Fit Foot U w/Dr. Ben Pearl

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Courtney Bishop attended IU as a track athlete. He went on to create an all black bike team for the Little 500. He coached for almost 2 decades and his journey is documented in this podcast.

Extremely difficult to make up a lap in the Little %oo. Find out how Courtney Bishop was able to do this twice in back to back women's and men's races. He the goes back to his track roots at Nebraska coaching and hope to steer running masters tack.

Mike Downey, DPM reviews Contemporary Foot Surgery w/ Ben Pear, DPM& Great Debate in Philadelphia Sept.16-18 '22 He emphasized going from the known to the unknown to identify tissue planes with revision surgery. He encouraged foot and ankle surgeons to use 3.5x loupes like hand and neurosurgeons.

Ben Pearl, DPM interviews Eddie Van Guyse, former Little 500 racer and the villain in "Breaking Away."  Eddie reveals his costume for his casting call with Peter Yates and the inside info on the infamous bike pump scene.  

Jim Kirkham talks with Dr. Ben Pearl on Coaching, Cutters, & Little 500

Behind the scenes with the longest running coach of the Cutter in the Little 500 from the movie  Breaking Away 

Former DC United Goalie, Andrew Dykstra, on soccer skills and conditioning. Live demos of ball handling and tactical moves on the pitch are reviewed.

Chiropractor Ted Forcum has a long pedigree from the PGA, Western Hockey League to USA Track & Field. He shares his thoughts on PMSt (electromagnetic therapy),orthotic, & foot levelers ,recovering and his humorous encounter with Dana Carvey @ a track meet. All this and more!

Sports Chiropractor, Dr Ted Forcum, discusses neurologic queuing and his routine for pre-tuning athletes to get there best performance. Also discussed are the balance between intrinsic foot strength, athletic footwear and orthotics.

Filmmaker, cyclist, journalist, Jason Berry shares his thoughts on this years Tour de France and his ground breaking documentary “Chasing Legends.” He also reviews training and the technical aspects of cycling and avoiding burnout.

Dr Ben Pearl hosts Dr. David  Armstrong and Dr. Bijan Najafi with GW students and podiatry students reviewing important aspects of research: RCTs, leveled of evidence, evidence based medicine. Research with offloading, vascular complications with Covid.

Ben Pearl, DPM interviewes Greg Smith, former Athletic Trainer for the Washington Capitals. Smith is the medical director for the new 3ICE 3V3 hockey league which is in it’s inaugural season this summer. Smith speculates there will be less impact injuries but more overuse injuries due to the faster open nature of 3-on-3  hockey.  Smith stresses the importance of developing intrinsic foot...

Conversation with Gary Hall, Jr., regarding his life as an athlete with diabetes.  We spoke about health, challenges of chronic disease in sport, doping, harassment, and exclusion.  We wrapped up our conversation with his outlook on maintaining physical and mental health during COVID.  #swimming #fitness #garyhalljr #olympics #diabetes #doping #mentalhealth #exercise #health #fit #f...

Ben Pearl DPM and Dr. N. Chockalingam review the appropriate use of biomechanics technology and the importance of calibration of systems.  Also, he expands on a research project he is working on with WHO on the benefits of orthotics.

Dr. Emily Splichal discusses using somatosensory socks to help with unstable walking and neuropathy. Differences in mechanoception (2 point discrimination) and proprioception are reviewed. Further research including improvement in circulation is reviewed.

Gary Hall discusses his Book "Winning Life's Gold Medal: 10 Valuable Life Lessons From the Olympic Games, swim coaching, competing and his experience following his son on his journey 

Dr. Simon Bartold reviews the evolution of sD print Shoes and Orthotics. , controversies with heel lift on the Achilles,, the Nike 4%,,, the Legend Benno Nigg & more. This Marathon of information promises to be captivating and  full of relevant info.