MOTW #4: Back pain
Mind Of The Warrior
Dr Mike Simpson
4.8 • 900 Ratings
🗓️ 11 February 2019
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Mike Simpson has served over three decades in the military as an Airborne Ranger, a Special Forces Operator, and finally as a Doctor of Emergency Medicine assigned to the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC). Throughout his career, Mike has deployed to 17 different countries, from counter-narcotics operations in the jungles of South America, to the Global War on Terror (GWOT) in Southwest Asia and North Africa.
Along the way, Mike has been trained as a demolitions expert, SWAT Sniper, High Altitude Low Opening (HALO) parachutist, civilian paramedic, Special Forces Medic, Operations and intelligence Sergeant, and finally, a board certified Emergency Medicine Physician.
Mike is also a martial arts enthusiast, who trains in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Muay Thai. His passion for martial arts motivated him to become a practicing fight doctor. As one of the foremost experts in both tactical trauma medicine and combat sports medicine, Mike is highly sought after as a lecturer and instructor, working extensively with Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighters, law enforcement, and military organizations providing medical care and training. He co-stars on Hunting Hitler on the History Channel.
Email: hoplonmedical@gmail.com
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody, welcome back to Mind of the Warrior. |
| 0:01.0 | I want to thank everybody again for all the emails that just keep |
| 0:13.6 | pouring in with all the great questions on that topic. Talked about it last |
| 0:17.4 | episode. I want to talk about it again. In an upcoming episode I'm |
| 0:20.3 | going to dedicate it completely to fan questions. |
| 0:23.0 | So if you have a question you want to have answered on the air, |
| 0:27.0 | can be about just about anything. |
| 0:30.0 | You know, my thoughts on the sugar ray Leonard |
| 0:34.2 | Marvin Hagler fight way back when |
| 0:38.0 | my thoughts on SF versus SEALs |
| 0:41.8 | whatever it might be. |
| 0:43.8 | Shoot me that question. |
| 0:44.8 | Put fan question in the subject line, |
| 0:47.6 | so I know that that's a question you specifically |
| 0:50.2 | want me to answer on the air, |
| 0:52.2 | and I will be shouting out your name when I do so. |
| 0:55.0 | Send those emails to Hoplawn Medical at gmail.com that's H-O-P-L-O-N-M-E-D-I-C-A-L at gmail dot com. |
| 1:05.0 | And on that note, I want to give a shout out to Nick, |
| 1:08.3 | who is in Dubai and sent me an email recently |
| 1:11.6 | and he's over there training with the badasses in team |
| 1:13.8 | no gera so hey Nick thanks for listening thanks for your email good training out there |
| 1:18.9 | man stay safe and train hard and on that topic I want to talk a little bit about injuries today so had something |
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