How a Traumatic Brain Injury Affected My Life with Josh Perry

Change Your Brain Every Day

Dr Daniel Amen

Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2019

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

It's been said that the act of failing only occurs if you don't get back up again. No one knows this concept more than pro BMXer Josh Perry, who has fallen (both figuratively and literally) countless times. In this episode of The Brain Warrior's Way Podcast, Dr. Daniel Amen, Tana Amen, and Josh describe what it's like to get back up when recovering from something like a traumatic brain injury.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Brain Warriors Way podcast. I'm Dr. Daniel Aeman and I'm Tanna Aeman. In our podcast we provide you with the tools you need to become a warrior for the health of your brain and body.
0:19.0	The Brain Warriors Way podcast is brought to you by Aemon Clinics, where we have been transforming
0:25.5	lives for 30 years, using tools like brain-spect imaging to personalize treatment to your
0:32.0	brain.
0:32.6	For more information,
0:34.1	visit Aaman Clinics.com.
0:35.9	The Brain Warriors Way Podcast is also brought to you by Brain MD
0:39.6	where we produce the highest quality nutraceuticals to support the health of your brain and
0:44.4	body. To learn more go to brainMD.com.
0:49.2	Welcome back.
0:50.2	We're here with Josh Perry, BMX Biker Champion,
0:58.1	brain tumor survivor, brain trauma survivor, and you were just telling us in the break that, what is it, after a year coming back?
1:11.0	The surgery was April 2010 and this was about July, I believe was July 2011, Ocean City, Maryland.
1:18.0	What happened? So we had a contest back then called the Dutour.
1:22.5	That's another story, but they built a course on the beach
1:26.2	in the ocean city and then a little over a year
1:28.9	and like Dave Meer said, you do the homework and test is easy.
1:31.3	I was doing the homework, you know, I was practicing
1:33.2	day training, started learning my nutrition, drinking more water, less sugar, less alcohol,
1:38.0	things like that and I was just ready. It was just practice and I was going
1:42.2	around one of the lines in the ramps to get the feel for the route I want
1:44.8	to take during my contest run.
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