My Body Odyssey: Recent Episodes
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www.MyBodyOdyssey.com Health & wellness podcast about the rewards & challenges of an active lifestyle. Telling stories of everyday people facing physical or behavioral obstacles, with commentary from doctors, researchers, therapists and other wellness experts.
As a former competitive weightlifter, strength coach, and now Chair of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine at Vanderbilt Medical School, Dr. D.J. Kennedy specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of back issues that nearly all of us experience- including chronic back pain. “The numbers are 80 to 90% of people have low back pain at some point in their life,” says Dr. Kennedy in the bonus episode, “which tells me 10 to 20% of people have a bad memory.” Why is back pain so prevalent and persistent? Dr. Kennedy points to the complexity of spinal anatomy as a primary factor. "For the spine, we have L4-L5, L5- S1, “ says Kennedy, himself a back pain sufferer. “We have discs, we have facets, we have all kinds of things that can cause problems.” Formerly a Stanford Medical School Professor, Dr. Kennedy emphasizes both the variety of back issues patients can experience, and the necessity of prescribing a wide array of treatments to address these issues. While at Stanford, Dr. Kennedy trained in the Gokhale Method featured in our previous episode. He then began recommending it to patients, many of whom saw positive results. Are you a frequent back pain sufferer? Do you find yourself feeling back stiffness you thought might never happen to you? Tune in to learn from a spine expert who values posture-based therapies encompassing our complete movement chain- from foot angle to neck alignment. And please share this episode with others who may benefit. My Body Odyssey is a Fluent Knowledge production. Original music by Ryan Adair Rooney. Our Expert Guest: Dr. DJ Kennedy Vanderbilt Faculty Page Resources:
Cleveland Clinic: Back Pain
Back, Lower Limb, and Upper Limb Pain Among U.S. Adults, 2019
WHO: Low Back Pain
Is it Your Back, or Your Hips?
Building a Strong Core is Your Best Defense Against Back Pain
A Systematic Review of the Effects of Exercise and Physical Activity on Non-Specific Chronic Low Back Pain
What is the McKenzie Method for Back Pain and Neck Pain?
Kyphosis
What to Expect From Physical Therapy for Lower Back Pain
Publications:
Functional rehabilitation of lumbar spine injuries in the athlete
Return to play considerations for cervical spine injuries in athletes
The Challenges of Research on Interventions for Low Back Pain
The role of core stabilization in lumbosacral radiculopathy
Three decades ago, Esther Gokhale created the Gokhale Method to apply primal posture to modern pain. Gokhale emphasized small improvements in everyday movements to prevent and heal back pain and musculoskeletal damage. Now, more than 20,000 people have learned to walk, sit, bend and sleep more efficiently by adopting Gokhale’s primal posture approach. Dr. D.J. Kennedy, professor and chair of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, told us how he sees the Gokhale method work for his patients in this episode. “I think she paints a picture that makes a lot of sense intuitively. And she's also going about trying to get the data to prove it,” said Kennedy. The Gokhale method is about to be tested in a randomized clinical trial at Stanford University. In this MBO episode, we learn how Esther Gokhale developed the method in part due to her own suffering. Pregnant with her second child, Gokhale was experiencing severe back pain even after a corrective surgery. Gokhale tried physical therapy, chiropractic, acupuncture, massage, yoga, stretching, strengthening, and “checking her head.” Nothing helped. Thanks to an upbringing in India studying classical dance and observing the posture of local laborers, Gokhale knew that “something was wrong with this picture.” In the quest for relief, Gokhale built on those childhood observations and her own scientific background to create a new theory of movement based on traditional practices. Soon after, she published Eight Steps to Pain Free Back, which has sold over 300,000 copies. Today, the Gokhale Method may be poised for even wider acceptance. In addition to online courses and a nationwide network of teachers, the Method now offers a Posture Tracker app to help students reinforce better posture. Meanwhile, Stanford University researchers are embarking on a long-term study of the system’s efficacy in healing and preventing back pain and other musculoskeletal issues. Listen and follow Gokhale’s journey from patient to inventor, teacher and modern day entrepreneur of the primal posture method. My Body Odyssey is a Fluent Knowledge production. Original music by Ryan Adair Rooney. Show Notes: Our Expert Guests: Esther Gokhale Dr. DJ Kennedy Gokhale's primal posture methods:
Gokhale’s Substacking & “Just Right Chair”
Glidewalking
Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
Joint Hypermobility Syndrome
Anteverted Pelvis
Tucked Pelvis
Gokhale Method Teachers
Gokhale Posture Tracker
Gokhale Method Covered by Stanford STAP Funds
“The Posture Guru of Silicon Valley”
8 Steps to a Pain-Free Back
Other approaches to pain:
Alexander Technique
Noëlle Perez-Christiaens
Aplomb Association, USA
Cat-Cow
You deeply love your sport and the community of those who play it. But your body, through pain and injury, is telling you it’s time to move on. At some point in our adult years, we all deal with this transition. And in this episode, our protagonist, Mark, still in his early thirties, talks about his own transition from high level Ultimate Frisbee player (aka Ultimate Mark) to lower risk recreational soccer goalie (aka post-Ultimate Mark) accelerated by the spinal fusion he had back in high school. In our Season 1 episode, Ultimate Mark described the intensity he brought to the game of Ultimate disc. “I kind of just developed this persona as the person who will get hurt multiple times per game,” he told us. But, as Dr. Mohamad Bydon of the Mayo Clinic explains, the threat of adjacent segment disease made Ultimate an increasingly risky proposition for Mark. Mark needed a change of sport but feared losing the friendship he’d made through Ultimate. “I dare you to find a better community of athletes anywhere in the world than the ultimate frisbee community,” Mark said. Can Mark move beyond his Ultimate identity? How can he leave the community loves? Dr. Michele Kerulis of Northwestern University describes the deep emotional attachments we all form to the sports we play. While our other expert guest this episode, Esther Gokhale of the Gokhale Method, concurs that Mark’s body will be at much less risk in the soccer goal than on the Ultimate Disc field. Listen and learn about Post Ultimate Mark’s transition back to soccer — his first sport, which he played as a teen before spinal fusion — and his evolving relationship to the ultimate community, his own body, his athletic identity, and one very “sick” tattoo he wears over that long spinal fusion scar. My Body Odyssey is a Fluent Knowledge production. Original music by Ryan Adair Rooney. Show Notes: Our Expert Guests: Mohamad Bydon, MD Esther Gokhale Michele Kerulis, EdD Mark Stoutenberg, PhD Medicine, Sports, and Neon Bending: Exercise is Medicine UCSF Health about spinal fusion surgery Mayo Clinic on spinal fusion American Ultimate Disk League Boston Ultimate Disk Invite 2022 NYC Footy Soccer League Sidelined USA Neon Bending
Long COVID can feel like a lifetime sentence — yet scientists are developing more effective treatments for these deeply debilitating cases. Dr. David Putrino, Director of Rehabilitation Innovation for the Mount Sinai Health System, is a major contributor to this effort. He joins Long COVID patient and journalist Kaelyn Lynch and My Body Odyssey co-host Brittany Thomas for a report from the front lines of Long COVID. Putrino and Lynch discuss innovative approaches to Long COVID, including Autonomic Rehabilitation, where clinicians help patients retrain their nervous systems to improve breathing and blood pressure. They also delve into the reasons that Long COVID patients need that retraining, the syndromes that COVID can trigger, and how damaged nerves may cause whole-body symptoms post-COVID. Join My Body Odyssey for a fascinating journey into the complex, challenging, yet guardedly hopeful state of COVID research and rehabilitation today. My Body Odyssey is a Fluent Knowledge production. Original music by Ryan Adair Rooney. Show Notes: Experts: David Putrino, PhD
Dr. David Putrino: Mt. Sinai
Putrino Lab
Dr. David Putrino TEDx Talk: “We don’t treat patients, we train superheroes”
Resources:
One-Year Adverse Outcomes Among US Adults With Post–COVID-19 Condition vs Those Without COVID-19 in a Large Commercial Insurance Database
Nearly One in Five American Adults Who Have Had COVID-19 Still Have “Long COVID”
Autonomic conditioning therapy reduces fatigue and improves global impression of change in individuals with post-acute COVID-19 syndrome
Exercises for Dysautonomia Patients
Cleveland Clinic: Autonomic Nervous System
Exercise and Non-Pharmacological Treatment of POTS
Instructions for POTS Exercise Program—Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Nutritional Implications of Patients with Dysautonomia and Hypermobility Syndromes
Worsening Postural Tachycardia Syndrome Is Associated With Increased Glucose-Dependent Insulinotropic Polypeptide Secretion
Characterizing Long COVID: Deep Phenotype of a Complex Condition
Characterizing long COVID in an international cohort: 7 months of symptoms and their impact
COVID-19 Induced Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS): A Review
Circulating SARS-CoV-2 spike N439K variants maintain fitness while evading antibody-mediated immunity
Long COVID is primarily a Spike protein Induced Thrombotic Vasculitis
COVID isn’t just infecting you—it could be reactivating viruses that have been dormant in your body for years
Yale Medicine- 13 Things To Know About Paxlovid, the Latest COVID-19 Pill
Long COVID 19 Syndrome: Is It Related to Microcirculation and Endothelial Dysfunction? Insights From TUN-EndCOV Study
Impaired Vagal Activity in Long-COVID-19 Patients
Cleveland Clinic: Vagus Nerve
A pilot randomized controlled trial of supervised, at-home, self-administered transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) to manage long COVID symptoms
“Who am I with Long COVID?” When Kaelyn Lynch caught COVID-19, she was a multimedia journalist, filmmaker, mountain climber, weightlifter, and roller derby enthusiast. That changed when Long COVID crashed into her life. After two back-to-back COVID infections, she had frightening symptoms – numbness, a racing pulse, and crushing fatigue so severe that sometimes she couldn’t even feed herself or speak. And if she tried her old exercise routines, her symptoms got worse. How does an athlete destress when she can’t exercise? And how does a young professional survive without work? We talk with Kaelyn about her experience, and hear from Dr. David Putrino, Director of Rehabilitation Innovation for the Mount Sinai Health System, about how he diagnoses and treats Long COVID. Putrino comments, “You don't fix that [Long COVID] by putting them on a treadmill and saying, no pain, no gain. You in fact run the risk of making them much, much worse if you try and fix an energy production problem, a cellular energy production problem, by smashing them up against the wall and hoping for the best.” “One of the hardest parts for me,” Kaelyn said, “and I think for a lot of people, is I have always been someone that very much defines myself by the things that I do … I had to really try- and I'm still trying- to answer the question of, who am I when I can't do any of the things that I enjoy.” How is Kaelyn figuring out who she is with Long COVID? And what can medical science tell us about how exercise interacts with Long COVID as well as postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), and post exertional malaise (PEM)? Tune in to learn more about Kaelyn and how Long COVID affects health, wealth, and identity. My Body Odyssey is a Fluent Knowledge production. Original music by Ryan Adair Rooney. Show Notes: Experts: David Putrino, PhD
Dr. David Putrino: Mt. Sinai
Putrino Lab
Dr. David Putrino TEDx Talk: “We don't treat patients, we train superheroes”
Resources Organizations:
Long Covid Families
Longhauler Advocacy Project
Long COVID Alliance
Long COVID Kids
Long COVID SOS
Long COVID Support
Long COVID Physio
Long COVID Association Inc
Dysautonomia International
Bateman Horne Center
Massachusetts MD/CFS & FM Association
Washington State Hospital Association Post-COVID Recovery Resources
ReCOVer Long COVID Clinic
UW Newsroom
U Michigan Post COVID-19 Clinic
Stanford Post-Acutre COVID-19 Syndrome (PACS) Clinic
UVM COVID-19 Recovery Program
Beaufor Memorial Long COVID Support Group
Stony Brook Medicine Post COVID Support Group
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Post-COVID Recovery Program
Resource Center for Independent Living
Cedars Sinai COVID-19 Recovery Program
The EPIC Foundation
Open Medicine Foundation
American Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Society
Invisible Disabilities Association
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) San Diego
ME/CFS & Fibromylagia Self-Help
Patient-Led Research Collaborative
Dartmouth Health Post-Acute COVID Syndrome (PACS) Clinic
“I plan to row till my last breath” is a strong endorsement for any sport. Yet we heard this sentiment numerous times at the 2022 Head of the Charles Regatta (HOCR), the rowing world’s premier event.
The resulting episode features three remarkable protagonists: Jules from Portland, Oregon, was introduced to rowing twenty years ago as she battled a recurrence of cancer. Ping, a traditional Chinese medical doctor, overcame acute knee injuries to return to this year’s event. And Ron, paralyzed from a car accident while cycling, was initially anxious to get on the water while tightly strapped into a rowing seat. (Sure enough, Ron’s boat did capsize his first time out.) Tune in for three odysseys on the rewards and challenges of rowing and learn more about this sport of a lifetime that instills many more thousands of rowers around the world with the goal of participating at the Head of the Charles – the sport’s annual celebration of competition, teamwork, and community.
Original music by Ryan Adair Rooney
SHOW NOTES Experts: Dr. Kristine Karlson, MD: Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
Section Chief, Family Medicine; Director, Sports Concussion Program; Associate Professor of Community and Family Medicine, Associate Professor of Orthopaedics, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth
Doctor Chases Her Olympic Dream: Crew: Kris Karlson finished medical school and still kept up with her training as a rower.
Kristine Karlson Olympic Results 1992
Publications:
Rib Stress Fractures in Elite Rowers
Rowing: Sport-Specific Concerns for the Team Physician
Dr. Lisa Russell Lowe, DPT
PowerHousePhysio
Dr. Russell Lowe’s blog
@powerhousephy
Resources:
Head of the Charles Regatta
Adaptive Para Rowing
U.S. Adaptive Programs - USRowing
Science of Rowing
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Generational Gene may seem a special case; a middle-aged school superintendent with a father and grandfather who’ve contracted Type 2 diabetes, Gene is at high risk to develop the condition.
But Gene is like a huge percentage of North Americans over the age of 40 who, because of elevated blood sugar, are at risk for diabetes and cancer. In this episode, we learn how he’s taken on this challenge.
“I really do see the relationship between exercise and prolonging my life as a parent,” Gene confides, having become an avid cyclist.
Expert commentary here comes from two respected authorities, Drs. Michael Riddell of York University and Sheri Colberg, author of a dozen books on the subject, both of whom have Type 1 diabetes.
Gene credits his Dad for instilling an early love of cycling that he hopes to pass onto his own daughter. Tune in to find out how Gene’s working to avoid one other family tendency - the development of Type 2 diabetes.
SHOW NOTES Experts: Dr. Sheri Colberg, PhD: Website, Google Scholar, Twitter, Books
Diabetes Motion
Relevant Publications
The Athlete’s Guide to Diabetes
Diabetes and Keeping Fit for Dummies
Exercise/Physical Activity in Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes: A Consensus Statement from the American College of Sports Medicine
Physical Activity/Exercise and Diabetes: A Position Statement of the American Diabetes Association
Dr. Michael Riddell, PhD: Faculty Page, Twitter, Google Scholar
Dr. Riddell’s laboratory
Relevant Publications
Exercise management in type 1 diabetes: a consensus statement
A Brief Review on the Evolution of Technology in Exercise and Sport in Type 1 Diabetes: Past, Present, and Future
Resources:
Tour De Cure New England
Diabetes Stats - CDC
Cost Impact of Diabetes - CDC
American Diabetes Association
Do I Have Prediabetes?
Prediabetes and What it Means: The Epidemiological Evidence
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Howie has been an avid cyclist most of his adult life, with mileage equivalent to a few laps around the planet. But more remarkable is that he has done a good bit of that cycling with cancer – in fact, through six cases of lymphoma.
Howie credits cancer therapies for surviving this odyssey but is quick to add that cycling has contributed, too. “Because of all the riding I do,” he says, “they’re able to hit me harder with chemo, with radiation, when they have to.”
Exercise oncologist Dr. Katie Schmitz (University of Pittsburgh) concurs.
“Think about a little old lady, 85 years old, weighs 90 pounds soaking wet,” says Dr. Schmitz. “Then think about a regular cyclist – you are able to hit the one who has more muscle harder, which is treating the tumor better. “
Need to change gears on your commitment to exercise? Listen in for some inspiration from Cyclist for Life Howie.
Original music by Ryan Adair Rooney SHOW NOTES Expert Guests: Kathryn Schmitz, PhD, MPH: UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, Moving Through Cancer Formerly: Penn State Cancer Institute
Leading researcher in exercise oncology
Notable Publications:
Moving through cancer: Setting the agenda to make exercise standard in oncology practice
American College of Sports Medicine Roundtable Report on Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior, and Cancer Prevention and Control
Articles of Interest:
Annals of Oncology: Risk for second malignancies in non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma survivors: a meta-analysis
Annals of Oncology: I. Epidemiology of adult non-Hodgkin lymphoma
NYT: What to Know About Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
The Atlantic: I’LL TELL YOU THE SECRET OF CANCER
Resources:
What is Cancer?
Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma
Cancer Data and Statistics
Leading Causes of Death in the US
Chemotherapy: R-CHOP
The New England Classic
Pan-Mass Challenge
The Bon Ton Rulet
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Six months ago, Josie was bedridden with a flare-up of the Multiple Sclerosis (MS) she's been battling for the past decade, alongside her husband, Joe, and some help from their much loved custom tandem bike. Over that same period, Josie and Joe have logged over 10,000 miles and raised $100,000 for research into MS, a disorder where the immune system attacks the nervous system. But would her latest flare-up permanently sideline this avid cycling couple?
“When this happened, I could not move a muscle,” recalls Josie. “And when you were flat on your back and said you wanted to bike again,” recalls Joe, “I was skeptical… but hopeful.”
Six months later, we cycled next to their tandem bike and heard about that uphill journey back from her flare-up, along with the ups and downs since our first interview at the National MS Society Bike Maine Getaway in 2019.
Expert commentary is provided from Dr. Mary A. O’Neal, Director of the Women’s Neurology Program at Brigham & Women’s Hospital (Boston), and Dr. Jacob Meyer of Iowa State, both suggesting we broaden our understanding of the benefits of physical activity to include improved mood and motivation. Listen in for an informative, inspiring story of perseverance and teamwork against the steep challenge of MS.
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SHOW NOTES Expert Guests:
Mary A. O’Neal, MD: Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Director of Women’s Neurology Program
Notable Publications:
A Review of Women's Neurology
Neurologic diseases in women: Five new things
Jacob Meyer, PhD: Wellbeing and Exercise Lab, Twitter
Principal Investigator of the WellEx lab at Iowa State University
Expert on the neurobiological effects of exercise on depression
Notable Publications:
Changes in physical activity and sedentary behavior in response to COVID-19 and their associations with mental health in 3052 US adults
Association of efficacy of resistance exercise training with depressive symptoms: meta-analysis and meta-regression analysis of randomized clinical trials
Resources
What is Multiple Sclerosis?
National MS Society
Da Vinci Tandem Bikes
Bike MS: Bike Maine Getaway 2022
The prevalence of MS in the United States
What Causes MS?
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Jessica is a respected yoga teacher–young, fit, doing the right things to stay healthy. She’s also highly knowledgeable about anatomy, with two graduate degrees. But a series of episodes involving circulation to one arm lead her to urgent care and a diagnosis of Thoracic Outlet Syndrome, or TOS. Her surgeon soon recommends the standard solution for TOS–removal of her top rib. This will relieve compression between her rib and clavicle that pinches a vein and triggers dangerous blood clots. “Given my yoga philosophy, I was definitely not keen on having that first rib removed,” recalls Jessica. “But my thoracic surgeon, he was really great, actually. He said, ‘I'm okay with you trying to figure things out.’” Two years later, has Jess figured out her TOS? Listen in for a body odyssey of the unexpected sort, when an otherwise healthy yogi grapples with a life-threatening condition through her knowledge of anatomy and experience with movement.
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SHOW NOTES: Expert Guest:
Dr. Jon O. Wee, MD: Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Section Chief, Esophageal Surgery
Director of Robotics in Thoracic Surgery
Co-Director of Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Resources
What is Thoracic Outlet Syndrome?
Anatomy and Embryology of the Thoracic Outlet
Thoracic Outlet Syndrome: Biomechanical and Exercise Considerations
Thoracic Outlet Syndrome in the Overhead Athlete
Blood Clots: Risks, Symptoms, Treatments, Prevention
Anticoagulant (Blood Thinners)
Eastern and Western Approaches to Medicine
Stephen Strasburg gave his body to baseball. Now his future is a mystery. Washington Post.
Matt Harvey (pitcher, Baltimore Orioles)
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"Pregnancy is no joke," Erin tells us in this body odyssey that's both deeply personal and all-too-common. Having been on bed rest with preeclampsia, Erin confides, “I wasn’t good at being pregnant.” Weight gain and postpartum depression --a condition affecting 1 in 8 new moms-- made matters worse.
But when a close friend and fellow high school teacher tells Erin that running might help her behavioral and physical challenges, she (begrudgingly) starts training for a marathon.
“Each person needs a plan that is well suited for that personality and for their functioning level,” advises Dr. “Shosh” Bennett, a clinical psychologist who has personally struggled with postpartum. “The take-home message shouldn't be: I have to run a marathon in order to beat postpartum depression. It should be: Find something that's going to give them great satisfaction.”
Does Mom-on-the-Run Erin find that satisfaction on a 26.2-mile run? Listen in to see how putting in extra miles helps her kids, her partner and herself.
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SHOW NOTES Expert: Dr. Shoshana Bennett, PhD Internationally recognized as the go-to expert on prenatal and postpartum depression and related mood and anxiety disorders, clinical psychologist Dr. Shoshana Bennett has inspired and transformed countless lives worldwide through her radio shows, books, lectures, interactive tele-classes, consultations, and videos. Books: Postpartum Depression For Dummies (2006) Beyond the Blues (2019)
Links:
Postpartum Action Institute
Postpartum Support International
Postpartum depression | Office on Women's Health
Ko JY, Rockhill KM, Tong VT, Morrow B, Farr SL. Trends in Postpartum Depressive Symptoms: 27 States, 2004, 2008, and 2012. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2017; 66:153–158.
Postpartum Depression: What You Need to Know (Mayo Clinic)
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How do we know when to push through pain to pursue the activities we love? And when should we suspect that injuries are part of a disease process? In this episode we meet Doc Sarah, a pediatrician, mother of four, and avid runner bedeviled by these questions. “I had gone for 30 years with no injuries,” Sarah recalls. “Then all of a sudden I've got IT band, plantar fasciitis, I’m tearing my hamstrings.” This odyssey highlights the challenge of diagnosis even for an experienced Doc like Sarah and confirmed by Divya Muthappa, a General Practitioner in Texas. “There are patients that I am just 99% sure that I know what their diagnosis is,” confides Dr. Muthappa. “And it ends up being something else.” While Dr. Jeffrey Sparks, a rheumatologist at Brigham & Women's, notes that Sarah’s ordeal is by no means atypical. Tune in for an odyssey of self-diagnosis and self-discovery as Doc Sarah emerges a better listener to her patients and to her own body’s aches and pains.
Original music by Ryan Adair Rooney Show Notes Our Experts: Dr. Jeffrey Sparks Brigham & Women's, Twitter, Google Scholar Dr. Divya Muthappa Profile in MD Monthly, Founder of Health Choice Clinic Additional Resources
What Is Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA)?
National Psoriasis Foundation
Arthritis Foundation
Living With Psoriatic Arthritis
American College of Rheumatology
Rheumatology Research Foundation
Pumpkinman Triathlon & Running Festival
Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend
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Iron Woman Diane has completed three full Ironman triathlons, numerous marathons and many cycling events, such as the New England Tour De Cure where My Body Odyssey first met her. One day, though, Diane drinks some juice before a yoga class and “next thing you know I’m inside an ambulance.” Maintaining healthy blood sugar levels is a balancing act for many millions of Americans with diabetes, especially those with Type 1 or juvenile diabetes, like Diane. This episode features expert commentary from Dr. Michael Riddell of York University, one of the world's true experts on diabetes and exercise, who also advises world class athletes like the NHL’s Max Domi on diabetes management. If Maxi Domi routinely handles the intensity of pro hockey shifts, and Diane has conquered 13-hour triathlons, how did a simple yoga class land her in the emergency room? Listen in to find out on “Iron Woman Diane: The Rewards & Challenges of Exercise With Diabetes,” the second full episode of My Body Odyssey, a Fluent Knowledge production.
Show Notes Our Experts: Dr. Michael Riddell, PhD: Faculty Page, Twitter, Google Scholar Dr. Riddell’s laboratory Relevant Publications:
Exercise management in type 1 diabetes: a consensus statement
Physical Activity/Exercise and Diabetes: A Position Statement of the American Diabetes Association
More Resources:
Diabetes Stats - CDC
Cost Impact of Diabetes - CDC
American Diabetes Association
What is an Insulin Pump?
American Cancer Society
Tour De Cure New England
Want to run an Ironman race?
Why Coronavirus Is Dangerous For Diabetics
Boston Marathon 2022
Yoga With Tim: The Total Body Yoga Workout Challenge Day 1 | Full Body Flow
Max Domi Talks Living With Type 1 Diabetes
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In My Body Odyssey’s (MBO) first episode, we meet Ultimate Mark – uber-competitive weekend warrior in Ultimate Disc: “If it hurts me but helps the team, it's worth it in my mind.” Problem is Ultimate Mark has a fully-fused spine dating back to scoliosis in high school. And that lack of flexibility, along with his competitive spirit, puts him at risk for frequent injuries and another surgery.
“There’s something called adjacent segment disease,” explains Mayo Clinic Neurosurgeon Mohamad Bydon. “It's not inforeseeable…a decision will have to be made on extending that fusion.”
Dr. Mark Stoutenberg of Temple University also sounds a cautionary note on competing with a fused spine: “I don't think our younger selves really understand what being fifty and having chronic back pain is like.”
Does Ultimate Mark love competition too much? Listen in to learn about Mark’s tradeoff of physical pain for behavioral benefit on this first episode of My Body Odyssey.
SHOW NOTES Our Experts: Dr. Mohamad Bydon, M.D: Faculty Page, Linkedin, Google Scholar
Relevant Publication: Lumbar Fusion Versus Nonoperative Management for Treatment of Discogenic Low Back Pain
Meet Dr. Bydon video
Dr. Mark Stoutenberg PhD: Faculty Page, Linkedin, Google Scholar Relevant Publication: Physical activity assessment, prescription and referral in US healthcare: How do we make this a standard of clinical practice?
Additional Resources
Exercise is Medicine
UCSF Health about spinal fusion surgery
American Ultimate Disk League
Boston Ultimate Disk Invite 2022
Neon Bending Video
What is Disk Golf?
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We need to be active. We all know this. Scientific studies, media articles, and plain old common sense all confirm that staying active is essential to maintaining good health over longer lifespans. My Body Odyssey addresses these and related issues from the perspective of active individuals facing a variety of challenges--physical, behavioral, and otherwise. The podcast follows these everyday people over time, highlighting the rewards and challenges of an active lifestyle. Their stories are complemented by insights from scientists, medical doctors, nurses, exercise and physical therapists, psychologists, pilates and yoga instructors, and other wellness professionals.
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Experts featured in this Season 1 trailer: Dr. Mohamad Bydon, M.D., Neurosurgeon, Mayo Clinic Dr. Divya Muthappa, M.D., Internal Medicine, HealthChoice Medical Group Dr. Mark Stoutenberg, PhD, Kinesiologist, Temple University Dr. Michael Riddell, M.D., Physiologist (and Diabetes Agent of Change), York University
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