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Welcome to our podcast! Our goal is to provide you with principle and evidence-based content on all things related to exercise science, strength and conditioning, medical fitness, and building the bridge between medicine and fitness. Jeff Young, Thomas Hammett, and David Flench have a passion for and an expertise in connecting the fields of healthcare and fitness, and are excited to host industry leaders and subject matter experts for informative interviews, as well as occasionally bring you ...
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Episode 16 - Kelli Brower, PA-C Successful Weight Loss
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In this episode, Kelli gives great insight into how she goes about designing primarily weight loss programs for her clients, many of whom have gotten caught up with unsuccessful yo-yo dieting, quick fixes, and other unsustainable methods with her clients. She also discusses topics such as: how she addresses lack of adherence if it becomes an issue,…
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Episode 15 - David Flench, President and CEO of the Medical Fitness Association
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In this fun and informative episode, David Flench, the President and CEO of the Medical Fitness Association, shares his insight and experience on building a successful career; the state of medical fitness in the US today; the need to build trust between clinicians and fitness professionals, and ways to accomplish it; examples of highly collaborativ…
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Episode 14 - Karli Burridge, PA-C Obesity Medicine Discussion
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In this episode of The Medical Fitness Podcast, Karli Burridge, Physician Associate, presents a broad and interesting insight into her background and what led her to the field of obesity medicine. She explains how she incorporates the four pillars of clinical obesity treatment into her practice; what she recommends in terms of physical activity and…
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Episode 13 - Jeff and Sheila Hautbois, PA-C: Connecting Medicine and Fitness
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In this episode I interview my friend and colleague, Sheila Hautbois, PA-C. Sheila gives insight into her patient visits -- how she goes about discussing lifestyle medicine and exercise. She also talks about how she determines which patients are candidates for referral; how she uses her own progressive strength program to plant seeds, intrigue, and…
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Episode 12 - Jeff Young & Dr. Thomas Hammett: Merging Physical Therapy and Fitness
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In this episode, Thomas and I begin discussing what I like to call the 'six components to needed to create a healthy musculoskeletal system' – a topic I cover in most of my presentations, including a recent presentation for the National Strength and Conditioning Association’s Personal Trainers National Conference. But our talk ended up evolving int…
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Episode 11 - A Holistic Integrative Physical Therapy Model of Care
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I’m excited to post this podcast because I’ve been working in clinical, rehab settings for nearly 20 years in very traditional settings, where the primary goal is pain management and “fixing the person’s broken part.” I, like many people, including most physical therapists, assumed this was the norm. . And then I met an exercise specialist named Jo…
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Episode 9 - Jeff and Thomas Discuss Resistance Training Programming
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Resistance training programming. . So many clinicians and fitness professionals want to know more, be better at discussing it, be better at prescribing it, and just generally feel more comfortable about it. . A big reason why there's a disconnect between medicine/rehab and fitness is because so many fitness professionals SCARE clinicians with their…
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Episode 8 - Jeff Young and Dr. Thomas Hammett
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This episode was the first of what will be many where Jeff and Thomas discuss their perspective on various topics. It provides an opportunity to listen to a seasoned clinician and seasoned exercise specialist discuss their views on building the bridge between medicine, rehab, and fitness from a very unique perspective. Both Jeff and Thomas either h…
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Dr. Rick Howard is an assistant professor in Applied Sports Science at West Chester University in Philadelphia, PA and holds a PhD in Health Promotion and Wellness. In this podcast Rick does a masterful job of merging his education and experience as he discusses the importance of making fitness fun from childhood to old age as a primary way to impr…
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Jeff Jeran is the Chair of the Board of Directors of the Medical Fitness Association for a reason – he is an ALL-STAR in this space. Jeff has opened SIX successful, award-winning medical fitness facilities over the past 18 years, which are a testimony to his amazing ability to build fitness centers which cater to the 80% of the population that don’…
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Just shy of 2.5 years ago I was introduced to Dr. Thomas Hammett, DPT. A week or two later he live-streamed me in to a presentation he gave to a couple dozen physical therapists, where he explained to them the importance of going well beyond “fixing pain” as the standard treatment approach, and instead, looking at patients through a lens of lifesty…
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Episode 4 - Dr. Jessica Matthews, Behavior Coach Expert
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Dr. Jessica Matthews is an industry leader who I could have on the podcast a dozen (or more) times to talk about completely different topics that she’s become a subject matter expert on. We revolved this talk around health coaching, and more specifically, behavior change. This topic is something she’s very passionate about, and during the interview…
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Before my co-host Thomas and I get too deep into our podcast series we thought it would be a great and commonsense idea to interview each other so viewers and listeners can have a better idea of who we are and why it's worthwhile to subcribe and tune in! Thomas interviewed me first, so this podcast is a dive in to my background, the evolution of my…
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Episode 2 - Mike Stack, Medical Fitness Industry Expert
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Episode Description: I am very fortunate to have connected with Mike Stack in 2020 during the pandemic and to have since become friends and colleagues. As you can see from his biography below, Mike brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the table, being deeply involved in several sectors of the industry at the national and local levels. He …
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Episode 1 - Dr. Amy Bantham, President, Physical Activity Alliance; CEO Move to Live More
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Few people in medicine, rehab, and fitness realize that there's an entire movement going on "behind the scenes" to increase physical activity in the U.S. (a national physical activity plan), improve and in some cases, create policy and system changes (i.e., strategies for health care, education, recreation, transportation, and other sectors of the …
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