Not Your Typical Doctors

REPLAY: While we work on some MAJOR things, and in honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, this week's episode is a replay of one of our favorite military mental health gurus. If you heard it the first time, take the week to check in with you and your level of stuffing. If you're new here, welcome to the stuffer club, and know that we ALL need a good hug occasionally. We'll be back! ttyl
How to Hug a Stuffer: The Power of a "Husky" Hug with Maj Brock McNabb, 711 Human Performance Wing Integrated Operational Support LCSW.
Join Doc's Sarah & Alyse for a laid-back conversation about the power of a "husky" hug in human performance! We chat about how to hug a stuffer, the importance of human touch in human performance, and get nerdy chatting about the nervous system's response to hugging!
Brock shares his wartime stories spotlighting the true family culture of special warfare and how connection is more than just through words. We reflect on how the key to human performance care is by being a team player and building trust kinetically.
"The only way to make you great, is to love." - Brock McNabb
Maj Brock McNabb serves as the Field Operations and Training Flight Commander for the 711th Human Performance Wing's Integrated Operational Support (IOS) Program Office, USAF School of Aerospace Medicine, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. Maj McNabb guides mental health practices for the U.S. Air Force's Operational Support Teams, where he assists in deploying the IOS human performance vision through capability development. Maj McNabb was the first mental health officer to embed in an Air Combat Command Guardian Angel Rescue Squadron, as well as, the only Clinical Social Worker in the USAF who was a Master Trainer for the Security Forces performance optimization program, Defender’s Edge.

Maj McNabb was born in Ellendale, North Dakota. He began his military career when he entered the U.S. Marine Corps in 1996. Following his service in the Marine Corps, Maj McNabb then transitioned to the U.S. Army in 2002, and later to the Air Force in 2008. Maj McNabb has deployed several times to Iraq, Afghanistan and Africa while serving both as an Army Medic and Air Force Social Worker. For his actions while deployed, he was awarded the Army's Combat Medical Badge and Combat Action Badge.

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Evolution of Spaceflight: Spaceflight Human Performance Optimization Bonus Episode with Bruce Nieschwitz
Just when you thought our mini-series was done, we have an awesome BONUS episode for you! This week we sit down with Bruce Nieschwitz, ATC of the NASA Johnson Space Center ACRS team! He has a unique experience to speak from as he has been in the HPO realm with NASA for almost 20 years! In this chat we talk about a variety of topics ranging from the changes in the equipment on the international space station, how much bone loss occurs with space travel, what nutrition looks like in space and even dibbing into ego's role in leadership!
Come wrap up this fascinating niche series with us!
Guest Bio:
Bruce Nieschwitz is an Astronaut Strength, Conditioning, and Rehabilitation Specialist (ASCR) for KBR at NASA-JSC. Nieschwitz's primary role is to provide comprehensive strength and conditioning, physical medicine, and rehabilitation services for pre-flight, in-flight, and post-flight to active astronauts. Since Nieschwitz began at KBR in 2006, he has served as the primary ASCR assigned to numerous shuttle and ISS missions. He also provides perspective, serving as a subject matter expert for designing and using exercise hardware for spaceflight. He is a board-certified and Licensed Athletic Trainer earning his B.S. from Kent State University and was a Graduate Assistant Athletic Trainer at Mankato State University. Prior to joining the ASCR group, Nieschwitz was the head of Athletic Training at Alvin Independent School District in Alvin, Texas

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The "Love Seat" of the Army: H2F Facts & Future with Lt Col Lesher
Welcome back to Season 2 of Not Your Typical Doctors! We're so happy to be getting back to the grind of this podcast and can't wait to share with you all what we have been working on!
We start Season 2 with the man himself; Lt Col Lesher! He is currently laying the ground work for what's to come for H2F and has been with the program since the start.
Lt Col John Lesher is the current H2F physical domain lead at TRADOC HQ. He is a physical therapist by trade and went through the Army Baylor program. In 2005 he was honored with being one of the first PT's to ever deploy with a brigade and offer true embedded care while deployed. He then spent the following 7 years in SOF between Airborne and 1st Group as an embedded asset. He then moved into executing the H2F pilot at Fort Drum for the 10th Mountain Division which later turned into the full roll out a few years later.
Have you ever wondered by H2F was created in the first place? Did you know they modeled it after SOCOM HPO? Did you know there is a difference in how the pilot program was structured vs how it has been rolled out? Will there be an MOS for H2F?
This episode talks all things H2F and will answer some unanswered questions that have been keeping you up at night. We also talk future H2F!

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A Ladle a Day: Applied Psychophysiology and the grey area of Human Performance with Dr. Curtis Wildes, PhD, ATC.
Join Doc's Sarah & Alyse for a laid-back conversation about applied psychophysiology and its role in human performance! Dr. Curtis Wildes is by far the most bad ass athletic trainer to roam the earth and has truly stretched the boundaries of athletic training in every good way possible. We get nerdy about psychophysiology and it's role in shaping neuroplasticity, how mental health disease's can be looked at as a symptom vs a death sentence, and the cruciality of removing all the negatives to get to the highest level in your performance. We discuss the keys to unlocking your fullest potential as well as both the benefits and challenges with motivation. We touch on the vitalness of HPO team integration (sensing a theme here yet?), how building in incremental steps = success and what a high performance model TRULY is.
If you are a provider in HPO or a tactical and/or high-performance athlete, THIS EPISODE IS FOR YOU!
GUEST BIO:
Dr. Curtis Wildes' expertise in human performance optimization is rooted in sports medicine, sports physiology, strength and conditioning, integrative osteopathic wellness, and psychophysiology. His experience spans various global organizations such as the US Air Force, United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee, a wide variety of USA-National & Olympic Sports, Cirque du Soleil, along with the Baltimore Orioles. Dr. Wildes has developed an eclectic, multidisciplinary approach to sports performance medicine and integrative mind-body therapies aimed at integrative holistic care. With a Ph.D. in Applied Psychophysiology, an international clinical doctorate in Osteopathic Manual Practices and a master’s in Athletic Training, Dr. Wildes' interests include integrative performance optimization using biofeedback and neurofeedback based neurocognitive optimization training.

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Building Spaceflight: NASA Human Performance Optimization with Maj Danielle Anderson & Christi Keeler, MS, ATC
It's the second week of our Spaceflight mini-series and we're thrilled to bring you an awesome and informative conversation with Maj Danielle Anderson and Christi Keeler, MS, ATC!
Maj Anderson is making history being the first active-duty service member to be assigned to NASA. Maj Anderson and her teammate Christi are part of the integrative dream team at NASA Johnson Space Center working daily in astronaut human performance care. We pick their brains about both their roles in the Spaceflight HPO program and break down what exactly it is they do day to day. And spoiler, it's even cooler than you think! In this episode we get into some basics about spaceflight standards, the innovation that comes with being part of the human performance team for astronauts and how rewarding the job truly is. But we don't stop there, we cover an eclectic variety of burning questions:

• What length of time is required to be considered long duration Spaceflight?
• How do you rehab someone in space?
• What type of rehab equipment is available in space?
• What are the go-to exercises that astronauts have to do daily to maintain health?
• Mobility.... in space? Why or why not?

Come wrap up our mini-series with us and get all the questions you've had since being a little kid about space answered! We can't wait to have them back in the future!
Talk to ya later!
Guest Bios:
Major Danielle Anderson is a Physical Therapist currently assigned to Johnson Space Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration as the Musculoskeletal Medicine and Rehabilitation Lead. She delivers a spectrum of neuromusculoskeletal care preparing and supporting both U.S and International Astronauts for long duration space flight aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Additionally, she provides consultation and management recommendations to Crew and Deputy Crew Flight Surgeons working neuromusculoskeletal conditions on board the ISS. She serves as the Air Force’s liaison to the Military Musculoskeletal residency, a tri-service one-year Physical Therapy residency, where she oversees admittance, regional instruction, and successful program completion of Air Force, Army and Navy Physical Therapists. Major Anderson received her Doctor of Physical Therapy from Regis University and direct Air Force commission in 2012. During her first assignment to Travis Air Force Base, she deployed to Kabul, Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. She provided musculoskeletal care for Joint Special Operations Task Force Afghanistan and NATO partners, earning her the United States Air Force Biomedical Service Corps and Military Health Systems Junior Clinician of the Year. In addition, she served as the sole physical therapist while deployed with Navy Special Warfare Unit Three in Bahrain, supporting the training and assistance to the special operations forces of the Nations of the Gulf Cooperation Council. She has instructed numerous Air Force Physical Therapy courses and currently serves as an Assistant Professor to the Doctor of Physical Therapy Program at Army-Baylor University, Joint Based San Antonio (JBSA), Tx. Lastly, she is published in Military Medicine and the Journal of Orthopedic and Sports Physical Therapy and has presented in over ten National Physical Therapy conferences. Prior to her current position, Major Anderson was the Orthopedic and Rehabilitation Flight Commander at 59th Surgical Operations Squadron, JBSA-Lackland, Tx., where she led 72 members among six elements across two sites, providing 77k specialty visits and ove

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