Ice hockey: speed, contact and recovery, what the NHL teaches us
Watching several NHL games in California, in San Jose and Los Angeles, means seeing up close one of the most physically demanding sports there is. What I take from it for prevention and recovery.
“Regenerate to Thrive”: Jon Iturralde’s talk at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business
On the campus of the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, I presented “Regenerate to Thrive” to participants of the Stanford Executive Program: leaders from all over the world. The theme: regeneration, and the place of recovery in performance.
Cold-water bathing in the lake: what the science says
Stress, sleep, inflammation, training: what studies show about cold-water immersion, and the safety rules for practising it on the shores of Lake Geneva.
Anti-inflammatory, functional, “animal-based” nutrition: several paths to health
Mediterranean, anti-inflammatory, functional, animal-based: the approaches multiply and sometimes contradict each other. Here is a personal reading of them, and what we take from them at the clinic.
Alaska expedition 2024: extreme snowboarding and heli-skiing in the Last Frontier
A childhood dream come true: in March 2024, an extreme snowboarding trip to Haines, Alaska, with heli-skiing legend Sean Dog. Preparation, risk, and what to do when someone gets hurt far from everything.