Best Injury Reduction Podcasts (2025)

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Can Muscle Stimulation Support Sciatic Nerve Recovery, Not Just Pain Relief? 25:48

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Why do some muscles stay weak even after sciatic nerve pressure is removed? A hospital study found muscle signals may recover slower than pain itself. That surprised researchers studying people after sciatica surgery. Because nerve pressure was gone, yet movement still struggled. So researchers tested something different during walking. They used e…

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EPI 231: How To LIVE LONGER With Dr. Valter Longo. The Optimal Diet For Longevity, Fasting Done The Wrong & The Right Way, And How The "Fasting Mimicking Diet" Works 51:47

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Show notes: (0:00) Intro (0:56) Dr. Longo's surprising path from music student to aging expert (2:00) Early yeast studies and the 10x lifespan breakthrough (3:56) Launching the Fasting Mimicking Diet and supporting clinical trials (6:15) The dangers of long-term calorie restriction and yo-yo dieting (12:18) Why 12-hour fasting is safer than 16+ hou…

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232. Reframing Exercise for Pain Relief w/ Justin Martino 54:24

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Chris Hughen sat down with Justin Martino to discuss his recent BJSM editorial, "Reframing Exercise for Musculoskeletal Pain Relief." We dive into the role of specificity in exercise and pain relief, the allure and risks of certainty in treatment, the importance of attentive interaction, and much more. Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/DXBQ5…

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Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow: Jason Gilley 40:20

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Jason Gilley walked into adulthood with a fastball, a college roster spot, and a head of curls that deserved its own agent. Cancer crashed that party and took him on a tour of chemo chairs, pediatric wards, metal taste, numb legs, PTSD, and the kind of late night panic that rewires a kid before he even knows who he is. I sat with him in the studio …

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EMCrit Wee - Opioid Crisis Part 2 - The Opioid Chain of Survival and Nitazene Opioid Adulteration 49:18

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Can Electrical Muscle Stimulation Help Muscles Reconnect After Sciatic Nerve Injury? 30:38

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Why does pain start in the back, then move to the thigh, leg, or even toes? What if the real problem isn’t pain, but muscles failing to switch back on? Many people feel pain in the lower back first. Then it travels into one buttock. Soon it spreads down the thigh. Later it reaches the lower leg. Sometimes it even reaches the foot or toes. This patt…

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Is EMS useful for people with long-lasting (non-acute) low back pain? 34:06

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Why does back pain stay, even when people do the right exercises? A university study asked this exact question. Researchers wondered if pain was the real problem at all. They looked instead at how the lower back actually moves. The study focused on long-lasting lower back pain, not fresh injuries. People followed the same exercise program. One grou…

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Are Deep Back Muscles the Missing Link in Long-Lasting Lower Back Pain? 36:19

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Why does back pain keep coming back, even when treatment seems to work? What if pain isn’t the real problem? Many people feel less pain but still move poorly. That confuses doctors and patients alike. So researchers asked a deeper question. What if key muscles stop working properly? This study focused on older adults with long-lasting lower back pa…

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Is Pain Reduction Linked to Muscle Activation Rather Than Rest Alone? 36:59

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Why does back pain keep coming back even after doing the right exercises? What if the problem isn’t effort, but muscles that never fully switch on? That question stopped many people mid-scroll. It also stopped university researchers. Because pain often returns without warning. Even when scans look normal. Even when exercises are done correctly. So …

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Why does back pain or sciatic pain keep coming back, even after exercise and therapy? 30:40

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Why does back pain or sciatic pain keep coming back, even after exercise and therapy? That question stops many people mid-scroll. It also stopped university researchers. Because pain often returns without warning. Even when scans look normal. Even when exercises are done correctly. So researchers looked deeper. Not at nerves first. But at hidden sp…

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What Happens Inside an Injured Nerve When Electrical Muscle Stimulation Is Applied? 29:29

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Can electrical muscle stimulation really help injured nerves recover, not just muscles? That question stopped scientists from scrolling and pushed them to study deeper. Because sciatic nerve injuries affect millions and recovery is often slow. So universities reviewed years of real nerve regeneration research. Not ads. Not opinions. Real studies fr…

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How Does Electrical Stimulation Improve Nerve-to-Muscle Communication After Injury? 35:40

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Can electricity really help an injured sciatic nerve regain strength? What if real university researchers already tested this question? Sciatic nerve injuries weaken muscles fast. Muscles lose signals. Strength fades before nerves heal. So researchers asked a smarter question. Can electrical stimulation support recovery instead of waiting? They tes…

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Can Electrical Stimulation Still Help When Sciatic Pain Has Lasted for Years? 32:23

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Can electrical stimulation calm sciatic nerve pain that lasts for years? What if real hospitals already tested this on real patients? This question stopped many people mid-scroll. Because sciatic pain is stubborn, long-lasting, and hard to manage. So French university hospitals decided to investigate it properly. They studied people with nerve pain…

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Does electrical stimulation show benefits in real hospital patients, not labs? 37:33

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If sciatic pain lives in the leg, why do most treatments focus on the back? And what did hospital doctors discover when they tested electrical stimulation instead? This question stops people mid-scroll. Because sciatic pain travels down the leg, not just the spine. Most therapies focus only on the lower back. In 2018, hospital doctors in China stud…

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Plan B 15:50

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Dr. Marissa Russo trained to become a cancer biologist. She spent four years studying one of the deadliest brain tumors in adults and built her entire research career around a simple, urgent goal: open her own lab and improve the odds for patients with almost no shot at survival. In 2024 she applied for an F31 diversity grant through the NIH. The r…

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Can Electrical Stimulation Reduce Sciatica Leg Pain Caused By Disc Herniation? 36:54

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Can electrical stimulation calm sciatica pain for months, not just minutes? What if a hospital trial already tested this on real patients? What if nerve pain doesn’t need extreme options straight away? What if researchers compared two electrical methods head-to-head? What if one method clearly worked better for leg pain? What if the improvement las…

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Can Electrical Stimulation Improve Daily Movement and Function in People With Sciatica? 33:11

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Can electrical stimulation really calm sciatic leg pain without surgery?What hospitals found after tests on real sciatica patients?Sciatica pain often travels from the lower back down the leg.That pain can disrupt walking, sleeping, and daily life.Researchers wanted to know if non-invasive treatments could help.So hospitals in Turkey ran a controll…

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EMCrit 1:1 Nursing 007 - Resus Nurse Efficiency 42:30

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EPI 230: Inner Excellence - Train Your Mind For Extraordinary Performance And The Best Possible Life. With #1 NY Times Bestselling Author Jim Murphy 51:03

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Show notes: (0:00) Intro (1:00) Jim's journey from pro athlete to elite coach (2:54) The desert years (4:18) How Inner Excellence went viral thanks to AJ Brown (7:17) Why performance training and life training are the same (8:09) The 3 mindset traps (8:56) "Selfless is fearless": how to get out of your own way (12:28) The BFF framework (14:40) How …

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Is Waiting Risky When a Nerve Shows No Electrical Response? 27:28

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Can a nerve’s future be predicted in the first minutes after injury? What if one small response decides recovery or permanent weakness? For years, surgeons had to wait months for answers. Waiting often meant missed chances for better outcomes. So researchers asked a different question. Can electrical response reveal nerve health immediately? In 202…

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231. ACL Rehab: Phase 3 [4-6+ months] w/ Marc Surdyka and Chris Hughen 1:04:03

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Chris Hughen sat down with Marc Surdyka to discuss phase 3 of ACL rehab. We recap the priorities from phases 1 and 2, outline the new goals of phase 3, criteria for initiating running, plyometric progressions, building out a weekly plan, and much more. Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/ebGwSt_omo8 Episode Resources: YouTube Video: ACL Rehab …

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Otherwise Healthy with Scott Capozza 37:36

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Scott Capozza and I could have been cloned in a bad lab experiment. Both diagnosed with cancer in our early twenties. Both raised on dial-up and mixtapes. Both now boy-girl twin dads with speech-therapist wives and a lifelong grudge against insurance companies. Scott is the first and only full-time oncology physical therapist at Yale New Haven Heal…

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Can One Hour Of Electrical Stimulation Really Be Used During Real Surgery? 34:37

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Can One Hour Of Electrical Stimulation Really Be Used During Real Surgery? Can It Happen In Busy Hospitals Without Slowing Surgeons Down? This question stopped electrical stimulation from being widely used for decades. Most research worked only in labs, not real operating rooms. So surgeons asked a different question. Can this work with real patien…

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EMCrit 414 - HyperCRITical - Farkas on BICARICU-2 and EVERDAC 11:43

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Can Electrical Stimulation Help Weak Legs Recover Faster After Nerve Trouble? 36:51

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Have you ever seen someone suddenly unable to lift their foot? What if electricity could help weak muscles wake up again? Doctors see this problem more often than people realise. It’s called foot drop, and it can change daily life fast. Walking becomes harder. Balance feels uncertain. Confidence drops quickly. So researchers asked a bold question. …

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Can Daily EMS Help Keep the Nerve–Muscle System More Active and Connected? A New 2024 Study Published in Bioengineering, a Journal by Swiss Publisher MDPI 13:35

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Have you ever wondered how your nerves and muscles stay connected every day? Have you ever asked why they sometimes feel weaker for no clear reason? Your body runs on tiny signals you never see. These signals travel fast through hidden nerve pathways. They control movement, balance, strength, and every small action you make. But these signals can s…

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EMCrit Wee - The RSI Trial 38:46

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EPI 229: Ryan Gottfredson Ph.D. - The 4 Mindsets To Become The Best Version Of Yourself. 47:17

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Show notes: (0:00) Intro (1:05) Ryan's journey from sports psychology to mindset research (2:41) The story of Cheryl and the difference between "doing" and "being" (6:37) Why mindset matters more than skillset (9:09) Fixed vs. Growth Mindset (11:54) Closed vs. Open mindset and the power of feedback (22:28) Prevention vs. Promotion mindset: how goal…

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230. Prehabilitation for Spine Surgery w/ Jim Eubanks 59:41

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Chris Hughen sat down with Jim Eubanks to discuss prehabilitation for spine surgery. We dive into the components of a comprehensive prehab routine, psycholgical and physiological preparation for surgery, post-operative activity guidelines, and much more. Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/OPbdh2ktml4 Episode Resources: Previous Episode with J…

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Doctor No More: MaryAnn Wilbur 40:31

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Dr. MaryAnn Wilbur trained her whole life to care for patients, then left medicine behind when it became a machine that punished empathy and rewarded throughput. She didn’t burn out. She got out. A gynecologic oncologist, public health researcher, and no-bullshit single mom, MaryAnn walked straight off the cliff her career breadcrumbed her to—and l…

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Can Nicotine Play a Role in Attention, Memory, Inflammation, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s? 35:07

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What if nicotine does something far more complex than most people think? What if global scientists keep finding effects almost no one talks about? These discoveries are not about smoking or vaping. They come from clean nicotine studied in controlled research settings. Some studies show nicotine boosts attention for short periods. Others find improv…

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The story of Ivermectin (Nobel Prize 2015) 36:19

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What if something world-changing was hiding in ordinary soil? And what if scientists almost walked past it without noticing? But one tiny microbe changed the future of human health forever. It started with a simple question about nature’s secrets. And that question opened the door to a Nobel Prize. A Japanese scientist collected soil like treasure.…