Suffering from some mid-back stiffness? Having trouble taking deep enough breaths throughout the day? These two issues go hand in hand, and can be relieved by some simple stretching. Dr. Mainord has an exercise to open up the mid-back, allow you to take deeper, more comfortable breaths, and offer more mobility throughout your day.Presented by Optimal Health &amp; Performance

Suffering from some mid-back stiffness? Having trouble taking deep enough breaths throughout the day? These two issues go hand in hand, and can be relieved by some simple stretching. Dr. Mainord has an exercise to open up the mid-back, allow you to take deeper, more comfortable breaths, and offer more mobility throughout your day. Presented by Optimal Health &amp; Performance

Mid-Back Stiffness

Uncomfortable from sitting at work all day? Have you reached a plateau in your workout that you just can't get past? Lower back pain may be the culprit. Dr. Mainord offers some hip exercises to help relieve lower back pain, and help get you to the next step in your workout routine.Presented by Optimal Health &amp; Performance

Uncomfortable from sitting at work all day? Have you reached a plateau in your workout that you just can't get past? Lower back pain may be the culprit. Dr. Mainord offers some hip exercises to help relieve lower back pain, and help get you to the next step in your workout routine. Presented by Optimal Health &amp; Performance

Back Pain

Today on Optimizing Your Health...Have you battled stiff elbows, muscle soreness that makes it hard to swing that golf club? While you may be getting some treatment or trying new therapies that have helped, you may have missed an area. Dr Mainord has some advice on therapy you can perform that will add to what you've already tried.Presented by Optimal Health &amp; Performance

Today on Optimizing Your Health...Have you battled stiff elbows, muscle soreness that makes it hard to swing that golf club? While you may be getting some treatment or trying new therapies that have helped, you may have missed an area. Dr Mainord has some advice on therapy you can perform that will add to what you've already tried. Presented by Optimal Health &amp; Performance

Golfer Elbow

Today on Optimizing Your Health...The flexing of your neck , nodding yes and no, looking down at screens most days. There are plenty of things we do with our necks that a little exercise can relieve tension. Dr Mainord offers a few things you can try to help relieve those pains in the neck we can do something about.Presented by Optimal Health &amp; Performance

Today on Optimizing Your Health...The flexing of your neck , nodding yes and no, looking down at screens most days. There are plenty of things we do with our necks that a little exercise can relieve tension. Dr Mainord offers a few things you can try to help relieve those pains in the neck we can do something about. Presented by Optimal Health &amp; Performance

Tick Tock Neck Pop

Today on Optimizing Your Health...If you've been dealing with lower back and hip pain, pain down your leg that seems untreatable, it may be displaced pain. Treatments and therapies may help relieve but not fully treat your issues. The culprit could be an old ankle injury, even one from years ago. Dr Mainord discusses how this could affect you and what you can do if it does.Presented by Optimal Health &amp; Performance

Today on Optimizing Your Health... If you've been dealing with lower back and hip pain, pain down your leg that seems untreatable, it may be displaced pain. Treatments and therapies may help relieve but not fully treat your issues. The culprit could be an old ankle injury, even one from years ago. Dr Mainord discusses how this could affect you and what you can do if it does. Presented by Optimal Health &amp; Performance

Complicated Ankle Issues

Incisions and the scar tissue they leave behind can be a problem area.Today on Optimizing Your Health, if you've had an incision near your abdomen or other area, whether from an accident or a surgery you have some scar tissue. How much and where it is can have an impact on your body, your muscles and your well being. Dr Mainord has advice on how to make these area less of an issue with some simple massage techniques.Presented by Optimal Health &amp; Performance

Incisions and the scar tissue they leave behind can be a problem area. Today on Optimizing Your Health, if you've had an incision near your abdomen or other area, whether from an accident or a surgery you have some scar tissue. How much and where it is can have an impact on your body, your muscles and your well being. Dr Mainord has advice on how to make these area less of an issue with some simple massage techniques. Presented by Optimal Health &amp; Performance

Incisions & Scar Tissue

Today on Optimizing Your Health, whatever dieting and exercises plans you've tried, there is probably one piece of your weight loss puzzle you may have left out. Intermittent fasting. Along with advice on starting out, we discuss the benefits and the health concerns you should consider.Presented by Optimal Health &amp; Performance

Today on Optimizing Your Health, whatever dieting and exercises plans you've tried, there is probably one piece of your weight loss puzzle you may have left out. Intermittent fasting. Along with advice on starting out, we discuss the benefits and the health concerns you should consider. Presented by Optimal Health &amp; Performance

Intermittent Fasting

Today on Optimizing Your Health, do you spend time looking down at your electronic device or maybe a monitor at work? It may be okay to have a hunch about your favorite movie, but not when it comes to your shoulders. Dr. Mainord has advice to keep your shoulders from becoming a pain in the neck or leading to other health issues..Presented by Optimal Health &amp; Performance

Today on Optimizing Your Health, do you spend time looking down at your electronic device or maybe a monitor at work? It may be okay to have a hunch about your favorite movie, but not when it comes to your shoulders. Dr. Mainord has advice to keep your shoulders from becoming a pain in the neck or leading to other health issues. . Presented by Optimal Health &amp; Performance

Shoulder Posturing

Today on Optimizing Your Health, Omega 3 is one of the essential supplements you need, not always found in your diet.Watching your diet for essential vitamins is something not everyone does, especially when it comes to what your body requires. Omega 3 is one of those essential supplements that you need but may not always get with a typical diet. In today's podcast we offer some tips in finding the right supplement to meet your Omega 3 needs, the benefits and the risks of leaving it out.Presented by Optimal Health &amp; Performance

Today on Optimizing Your Health, Omega 3 is one of the essential supplements you need, not always found in your diet. Watching your diet for essential vitamins is something not everyone does, especially when it comes to what your body requires. Omega 3 is one of those essential supplements that you need but may not always get with a typical diet. In today's podcast we offer some tips in finding the right supplement to meet your Omega 3 needs, the benefits and the risks of leaving it out. Presented by Optimal Health &amp; Performance

Omega 3

Today on Optimizing Your Health, Your feet. It's hard to get anywhere without them, yet when health problems occur they're usually left behind or overlooked. Chronic low back or hip pain could be a result of issues with your feet. In today's Optimizing Your Health podcast Dr. Mainord offers a few tips and exercises you can do to help care for your feet.Presented by Optimal Health &amp; Performance

Today on Optimizing Your Health, Your feet. It's hard to get anywhere without them, yet when health problems occur they're usually left behind or overlooked. Chronic low back or hip pain could be a result of issues with your feet. In today's Optimizing Your Health podcast Dr. Mainord offers a few tips and exercises you can do to help care for your feet. Presented by Optimal Health &amp; Performance

Improving Your Footing

Advice from Dr. Nathaniel Mainord of Optimal Health &amp; Performance.Recognize early signs and symptoms. Improve your life by improving your overall health. Advice from Dr. Nathaniel Mainord of Optimal Health And Performance. Optimizing Your Health from Lite Rock 95.9.

Today on Optimizing Your Health, Presented by Optimal Health &amp; Performance, we provide more tips for recurring low back and hip issues you may experience from long periods of sitting or at work. Dr Mainord has another exercise you can try at work or home to help alleviate or reduce your issues.

Seated Workout II

Today on Optimizing Your Health, neroutransmitters like seratonin and dopamine are part of your bodies regulators in physical and emotional respsonses. Green Tea has ingredients to help you both produce these chemicals and improve your immune system and your body's T-Cell production on Optimizing Your Health, Presented by Optimal Health &amp; Performance.Presented by Optimal Health &amp; Performance

Benefits of Green Tea

Today on Optimizing Your Health, your body can find itself dealing with a sympathetic overload just going through your daily routine. In today's podcast we focus on how proper breathing can help you overcome those feelings of being overwhelmed.Presented by Optimal Health &amp; Performance.

Sympathetic Overload & Proper Breathing

Whether you've never tried it or it's part of your health regimen, detoxing your body can help it function better. We have some simple steps you can follow to try detoxing your body for better health.Presented by Optimal Health &amp; Performance

Detoxing

Today on Optimizing Your Health, are you sitting at your job most of the day. Do you experience recurring low back and hip issues? We offer some tips and things to try at work or home to hopefully alleviate or reduce these issues.Presented by Optimal Health &amp; Performance

Seated Workout

When your energy levels seem down or inflammation seems constant you might need to supplement your Magnesium. With an impact in over 300 enzymatic functions in the body, we look at the importance of supplementing Magnesium and how to increase it.

The Importance of Magnesium

NSAIDS are sometimes necessary to treat pain or other ailments, but overuse can snowball into exacerbation of your symptoms for use. Dr. Nathaniel Mainord of Optimal Health And Performance helps you understand NSAIDS and the pros and cons of use.

The Pros & Cons of NSAIDS

Dehydration can disguise itself as many other common ailments. Dr. Nathaniel Mainord of Optimal Health And Performance offers advice on avoiding dehydration by recognizing the signs.

How To Avoid Dehydration

Advice from Dr. Nathaniel Mainord of Optimal Health &amp; Performance. Recognize early signs and symptoms. Improve your life by improving your overall health. Advice from Dr. Nathaniel Mainord of Optimal Health And Performance. Optimizing Your Health from Lite Rock 95.9.

Optimizing Your Health

The Best Multi-Part Documentaries, with documentaries on Obama, Federer vs Nadal, the making of Star Wars, Netflix vs Blockbuster and more. Add episodes you're interested into your queue below!

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"It all started around 1997, with a guy named Marc Randolph and his mathematician friend Reed Hastings. Randolph and Hastings knew they’d have to take on Blockbuster, but what they didn’t anticipate was that their business model would take on network television and eventually change the entire movie industry.
This was an 8-year total war that left innumerable casualties in its wake: thousands of hollowed out buildings and economic losses in the billions."

An 8-part series on the brutal business battle between Netflix and Blockbuster, and later HBO.

This is Episode 1 of an 8-part series on the brutal business battle between Netflix and Blockbuster, and later HBO.It all started around 1997, with a guy named Marc Randolph and his mathematician friend Reed Hastings. Randolph and Hastings knew they’d have to take on Blockbuster, but what they didn’t anticipate was that their business model would take on network television and eventually change the entire movie industry.This was an 8-year total war that left innumerable casualties in its wake: thousands of hollowed out buildings and economic losses in the billions.Support us by supporting our sponsors!

Business Wars

This is Episode 1 of an 8-part series on the brutal business battle between Netflix and Blockbuster, and later HBO.It all started around 1997, with a guy named Marc Randolph and his mathematician friend Reed Hastings. Randolph and Hastings knew they’d have to take on Blockbuster, but what they didn’t anticipate was that their business model would take on network television and eventually change the entire movie industry.This was an 8-year total war that left innumerable casualties in its wake: thousands of hollowed out buildings and economic losses in the billions. Support us by supporting our sponsors!

Netflix vs Blockbuster - Sudden Death | 1

You don't have to like tennis to like this. There is so much to learn from how this rivalry made each player better. This series explores the unique tennis rivalry between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal-- two very different players, both exceptional, in pursuit of perfection. Swiss-born Roger Federer was seemingly born with a racquet in his hand and at a young age he quickly masters the game, but what he needs to reach the top is to learn how to master his emotions. Meanwhile, Spaniard Rafael Nadal learns the game under the tutelage of his uncle Toni on the clay courts of Mallorca, where the decision to make him a left-handed player separates him early from his competition.

A 7 part series on Federer and Nadal

In this series we explore the unique tennis rivalry between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal-- two very different players, both exceptional, in pursuit of perfection. Swiss-born Roger Federer was seemingly born with a racquet in his hand and at a young age he quickly masters the game, but what he needs to reach the top is to learn how to master his emotions. Meanwhile, Spaniard Rafael Nadal learns the game under the tutelage of his uncle Toni on the clay courts of Mallorca, where the decision to make him a left-handed player separates him early from his competition. Support us by supporting our sponsors!

Sports Wars

In this series we explore the unique tennis rivalry between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal-- two very different players, both exceptional, in pursuit of perfection. Swiss-born Roger Federer was seemingly born with a racquet in his hand and at a young age he quickly masters the game, but what he needs to reach the top is to learn how to master his emotions. Meanwhile, Spaniard Rafael Nadal learns the game under the tutelage of his uncle Toni on the clay courts of Mallorca, where the decision to make him a left-handed player separates him early from his competition.  Support us by supporting our sponsors!

Federer vs Nadal - The Hothead | 1

Best Multi-Part Documentaries

The best podcasts about ourselves as well as the world through the lense of Science. Specific topics include things about our brain, emotions to biology, physics and more!

Right now, billions of neurons in your brain are working together to generate a conscious experience -- and not just any conscious experience, your experience of the world around you and of yourself within it. How does this happen? According to neuroscientist Anil Seth, we're all hallucinating all the time; when we agree about our hallucinations, we call it "reality." Join Seth for a delightfully disorienting talk that may leave you questioning the very nature of your existence.

TED Talks Science and Medicine

Your brain hallucinates your conscious reality | Anil Seth

Using examples from vacations to colonoscopies, Nobel laureate and founder of behavioral economics Daniel Kahneman reveals how our "experiencing selves" and our "remembering selves" perceive happiness differently. This new insight has profound implications for economics, public policy -- and our own self-awareness.

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