The Dr Kirstin Show

If you have searched for answers to unexplained pain, symptoms and fatigue that is keeping your performance in your sport stagnant or declining… it might be because you’re focusing on external factors when the problem is going on inside your body. In this episode, I’m talking about how you can break free of pain, symptoms and fatigue, and perform at your peak performance and at the levels you know...

This episode is one that any type of athlete, no matter what level they are at, needs to hear. In this episode, I talk all about critical mistakes athletes can make around recovery even though it absolutely might be the “right thing to do” - just maybe not specifically for them. Sometimes we don’t realize that practices that should work, and do work, for most athletes, can actually cause more stre...

If you’ve struggled with sleep or sacrificed sleep to fit more in your day, then you know what it feels like to be slow to wake up, need a mega dose of coffee to get going, or feel the energy drain towards the end of the day. You may also feel like your energy in your training/workouts is low or it takes you FOREVER to get over soreness from workouts. Maybe it takes you a million years to fall asl...

You might know someone, or be that someone, who has dealt with GI distress in the past. And if you have experienced gut symptoms on race day or in training - oh you know the ever so common “runners trot”- then you know how frustrating and also embarrassing it can be if you don’t make it to the bathroom in time… or have to spend each aid station in the bathroom. It's also uncomfortable. You know th...

With the popularity of labs and micronutrient gaps sky-rocketing in the athletic world, you might be thinking that supplementation is the only way to fill in gaps AND is necessary for you to be both healthy and perform well. And I totally get it because micronutrients are becoming more popular. I’ve spoken on many podcasts and there are a lot of people and labs that are promoting micronutrient sta...

Ignoring signs of inflammation might be causing those performance declines you’ve seen or have seen in the past. If you have ever noticed those dips in performance and your knee jerk reaction was to sacrifice a bit of sleep and add in an extra training session here or there, this episode will help you identify what’s happening in your body and give you a few options that will get you from fatigued...

If you are focusing on all aspects of training and absolutely dominating in that area then you may have realized that your daily nutrition, lifestyle habits and internal health matters just as much as your training if you want to be performing well for the long term. In this episode you are going to learn: Mistakes most athletes make when it comes to their training and performance and how to avoid...

This episode is about how to leverage your health for optimal performance. It's common for athletes to focus on training, new tech and new strategies, but leave their health for another day. If you want to learn how to achieve your peak performance by creating a foundation of health and simple lifestyle basics, check out this episode. Welcome to the Fit and Healthy Athlete Podcast.