Omar Valdes is a student and research assistant at Universidad Finis Terrae in Chile. With the help of his professor Luis Penailillo for his graduate thesis he wrote a wonderful paper that has huge implications for recovery on an injured limb.
0:52 Episode Preview with Exercise Physiologist, Christian Espitia-Betancourth
2:37 Introduction to Omar Vildes and Luis Penalillo
4:20 How did the idea for this stud come about?
7:39 This idea is not new, is currently used in neurological situations (cerebral palsy)
8:55 Study details
13:35 what were the findings of the study?
15:33 What these results mean for our clients (especially if you you are injured, or have an injury in the future)
17:14 Why haven’t we heard of this before?
21:18 This is why we take an evidence based approach to exercise
25:15 Do something if you get injured
29:20 If you can’t move one side….move the other!
30:08 Episode Recap with Exercise Physiologist, Christian Espitia-Betancourth
Is it possible for discover strength to add the transcript below the audio. Sometimes it’s easier for me to read the transcript especially if I don’t have time to listen to the interview. And this particular one is very difficult to follow because of the researchers accent.
Hi Kathleen! I appreciate your suggestion! We will definitely consider doing this for future episodes.
Great content. This is what trainers need. They need to be able to access information such as this.
Glad you enjoyed the episode! Feel free to pass it along!