🚨 New Episode Alert: The Brain Health Opportunity 🚨

We just dropped a powerful episode of the Medical Fitness Podcast featuring Ryan Glatt, Senior Brain Health Coach and Director of the FitBrain Program at the Pacific Neuroscience Institute Foundation.

Ryan’s path into brain health is anything but ordinary—starting with childhood concussions, video games like Dance Dance Revolution, and eventually pioneering how exercise, cognition, and technology can come together to improve brain health.

🎙 In this episode, Ryan shares:

• Why dementia rates are projected to double by 2050, and how exercise is the most powerful “neuro-polypill” we have
• How dual-task training and clinical exergaming are changing the way we approach medical fitness
• Success stories from senior living communities and medical fitness centers implementing brain health programs
• The new MFA Brain Health Program Accreditation and how it will empower facilities to lead in cognitive wellness

👉 Whether you’re a clinician, fitness professional, or simply want to protect your own brain health, this episode highlights the massive opportunity to bridge neuroscience and fitness.

📲 Connect with Ryan:

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-glatt-ms-cpt-nbc-hwc-50ba3664/
• Instagram: @glatt.brainhealth

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🚨 New Episode of the Medical Fitness Podcast! 🚨

This week, we sit down with Simon Matthews, a psychologist and global leader in health behavior change coaching. Simon has nearly 30 years of experience helping people bridge the gap between mental health, physical health, and lifestyle medicine.

In this episode, we cover:
✅ Why clinicians often struggle when patients present with hopelessness and helplessness—and how to prevent burnout when faced with it.
✅ The Common Factors Theory and why the patient–clinician relationship and fostering hope often outweigh any single tool or method.
✅ Practical strategies clinicians and fitness professionals can use to strengthen trust, empathy, and coaching skills.
✅ How small affirmations and helping patients recognize their own resources can create powerful momentum for behavior change.
✅ What true interdisciplinary care could look like in the future—and why lifestyle medicine may be the key to breaking down silos in healthcare.

Simon also shares insights from research on empathy, his approach to coaching healthcare leaders, and a preview of his upcoming ACLM pre-conference workshop on supporting patients who feel “stuck.”

🎧 Tune in now to learn how to apply these lessons in your own practice and better support patients and clients in making meaningful, lasting change.

👉 Follow Simon Matthews:

· LinkedIn: Search Simon Matthews (the one connected to Jeff Young & Thomas Hammett)

· Website: www.simonmatthewsconsulting.com

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🚨 New Medical Fitness Podcast Episode!

We’re joined by Dr. M. Lucius Pomerantz—orthopedic surgeon, lifestyle medicine physician, and founding member of the MFA Physician Advisory Committee.

Dr. Pomerantz shares how he combines surgical expertise with lifestyle medicine to help patients not only recover but also thrive. From small, sustainable lifestyle changes to the role of exercise as “the best medicine,” his insights show how healthcare and fitness can truly work together to improve lives.

💡 Highlights include:
✔️ Bridging orthopedics and lifestyle medicine
✔️ Helping patients connect health goals to purpose
✔️ Building collaborative care teams (PT, nutrition, fitness)
✔️ His vision for the future of medical fitness

🎙️ Listen now and get inspired by Dr. Pomerantz’s approach to redefining patient care.

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