Today, I want to chat about brain injuries and Crossfit.

Mike has been on the blog before where he shared his traumatic brain injury story.  After he shared his story, I wanted to get him on the phone and interview him.

I have had this interview for a while but have not put it up.

The reason why is – Crossfit.

If there is anything that gets health & fitness professionals’ emotions going it is Crossfit.

Those that have done and do it, love it.

Those that have not, have a negative opinion to share.

I think Mike’s story really shows the good that can come out of it.

Click Here to Listen to the Interview ==> Mike Shilton Story

In the Interview Mike Shilton shares with you:

• The accident that he and his wife suffered
• How painful exercise was at the start of his rehabilitation process
• The basic movements at the start of rehabilitation were the foundation for future movements
• Firing personal trainers
• Resistance he had at the start of the rehabilitation process
• Mike’s mantra that got him through the process
• The team involved in the rehabilitation process
• Exercises break down into movements that must be mastered first
• Exercise is a progression and you do baby steps along the way
• How injury rehabilitation is a process
• Intensity and recovery
• The effect that exercise can have on medication
• How Exercises for Injuries has helped him

Mike is also my neighbor.  He has progressed from being a participant of Crossfit to starting his own Crossfit based gym a few doors down.

If you want to learn more about Mike, visit Therachair.

It is very cool to see him taking clients through their exercises and see how far he has progressed.

Rick Kaselj, MS

P.S. – If you like this interview, you can check out another on that I did on brain injuries with Jenna Phillips.

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How to Use Crossfit to Overcome a Brain Injury with Mike Shilton [ 13:44 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Today I have a brain injury success story.

It is with Jenna Phillips.

It is an amazing story about how the party of the year became her nightmare – but that night changed her life and has led her on a fitness mission.

In the interview Jenna Phillips shares with you:

• Her mission of overcoming obstacles
• What Mission Possible is
• How she got into fitness
• How the party of the year turned into a nightmare
• What she did to overcome her loss of vocabulary, sense of direction, sense of time, short term memory, ability to put words into sentences
• Her rehabilitation process
• How her accident led to her finding out she had type 1 diabetes
• What she did when the doctors were not that helpful in her recovery
• How exercise helped her mind and body
• How she created her own exercise rehabilitation program to help overcome her injury
• The importance of attitude when it comes to recovery
• The length of time it took her to finally do things on her own
• Importance of travel in the healing process
• Know what her mission is
• Her advice to those who have a huge injury to overcome

I met Jenna at a conference.  I heard her talk about her story and I knew I needed to interview her.

Make sure to check out Jenna Phillips and her Mission Possible.

If you have a story or know of someone who has overcome an injury, I would love to hear from you. You could also have them contact me.

Take care.

Rick Kaselj, MS

P.S. – A few other interviews that you may enjoy:

==>  5 Bootcamp Mistakes Fitness Professionals Make with Craig Ballantyne

==>  Unique Way of Performing Fitness Assessment with Mike T Nelson

Jenna Phillips Mission Possible April 2011 [ 16:00 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

I saw my concussion client again today.

( This is a follow up on the blog post:  4 Tips to Training a Client with a Concussion )

I got to give him huge credit. 

He was not pushed or forced to come see me.  He took the initiative to start exercising as he has been sitting at home for months.  He started feeling the weight packing on and he new he needed to get moving in order to get better.

What a champion!

5 Highlights of Training a Client with a Concussion

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I trained a client yesterday that was recovering from a concussion.

It has been some time since I had designed an exercise program for a client with a concussion.  When I worked in a Medical Rehabilitation Program and Occupational Rehabilitation Program, it was a regular thing.

Let me highlight a few things you need to keep in mind when training a client with a concussion.

4 Tips to Training a Client with a Concussion

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