019: Dr. Ryan Hewitt: How to Prevent Injuries and Maximize Performance in CrossFit

03/09/17 • 42 min

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Dr. Ryan Hewitt is a chiropractor, certified wellness practitioner, and avid athlete who has been a practicing chiropractor since 2008. He and his wife Kendra are the co-owners and operators of two successful all-cash Wellness Centers north of Boston called Merrimack Valley Wellness Center and In 8 Wellness Center.

Dr. Ryan's specialty is in the realm of prevention, performance, and recovery of every-day and elite athletes. He is a former Crossfit regional and Crossfit games team competitor, and has been well-known in the crossfit community since 2008. Recently he has been developing a program called Amplified Athletes that is geared towards improving bio-mechanics, metabolic recovery, and mental toughness for all athletes. He cares for dozens of crossfitters ranging from your every-day box-goers to Crossfit Games Champions. - Pain Model vs. Optimizing The Human Function Model - Chiropractic as a tool for prevention - Movement is medicine / Solving physical problem with physical solution. - Chiropractic as a tool to help him excel and perform at CrossFit. - Chiropractic as a tool for prevention, performance, and recovery. - Wellness Score - What’s your WHY? Why should you be healthy? - Homocysteine/ hs-CRP/ - MPO biomarker for vessel health - LPPLA2 inflammatory biomarker for vessel health - Posture follows movement like a shadow - Master the fundamental movement - The importance of breath work - Chest breather / Belly Breather - Meditation - Box Breathing - Mark divine - The Big 4 of Mental Toughness - Breath Control - Visualization - Positive Mindset - Goals - Little things over time equal big result

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