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Endurance Athletes: The Common Disconnect With Strength Training. Will lifting heavy help you PR at your next race? The goal of every good strength and conditioning coach is to enhance the physical preparedness of athletes for their sport. This kind of training is done outside of working with […]
If overeating were simply an emotional issue, Dr. Glenn Livingston, a veteran psychologist, would have been best prepared to access those emotions to overcome his own overeating. Yet, despite making great strides to address his own issues, he still found himself binging. As a consultant for “Big Food”, he also […]
“No feeling compares to what it feels like to see your child being born.” Dr. Andrew Fix joins us on this solo episode of The Code to talk about priorities, as his have just made a tectonic shift: he and his wife just welcomed their first child, a baby […]
Dr. June Ashley, Licensed Psychologist and the Clinical Director of the Ellie Mental Health Clinic in the Denver Tech Center and military veteran joins Dr. Andrew Fix to talk about the bio-psycho-social aspects of chronic pain and trauma-based injury, and approaching wellness from a more well-rounded holistic point of view. […]
“Maybe you see a child run out into the road after a ball. You want your fight or flight response, your sympathetic nervous system to boost so you can quickly run out there, grab that child and get him out of the way of harm. You don’t want there to […]
“I’m not a physically talented athlete but I’ve worked my ass off to become a mentally talented athlete.” says Don Reichelt, who despite starting at age 29 with very little running experience in his background, quickly established himself as a champion ultrarunner. One’s mindset, and willingness to outwork your competition, […]
A Day in the Life of a Physical Therapist on the PGA Tour As a physical therapist dedicated to the world of professional golf, I’ve had the unique opportunity to be part of the sports medicine staff covering the west-coast swing of the PGA Tour. This journey took me through […]
Endurance Athletes: The Common Disconnect With Strength Training. Before picking up a kettlebell to complement your endurance training, the first step is often to unravel suboptimal movement patterns. What causes these patterns? The human body’s desire for efficiency (when cycling and running) tend to enhance movement patterns […]
On this solo episode of The Code, Dr. Andrew Fix dives back into the topic of “controlling the controllables” (CTC), which is one of the five core values practiced and promoted at Physio Room. In other words, we can’t control the calls the ref makes, so we should instead focus […]
“Show me your calendar and I will show you your priorities,” says Dr. Roger St. Onge, physical therapist and owner of Move Athletics—Performance Rehab Authority. A Marine Corp veteran and former Crossfit trainer, Dr. St. Onge has seen the power of fitness and physical therapy to transform peoples’ health as […]
Crafting Your Ideal Warm-Up: A Guide for Every Climber Is your warm up setting you up for success? Spending over an hour warming up or none at all? If you start on a V0 and progress to your redpoint grade, your warm up might need tailoring for your specific […]
Navigating Low Back Pain: A Guide to Deciding When Surgery is Necessary At Physio Room, addressing low back injuries is our top priority. We pride ourselves on creating personalized treatment plans based on the Reset, Restore, Reload model: Reset: Stabilize the nervous system to control pain. Restore: Establish normal […]