Leave Your Mark

Send us Fan Mail What makes a good coach? Knowledge matters, but so does knowing when to explain, when to listen, and how to reach the person in front of you. In Episode 499 of Leave Your Mark , I sit down with Christian Thibaudeau, a coach, author and educator whose work has taken him across 26 sports and 22 countries. Christian spent 11 years coaching high school and college football, has worked...

Send us Fan Mail Therese Leigh is a sports physiotherapist, clinic owner, mentor, and leader who has spent more than 20 years working in high-performance sport. Her career has taken her through multiple World Championships and Olympic Games, senior roles with national sport organizations, and the development of systems and protocols that continue to support athletes and practitioners today. In thi...

Send us Fan Mail The past six months in my life have been full of change, and a real stretch of my experience, abilities, patience, and imagination. In this solocast, I spend a little time updating the listener about my experiences and decision-making, and then I get into some of the key things I've learned in this amazing new environment. Please enjoy! If you liked this EP, please take the t...

Send us Fan Mail What happens when we stop treating the painful body part and start trying to understand the person attached to it? In this episode of Leave Your Mark, I sit down with Darren McConaghy, an Athletic Therapist, Strength and Conditioning Specialist, Osteopathic Manual Practitioner, and reconditioning professional with more than two decades of experience across sport, private practice,...

Send us Fan Mail Ron O’Hare has spent more than 25 years working at the intersection of sport physiotherapy, leadership, and high performance. Today, he serves as Senior Manager of Health Performance at the Canadian Sport Institute Ontario, leading integrated health services supporting Olympic, Paralympic, and high-performance athletes and coaches. But this conversation is about much more than Ron...

Send us Fan Mail What does it really take to build a career in professional sport? This week on Leave Your Mark, I sit down with strength and conditioning coach Jason Martin as he prepares to begin a new chapter as Head Strength and Conditioning Coach with the Toronto Maple Leafs. Jason’s path began early, earning his first training certification at just 16 before completing his Physical Education...

Send us Fan Mail What if one of the most important things we assess in healthcare is also one of the things we measure least objectively? This week on Leave Your Mark , I sit down with Dr. Ryan Comeau, chiropractor, former NCAA Division I hockey goaltender, founder of Kinetisense, and creator of the NeuroPlanar Method. Ryan’s journey begins in sport, where years in the crease taught him about grit...

Send us Fan Mail What happens when two practitioners with decades of experience stop trying to provide answers and start exploring the questions? In this episode, I reconnect with longtime friend and performance therapist Gerry Ramogida for a wide-ranging conversation about performance therapy, Reconditioning, clinical reasoning, and what it really means to work with complex human beings. Gerry ha...

Send us Fan Mail What happens when you refuse to stop asking questions? In Episode 491 of Leave Your Mark , I sit down with Steven Copobianco—better known to many as "Capo"—to explore a career that has been defined by curiosity, continuous learning, and a relentless desire to better serve people. Steve is a clinician, educator, innovator, and co-founder of RockTape. A graduate of Palmer...

Send us Fan Mail What does it take to spend more than two decades at one of the world's most respected performance organizations and continue to evolve? In this episode of the Leave Your Mark Podcast, we sit down with Eric Dannenberg , a Performance Learning & Development Coach at Exos whose career has taken him from intern to coaching elite athletes in the NFL, NHL, NBA, MLB, MLS, UFC, a...

Send us Fan Mail What shapes a world-leading scientist? Is it intelligence? Great mentors? Opportunity? Or simply an insatiable curiosity that never stops asking why? In Episode 489 of the Leave Your Mark Podcast , I sit down with Dr. Keith Baar, one of the world's most respected molecular exercise physiologists, whose work has transformed our understanding of muscle growth, tendon adaptation...

Send us Fan Mail Once we understand that pain is an output of the nervous system, the next question becomes: What do we actually do about it? In Part 2, Matt Bush takes us beyond theory and into practical application, exploring how practitioners can begin integrating neurological principles into rehabilitation and performance. We discuss chronic pain, nociplastic pain, sensory integration, and why...

Send us Fan Mail What if pain isn't simply the result of damaged tissue? What if movement quality, performance, and rehabilitation are driven by something far more complex than muscles and joints? In Part 1 of this conversation, I sit down with performance therapist and educator Matt Bush to explore the neurological foundations of pain, threat, and movement. Together, we unpack why the brain...

Send us Fan Mail This week's EP 482 is a solocast.  Just me updating you, the listener on all things life of Scotty. It's been an interesting last three months. Big changes. Just took a role as Head of Rehab for the Cirque du Soleil, and it's been an interesting shift in life and focus.  I'm hoping I can still continue to do this podcast with the same level of guests and storyt...

Send us Fan Mail Garrett Salpeter is an engineer, entrepreneur, author, and founder of NeuFit, best known as the creator of the NEUBIE device and his pioneering work at the intersection of neuroscience, rehabilitation, and human performance. In this episode of Leave Your Mark, Garrett shares the journey that began with a significant hockey injury and evolved into a lifelong pursuit of understandin...

Send us Fan Mail This week on Leave Your Mark EP 480, I sit down with Victor Hall, a leader, educator, and coach who has spent more than 25 years helping athletes, coaches, military personnel, and performance professionals reach their potential. Victor currently serves within the Education and Tactical divisions at EXOS, where he helps shape performance systems, coach development, and strategies f...

Send us Fan Mail This week on Leave Your Mark, I sit down with Chris Chapman, a veteran Strength & Conditioning Coach, Sport Scientist, educator, and outdoor adventurer whose career has spanned eight Olympic quadrennials, multiple sports, and the rapidly evolving world of performance technology. Chris currently serves as the Lead Strength & Conditioning Coach for Canada's Slopestyle a...

Send us Fan Mail One of the biggest mistakes in ACL rehab is thinking that “return to play” means “return to performance.” Last week in Ottawa, I spent time with Matt Jordan diving into the use of force deck data, asymmetries, compensations, and how athletes often return to sport while still carrying significant movement adaptations underneath the surface. That’s the challenge with ACL injuries. T...

Send us Fan Mail For almost four decades, Rob Panariello has been one of the most respected voices in strength and conditioning, rehabilitation, and sports performance. In this episode of the Leave Your Mark podcast, Rob and I dive deep into the evolution of sports medicine, the integration of rehabilitation and performance, and the lessons learned from a lifetime spent coaching, teaching, mentori...

Send us Fan Mail EP 476 of the Leave Your Mark podcast features entrepreneur, esports founder, and lifelong sports enthusiast, Caleb Cousens. Caleb Cousens grew up in a passionate soccer family and developed an early fascination with sport, performance, and business. From becoming employee number one alongside the CEO at Fortius and helping build one of Canada’s premier high-performance environmen...

Send us Fan Mail In this solo episode of Leave Your Mark, I reflect on the deeper meaning of action, possibility, and the danger of waiting too long to live the life we know we are capable of living. Inspired by Mother’s Day weekend and a walk through old photographs and memories, I explore the reality that most meaningful things in life begin long before we ever feel fully ready. Parenthood, rela...

Send us Fan Mail What does it truly mean to build relationships that matter? In this episode, I sit down with David Homan, founder and CEO of Orchestrated Connecting, Orchestrated Opportunities, and SOAR CONNECT. David has spent over a decade developing a powerful methodology around what he calls Orchestrated Connecting —a system designed to create meaningful, trust-based relationships that extend...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I sit down with Darrin Smith, clinical athletic trainer at Colab Concierge Physicians, to explore what it really means to help people move forward with clarity. Darrin’s work sits at the intersection of musculoskeletal care, movement programming, and human connection. His approach is simple in principle but powerful in execution: meet people where they are, bring...

Send us Fan Mail Over the past few years, something has been shifting. Not all at once. Not loudly. But steadily enough that it became impossible to ignore. In this solo episode, I share a more personal reflection on where I’ve been, what I’ve been feeling, and the decision to step into a new chapter of life and work. It’s a conversation about isolation, purpose, and the tension between building s...

Send us Fan Mail This week’s solocast is a personal one. A reflection on a stretch of time where everything seemed to converge at once. A return to places and people that shaped my early career. A realization that something in my current life needed to change. A family decision to step into a new chapter. And a moment that brought it all together in a way I didn’t expect. Over the course of a sing...