Episode 80: Dr. Kevin Sprouse (is back!) — Talking All Things Athletic Recovery

King of the Ride

Ted King

Sports, Health & Fitness, Business

4.8 • 660 Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2021

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Let's welcome back Dr. Kevin Sprouse! It's no coincidence that the bigger issue topic Dr. Sprouse and Ted discuss here is recovery, as Ted is two weeks into healing from a surgically repaired elbow. What all goes into repairing a broken bone? Why is sleep disrupted, why is sleep a hot sweaty mess (literally), why do resting heart rates skyrocket, what the heck is HRV, and how are they all tied together during injury? This duo will discuss these topics as well as the bigger picture of recovery with the perspective of athletic performance, independent of injury. Whether you as a person or athlete has suffered an injury or not, this is a fascinating dive into absorbable information that will help improve your day to day performance. With a trained background in Emergency and Sports Medicine, Dr. Sprouse is the team physician of EF Education First-Nippo as well as leading Podium Sports Medicine in Knoxville, TN. Ted is very excited to announce his partnership with Ride with GPS. This is the only mapping software Ted uses, moreover, it's the only software he's used for the past ten years or more. It's terrifically simple and user friendly, but offers plenty of opportunity for a deeper dive into analytics, compare surface types on particular routes, and combine multiple routes into one with very simple editing tools among plenty of other features. If you want to save 25% off either monthly or yearly subscriptions, just visit the link http://ridewithgps.com/dc/iamtedking If you'd like to give WHOOP a try, just visit join.whoop.com/ted to get a brand new WHOOP 4.0 for free, that's a $30 savings.

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0:00.0	Hey, hey, welcome to King of the Ride podcast.
0:07.7	If you're a long time listener, welcome back to yet another episode with my friend,
0:12.2	formerly my team physician, Dr. Kevin Spruce, is our guest today.
0:18.7	Dive back into our archives.
0:20.3	Way, way, way back.
0:20.9	Episode number 19 was where we first talked here on King of the Ride.
0:25.8	Dr. Sprouse is trained and certified in emergency and sports medicine, as well as being the
0:31.9	team physician for EF. Education First, NEPO.
0:36.8	Additionally, he runs podium sports medicine in Knoxville, Tennessee, where he sees
0:40.9	athletes of all kinds, from cyclists to triathletes to golfers to football players and
0:47.5	plenty of others across all levels of proficiency from folks who are new to sports, new to
0:52.5	athletics, to seasoned professionals.
0:56.6	In particular, I was excited to talk to Dr. Spouse here as I record this two weeks from having
1:03.2	my elbow surgically repaired, or belbow, as Hazel calls it. I'm incredibly curious about what's happening inside my body all throughout
1:12.8	this healing process because it's not as though it's happening in a in a silo it's not like a broken
1:18.5	bone heals itself independently of the rest of the body we'll talk about all the things that are
1:23.6	happening taking their toll on my body from head to toe throughout this healing process. The greater topic here is recovery. Recovery from an injury in what all is happening,
1:33.7	as described by Kevin on the medical level with very absorbable terms, understandable terms,
1:39.4	and then described by me anecdotally, like why I'm not sleeping well, why my heart rate is
1:43.9	skyrocketing,
1:45.2	what the heck and why is HRV incredibly important here too.
1:50.6	And then bigger picture, whether you've been injured or not, this is a conversation about
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