Pickleball Physio

Feb 15 2024 35 ep. 23 mins 3
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This is a podcast for pickleball athletes seeking injury recovery and prevention tips and tricks. Every week, physical therapist Dr. Sarah Leong-Lopes shares and brings on guests to bring the latest and greatest information to help you be the best athlete that you can be! Tune in every week and make sure to share this with every single one of your best friends!

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#32 - Episode 32 - Pickleball and the Mental Gym feat. Gaby Bolivar

Feb 15 2024 30 mins  
In this episode, your host Sarah Leong-Lopes, PT, DPT chats with Gaby Bolivar, PH.D. Gaby is a Socal native, Latina, and a licensed clinical psychologist by day. She coined the term, “Therapy is the mental gym” and specializes in health and wellness to help her clients live an authentic, healthy, and wholehearted life. As an athlete throughout her life, she has experience with

#31 - Episode 31 - What Your Shoulders Need feat. Jonny Blue, PT, DPT

Feb 13 2024 47 mins  
In this episode, your host Sarah Leong-Lopes, PT, DPT chats with Jonny Blue, PT, DPT. Jonny graduated from Loma Linda University with his Doctorate in Physical Therapy in 2011. As a result of his experiencing playing baseball in college, being a life-long surfer, and an active gym goer he developed an interest in working with active adults who want to get back to the hobbies they

#30 - Episode 30 - Pickleballing with Chronic Kidney Disease feat Kathy Crotts, RDN, Kidney Care Conversations

Dec 22 2023 26 mins  
In this episode, your host Sarah Leong-Lopes, PT, DPT chats with Kathy Crotts, RD. Kathy Crotts, RD is a registered dietitian who’s made it her mission to help people with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), stages 2-4. After many years of working in a variety of nutrition and healthcare settings, Kathy decided to go out on a limb and start helping the group that she LOVES – people

#29 - Episode 29 - Maximize Your Play and Energy Through How You Breathe! feat. Karin Ravalese

Dec 15 2023 34 mins  
In this episode, your host Sarah Leong-Lopes, PT, DPT chats with Karin Ravalese, MSc, ACSM. "Feeling tightness doesn’t always mean you should stretch. Our bodies will create tightness if it doesn’t feel safe. The ability to take in a good quality breath is what protects and helps us create stability around our center of mass. The importance of breathing through your nose

#28 - Episode 28 - What Many Pickleballers are Missing in Performance feat. Rhett Polka, PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS, One80 Physical Therapy

Oct 11 2023 32 mins  
Happy National Physical Therapy Month! In celebration, bringing you more PT tips! In this episode, your host Sarah Leong-Lopes, PT, DPT chats with Rhett Polka, PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS. Rhett Polka is the owner of One80 Physical Therapy and founder of the patented One80 System Online educator, keynote speaker, soon to be author. All information, content, and material of this podcast is

#27 - Episode 27 - Healthy Pickleballing feat. Brien Lee, PT, DPT, CSCS, TheHealthyPickleballer

Sep 27 2023 35 mins  
In this episode, your host Sarah Leong-Lopes, PT, DPT chats with Brien Lee, also a pickleball PT, about why there is such a frequency for injuries and how to prevent them. Dr. Brien Lee is a physical therapist and certified strength and conditioning specialist, specializing in orthopedics and sports medicine. With a particular focus on pickleball players, Brien strives to promote

#26 - Episode 26 - Microgreen Pickleball Power! feat. Grace Legaspi, PT, TinyLeafFarm

Sep 17 2023 22 mins  
In this episode, your host Sarah Leong-Lopes, PT, DPT chats with…Grace Legaspi, PT and microgreen farmer. I’m Grace Legaspi, step mom, farmer, physical therapist and juice therapist. I have been growing microgreens for 3 years. I make eating vegetables fun and stress-free especially for moms with picky eaters. That includes their husbands and kiddos! All information, content,

#25 - Episode 25 - Staying Nourished for the Traveling Pickleballer with Casey Atwood, RDontheRoad

Sep 11 2023 27 mins  
In this episode, your host Sarah Leong-Lopes, PT, DPT chats with registered dietitian nutritionist, Casey Atwood, from the blog RDontheRoad, about tips and strategies pickleballers can use when travelling. Wouldn't you like to get to game day and not have to worry about whether your meals and digestion will interfere with your performance--or comfort? You know what we're ta

#24 - Episode 24 Improve Performance and Recovery within Minutes! featuring Lori Diamos, PT Pearls

Aug 27 2023 32 mins  
In this episode, your host and physical therapist Dr. Sarah Leong-Lopes is joined by Lori Diamos of PT Pearls about the benefits of BFR (blood flow restriction) as a modality to help with recovery and performance for pickleball athletes at any phase of their journey! Lori Diamos has been a physical therapist and wellness expert for almost 30 years after graduating from Ithaca Colle

#23 - Episode 23 Listen to This If You've Gotten Hurt Playing Pickleball--Or Want to Avoid Injury!

Aug 14 2023 18 mins  
Dr. Sarah Leong-Lopes, physical therapist, joined by Pickleball4Health's Dr. Princess Leong, certified pickleball coach and physical therapist talk about ways to be proactive in your injury recovery right now! Follow Princess on social media! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pickleball4health/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Pickleball4Health All information, content, a