you know, I worked with a lot of brain injury and stroke survivors one on one, you know,

folks kind of go through the rehabilitation process. And then when it's over, they're sort of,

you know, a little casted drift and folks would reach out looking for one-on-one treatments. They

like, you know, I'm better, but I'm not better enough to go back to work. Can you help me with

my language skills? Can you help me with my cognitive skills to kind of get me there? And somewhere

along the line, I was like, you know, the gym would be a really good place for a lot of these people.

For so many reasons, you know, targeting language and cognition, but also just functional

independence. And so I started bringing clients into the gym, one on one, and then it just,

it sort of went from there.

Hello and welcome to pursuing health. I'm Dr. Julie Pouche, family physician and former

CrossFit Games athlete. Here, I bring you information and inspiration to help bridge the gap

between fitness and medicine and support your journey toward your health yourself.

Now, in this week's episode, I got to share a conversation with Jenna Miri Rosenthal,

who's a speech language pathologist, certified brain injury specialist, and a CrossFit Level 2 trainer.

Jenna saw a big gap between what's typically considered good enough in a traditional rehab setting,

and the potential of brain injury and stroke survivors to regain more function in their daily

lives. So she created a really neat program called Fit to Function Recovery and started training

clients in her CrossFit affiliate, and she saw some really incredible results. In this episode,

we talk about the benefits of CrossFit for those recovering from cognitive impairments,

how the training community can better serve this population, and some resources for those looking

to help for themselves or for a loved one. But before we dive into the episode, I do want to make

it clear that this podcast is for general information only and does not provide medical advice.

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