Dr. Erik Brand, MD and Dr. Gregory Spooner, DPT share tips on how to quickly recover from injuries and help athletes and active adults heal faster (stay in the boat or on the bike or whatever sport you love), get stronger, win gold or just get back to doing what you love without being in pain.
This video has the following sections:
0:00 About Dr. Erik Brand - National Champion & Sports Med Physician
1:24 How to stay competitive while injured or in pain
2:21 How to get the athlete back in control when they get injured
3:11 How to take charge of personal recovery process
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Dr. Erik Brand, MD:
Physician of Sports Medicine
Owner of Brand Performance Medicine, PLLC
Website: www.erikbrandmd.com
Linkedin: / erik-brand-9954ba44
Dr. Erik Brand is a Board certified sports medicine physician specializing in physical medicine and rehabilitation, with a passion for rowing who brings an athlete perspective on how to quickly recover from injury using exercise as a form of medicine. He's a medical coach. Holistic care for the active adult. Treats conditions of muscle, bone, joint and nerve in the adolescent and adult.
His Goal: Help patients become functional as possible, quickly as possible, long-lasting as possible, with as much respect as possible for their time, energy, money and hope.
For athletes (especially rowers), here's Dr. Erik Brand's rowing experience:
University of Oxford
-Rower at Oxford University Boat Club (1998-00)
-Won Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race Isis Goldie ('00), Spare Pair ('99)
-Won Head of the River Fours ('98)
-Rower and coach at Hertford College (1999-01)
-Top 16, Henley Royal Regatta Temple Challenge Cup ('00)
-Highest victory tally in Summer Eights Regatta ('01)
University of Washington
- National Champion, Varsity Crew Team
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Dr. Gregory Spooner, DPT
RowPhysio Rowing & Sports Performance 🚣
Doctor of Physical Therapy 👐
Training and Rehabbing Rowers to Gold 🏆
Rowing Adventurer & Endurance Athlete
Website: www.rowphysio.com
Linkedin: / therowingpt
Dr. Greg Spooner is a Doctor of Physical Therapy specializing in rowing athlete injury prevention and performance enhancement, utilizing private sessions, live boathouse events, and telemedicine video analysis. Body regions of particular interest include the shoulder, balance and proprioception system, and peripheral vestibular rehabilitation. Strong manual therapy background incorporating Applied Functional Science (Gray Institute) for complete therapeutic rehabilitation from injury. He's a movement specialist, and a holder of many gold medals. His focus is on enhancing performance, relieving pain and preventing injury to make you a more resilient athlete or an active human being.
Guinness World Record-setting rower. Won a Rowing Race across the Atlantic Ocean from NY to UK.
Non-profit co-founder of adventure education organization with successful rowing and education expeditions across the North- and Mid-Atlantic Oceans, around Canada's Vancouver Island, and down all 2,650 miles of the Mississippi River. Public Relations lead achieving long-form appearances on NBC's "Dateline" and "Today" shows, ABC's "Good Morning America" and "20/20," and Canada's CBC News "The National."
University of Puget Sound
DPT, Physical Therapy
- US Rowing Level 2 Certification, "Performance Coach"​, US Rowing
- Injury prevention specialist, Rowing and Sculling clubs/teams
- Doctor of Physical Therapy / GS, United States Department of Defense
- Principal, Adventure Speaks 501(c)
- Founder & Partner, DPT, RowPhysio Physical Therapy, Rowing and Sports Performance
- Vice President & Co-Founder, OAR Northwest
- Certification in Applied Functional Science (CAFS), Gray Institute
- DN-1 and DN-2 Trigger Point Dry Needling Certification
- Team member for Mountain, Backcountry and High-angle rescue scenarios, Bellingham Mountain Rescue Council.
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