control yourself with dr andreo spina

Feb 13 2025 32 ep. 85 mins 256
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Creator of Functional Range Systems (Functional Range Conditioning (FRC®) , Kinstretch® (FRC®), Functional Range Assessment (FRA®) and Functional Range Release (FR)®, Dr. Spina's systems are currently utilized by practitioners world wide including dozens of professional sports organizations, athletes, and performers including the NBA, NFL, NHL, MLB, MLS,NCAA and the UFC. A published author, and international speaker on the topics of joint health, movement and mobility development, sports performance, and injury management, listen to Dr. Spina interact with top performers on a variety of subjects regarding the FRS system as well as human optimization.

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Ep_32 First Principles Training: A Systematic Approach to Mobility, Strength and Longevity with Alex Nichols

Feb 13 2025 123 mins  
📝 Are you training for mobility, or just stretching aimlessly? In this episode of the Control Yourself Podcast, I am joined by Alex Nichols, manual therapist, strength coach and FRS instructor to break down the science behind mobility, strength, and injury prevention.⁣⁣📝 What You’ll Learn in This Episode:⁣✅ Why stretching alone won’t improve mobility⁣✅ How eff

Ep_31 Training Olympic Athletes with Hunter Cook

Jan 23 2025 116 mins  
In the latest episode of the "Control Yourself Podcast," Dr. Andreo Spina interviews strength and conditioning coach Hunter Cook, who shares his experiences working with Olympic gold medalist Sydney McLaughlin. The conversation dives deep into the intricacies of training elite athletes, emphasizing the importance of maintaining joint health and optimizing performance through tailor

Ep_30: Coffee Talk with Hunter Cook

Jan 10 2024 97 mins  
In this episode, I sat down with @hunterfitness for what was supposed to be a series of short, Q&A posts. However, once we got going, we just kept going. As a result, we are releasing this as a full podcast! Some of the topics we discuss: Sport specific training, recent case studies, and training program alterations Programming for general population and moving well for life Th

Ep_29: The Origin of Human Movement by Means of Natural Selection.

Nov 16 2023 68 mins  
In this episode, I had the privilege of speaking at the Royal College of Chiropractic Sport Sciences of Canada (RCCSS) Move 2020 Virtual Conference: The psychological, biomechanical and neurophysiological implications of human movement. I discussed some foundational FRS® principles in our approach to injury management and athletic development. ⁣Topics include:⁣ How are movemen

Ep. 28: Managing the spine: Exploring blind spots in manual therapy and S&C.

Oct 23 2023 82 mins  
In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Michael Chivers to discuss our ongoing development of the FRS Spine Practitioner course. We touch upon back pain epidemiology, historic approaches to spine training, the shortcomings of spinal literature, the evolution of the bipedal spine, spinal anatomy and neurophysiology physiology, and other topics. This episode, as will the upcoming course

Ep. 27: Manage the system, not the symptoms.

Apr 24 2023 116 mins  
In this episode Dr. Spina sits down with Sport Specialist Chiropractor, and FRS Instructor Dr. Michael Chivers to discuss the functional anatomy and clinical management of the shoulder girdle. However, as is usually the case, the conversation ends up following a number of important tangent topics, this time related to the overarching idea of system emergence and how it affects the

Ep. 26: The Scar Tissue I Wish You Saw

Feb 08 2023 112 mins  
In this episode Dr. Spina sits down with Dr. John Saratsiotis Physiotherapist, Chiropractor, Biochemist, and lead FRS instructor to discuss a controversial topic in the world of manual therapy and injury management, namely the topic of soft tissue Fibrosis. What is it? How does it form? How does it affect force transmission and the many misconceptions surrounding both its existence

Ep.25: Bonus - A chat with John Quint at Westside Barbell

Oct 26 2022 81 mins  
John Quint and I recently visited Tom Barry, Chief Operations Officer of Westside Barbell, and we’ll be co-releasing that episode in the coming weeks. For this podcast, John and I took the opportunity to sit down to discuss John’s history at WSBB and his relationship with Louie Simmons who was a pioneer in developing world, record- breaking strength athletes. We also discuss th

Ep. 24: Everything you wanted to know about ‘exercise’ but were afraid to ask.

Sep 21 2022 117 mins  
In this episode I sit down with FRS Instructor Josh Halbert for a philosophical discussion about the concept of “exercise”. We discuss the merits of using an evolutionary perspective to view exercise, modern approaches to physical training, inherent problems with current approaches, and how to reframe intentions and results through training. Other topics include: The influence

Ep. 23: Anatomy Tells A Story

Aug 29 2022 117 mins  
In this podcast, I sit down with FRS Master Instructor Dr. Michael Chivers for a technical discussion about the evolutionary perspective of anatomy with special attention on the hip joint. We explore how evolutionary pressures forged anatomical structures and their influence on the biomechanics of joints and how the FRS Bioflow model differs from traditional understandings of anato