The Key to Reversing the Aging Process
There is no escape from our ultimate decline and death. The sooner we accept and embrace that reality, the more free we are to live life...
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The Renaissance Surgeon
The Renaissance person does not limit his or her pursuit of knowledge to one area or even to one discipline. In this space, I share experiences, perspectives and reflections, which the philosopher in all of us might find worth perusal.
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The Renaissance Surgeon
- Nov 25, 2022
- 3 min
How Your Wearable Tech is Holding You Back
I love data. And I love technology. But they are tools meant to serve us, not the other way around. The ability of technology to...
The Renaissance Surgeon
- Nov 18, 2022
- 4 min
10 Ways I Practice Movement Without Exercising
When most people think of movement, they think of exercise. Almost everyone acknowledges that exercise is good for us. After all, it’s...
The Renaissance Surgeon
- Nov 11, 2022
- 5 min
Barefoot-Curious: Is Your Footwear Making Your Feet Weak?
I am not, by any means, a minimalist footwear runner. If anything, quite the opposite. I often wear orthotics, the insoles that you can...
The Renaissance Surgeon
- Nov 4, 2022
- 5 min
How I Returned to Marathon Training After COVID-19
I was starting to think that I was completely immune to COVID-19. Early on, I was grateful to get my first dose of the Pfizer vaccine...
The Renaissance Surgeon
- Oct 31, 2022
- 2 min
Faculty Spotlight: Strength and Conditioning for the Endurance Athlete with Marissa Feldberg
Do you know that you need to incorporate resistance training into your program but lack direction on the approach? Endurance athletes are...
The Renaissance Surgeon
- Oct 28, 2022
- 5 min
Can We Cancel Halloween?
Can we cancel Halloween? This is a question that my wife and I are constantly asking each other these days, as the sugar-soaked holiday...
The Renaissance Surgeon
- Oct 21, 2022
- 4 min
Can CBD Enhance Recovery?
Can cannabidiol (CBD) help you perform better or recover faster? The evidence isn’t there yet to say definitively, but research is...
The Renaissance Surgeon
- Oct 14, 2022
- 2 min
The Morning Routine of a Renaissance Surgeon
How do you have a great day? You can’t control much of what goes on in a day, but one way to increase your chances of having a great day...
The Renaissance Surgeon
- Oct 8, 2022
- 4 min
Four Reasons You Should Take Vitamin D
Why should you care about vitamin D? Well, for one, you are likely deficient, or at least insufficient in this vitamin. I write this...
The Renaissance Surgeon
- Sep 30, 2022
- 5 min
Lift to Run: How Deadlifting Made Me A Faster Runner
Despite playing both soccer and lacrosse in high school, I was never that interested in lifting weights. I started to visit my high...
The Renaissance Surgeon
- Sep 23, 2022
- 6 min
Activate the 'kill switch': Emotional Control in Sports and Surgery
Michael Jordan’s Bulls and Tom Brady’s Patriots are not in the top tier of sports dynasties? Tell me more! (Short answer: the 1974-1980...
The Renaissance Surgeon
- Sep 16, 2022
- 5 min
Ten Books That Will Make You a Better Person
Personal development is a vast and sprawling category of books. As with autobiography and memoir, I have to add the caveat that my...
The Renaissance Surgeon
- Sep 9, 2022
- 5 min
5 Reasons I Won't Watch Football This Year
I love watching sports, but for several reasons, I have largely stopped doing so. I won’t say it’s because I don’t have time. We all...
The Renaissance Surgeon
- Sep 2, 2022
- 4 min
My Training Plan - Fall 2022
What are you training for? Your answer doesn’t have to be a marquis event or impressive challenge. Spartan races and Ironman triathlons...
The Renaissance Surgeon
- Aug 26, 2022
- 3 min
My Top Ten All Time Autobiography and Memoir
Great undertakings are made greater by those willing to share through writing the insights obtained firsthand in the course of their...
The Renaissance Surgeon
- Aug 19, 2022
- 3 min
Book Take Aways: Good To Go by Christie Aschwanden
I started reading Christie Aschwanden’s book ‘Good To Go: What the Athlete in All of Us Can Learn from the Strange Science of Recovery’...
The Renaissance Surgeon
- Aug 12, 2022
- 5 min
My Favorite Fiction Books of All Time
I love a good book. I try not to start books unless I think I’ll like them. My desire to finish things I start makes it hard for me to...
The Renaissance Surgeon
- Aug 8, 2022
- 4 min
Opioid-free orthopedic surgery: Why (and how) my patients go opioid free after surgery
Primum non nocere. First, do no harm. All doctors are familiar with this credo. From ancient precepts such as the Hippocratic Oath...
The Renaissance Surgeon
- Aug 5, 2022
- 2 min
5 Performance Enhancing Substances You Should Be Using
Can nutrition and/or dietary supplements enhance your performance? You put time and effort into your training. Don't sell yourself short...
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