Healthy Charleston

Today, we have Dr. Nate Jones who is a physical therapist in Charleston, SC. We talk about his history in the military and is journey from physical therapy school to physical therapist. And how strength and conditioning has influenced the way he treats patients. We do a deep dive on pain science, manual therapy, and how to set expectations. Have you ever wondered where pain comes from, and what to do when dealing with chronic pain issues! Warning! We get a little nerdy!

Dan Nemeth is a non surgical physiatrist. Dr. Nemeth is an expert in spine care. We talk all things spinal care. We discuss all things back pain and why surgery may not be the best option. Find out the RARE cases when surgery may be warranted. We talk how alot of back pain is not serious, and how getting no treatment may be the best option. Dan is a unicorn in how he treats his patients and its evident in this conversation.

Today Wes and I drink Lavendar tea and try to stay on topic. Find out why Strength and Conditioning principles should be the cornerstone of education for alot of healthcare providers. We talk about how we use it on our treatment sessions and why we think it could change alot of lives! Enjoy!

On this episode of The Healthy Charleston Podcast we are joined by Doug Glover. Doug owns two Stretch Zone locations here in Charleston, one in North Mount Pleasant off of Hwy 17 across from Park West and the other in Mount Pleasant off of Coleman Blvd. He is a Charleston native, went to West Ashley High and is a graduate of the Citadel. Can you guess Doug's favorite cartoon? Where can you learn more about Doug & Stretch Zone? https://www.facebook.com/StretchZoneCharleston/ https://www.instagram.com/stretchzone_coleman/ https://www.stretchzone.com/locations/coleman-boulevard/ https://www.stretchzone.com/locations/mount-pleasant/

Meet Mary who has taken her own fitness and health journey as well as her teaching experience into a passion to help others. We hit alot of topics including strength training for women and the "I don't want to get bulky" talk, to early sports specialization for kids, and keeping it simple. Mentions: -Unbreakable by Tom Shea -Wake Me Up by Avicii -Art of Learning by Josh Waitzkin Learn more about Mary here https://www.gaiafit.com/ Thanks for listening!

In this episode Wes and Yves go off script and start ranting about the short term fix mindset that is embraced by a huge % of healthcare professionals and patients. They circle back and dig into some of the intertwined themes we've had with guests, and talk general musing on the current state of healthcare and fitness. Enjoy!

Meet Malachy Friedman- who has the quite the story. From an early age he knew he loved fighting and decided to take that passion further. From competing at a high level to now coaching a school here locally, Malachy has a very unique view of life and coaching in general. It take some students up to 4 years to go from white to blue belt! Learn more about Malachy here... https://www.instagram.com/att_lowcountry/ Mentions: Psycho Killer by Talking Heads Succession on HBO - The power of negative thinking by Bob Knight

Rachel Ray who owns her own online Nutrition and Fitness Coaching Business. She is passionate provider and has a big focus with Women's body image issues and the dreaded thyroid. We have some gold nuggets. "Don't be afraid of the cookie" and "What does the cookie mean to you". She shows us that we think we should be eating more and find out how we can have a better relationships with food. We get a little nerdy here! Enjoy! Mentions: https://www.thorne.com/ Lion King Pocahontas The 100 https://sustainabledish.com/

Today we talked to Ross Couch a certified personal trainer, corrective exercise specialist and co owner of Flexable in Charelston, SC. We dig into his cheerleading and MMA background. We also here about walking out to Shania Twain "like a woman". There are some good nuggets in here. I hope you enjoy! Mentions: GodSmack- I stand alone GIJOE Quantico One Minute Manager Find out more about Ross and his company at https://www.flex-ablemovement.com/

Craig and Cara are married; both own, run, coach, and train at their gym locally in North Charleston. They have a unique culture which fosters BIG buy in and no BS philosophy. We talk about Cara's background on Volleyball and School counseling as well as Craig going from football player to military to law enforcement to full time gym owner. These two have some awesome stuff to say on health, nutrition, and performance. They actually don't program any WODs on thursdays and have a 10 burpee penalty for saying the word "can't". I had alot of fun on this one and I hope you do to. Mentions: https://www.amazon.com/Grit-Passion-Perseverance-Angela-Duckworth/dp/1501111108 https://www.amazon.com/Narconomics-How-Run-Drug-Cartel/dp/B01CUKUOZS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1531766264&sr=1-1&keywords=narconomics https://crossfit-northcharleston.com/

Meet Wayne Mulligan a former NFL player for 7 years and Clemson graduated. We get into his playing career and how being a multi-sport athlete was helpful in his career. Wayne has a phenomenal mindset when it comes to taking care of his body and his own healthcare. At 71 he is doing things that most 20 year olds aren't doing. S how notes: Article on Wayne: http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/bs-sp-catching-up-with-wayne-mulligan-1009-20151008-story.html Father Spitzer https://www.amazon.com/Ten-Universal-Principles-Philosophy-Issues/dp/1586174754

Today we learned about Dr. David Geier a local orthopedic surgeon, renowned speaker, and a overall interesting guy. We learn about his near death experience that took him down the path of medicine. His workout plans, his ketogenic diet, and the benefits of 5 day fasting. We also get in to how health professionals should start leveraging their degrees to start helping more people in the digital world. We also talk about how health professionals words matter. Enjoy! I know we did! Mentions: Go Long Journey Beyond Game Biography of jerry rice Torry Holt Marshaul Faulk Shooter TV series Find out more about David: www.drdavidgeier.com IG @dr.davidgeir

Brad Johnson has an amazing story that is transformative and powerful. Learn all about mindfulness, integrative health, and how that affects human performance as well as health. Brad has such an amazing skill set and uses coaching to encourage some amazing transformations through 140.6. Mentions: https://www.amazon.com/Zen-Mind-Beginners-Informal-Meditation/dp/1590308492 https://www.calm.com/ https://www.headspace.com/ https://www.amazon.com/Power-Moments-Certain-Experiences-Extraordinary/dp/1501147765 White Zombie- more human than human

Meet Coach Mike Mac, a local personal trainer with a specialty working with golfers. Mike is very knowledgeable about the body and movement. He talks about his recent move to Charleston as well as his online golf coaching program. We learned alot on this episode and I am sure you will to. If you are a golfer, you will get so much value out of this episode! Find him and follow him! Mentions: Standing hip circle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0b1X0xEUzf8 open book: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHuzaq1QfE4 https://coachmikemac.com/ https://www.instagram.com/coachmikemac/

Meet Carl Wise, we cover everything from pro baseball, deadlifting 600lbs and why you would or wouldn't want him in a bar fight. Carl really enjoys training people and sharing his love of cold therapy and saunas. Carl loved training so much he actually gave up his baseball career. He talks about mindful movement and "the office". Show notes: -Ben Greenfield -Systems of a down B.Y.O.B. -Allen Jackson -Tim Ferris 4 hour body -Ben Greenfield -Rhonda Patrick

Ashley Bell is a yoga teacher here locally in Charleston, SC. Learn about her early days doing ballet, the visual arts, and step aerobics in Lexington, VA. She has been a yoga teacher for over 15 years, and has some thoughts on the yoga industry. We talk about yoga as a movement practice not just for flexibility. Learn about the strength with easement.

Dr. Andy McMcarlin is a sports medicine MD here in Charleston, SC with a practice called Winning Health. He is a nine-time world Dragon boat champion paddler and a US Olympic Rowing Trials winner (Atlanta Games), who currently holds two world records. He talks about his Olympic training and experience in the Naval Academy. Also, how a near death experience prioritized things and inspired him to begin his journey to become a medical doctor. He also tells us why he decided to become a non-surgical orthopedic doctor. Dragon Boat racing is the 2nd most popular sport behind soccer. Mentions: Total Row machine Dan Onion Winning Health DragonBoatCharelston.org

We talk about his childhood in Nebraska. His inspiration from his high school strength and conditioning coach. How he went from long distance runner to drinking the CrossFit Kool-aid. We talk about why we workout and thinking more in 10 year blocks! How to be immune of Chronic Disease, and how to find the right coach, gym, or trainer. HINT: it's not what you think! AND the #1 thing that will change health in America! Mentions: -Flinstones -Watson Farms -Greg Glassman

We explore how we can start making changes in graduate programs to incorporate more strength and conditioning principles and business/entrepreneur classes. Learn why you should be picking up something heavy and walking around with it daily, and why you should potentially be training barefoot. We also talk about his story from here to Made 2 Move to PT on Demand to PT entrepreneurs. This episode is especially valuable for someone in or considering PT school, as well as anyone that has a body! Mentions: Mastery- Robert Greene Geto boys - Damn it feels good to be a gangster Quinn Henoch Scotty Butcher

In this episode we meet Dr. Wes Hendricks from www.rebuildhp.com. Learn about him and his journey from snowboard bum to Crossfit competitor to successful chiropractor. Learn why you should be squatting and hanging from a bar every day, and how deadlifting can actually get rid of your back pain. Wes isn't your typical chiropractor and you'll find out why! Mentions: Da Rude- Sandstorm Sponge Bob Square Pants LEGO MOVIE ANTI- FRAGILE SAPIENS Thanks for Listening!