820 - A First Responder Health Program That Addresses Mental AND Physical Wellness

Dr. Ruscio Radio, DC: Health, Nutrition and Functional Healthcare

Dr. Michael Ruscio, DC

Medical, Health, Functionalmedicine, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.5 • 774 Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2023

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Dr. Sunjya Schweig—an expert in complex chronic illnesses—speaks about the first responder health program he devised for the Berkeley Fire Department.

Exposure to extreme stressors leaves first responders prone to many health risks themselves. To date, the top two killers within this profession are cancer and suicide.

Recognizing the need to help first responders with their physical and mental health, Dr. Schweig built a program that follows many of the best practices we use at our clinic.

Hear what gut health, nutrition, stress management, and sleep techniques can help improve overall health.

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Featured Resources

Effects of Stress on the Brain: https://drruscio.com/effects-of-stress-on-the-brain/
California Center of Functional Medicine’s Project Wellness Program: https://www.ccfmed.com/functional-medicine/first-responders
HeartMath Biofeedback App: https://www.heartmath.com/
Buddify Meditation App: https://buddhify.com/
Align Podcast: https://www.alignpodcast.com/
Neuroplasticity Healing: https://drruscio.com/neuroplasticity-healing/
Breath by James Nestor: https://www.amazon.com/Breath-New-Science-Lost-Art/dp/0735213615
Gupta Program for Brain Retraining: https://www.guptaprogram.com/
Zemedy IBS & Gut Health Care App: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/zemedy-ibs-gut-health-care/id1442789941

Timestamps

00:00 Intro

05:33 What the Right Care Looks Like

09:30 The First Responder Program

14:00 EMS Stress Management

18:35 Hallmark Symptoms of PTSD

22:00 Effective Stress Tools

24:27 Useful Apps

26:48 The Impact of Breathwork

29:07 EMS Cancer Risks

32:28 Structuring Shiftwork

37:39 The Conditions Being Seen

39:41 The Tools Being Used

42:30 Ketamine & Psilocybin

45:36 Avoiding Burnout

46:59 Time in Nature

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0:00.0	Welcome to Dr. Rousho Radio, providing practical and science-based solutions to feeling your best.
0:15.4	To stay up to date on the latest topics, as well as all of our prior episodes, make sure to subscribe in your podcast player.
0:22.9	For weekly updates, visit Dr. Russo.com. That's d r-R-R-U-S-C-I-O.com.
0:30.6	The following discussion is for educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose or treat
0:36.4	any disease. Please do not apply any of this information
0:39.6	without first speaking with your doctor. Now, let's head to the show. Hey everyone, today I speak with
0:45.5	Dr. Sunja Shewig with the California Center for Functional Medicine. Great conversation.
0:51.3	They had this really interesting first responders program where they've learned a lot about how to mitigate the negative effects of shift work on sleep.
1:01.9	And also dealing with traumatic events and PTSD. Both of these have applicability to a broad lay audience. So there's some nice pearls there. And then we get
1:13.3	a little bit more into mindset. We have a couple of stories on psychedelics, a few tools that are
1:19.9	helpful for breathwork. And I share a personal story there that I think you'll hopefully find
1:24.9	insightful. And then we do a quick wrap with a couple tools in the gut health arsenal.
1:32.3	So just a great sort of popery of topics with a very astute functional medicine clinician.
1:40.7	Again, Dr. Sunda Shewig from the California Center for Functional Medicine. And here we go to the show.
1:49.1	Hey, Sunja, welcome back to the show. Yeah, thank you. Thanks so much for having me. It's great to be here.
1:55.2	It's always nice to chat with you. I'm thinking back when we first met, gosh, I feel like I'm kind of dating myself
2:01.7	and you also, it could have easily been 10 years ago at a Lyme seminar. Yes. Yeah. We kind of stayed in,
2:07.3	we stayed in touch. And now you're at the California Center for Functional Medicine doing some
2:11.6	great work. So it's been fun to follow your career and stay in touch over the years, even though
2:15.8	many years it's been.
2:20.6	Yeah, I remember that time we met actually that day. I was down in South San Francisco, down by the airport in the hotel. And yeah, that was a very interesting conference. And I just
2:25.5	appreciated, you know, we were both earlier on in our careers. And I just really appreciate
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