#36 - Eric Chehab, M.D.: Extending healthspan and preserving quality of life

The Peter Attia Drive

Peter Attia, MD

Health & Fitness, Medicine, Fitness

4.7 • 7.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2019

⏱️ 159 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Dr. Eric Chehab, orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist, explains the measures we can take to live better and maintain our physical health through exercise and the avoidance of common injuries that prove to be the downfall for many. He also provides valuable insight for those weighing their treatment options from physical therapy to surgery to stem cells.

We discuss:

Favorite bands, musicians, and concerts [3:30];
Eric’s upbringing, biggest influences, college life, and teaching overseas [12:45];
Eric’s training, fellowship with the New York Giants, and the risk vs. reward of playing football [39:15];
The knee joint: common injuries, knee replacements, and proper exercise [1:00:00];
Best exercise for orthopedic health and bone density [1:10:00];
Most common injuries: knee, hip, shoulder, elbow, ankle, foot [1:20:45];
Physical therapy vs. surgery, and the meniscus surgery controversy [1:28:30];
PRP, stem cells, sham surgeries, and the placebo effect [1:41:00];
Back injuries: when does surgery make sense? [1:54:15];
How to find the right orthopedic surgeon for you [2:01:45];
How to cope with complications and maintain quality of life through adaptation [2:09:15];
Dr. Bukk Teef [2:26:45]; and
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0:00.0	Hey everyone, welcome to the Peter Atia Drive. I'm your host, Peter Atia.
0:10.0	The drive is a result of my hunger for optimizing performance, health, longevity, critical thinking,
0:15.7	along with a few other obsessions along the way. I've spent the last several years working
0:19.6	with some of the most successful top performing individuals in the world, and this podcast
0:23.8	is my attempt to synthesize what I've learned along the way to help you live a higher quality
0:28.3	and more fulfilling life. If you enjoy this podcast, you can find more information on today's
0:32.5	episode and other topics at pteratia-md.com.
0:41.7	Hey everybody, welcome to this week's episode of The Drive. I'm your host, Peter Atia.
0:46.0	My guest this week is one of my best friends from medical school,
0:49.1	a guy by the name of Eric Schaehm. Eric is an orthopedic surgeon, specializing in sports,
0:54.6	but overall knee and shoulder. He's an assistant clinical professor at the University of Chicago.
0:59.3	We met obviously at Stanford, and he went on to do his residency in orthopedic surgery at the
1:04.7	hospital for special surgery or HSS as it's known in New York City. It's generally regarded as the
1:09.8	best orthopedic facility in the country, if not the world. He did his fellowship with the New
1:15.0	York Giants before settling in Chicago. He was also mentored at HSS by a guy named Russ Warren,
1:20.4	who anybody listening to this who knows a lot about orthopedic surgery will understand the
1:25.3	significance of that Russ is generally considered the godfather of sports medicine.
1:29.7	This interview was also really informative for me because as you know, think about longevity
1:34.3	through this standpoint of living longer, but living better, and a big part of living better is
1:37.8	not getting hurt. What I love about talking to orthopedic surgeons, especially people like Eric,
1:43.4	who are just so cognizant of what the demise looks like at the end of life, is I think by understanding
1:50.6	where people fail later in life, you can understand how to mitigate that earlier in life.
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