The Glue of H2F: Why human performance needs Occupational Therapy with Dr. Justin Bolten, DOT & Dr. Catrinna Amorelli, DScOT

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11/07/22 • 48 min

The Glue of H2F: Why human performance needs Occupational Therapy with Dr. Justin Bolten, DOT & Dr. Catrinna Amorelli, DScOT
Join Doc's Sarah and Alyse for a great guest episode on Occupational Therapy and why it's such a vital part of human performance programming! In this episode we chat about:

OT and it's broad scope in human performance.
Is too small provider: client ratio a problem with HP programming?
TURF TALKS and the power they hold!
Can 'Stuffers' help spread the word of HPO?
How one crucial role for a leader in HPO is being able to force multiply.
What is missing in the current Human Performance team make ups for tactical?

If you haven't considered an OT for your HP team, we hope this episode will make you re-think! Talk to ya later!
Meet Our Guests:
Justine Bolten is an Army Occupational Therapist. She graduated in 2013 from Western Michigan University in Interdisciplinary health care with a minor in holistic health and psychology. She received her doctorate in Occupational Therapy from Creighton University in 2018. Justine is stationed in NY and is currently working in the human performance realm with the Army’s Holistic Health and Fitness Program.
Catrinna Amorelli is from Mancos, Colorado and completed my Bachelor’s of Science degree at Colorado State University. Her Masters in Occupational Therapy from the University of New England in
Portland, ME. Shortly after the completion of her degree, she applied for the US Army Doctor of Science in Occupational Therapy (DScOT) through the Army and was accepted. Her DSc program was at Fort Sam
Houston, TX and afterwards she went on to her first assignment in Vilseck, Germany. So far in her career she has been Chief of Occupational Therapy, a behavioral health role in a Combat and Operational Stress Control (COSC), and now at Joint-Base Lewis McChord, WA where she is a Mental Readiness Director for the Holistic Health and Fitness (H2F) team.

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OT and it's broad scope in human performance.
Is too small provider: client ratio a problem with HP programming?
TURF TALKS and the power they hold!
Can 'Stuffers' help spread the word of HPO?
How one crucial role for a leader in HPO is being able to force multiply.
What is missing in the current Human Performance team make ups for tactical?

If you like what you hear, leave us a 5- star rating and subscribe! Find us on IG and LinkedIn @ Not Your Typical Doctors or reach out to us anytime through: [email protected]

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Go To Bed 15 Minutes Earlier: All Things Sleep with AZ of Fire Rescue Wellness

Go To Bed 15 Minutes Earlier: All Things Sleep with AZ of Fire Rescue Wellness
Grab your robes and join Doc's Sarah & Alyse for a great guest episode on all things SLEEP!
In this episode we cover:

The importance of sleep.
How sleep and recovery are....sexxxyyy.
How sleep is an upstream prevention to mental health.
How are sleep, cancer, MVA's and heart disease all correlated?
Shift work, classified as a carcinogen?!
Your T is dependent on your Zzzzzzs!
The science behind caffeine addiction.
Signs you may need to seek out a specialist when it comes to sleep issues.

Go the fuck to sleep! :) Talk to ya later!
AZ is a nearly 20-year veteran of the fire service, Zapp holds the rank of Lieutenant and owns Fire Rescue Wellness, a coaching business dedicated to elevating the mental and physical wellness of firefighters worldwide. She earned a master’s degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the University of South Dakota School of Medicine and is a National Strength and Conditioning Association CSCS *D and TSAC-F *D. She’s also certified by the International Society of Sports Nutrition and the Society for Neurosports.

In 2020, she served on an Illinois Senate task force focused on mitigating first responder suicide. Zapp is a former adjunct faculty member at the University of Denver in the graduate program for Sport Coaching, a recognized industry leader in the firefighter health and wellness field, a proud co-author of the recently published ISSN position stand on Tactical Athlete Fueling, and the host of the FRW podcast.
@firerescuewellness on IG

www.firerescuewellness.org

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Founding Mother: Evolution of Human Performance in Law Enforcement with Guest Dr. Kelly Kennedy, PhD, CSCS

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Founding Mother: Evolution of Human Performance in Law Enforcement with Guest Dr. Kelly Kennedy, PhD, CSCS.
Join Doc's Sarah & Alyse for a laid-back conversation about human performance in law enforcement! We are joined by the wonderful Dr. Kelly Kennedy, PhD, CSCS, a subjective matter expert in law enforcement and strength coach. We discuss the evolution of HPO in law enforcement since the beginning, why law enforcement falls under tactical, the importance of giving your client's the opportunity to be successful as well as locking in their drive by narrowing down what makes them feel proud.
Kelly Kennedy, PhD is one of the nation’s leading experts in fitness training for police. While working for the largest Police Department in the Southeast United States, she has physically trained and tested over 3,700 police recruits and officers since 1999. During this time she has lectured on physical fitness to classes for Police, Corrections and specialized units such as the Special Response Team, Rapid Deployment Force (RDF), and Defensive Tactics Instructor. She lead the design of a large tactical obstacle course, and was a part of a committee to create a pretest physical fitness screening for the members of the RDF. Additionally, she created a physical screening standard for readiness for the Aviation Unit, Marine Patrol Unit and served as the project manager of a team of physiologists in the development of the minimum standards for fitness for the job of Police officer, K-9 unit and Special Response Team.
In 2003 she started an education and consulting company called Fit-to-Enforce that takes her all over the country teaching and consulting law enforcement. She has worked as a Subject Matter Expert in physical fitness for the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and has served on the editorial review for the Tactical Strength and Conditioning Report.
Kelly is certified with the National Strength and Conditioning Association as a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS), with the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) as a Certified Exercise Physiologist, and Certified from the International Society of Sports Nutrition (CISSN). She is a past certified Level 1 Sport Performance Coach from USAW, for 10 years was a Level 1 CrossFit Instructor, currently Certified as a Defensive Tactics Instructor, member of the International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association, and earned a PhD in Global Leadership from Lynn University.

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