in Manhattan, NYC. Boris has been involved with Postural Restoration Institute for the past 5 years. He incorporates this system to help youth athletes and gen pop clients achieve peak performance through objective testing and programming.

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• Training philosophies
• How they met in Manhattan at a globo gym in Union Square! (working with past people we have had on the podcast- Kyle Dobbs & Beverley Simpson)
• Kyle Dobbs & Pat Davidson
• The importance of corrective exercises and strength training
• Conversation about taking a board test for Personal Training
• Frontal/ Transverse Plane
• Postural Restoration Institute
• The relationship of dentistry and optometry to fitness & movement
• Systems that affect movement
• Training barefoot versus training with shoes 
• Co-Contractions 
• Glutes & range of motion
• Using objective data for bi-lateral movement

Beverley Simpson, Former Fitness Manager for Crunch in Manhattan, New York turned online business owner. She is currently a certified personal trainer and pre/postnatal specialist. (NASM CPT, CES, PES, CFSC, FMS I & II, PN2,) and dozens more certifications in movement. Beverley is passionate about the science of training, and has helped hundreds of trainers package their genius into products and selling their service without feeling sleaze-y!

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• Beverley's background and how she got into fitness
• Bev's big changes in 2020
• How working with her mentor pushed Bev to work in her zone of genius
• Advice for market saturation and impostor syndrome
• How do you set apart in terms of your messaging?
• Understanding how to write content and WHO you are writing for
• How do you shift a perspective that is holding back from getting people to where they want to be?
• Conveying your message
• "You’re either going to get the lesson that you need or the success that you want"
• Growth vs Fixed Mindset
• How Bev moves her brain and body

Today's interview on Move Your Brain Move Your Body Podcast is with body language expert Tiffany Lee! Tiffany Lee is a Senior Body Language Instructor at the Body Language Institute in Alexandria, VA, Empowerment Coach, and Certified Spinning® Instructor. Drawing from her traditional studies at Howard University and life experiences, her mission is to help you communicate effectively & understand what others are saying to you both verbally & non-verbally. Tiffany is also a Lupus survivor, powerlifter, and THE expert to help you spot the liars, take control of your life & have a winning career.

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• Tiffany's start into learning about body language
• Using body language to find deeper meanings in conversations
• Shoulder shrugging, super man posing!
• How to use body language in zoom meetings and interviews to benefit you
• What are the different signs that you can look for while you’re in your online training sessions?
• Tiffany's clientele 
• Using the therapy approach in your training
• Using body language to gain deeper perspective into your clients
• Learning someone's body language baseline before you analyze!

Andrew Hannon is a golf-fitness specialist at Premier Systems in Scottsdale, Arizona. He was one of the golf digest Top 50 fitness trainers in America in both 2017 and 2019. He is full of innovative and creative ways of training athletes and the general population alike.

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•  How did you get involve with Premier Fitness Systems?
• How do you incorporate the biomechanics of breathing in your training?
• Do you see potential from the kids that you train with?
• Weaknesses in a golf athlete
• Programming for gen pop clients
• Continuing education
• Mentorships
• How Andrew moves his brain and body

Today on Move Your Brain Move Your Body Podcast we welcome Solana Lewis! Solana is a certified personal trainer and powerlifting coach. She trains powerlifters and general population clients online. Solana herself is a World Champion powerlifter and currently holds the Junior American Squat record for the 63kg weight class. Her background as a competitive powerlifter, along with her Bachelors Degree in Exercise Science, and 5 years of coaching has helped her to develop training models to advance both powerlifters and the average everyday person with their fitness. Solana's personal experience with failures as well as success in powerlifting gives her a unique lens to coach powerlifting athletes and give them what they need to progress. Her passion and interest in human movement and performance, drives her personal education and research to find the best scientific strategies to ensure her clients success to reach and exceed their goals.

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Today on Move Your Brain Move Your Body we have Dr. Jason St. Clair! Jason is the owner of Rise Physical Therapy in Charleston SC.  He a board certified Orthopedic Clinical Specialist and a fellow in the American Academy of Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapists.  In addition to practicing as a full time clinician he also serves as an Adjunct Instructor for the MUSC DPT program.  Jason’s mission is to bridge the gap between rehab and performance.  He believes our job as rehab professionals should be to get patients out of the medical system as quickly and safely as possible.

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Dr. Locatelli Rao is a physical therapist working in Pasadena, California. He began his DPT journey by studying and graduating from USC’s prestigious Doctor of Physical Therapy program in 2002. Dr. Rao’s life and career paths have led him and his private practice into what it is today: a small, specialized niche clinic that takes care of those are struggling with an unresolved ailment, have had a suboptimal rehab experience or those such as athletes are looking for optimizing their movement and performance potential. 

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