Edward Laskowski, MD
We have had some distinguished guest on the podcast and Dr. Edward Laskowski is no stranger to awards and accomplishments. Dr. Laskowski is a sports medicine physician at the Mayo Clinic and has been a team physician for the USA Olympics team and been on the USA President’s Council for Fitness among his numerous achievements. Of his many interests, Dr. Laskowki is a very vocal advocate for exercise as medicine and has given a multitude of lectures across the globe about the topic.
In our episode, we discuss the challenges facing our healthcare system today, what larger institutions can do to help alleviate the burden of obesity driven chronic disease, and of course, exercise as medicine. We also talk about Dr. Laskowski’s experiences throughout his career with sports injuries as they relate to preventive medicine and how everyone can benefit from even the most minuscule amount of exercise. This episode is full of quality information from a very distinguished individual so make sure not to miss this one!
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Show Notes
(1:00 – 4:15) – Introductions
Question 1 : Tell us a little bit about yourself and about your interest in sports medicine!
(4:15 – 7:20) – Preventive Medicine and Our Body
Question 2: What does preventive medicine mean to you?
Question 3: Do you think that the healthy at every size movement is detrimental to work in lowering preventable disease?
(7:20 – 21:00) – Exercise as Medicine
Question 4: How do you explain to patients that doing basic exercises such as walking could have a large impact on their health?
Question 5: How do you go about the difference between academia and reality when it comes to buying into data?
Question 6: How do we bridge the gap between pushing research to orthobiologic interventions versus additional funding to researching effective communication techniques to patients?
(21:00 – 32:10) – Sports Medicine and Preventive Medicine
Question 7: What can you do as a sports medicine physician with your patients that promotes prevention?
Question 8: How do you address the psychosocial factors surrounding exercise and sports as it relates to pain and injury?
(32:10 – 35:00) – Approaching Obesity
Question 9: If you are treating someone’s child who might be obese, how do you discuss obesity with the family within the context of genetics and environment?
(35:00 – 42:30) – Institutional and Individual Changes
Question 10: What do you think the role is of larger academic institutions when it comes to preventive medicine?
Question 11: In your mind what are the biggest barriers that prevent people from making changes?
(42:30 – 44:40 ) – COVID-19 and Lifestyle
Question 12: Do you think that, given the state of many people having poor diets and less exercise in COVID-19, we are in for an uptick in chronic disease?
(44:40 – 49:00) – Closing Remarks
Question 13: What do you tell someone in 2 minutes if they ask you “How do I get healthy?”
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