Training for Outdoor Sports & the Current State of PT w/ Dr. Stephen Burkert
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4.8 • 560 Ratings
🗓️ 30 June 2025
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
Today, we are talking about health, fitness, and performance with Dr. Steve Burkert, owner of Snow Beast Performance, located just outside of Burlington, Vermont. Steve and Jonathan discuss some best practices for training for outdoor sports, the most common summer injuries, what we can do to prevent those, and how best to treat them once they happen. They then discuss some eye-opening trends in the physical therapy world that all of us need to understand. Finally, you’re going to hear a little teaser about our new BLISTER+ Recommended Providers program.
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BLISTER+ Member Story (1:26)
What is Snow Beast Performance? (3:23)
Steve’s background (4:47)
Most Common Outdoor Summer Sports Injuries? (7:40)
Prehab, Rehab, Performance (13:13)
Getting ‘Spicy,’ Not Getting Injured (17:48)
Aging & Training (23:09)
Tips for Mtn Bikers & Cyclists (28:59)
Strength Training (32:29)
Tips for Runners (35:25)
Tips for Climbers (43:59)
Best Rehab Practices (45:45)
Seeking Care vs. “Walking It Off” (49:18)
Another BLISTER+ Story (56:01)
Teaser: BLISTER+ Recommended Providers (1:05:52)
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody, welcome back to the Blister Podcast on the Blister Podcast Network. |
| 0:07.5 | I'm Jonathan Ellsworth, and you can check out everything we're doing and reviewing over at |
| 0:13.7 | blisterreview.com. |
| 0:16.3 | Today we are talking about health and fitness and performance with Dr. Steve Berkert, the |
| 0:23.0 | owner of Snowbeast Performance, which is located just outside of Burlington, Vermont. More specifically, |
| 0:30.5 | Steve and I are talking about some best practices for training for outdoor sports, the most |
| 0:37.0 | common summer injuries Steve and his team sees, |
| 0:40.3 | what we can do to prevent those injuries, and how best to treat them once they happen. |
| 0:47.9 | Steve and I then discussed some rather eye-opening trends in the physical therapy business |
| 0:53.6 | that all of us who love to do things |
| 0:56.0 | like bike, run, climb, ski, or snowboard really need to understand. And then finally, you're |
| 1:03.5 | going to hear a little teaser about our new Blister Plus recommended providers program. |
| 1:10.4 | Anyway, there is a lot of great food for thought in this conversation, and I'm confident |
| 1:14.5 | that you are going to learn some things that will cause you to tweak how you're currently |
| 1:19.9 | training, or you will adjust your approach to your favorite sports. |
| 1:26.4 | Okay, now I want to tell the story of just one of our new Blister Plus members. |
| 1:31.4 | That would be ERA in Ketchum, Idaho, because ERA purchased Blister Plus exactly one week |
| 1:38.2 | ago on June 23rd, and then just five days later, that would be this past Saturday, ERA had a bad crash and |
| 1:47.7 | posted a really gnarly looking photo of her badly swollen hand. So, Aera, first of all, I really |
| 1:55.2 | hope your hand isn't broken, but at least you know that getting it checked out is now going to cost you nothing. |
| 2:03.7 | And then if you do need any PT or, God forbid, any surgeries, well, that is all going to be |
| 2:10.4 | covered too. So if any of you are wondering why we talk about Blister Plus so much, well, this is exactly why. And it's why if you |
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