Finally, a Reliable Guide on Preventing Sports Injuries, Straight From the Experts

Sports injuries can ruin your year. Don’t let that happen; hear from personal trainers, physicians, and sports medicine specialists who know exactly how to keep you moving injury-free.

Featuring Scott Anderson , Sports Medicine & Injury Prevention Specialist, David Schecter, M.D. , and Laura Flinn , NASM Certified Personal Trainer

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Format
Every lesson contains a few short instructional videos, a summary of key tips and takeaways, and a quick assignment to help you apply what you learned. Completely mobile-friendly.
Duration
This course lasts 5 days, with one lesson per day delivered to your inbox.
Time
Each lesson takes 5 minutes to read and watch.

What you will learn

  • No-nonsense methods for stretching tired muscles
  • How to vary your posture to avoid unnecessary strain on your body
  • Recovery and workout tips for optimizing your fitness
  • Ways your diet can improve your recovery time
  • The top mistakes people make that can lead to injury

Why should you take this course?

  1. You want to be active and stay active. Learn the most common mistakes physicians see people make while exercising, so you can stay out on the track and in the gym.
  2. You want to improve your recovery and stretching routines. Perform at your best and stay injury-free with killer recovery, diet, and stretching recommendations.
  3. You want to lessen your current aches and pains. While occasional soreness is normal, you shouldn’t have to live in pain. Loosen up your body and improve your overall fitness and well-being.


Course Overview

5 Lessons

“Perfecting” Your Posture
Stretching—How To Do it, and How Often?
Planning Your Workouts: Tips and Tricks
What to Eat for Exercise Recovery
Preventing Common Injuries and Mistakes


Meet the Experts

Scott Anderson, MA, ATC, SFMA, DNSP
Sports Medicine & Injury Prevention Specialist
Scott Anderson is the Chief Clinical Officer at SyncThink, an award winning startup founded out of Stanford University. Scott previously served as the Director of Sports Medicine/Athletic Training for Stanford University for over ten years from 2007 to 2017. Scott has over 18 years of clinical and management experience, and is a recognized international speaker on topics of clinical specialization, which include developmental kinesiology, neuroscience/concussion, and movement dysfunction. He is a certified Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization Practitioner (DNSP), Sports Safety Specialist and is certified to conduct Selective Functional Movement Assessments (SFMA), and Functional Movement Screenings (FMS). He earned a BS in Athletic Training from Washington State University in 2000 and an MA in Athletic Administration from Saint Mary's College in 2002.
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Meet the Experts

David Schechter, MD
Family Medicine Practitioner
Dr. David Schechter is a physician in Culver City, California. With over 25 years of experience as a family and sports medicine physician, Dr. Schechter specializes in mind-body medicine, preventive medicine, and chronic pain. Dr. Schechter received his MD from New York University and is an attending physician at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. He was named a Top Doctor by Los Angeles Magazine and Men's Health Magazine. He has also written several books, including The MindBody Workbook.
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Laura Flinn
NASM Certified Personal Trainer
Laura Flinn is a National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) Certified Personal Trainer, USA Olympic Weightlifting Sports Performance Coach and Certified Fitness Nutritionist, with an additional qualification as a TRX Suspension Trainer. Laura runs her own personal training program based in the San Francisco Bay Area and specializes in topics such as weight loss, muscle growth, cardiovascular training, and strength training.
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What are others saying?

Luigi

Wow! First course I’ve taken where doctors and even a surgeon talked directly about preventing injury. There’s SO much conflicting advice online, and hearing from actual doctors made me feel so much calmer and sure of the guidance I was getting.

Frank

I’ve wasted a lot of money over the years on workout supplements (that never showed many results) and I loved how Brendon kept it so real and simple about what you actually need to do to fuel your body for workouts. Great course.

Lindsay

I’m a long distance runner and it was really awesome to get advice from PTs on relaxing tight muscles (which I DEFINITELY have). I need to remember to do the glutes and chest stretches!!

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