FIRSTAR Let's chAT: an Athletic Therapy podcast | Official Podcast of WFATT

Send us a text with your feedback from this session! Adam Douglas, Dir. Sport Science and Performance, Montreal Canadiens                BE CHAMELEON. Adam rejoins the podcast from a new post. He is the Director of Sport Science and Performance for the Montreal Canadiens, stepping into the storied franchise with a vision of making a difference by drawing the most out of each athlete.  Join us, you...

Send us a text with your feedback from this session! World Champions Brianne Jenner and Jamie Lee Rattray      OUR WAY Join Hockey Canada's superstars, world champions and great people for this chat, co-hosted by Dan Noble. We discuss the golden moments through the dark times of the pandemic and the culmination of all of the preparation and drive.  Building champions. Growing sport. Making a...

Send us a text with your feedback from this session! Dr. Amy Saltzman, MD                GO WITH JOY AND CURIOSITY Her peers have recognized her as a visionary and pioneer in the domains of mindfulness for athletes, coaches, and other high performers, as well as for kids, teens, parents, teachers….human beings.  Dr Amy is a pleasure to listen to and delivers such compassion in all that she does. ...

Send us a text with your feedback from this session! Cole Hergott, Head S&C at Trinity Western University            BUILDING BETTER PEOPLE. Cole leads the Spartans S&C Department and is a part of the sports medicine team and IST model at TWU. He believes in supporting athletes with evidence-based programming and human-centric care. Cole completed his Masters at UBC in Coaching Science and...

Send us a text with your feedback from this session! Matthew Arnone, Defender- Atletico Ottawa            YOU ARE RIGHT WHERE YOU NEED TO BE. A view through the athlete lens. Coming off the first ever victory at TD Place in Ottawa for the CPL franchise Atletico Ottawa, Matthew takes us through his return to the pitch.  From mindset, to playing with focus and all of the tactical advantages created...

Send us a text with your feedback from this session! Nakita Rees, CAT(C), founder of ATfirst Therapy          THERE IS NO PERFECT TIME. JUMP IN.  Being a competitive dancer and teacher for the last 25 years, she has seen her fair share of injuries in young athletes & knew this was where she was meant to grow herself as an Athletic Therapist. Nakita’s main area of practice is performance sports...

Send us a text with your feedback from this session! WHY MY EXPERIENCE MATTERS TO YOU Nearing 15 years of doing things through this lens provides something to you and your lens. Whether to prove you right, challenge your way of thinking, or simply to share the lived moments, it matters. 

Send us a text with your feedback from this session! Microstretching: A philosophy to aid recovery and regeneration LONGEVITY IS MORE THAN A TECHNIQUE Nikos Apostolopoulos returns to the podcast to discuss Microstretching, an amazing philosophy backed with science in building recovery and regeneration into human performance.  14th World Congress has been announced. Where? Edinburgh, Scotland 

Send us a text with your feedback from this session! Janette Yee, Perinatal Therapist                THE GREATEST ATHLETES ON EARTH Janette is an athlete, mama, and Perinatal Therapist who believes that confidence and strength in your body – before and after childbirth - is a RIGHT, not a privilege. Her  focus is to help athletic women prepare for and actively recover from pregnancy and child birt...

Send us a text with your feedback from this session! Our host, James Gardiner discusses movement through his experience and as an experience.  Misconceptions, lessons learned and perhaps, greater lessons to be learned.  We also explore an interactive session in Movement and Stillness. Pull over, sit still, explore.  14th World Congress has been announced. Where? Edinburgh, Scotland 

Send us a text with your feedback from this session! Daniel Yores, Strength Coach and Thinker          LET THE SUNSHINE TOUCH YOUR SKIN Daniel is a strength coach and personal trainer with an unmatched outlook on life and the performance space. He leads through authenticity and the foundations that make humans, humans. He is the host of The Daniel Yores Podcast .  We talk on his 6-week reflective...

Send us a text with your feedback from this session! World Federation of Athletic Training & Therapy, panel discussion TAKE RISKS, CREATE OPPORTUNITIES, PROVE YOUR WORTH We talk diversity in the Athletic Training & Therapy profession with: Nikki Antonopoulos Head Athletic Therapist, Royal Military College Cheryl Mann Human Resources, Return to Work/ Disability Management Program Paul Papou...

Send us a text with your feedback from this session! Gabby Boulding, MSc., CAT(C)              MAKING CONNECTIONS BY ASKING WHAT MATTERS Gabby started her journey at the University of Guelph with a degree in Human Kinetics and while working with the Gryphons football team. She went on to do her athletic therapy degree at Sheridan, graduating in 2019 and then on across the pond to complete her Mast...

Send us a text with your feedback from this session! Mike Stroh, Registered Psychotherapist        I AM WHO I THINK YOU THINK I AM Mike is the founder of Starts With Me, the creator of the innovative State Of Mind Festival and hosts the State Of Mind Mental Health podcast. Mike has combined his personal and professional experience to create educational and training programs and practices rooted in...

Send us a text with your feedback from this session! Nicole Sullivan, PT, BHKin, MScPT, FCAMPT, CSCS, CAFCI/CIDN MAYBE BEING KNOWN FOR BEING NICE ISN'T SO BAD. Nicole is the co-founder and owner of [mend]physio where she has been guiding patients to agency and self worth in their own journey for over ten years. She is also the lead therapist for for Volleyball Canada's beach national tea...

Send us a text with your feedback from this session! Mahyar Dibaji & Thomas Nicholls, Healing Kinetics            MOTION IS MEDICINE The current global health situation has afforded the opportunity for these two to reconnect and create their passion project, Healing Kinetics: A platform to educate and inspire patients to find more in a healthy lifestyle through interactive posts, prescriptive...

Send us a text with your feedback from this session! Alexandra Poletto, Volleyball Canada      DO EVERYTHING AT 100% AND YOU WILL NEVER REGRET ANYTHING Alex is a professional beach volleyball athlete. She competed for Colorado State University where she completed an undergraduate degree and then moved on to USC where she earned her Masters degree in Entrepreneurship and Innovation.  With a competi...

Send us a text with your feedback from this session! Chris Towe, Volleyball Canada NextGen Beach Program KNOW YOU Chris is the youngest member of the NextGen Beach program and has been competing internationally for six years. He is a National Champion, winning with the University of Alberta in 2014-15 and then moving on to lead a resurgence in the University of Toronto program, capping off with th...

Send us a text with your feedback from this session! Kiersten McLeod & Melissa Pankratz, IslandACL        FINDING THE SMALL WINS Kiersten and Melissa are the founders of Island ACL. They share a passion for youth injury risk reduction, ACL injury education and supporting those going through any stage of return from this injury. Kiersten is an Athletic Therapist and Certified Strength & Con...

Send us a text with your feedback from this session! On-Site Session: Live from IIHF World Championships with Dom Nicoletta & Kevin Elliott BUILDING BRIDGES, NOT BURNING THEM Domenic Nicoletta just completed his 19th season with the Senators organization and his fourth as the team's head athletic therapist.  Kevin Elliott has had stops in the OHL, the NHL, the University scene and QMJHL. ...

Send us a text with your feedback from this session! Go inside the path to the development of the Let's chAT podcast and creation of FIRSTAR Therapy. I had the opportunity to join my good friend, Jason Dowse on the YOUR EPOCH LIFE podcast and discuss the path to FIRSTAR Therapy; listen here. Get to know YOU and see how the universe changes. Thank you for listening.  14th World Congress has be...

Send us a text with your feedback from this session! Brady Leavold will be rollerblading across Canada in the Spring of 2022. Why?  For a cause far greater than individual accolades or riches; he will be doing so in the name of awareness of mental health & illness, suicide prevention and addiction.  Brady is a former pro hockey player who fell into addiction during his junior career; he is now...

Send us a text with your feedback from this session! Anthony Lue, Para-athlete and Speaker  THINGS DON'T HAPPEN TO YOU, THINGS HAPPEN FOR YOU.  Anthony is a nationally carded cycler and accessibility advocate. After being crushed in car in a scrap yard, he was left without use of his legs. Since then Anthony has rebounded through persistence, passion and an unwavering thirst for life. Don&apo...

Send us a text with your feedback from this session! Dan Noble BE THE RESOURCE TEACHER Dan is a leader in the performance and athlete development space- his secret: treat them like a human, watch them grow. After leading the Hill Academy from a physical readiness and performance role, Dan now leads the charges at GRIT Athletics as the Director of Performance. He trains and consults with multiple p...

Send us a text with your feedback from this session! Session 71 (May 2, 2021): Megan Stewart, RKin., CAT(C)          SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE THAT TRAVEL Megan is an Athletic Therapist currently overseeing 22 employees, managing this team of Phyisotherapists, Chiropractors, RMTs, NDs and MDs in Ottawa. Her career has seen her spend time in Edinburgh, Scotland working with a rugby team, a performance a...