Optimal Health Uncovered

In this episode, Todd and Mike are again joined by Performance recovery specialist, Zack Buechner where they discuss cryotherapy and its benefits.  They discuss what cryotherapy is and its uses as well as who should avoid cryotherapy.  Todd and Mike review some of the literature and research over cryotherapy and how it can improve respiratory function, prevent disease, and boost the immune system....

In this episode of Optimal Health Uncovered, Todd and Mike discuss the top 4 most common injuries in sports and how to prevent them or take care of them.  1. Low back pain 2. Knee Injuries such as patellofemoral syndrome and anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears 3. Shoulder injuries such as subacromial pain syndrome 4. Overuse injuries such as medial or lateral epicondylitis (golfers elbow or ten...

In this episode, Todd and Mike are joined by their first podcast guest - Zack Buechner. Zack is an athletic trainer certified and an expert in recovery, specifically in sauna heat therapies.  He joins the podcast to review the benefits of saunas and how they incorporate them into their practice.  Mike discusses types of heat therapy such as paraffin baths, infrared saunas, traditional saunas and s...

In this episode, Todd and Mike are joined by guest Zack Buechner who helps offer insights into the four pillars of Optimal Health (Nutrition, Stress, Recovery, and Exercise). They review each pillar in broad strokes to explain to importance of the balance, then detail their own experiences and personal tips and tricks from their own journeys to achieving optimal health.  

In this episode, Todd and Mike discuss exercise and how to maximize your training whether you fall into the sedentary group, moderate/healthy group, or the high-level athlete group. Training through injuries, losing weight, tracking data points or competing for an event are all discussed while Todd and Mike both emphasize the importance of recovery, sleep, setting reasonable goals, variety of trai...

In this introduction episode, Todd and Mike talk a little about themselves and why they created a podcast about optimal health.  They take us through a brief history of Performance as a company and how they came to work together.  

In this episode, Todd Wilkowski and Mike Beecher discuss sleep, its importance and how it relates to optimal health.  Phases of sleep, REM cycles, and diseases related to a lack of sleep (Heart Disease, Diabetes, Cancer & Hallucinations).  The optimal number of hours of sleep, naps and napping, data retention and sacrificing sleep, sleep cycles, and sleep related to the immune function is disc...