The NeuFit Undercurrent Podcast

Greg Pignataro, CSCS, recently set the Guinness World Record for performing the most Nordic Hamstring Curls ever recorded in one minute! On this  episode , he talks about his experience preparing for and setting the record -- including how the Neubie helped him along the way. He is also a certified ATG coach (ATG is the "Athletic Truth Group", the training system started by Ben Patrick, best known...

Frank Mocerino, founder of The Ohm Store, joins the Undercurrent Podcast to share his insights on truly effective customer service. He describes why his company has a 100% satisfaction guarantee that includes a no-time-limit return policy, why a Nordstrom employee once refunded a customer for a tire (which the customer obviously purchased from a different store -- yes, it's true), and why these ex...

After Brian Gallagher, PT, won "National Practice of the Year" in the early 2000's, he became a judge for the award in future years. While evaluating nominees for that award, he saw common themes among the most successful practices. Now, as the founder of MEG (Management Expansion Group), Brian shares those lessons (and his wealth of other experiences) to help PT Practice Owners improve their mark...

My guest today is Megan Evans, founder of The MS Stage. She used her background in dance and theater to create a practice that has helped her cope with her own MS challenges, using that to build an empowering mindset that has made a huge difference in her own healing journey. Now, through The MS Stage, she is coaching other people through movement, meditation, and mindfulness practices that have h...

In this episode, I'm joined by  Lisa   Chase , PT. She's the Co-Chair of the Functional Manual Medicine Certification Program at Michigan State University, former Medical Director of the WTA Tour (professional women's tennis), and owner of Back 2 Normal Physical Therapy in St. Petersburg, FL. She describes how she's spent her career looking for "game changers" in the physical therapy profession. T...

Following up on our "re-introduction" to the nervous system from two episodes ago, we are going to take a deeper dive into the topic of pain. While most people think pain is an input ("that hurt me"), pain is really an output signal from our brains. The brain triggers pain in response to perceived threat, and that threat can be real or imagined, physical or non-physical. We review some real-world...

In this episode, I'm joined by recently retired IFBB Pro Bodybuilder, Mike Giliotti. Mike is a master trainer with expertise in corrective exercise working as part of a multi-disciplinary team in Staten Island, NY to help people with all aspects of their health and physique. He shares his experiences using the Neubie with himself and various clients, including his own introduction to the Neubie th...

In this solo episode, I attempt to make the nervous system less intimidating by sharing some concepts and models that can help us all understand the nervous system. One of those concepts is the "black box," a theoretical object that accepts inputs, processes them, and creates outputs. We can view the nervous system as a big feedback loop that operates in this manner, and I share several examples o...

In this episode, Dr. John Marchese D.C. talks with us about Functional Neurology. We discuss how to precisely identify overactive or underactive brain areas and to guide them to optimal levels, what impact that can have on patient outcomes (even in "orthopedic" cases), how he uses the Neubie through the lens of functional neurology, his thoughts on asymmetrical training, and some common strength a...

For this, our 50th episode of the NeuFit Undercurrent Podcast, I'm proud to welcome our biggest guest yet. Not just big physically, standing 6 foot 10 inches tall, but also big in the world of tennis. John Isner is the highest-ranked American tennis player in the world, has won dozens of professional tournaments, and holds the record for the longest tennis match of all time at over eleven hours lo...

(Note: this episode was extracted from a presentation Dr. Buckner gave during a recent Mastermind call among NeuFit practitioners. For a more complete experience, please check out this episode on YouTube which includes a slide presentation) In this episode of the NeuFit Undercurrent podcast, Dr. Sam Buckner Ph. D. joins our monthly Mastermind call to go over the results of his study "The acute mus...

Diagnosed with cerebral palsy (CP) at the age of 2, James Norris had a tough time participating in the sports he loved and wanted to play. At different times throughout his life, that also made it tough for him to fit in and have a positive sense of self.    As an adult, he became dissatisfied with his physical condition and discovered fitness. As he saw the improvements in himself and got more pa...

In this episode, Matt Cooper shares his unique and very holistic perspective on athletic performance, which includes an excellent discussion on biomechanics and fascial slings, the concept of "movement literacy," training proprioception, and how to structure sessions and prioritize different traits and qualities of an athlete.  To see one of Matt's articles that we mentioned on the show, check out...

I am so excited to talk with Dr. Terry Wahls, author of the book The Wahls Protocol, and an incredible researcher looking at how lifestyle changes can help multiple sclerosis (MS) patients control their symptoms and stop the functional decline that so often comes with MS. In this episode, Dr. Wahls talks about how her own diagnosis of MS took her from being super active to a full reclining wheelch...

In this episode, Jacqui Broering, PT shares her journey from working in the corporate PT world to owning her own clinic, and discusses how using the Neubie has changed the dynamic of her entire practice. With a rural clinic, she also sees a very wide range of interesting cases, and she shares some compelling experiences working with everyone from patients who have phantom limb pain after losing a...

In this episode, I'm joined by my longtime friend and NeuFit client Thanh Pham. Thanh has turned his passion for productivity into a thriving business called Asian Efficiency. He has an excellent perspective on how to be efficient and productive, which of course is why he enjoyed using the Neubie to recover from his shoulder surgery way ahead of schedule, and he shares his frameworks for how we ca...

After a few years and a variety of frustrations in a 100% insurance practice, Mark DeAnda decided that he wanted to start offering some non-covered services and charging his clients directly. First of all, this approach would allow him to optimize plans of care for each individual patient/client by offering novel and effective treatments that were not being reimbursed by insurance companies. Plus...

In this very special episode of The NeuFit Undercurrent, I'm joined by two of our collaborators for our upcoming education module on the pelvic floor, Pagona Xenos and Carly Jeston. While talking about pelvic floor dysfunction can sometimes be uncomfortable, living with it is moreso. Pagona and Carly discuss how to normalize talking about this with your patients, some successes they've seen with t...

In this episode, we do a deep dive with Robb Wolf into the topic of electrolytes, and then we also make our way into the topics of blood sugar, various sweeteners, and even agricultural practices. When it comes to electrolytes, Robb makes the case that they are the ultimate "energy drink." All of our energy production ultimately comes down to driving sodium-potassium pumps at the cellular level, a...

As a DPT and Certified MS Specialist, Dr. Gretchen Hawley has devoted her career to treating and supporting patients with Multiple Sclerosis and other neurological diseases and conditions. In this episode, we talk about the differences in treating orthopedic vs. neurological patients, how to approach (and utilize) the concept of neuroplasticity, establishing the right mindset and frameworks for ef...

In this episode of the undercurrent podcast, Aaron Alexander @alignpodcast and I talk about the two-way relationship between physiology and psychology, or how the mind affects the body and how movement of the body (or lack thereof) affects the mind. Aaron is a very experienced manual therapist and trainer across multiple movement disciplines, and he shares some simple movement and mindset tips to...

I'm joined by Carl Mattiola, Co-Founder and CEO of Breakthrough Physical Therapy Marketing. Along with his partner, Chad Madden, PT, they have helped hundreds of clinics generate patients and grow their practices through applying sound marketing principles and techniques.    In this episode, Carl shares some very important fundamentals of marketing and lead generation -- including some common mist...

In this episode of The Undercurrent Podcast, Saquon Barkley describes starting with the Neubie 4-5 months after his ACL surgery and how it immediately helped him activate his dormant VMO (one of the primary quad muscles). He goes on to share how he continued to use it during the rest of his rehab process, plus how he has made it a part of his routine for activating his muscles before practices and...

I'm joined today by 2018 Mr. Olympia Shawn Rhoden. A former soccer player looking to improve his game by getting stronger in the gym, Shawn found his true passion with bodybuilding and quickly rose through the ranks to win the most coveted title in bodybuilding - Mr. Olympia. In this episode, Shawn describes the resilience and discipline required to be successful in bodybuilding and in life. He al...

In this episode, Bert and I speak about the foundation of all athletic performance, efficient movement. We dive into some of the biggest keys of movement, including the ability to load the body unilaterally.    Outside of Olympic weightlifting, powerlifting, and a couple of swimming strokes, almost every movement we care about in sports is asymmetrical or involves unilateral loading (including wal...