A group of military veterans who’ve suffered life changing injuries are tackling a mammoth challenge.
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Many military veterans return from war zones with life-altering injuries -- both physically and mentally. The path to recovery can be overwhelming. That's where Truckee-based High Fives Foundation is making a difference.
Mari is with Sam Hughes, Senior Exercise Physiologist at BrainPark. He gets her to do a Vo2 Max testing exercise to see how fit she is, and how far she can push her body.
These days in the NFL, every team has a sports psychologist who looks out for the players’ mental health. Meet Mike Gervais, the sports psychologist for the Seattle Seahawks.
Mind over Matter? Ned Phillips explains the idea of peak performance in what he calls ‘the power of now.
From germinating 30,000 year old seeds to the effects of Type II diabetes on the National Health Service, Dr David Reilly MD’s fast paced talk on how to unlock the potential of human healing is both fascinating and touching.
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Wim Hof first caught the attention of scientists when he proved he was able to use meditation to stay submerged in ice for 1 hour and 53 minutes without his core body temperature changing.
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This video explains how training the body also trains the mind, due to the complex relationship between the two. Studies increasingly show the crucial role for the cerebellum in higher cognitive tasks.
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Doron is introducing here his favorite go-to lesson as a remedy for back pain. While it’s not necessarily a “formula” for relieving back pain, Doron has taught this lesson to hundreds of people who have benefitted from it.
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This Feldenkrais lesson will bring some relief to sciatic nerve pain. This condition is ever so common nowadays because of all the sitting we are doing. The sciatic nerve is one of the first things to be affected when it comes to too much sitting.
Dorothy had not regained her full stability, support, and leg lift following surgery for a Lisfranc dislocation and fracture of her navicular she suffered in rehearsal prior to a performance. It is worth watching this lesson through to the end to see how much she gains.