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FAKTR Podcast
#104 FAKTR Podcast - Rebuilding Better Athletes: The System Every Sports Clinician Needs with Dr. Tom Teter, Part 2
🔖 Titles
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1. Bridging Rehab and Performance: Dr. Tom Teter’s System for Building Resilient Athletes
2. Revolutionizing Athlete Care: Clinical Human Performance Strategies with Dr. Tom Teter
3. Moving Beyond Pain Relief: Integrating Rehab and Performance for Lasting Results
4. The Framework for Seamless Rehab to Athletic Performance with Dr. Tom Teter
5. Why Integrated Teams Outperform: Dr. Tom Teter on Auditing Rehab and Fitness
6. Systems Over Shortcuts: Maximizing Human Performance in Sports Clinics
7. From Injury to Peak Performance: Dr. Tom Teter’s Blueprint for Sports Clinicians
8. Taking the Guesswork Out of Athlete Care: Structured Rehab Meets Performance
9. Closing the Gap Between Rehab and Fitness in Sports Clinical Practice
10. Empowering Sports Clinicians: Audit Systems for Effective Rehab and Athlete Progression
💬 Keywords
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clinical human performance, rehab to performance, integrated support team, sports medicine team, clinical audit process, fitness audit process, patient care efficiency, systems and frameworks in healthcare, personalized treatment plans, team-based care model, clinical decision making, athletic recovery, human performance practitioner certification, clinic gym hybrid model, progressive fitness training, clinical co-management, monitoring stress, recovery strategies, load-based approach, biomechanics of exercise, injury prevention, movement screening, fitness testing, strength and conditioning, acute injury management, chronic injury management, practitioner collaboration, business strategies for clinics, operational algorithms, mindset shift in clinical practice
💡 Speaker bios
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Dr. Tom Teter is a leader in sports rehabilitation and performance, dedicated to bridging the gap between traditional rehab and peak athletic performance. Drawing on years of experience, Dr. Teter identified that many conventional care models left athletes underprepared and vulnerable to reinjury. In response, he developed a unique clinical human performance practitioner certification, centering on two original audit systems that guide both clinical care and performance training. His innovative framework clarifies roles within integrated sports medicine teams, eliminates confusion, and ensures athletes transition seamlessly from rehabilitation to full performance. Through practical, real-world applications, Dr. Teter empowers care providers to deliver safer, more effective outcomes for athletes at every stage of recovery.
🎞️ Clipfinder: Quotes, Hooks, & Timestamps
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Dr. Tom Teter
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Bridging the Gap Between Rehab and Performance: "Today, in part two of our conversation, we dig even deeper into what comes after pain relief. Doctor Teeter introduces us to the framework behind his clinical human performance practitioner certification, including the two audit systems he's developed to guide both clinical care and performance training."
Dr. Tom Teter
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Viral Topic: The Power of a Multidisciplinary Rehab Team: "I think part of the confusion when I have this conversation is that people feel like they're going to be doing all of this in their office, and that's not always the case."
Dr. Tom Teter
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Viral Topic: Redefining the Chiropractor's Role
"If you look at the scope of our license in almost every state, human performance is really everything we can do. There's nothing that says we can't do strength and conditioning because exercise is within our scope of practice. There's nothing that says that we can't do monitoring and recovery because that's in our scope of practice. So if we really wanna maximize our license, then we'd shift our focus just from rehab into this broad realm of human performance, and then we just build a team of people using an operational system that allows everyone to function in the same umbrella."
Dr. Tom Teter
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Viral Topic: The Critical Role of Recovery in Stress Management
"Recovery is the single most important thing we can do because one of the things I I teach in the classes, everything we do is about biology and physiology."
Dr. Tom Teter
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Viral Topic: The Science Behind Athletic Recovery
Quote: "Sleep? Absolutely. Nutrition and supplementation and hydration? Of course. Then you have regeneration, which is regeneration is really like some of the more fancy tools that we might use, like contrast therapy, pneumatic compression, vibration percussion, like some of the it's stem, some of those things that those trendy tools that we might use, but they have a place in some point. And then we have movement as a tool and then alteration of training."
Dr. Tom Teter
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Viral Topic: Applying the Periodic Table to Healthcare Interventions: "And then I thought, what it's the periodic table. Periodic table is a way to rank your elements, and then you you organize them in, like, classes, and then you rank them from the highest the lowest systems load in the top left to the highest systems road in the load in the bottom right. It's like, well, why won't we do the same thing for our interventions that we use in each of these stages of care?"
Dr. Tom Teter
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Viral Topic: Rethinking Training Stages
"So all I did was take all the interventions that we typically see regardless of provider, put them in the stage of care that's like we're classifying like elements, and then rank them in a score of load, a theoretical score of load from one this lowest systems load to the highest systems load."
Dr. Tom Teter
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Filling the Gap in Sports Chiropractic Education: "That's why we have the gap because we didn't have a clear path for education after we release people from MMI or we get done with motor control, and that's where we pick up. We're just teaching you the rest of the puzzle."
Dr. Tom Teter
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Reevaluating Rehab Techniques: "I don't think in terms of techniques per se. I just think of the load that I'm imparting into the system, and the technique is just the delivery system to get the therapy I've got them I'm looking for."
Dr. Tom Teter
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Changing Perceptions of Chiropractic Care: "We've got so much more that we can offer outside of just that that I think if we come up with the right message and the right educational process behind it, we can really be part of that conversation."
ℹ️ Introduction
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Welcome to another episode of the FAKTR Podcast—the show where we dig into the real-world challenges and breakthroughs in sports medicine, practice management, and patient care. In today’s episode, host Jessica Riddle continues her insightful conversation with Dr. Tom Teter, diving even deeper into the vital topic of rebuilding better athletes. If you caught last week’s episode, you know Dr. Teter isn’t afraid to challenge the status quo and rethink the traditional divides between rehab and performance.
This week, Dr. Teter unpacks the frameworks and audit systems behind his Clinical Human Performance Practitioner certification—a system designed to bridge the gap between acute care and peak athletic performance. You’ll learn how clinicians can use clear processes and common language to collaborate seamlessly across disciplines, streamline patient care, and ensure athletes recover fully and return to sport stronger than ever. Whether you’re a seasoned clinician or new to sports healthcare, this episode is packed with practical strategies, team-building advice, and a mindset shift away from cookie-cutter routines towards evidence-informed, adaptable systems.
If you’re ready to move beyond pain relief and start building resilient, high-performing athletes, you won’t want to miss this episode. Let’s dive in!
📚 Timestamped overview
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00:00 Integrated Sports Med Framework Explained
06:00 Streamlined Athletic Therapy Collaboration
09:25 Clinical Co-Management System
10:35 Chiropractic Expanding to Human Performance
16:54 "Rehab Stages and Stress Load"
17:48 Periodic Table of Care Interventions
23:08 Effective Frameworks in Health Communication
27:50 Comprehensive Sports Chiropractic Training
30:51 Rehabilitation Techniques: Emphasizing Load Management
33:43 Rehab Continuum Technique Assessment
35:41 "Maximizing Fitness Outside Traditional Gyms"
40:14 "No Shortcuts to True Fitness"
43:27 Self-Paced Online Course Program
46:14 "Enhancing Care Continuum Strategies"
❇️ Key topics and bullets
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Absolutely! Here’s a comprehensive sequence of topics covered in this FAKTR Podcast episode, with sub-topics outlined for each primary topic:
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**1. Welcome and Introduction to the FAKTR Podcast**
- Purpose of the podcast: bridging the gap between clinical education and real-world practice
- Focus areas: clinical skills, practice growth, patient outcomes, business strategies, and mindset
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**2. Recap of Part 1 and Transition to Part 2**
- Disconnect between rehabilitation and performance in sports medicine
- Risks of traditional care models: athletes underprepared and at higher risk of re-injury
- Focus for Part 2: What comes after pain relief?
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**3. Building Integrated Sports Medicine and Performance Teams**
- Structure and function of integrated care teams for athletes
- Importance of clear team roles and establishing operational frameworks
- Avoiding "cookie cutter" care: Balancing systems with individualized clinical decision-making
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**4. Frameworks and Audit Systems in Clinical and Performance Care**
- Explanation of Dr. Teter’s dual audit systems: clinical audit process & fitness audit process
- Using frameworks as structure (the “bumper bowling” analogy)
- Maintaining flexibility within structured systems
- Benefits for seasoned practitioners and guidance for newer clinicians
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**5. Day-to-Day Application of Frameworks in Patient Experience**
- Optimizing efficiency in clinical practice workflows
- Utilizing team-based care for streamlined appointments and patient progression
- Business considerations: maximizing practitioner time and profitability
- Real-world examples: division of tasks among team members (e.g., athletic trainers, strength coaches, chiropractors)
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**6. Incorporating Fitness Progression Beyond Pain Relief**
- Clinic-gym hybrid models and their rising popularity
- Extending patient engagement and care through ongoing fitness training
- Importance of clinical co-management: collaboration with trainers and coaches
- The role of clear systems for seamless athlete transitions from clinic to gym
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**7. Maximizing Scope and Value of Chiropractic Licensure**
- Embracing the broader scope: human performance beyond just manipulation
- Branching into soft tissue, dry needling, rehab, strength & conditioning, and recovery
- The expanded role of chiropractors in performance enhancement and athlete longevity
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**8. Recovery as a Critical Component of Performance**
- Emphasis on recovery as central to physiological adaptation and injury prevention
- Tools and strategies for stress monitoring and recovery management:
- Sleep, nutrition, hydration, supplementation, regeneration, movement, training adjustments
- Algorithms for monitoring stress and integrating recovery strategies
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**9. Addressing Confusion Between “Rehab” and “Fitness”**
- Redefining rehab: restoring lost function and fitness, not just pain relief
- Movement vs. force: lack of common language between rehab and conditioning professionals
- The "rehab continuum": Six stages from acute management to fundamental capacity
- Introduction of ‘load’ as universal language to bridge disciplines
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**10. The Rehab Continuum & Load-Based Approach**
- Six stages of rehabilitation: acute management, foundational kinematics, motor control, functional integration, progressive kinetics, and fundamental capacity
- Ranking interventions by systems load (low to high)
- The “periodic table” analogy for staging interventions
- Common load-based language for interdisciplinary communication
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**11. The Clinical Human Performance Practitioner (CHPP) Certification**
- Course overview: structure, foundational concepts, and progression beyond standard rehab
- Modules covered: foundations, operational algorithms, baseline testing, plan development, biomechanics, programming, stress/recovery monitoring, real case studies
- How CHPP picks up where standard clinical education stops (e.g., post-motor control)
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**12. Shifting Mindsets: From Techniques to Load and Capacity**
- Moving away from “technique-centric” care to a “dose-response/load-centric” model
- Techniques as delivery systems for applying load to drive adaptation
- Importance of titrating load appropriately, personalizing interventions
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**13. Practice Implementation: Equipment, Space, and Collaboration**
- Assessing practice needs: equipment, blind spots, and collaborations
- Minimal vs. expanded equipment needs for integrating human performance
- Utilizing relationships with gyms and other practitioners for space and resources
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**14. Applying Systems When Traveling with Teams**
- Implementing the operational framework on the road with sports teams
- Clear team roles, communication, and use of collaborative systems in event environments
- Personal preferences and career paths in sports performance care
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**15. Looking Ahead: Trends in Human Performance**
- Biohacking, "shortcuts" to wellness, and pitfalls of trendy solutions
- The importance of foundational recovery and health habits (sleep, nutrition, basics)
- Human performance relevant to all populations, not just elite athletes
- Anticipated growth in clinical institutions’ adoption of human performance frameworks
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**16. Program Logistics and Next Steps**
- Details on the CHPP certification: online modules, pacing, access, practical resources
- Next podcast episode preview: mindset shifts from clinical to performance paradigms
- Where to find resources, enroll in the course, and follow Dr. Teter’s work
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If you want a more granular breakdown or the addition of timestamps for any segment, just let me know!
🎬 Reel script
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Are you ready to take your sports clinic or rehab practice to the next level? In today’s FAKTR Podcast, we sat down with Dr. Tom Teter, who broke down the essential systems every sports clinician needs. We explored how using a clear framework doesn’t mean cookie-cutter care—it’s about building flexible, effective teams and maximizing your expertise. Plus, we dove into bridging the gap between rehab and performance, harnessing ongoing fitness, and the critical role of recovery. If you’re ready to transform patient outcomes and build a thriving practice, this episode is a must-listen!
👩💻 LinkedIn post
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Absolutely! Here’s a LinkedIn post featuring three key takeaways from the FAKTR Podcast – “Rebuilding Better Athletes: The System Every Sports Clinician Needs with Dr. Tom Teter, Part 2”:
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If you’re a sports clinician, rehab professional, or strength coach looking to bridge the gap between injury recovery and optimal performance, the latest FAKTR Podcast featuring Dr. Tom Teter is a must-listen. Dr. Teter shares his innovative framework for seamlessly guiding athletes from pain relief all the way back to full performance — without cookie-cutter protocols or sacrificing individualized care.
Here are 3 key takeaways to level up your approach:
🔷 **Structured Systems Don’t Mean Inflexibility**
Dr. Teter’s “bumper bowling” analogy perfectly explains how having a clinical framework offers guidance and consistency, while still empowering you to tailor care for each patient based on your expertise and the athlete’s unique needs.
🔷 **Integrated Teams Are Essential for Efficiency & Results**
Effective rehab and performance care rarely happen in isolation. Dr. Teter highlights the power of building multidisciplinary teams — leveraging athletic trainers, strength coaches, and assistants — to streamline care, maximize results, and make it possible to deliver high-quality outcomes without burning yourself out.
🔷 **Shift from Technique to Load-Focused Care**
It’s not just about which technique you use — it’s about applying the right amount of physiological load at the right time. By communicating in terms of “system load,” clinicians, trainers, and coaches gain a common language to collaborate and ensure athletes progress efficiently from rehab to peak performance.
Dr. Teter’s Clinical Human Performance Practitioner Certification is pioneering a much-needed shift in the field — from siloed treatment and rigid protocols to collaborative, load-focused human performance systems.
Are you ready to future-proof your clinical approach?
Check out the latest episode, or learn more about the CHPP certification and explore how you can implement these insights immediately in your own practice.
#SportsMedicine #HumanPerformance #Rehabilitation #TeamCare #FAKTRPodcast
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🗞️ Newsletter
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Subject: Unlocking the Next Level in Sports Rehab & Performance – FAKTR Podcast Recap
Hi FAKTR Community,
We’re back with a deep-dive recap from our latest FAKTR Podcast episode, “Rebuilding Better Athletes: The System Every Sports Clinician Needs with Dr. Tom Teter, Part 2.” If you missed it or just want the highlights, read on for the best insights and takeaways—plus resources to help you level-up your patient care!
**From Rehab to Peak Performance: Bridging the Gaps**
Host Jessica Riddle sat down with Dr. Tom Teter to explore why so many athletes get stuck between traditional rehab and true performance—and what we, as clinicians, can do about it. Here’s a taste of what we covered:
**1. Systems = Freedom, Not Cookie-Cutter Care**
Dr. Teter explained how his “audit systems” act like bumpers in bowling: They keep the care process on track without stifling your clinical creativity. The framework guides you from acute management all the way to returning athletes to high performance, all while allowing room for your expertise and preferred techniques.
**2. Maximize Teamwork for Efficient, Quality Care**
You don’t have to do it all yourself. Build a team! Dr. Teter shared how practices that include athletic trainers, strength coaches, or even clinic-gym hybrid models can seamlessly transition patients from pain relief to ongoing fitness, performance, and ultimately, prevention of re-injury.
**3. Recovery Is a Game Changer**
Recovery isn’t just a buzzword—it’s the foundation for true improvement. From sleep and nutrition to regeneration techniques and load management, Dr. Teter emphasized that all these are within your scope and vital for outcomes in every patient population, not just elite athletes.
**4. Establishing a Common Language (LOAD!)**
To eliminate confusion within integrated care teams, Dr. Teter created the “rehab continuum”—a system that ranks modalities and interventions by system load, not just technique. This gives everyone a simple, shared vocabulary for planning progressions and avoiding over- or under-loading patients.
**5. Beyond Pain: Clinical Human Performance Practitioner Certification**
Most clinical education stops at pain relief and motor control. The Clinical Human Performance Practitioner (CHPP) course picks up where traditional models leave off—helping you implement comprehensive programming for capacity, performance, and long-term health.
**6. Practical Implementation: What Do You Actually Need?**
Whether you run a large gym, a small office, or practice in collaboration with fitness facilities, Dr. Teter recommends auditing your current resources. Build relationships with trainers, stock up on essentials like bands, floss, cups, and consider how to expand your impact by leveraging both your clinical skills and your network.
**What’s Next in Human Performance?**
Dr. Teter predicts a shift: As clinicians adapt this system, human performance won’t just be for professional athletes. From grandmas to weekend warriors, everyone benefits when we focus on structured load management, recovery, and lifelong fitness.
**Ready to Go Deeper?**
- Explore the [Clinical Human Performance Practitioner Certification](#) – Now Enrolling!
- Subscribe to Dr. Teter’s free newsletter, “The Performance Practitioner,” for ongoing research and clinical gems ([performancepractitioner.substack.com](https://performancepractitioner.substack.com)).
- Listen to the full episode for a masterclass in building better athletes at every stage.
**P.S.** Our new CHPP course is self-paced, fully online, and brimming with practical case studies, frameworks, and exercise videos. Watch your inbox for a special launch offer!
Yours in better care and performance,
The FAKTR Team
P.P.S. Know someone who’d benefit? Forward this email and help us spread the word about building smarter, stronger athletes (and patients) everywhere!
Find links, resources, and episode replays at [faktrpodcast.com](http://faktrpodcast.com).
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Need help implementing these ideas or have questions for Dr. Teter? Let us know—your feedback shapes our next episodes!
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🔥 THREAD: The Hidden Gaps in Rehab & Performance — and How to Fix Them! 🧵
1/ Ever felt like traditional rehab leaves athletes underprepared & at risk for reinjury? You’re not alone. @faktrpodcast sat down with Dr. Tom Teter to break down why the “rehab to performance” gap exists—and exactly how providers can bridge it. 👇
2/ So, what happens *after* pain relief? Dr. Teter introduces a next-level framework based on two audit systems: the Clinical Audit Process and the Fitness Audit Process. These aren’t cookie-cutter checklists—they’re YOUR bowling lane bumpers, letting your own clinical style shine. 🎳
3/ Worried a “system” means every patient gets the same plan? NOPE. Dr. Teter’s analogy: The “framework” keeps you in the lane, but how you roll the ball? That’s your expertise, your experience, and your *art* as a clinician.
4/ Key gem: You DON’T have to do it all yourself! Build a team. Use assistants, ATCs, or a gym hybrid model. You can see FOUR patients in an hour when care flows from ATC → DC → Strength Coach. Time efficient 💡, patient-centric ❤️.
5/ Here’s the secret sauce: Don’t just discharge patients when the pain’s gone. Keep engaging them—shift from rehab into ongoing fitness & capacity-building. Own a gym or partner with one. THAT’S how you maximize your license and patient results.
6/ Load > technique. Instead of fighting about methods (“I’m a Graston guy!”), talk about STRESS LOADS on the body. Every tool is just a way to deliver a specific “dose” at the right time.
7/ Dr. Teter’s “Rehab Continuum” creates a common language across ALL providers—PTs, DCs, trainers. Rank interventions by *system load* (from breathwork 👉 plyos!) so the team always knows what fits the patient’s stage.
8/ “There are NO shortcuts to performance.” Forget biohacking and fancy tools as magic bullets. The biggest game-changers? Sleep 💤, nutrition 🍛, hydration 💧, gradual load progression, and collaboration.
9/ Human performance isn’t just for pro athletes. It’s for EVERYONE—from grandma chasing grandkids to weekend warriors. The only difference is your endpoint.
10/ Want to stay ahead? The future is integrated care, shared language, and a shift from just “fixing pain” to unlocking *human potential*. Let’s build careers (and lives) we love—without burning out.
💥 Want the full scoop (plus case studies & practical tools)? Check the FAKTR Podcast & Dr. Teter’s Clinical Human Performance Practitioner course. Trust us, this is the stuff they DON’T teach in school!
🔗 Ready to bridge the gap for your patients… and yourself?
#SportsMed #ClinicalCare #RehabToPerformance #Chiropractic #AthleticTraining #HumanPerformance #FAKTRpodcast
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RT if you’re ready to step beyond pain relief and build true PERFORMANCE in your practice! 🚀💪
❓ Questions
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Absolutely! Here are 10 discussion questions based on this episode of the FAKTR Podcast: "Rebuilding Better Athletes: The System Every Sports Clinician Needs with Dr. Tom Teter, Part 2."
1. **Dr. Teter discussed the value of having a structured system or framework for athlete care. In what ways does this framework help prevent “cookie-cutter” care while still providing guidance for clinicians at all levels?**
2. **How does Dr. Teter’s analogy of bumper bowling help describe the balance between clinical structure and practitioner flexibility?**
3. **The episode highlights the importance of teamwork in a clinical setting. What are some ways clinicians can effectively build and collaborate with a team, especially in smaller practices?**
4. **Dr. Teter talked about the increasingly popular hybrid clinic-gym model. What are the benefits and potential challenges of integrating ongoing fitness training with clinical care?**
5. **Recovery was described as “the single most important thing we can do.” How can healthcare providers more effectively incorporate recovery strategies into their overall athlete management plans?**
6. **A “common language” across rehab and fitness disciplines was suggested as essential for seamless care. What are some tools or methods for establishing this shared language among interdisciplinary teams?**
7. **The concept of “load” as the common denominator across interventions was introduced. How does focusing on load rather than specific techniques or modalities shift the way clinicians approach patient care?**
8. **Dr. Teter detailed a ‘rehab continuum’ with stages from acute management to fundamental capacity. Where do you think most clinicians struggle when transitioning athletes from rehab back into performance, and how can this continuum help?**
9. **The episode challenged the idea that chiropractors are limited to spinal manipulation. How does thinking more broadly about human performance expand both clinical opportunities and patient outcomes?**
10. **Dr. Teter cautioned against shortcuts or “biohacks” for performance and recovery. What role does patient education play in setting realistic expectations and promoting evidence-based strategies for long-term health and performance?**
Feel free to use these questions to spark conversation in a study group, classroom, or professional development session!
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1. Real clinical results start by bridging the gap between rehab and performance. Dr. Tom Teter’s system creates a clear path for athletes—so they’re not just out of pain, but built for longevity.
2. Moving beyond pain relief means building better athletes. Dr. Teter’s framework uses “load” as a common language so teams collaborate smarter and patients level up, not just recover.
3. Systems don’t have to mean cookie-cutter care. A strong framework is like bumper bowling—gives you structure, lets you flex your expertise, and keeps athletes on track to full performance.
4. The future for sports clinicians is moving from technique-focused to load-focused care. It’s not just about what you do—it’s about how much and when, so every intervention fits the athlete perfectly.
5. Recovery isn’t flash—it’s foundational. Dr. Teter shows sleep, nutrition, and stress monitoring are as vital as any high-tech tool. For real gains, master the basics and build from there.
Blog posts for podcast website prompt - main points
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**Blog Post 1: FAKTR Podcast – Rebuilding Better Athletes: The System Every Sports Clinician Needs with Dr. Tom Teter (Part 1)**
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*The world of sports rehabilitation is evolving, and leading that charge is Dr. Tom Teter. In the first installment of this eye-opening two-part FAKTR Podcast series, host Jessica Riddle and Dr. Teter dig into why traditional rehab models often leave athletes underprepared—and at risk for reinjury. If you’re a clinician, coach, or anyone working with athletic populations, this episode is packed with real-world strategies you can apply to your own practice right away.*
### Key Points Discussed
**1. The Disconnect Between Rehab and Performance**
Dr. Teter opens up about a common pitfall: many athletes get “cleared” from rehab yet remain far from true performance readiness. He describes how inadequate transition from injury management to full functional capacity creates a dangerous gap, often resulting in athletes breaking down again when they’re pushed to perform.
**2. The Critical Role of Integrated Teams**
One major theme is the importance of cooperation—not just within the traditional sports medicine team, but including everyone from strength coaches to athletic trainers. Dr. Teter emphasizes that every role, from hands-on acute care to performance progression, is interconnected. Instead of clinicians working in silos, seamless handoffs and communication ensure athletes get comprehensive care.
**3. Creating a Flexible System, Not “Cookie Cutter” Care**
A standout moment is Dr. Teter’s analogy of using bumpers in bowling: a system or framework exists to keep care “in the lane,” but clinicians still use their expertise and intuition for each patient. The system prevents reckless deviation without stifling individualized, adaptive care. This is vital for both seasoned practitioners and those just beginning to build clinical confidence.
**4. Efficiency: Balancing Care Quality and Clinic Flow**
Dr. Teter shares practical solutions for implementing a best-in-class rehab-to-performance system without overloading your schedule. The answer? Structure your team so that different experts work together in a handoff model. For instance, an athletic trainer might handle initial modalities, the chiropractor provides tissue work and adjustments, and a strength coach tackles later-stage functional training. This way, clinicians maximize their unique skills while also increasing patient throughput and engagement.
**5. The Rise of the Clinic-Gym Hybrid**
A growing trend in chiropractic and sports rehab: clinic-gym hybrid practices. Dr. Teter describes how once acute management is done, keeping patients in an ongoing, performance-focused fitness program (right in your facility) retains engagement and drives better long-term results. By hiring or collaborating with strength coaches, clinicians stay involved in each athlete’s continuum of care—even when pain is no longer the main concern.
### Top Take-Aways
- **Don’t Just Discharge—Prepare:** Athletes need more than pain relief; they need comprehensive, progressive capacity building to truly return to sport readiness.
- **Systems Enable Adaptation:** Frameworks and checklists don’t have to mean robotic care. They support creative, patient-centered decisions by keeping the fundamentals covered.
- **Maximize Your Team:** You don’t have to do it all yourself! Team-based care allows clinicians to operate at the top of their license, increases efficiency, and improves outcomes for patients.
- **Engagement Beyond Pain:** When patients complete rehab, ongoing fitness programming is a natural, effective way to keep them connected to your practice—and keep them fully ready for life and sport.
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*This first half of the conversation lays the groundwork for understanding why a systematic, performance-focused approach is vital in modern sports care. Stay tuned for part two, where Dr. Teter provides the nuts and bolts of his Clinical Human Performance Practitioner framework, details on recovery, and the all-important rehab continuum!*
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**Blog Post 2: FAKTR Podcast – Rebuilding Better Athletes (Part 2): The Clinical Human Performance System Unpacked**
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*In the second half of this must-listen FAKTR Podcast series, Dr. Tom Teter and host Jessica Riddle dive deep into the “what’s next” after pain relief: a purpose-built system that bridges rehab and full performance. What emerges is a roadmap for clinicians ready to transform not just injuries, but the long-term capacity and health of every athlete or active patient they see.*
### Key Points Discussed
**1. The Overlooked Power of Recovery**
Dr. Teter stresses that recovery isn’t just an “add-on”—it’s foundational. True physiological progress comes from monitoring and managing stress, sleep, nutrition, hydration, and smart training adjustments, not just the flashy “biohacks.” Recovery is often where clinicians can have the greatest impact on sustainable performance gains.
**2. Clarifying the Gray Area Between Rehab and Fitness**
One key challenge: the lack of a shared language and clear definitions for where rehab ends and fitness begins. Dr. Teter describes the “rehab continuum,” introducing six clear stages: acute management, foundational kinematics, motor control, functional integration, progressive kinetics, and fundamental capacity. He argues that every step is best understood through the lens of load—how much physiological stress a given intervention imparts.
**3. Load as the Universal Language**
Rather than focusing on specific modalities or techniques, Dr. Teter wants clinicians to think in terms of “delivery systems” for load. Whether it’s a gentle mobilization or advanced strength work, the goal is matching the right dose to the right person at the right time. This creates a common language for integrated teams—everyone, from chiropractors to strength coaches, can communicate in terms of system load instead of getting lost in technical jargon.
**4. The Clinical Human Performance Practitioner (CHPP) Course**
Dr. Teter outlines his comprehensive new certification. It teaches clinicians to:
- Set solid foundations in performance physiology.
- Build and operate a clinical audit system and fitness audit process.
- Establish and interpret baseline testing (movement, health, fitness).
- Progress programming from clinical care all the way to sport-specific skills.
- Shift away from technique obsession to true outcomes-driven load management.
- Monitor and promote recovery every step of the way.
The curriculum is self-paced, online, modular, and packed with real videos, downloadable frameworks, and case studies—from initial assessment through advanced return-to-play.
**5. Tools, Practice Setup, and Building Relationships**
Don’t feel overwhelmed if you don’t have a “clinic gym.” Start by auditing your current toolbox and building collaborative relationships. Whether you expand your own facility or partner with local gyms/trainers, the system works with whatever resources—and passions—you have.
**6. Human Performance is For Everyone**
Dr. Teter makes clear: these systems aren’t just for elite athletes. Whether you’re working with professionals, weekend warriors, or an active retiree chasing grandkids, the principles remain the same. The end-goal is always full, robust capacity for life.
### Top Take-Aways
- **Put Recovery First:** No shortcut or device beats sleep, nutrition, and careful stress monitoring.
- **Think in Load, Not Modality:** The chosen technique is just a means of dosing stress—what matters most is matching dose to the athlete’s state and needs.
- **Frameworks Drive Consistency:** A shared common language, especially around load, allows for smarter, safer care and better interprofessional teamwork.
- **Clinician Growth = Patient Success:** Systems like CHPP ensure you’re not just solving today’s pain, but truly elevating your patients’ long-term performance and resilience.
- **Anyone Can Start:** You don’t need a big gym or expensive equipment—start with your strengths, audit your gaps, and build relationships.
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*If you’re ready to expand your scope and truly deliver full-spectrum performance care, Dr. Teter’s CHPP course offers a turnkey, evidence-based system. This episode is a call to clinicians everywhere: don’t settle for “pain-free”—help every patient unlock their full human potential!*
Check the show notes for links to the full CHPP program and Dr. Teter’s “Performance Practitioner” Substack. And don’t miss future FAKTR Podcast episodes for more on this essential evolution in sports healthcare!
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Absolutely! Here’s a three-part blog post series summarizing the conversation with Dr. Tom Teter from the FAKTR Podcast’s “Rebuilding Better Athletes: The System Every Sports Clinician Needs,” based on your transcript. Each post presents a summary, key discussion points, and actionable takeaways. Enjoy!
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**FAKTR Podcast – Rebuilding Better Athletes with Dr. Tom Teter: Part 1**
If you’ve ever noticed that too many athletes seem to bounce back from injury only to trip right into another, you’re not alone—and you’re definitely going to want to tune into the FAKTR Podcast’s conversation with Dr. Tom Teter. In this multi-part series, Dr. Teter sits down with host Jessica Riddle to break down why a disconnect exists between traditional rehab and true athletic performance, and what clinicians can do right now to bridge that gap.
### Key Discussion Points
- **Bridging the Rehab-to-Performance Divide:**
Dr. Teter outlines how most traditional care models fail to truly prepare athletes for the strength, variability, and unpredictability of performance environments. He highlights the difference between merely reducing pain and actually building athletes back up to (or beyond) their previous capacity.
- **Integrated Team Approach:**
The podcast does a deep-dive into the structure of effective sports medicine and performance teams—not just doctors or PTs, but trainers, chiropractors, strength coaches and even massage therapists, all working within the same system for athlete care.
- **System vs. Cookie Cutter:**
It’s natural for practitioners to worry that “systems” mean robotic, one-size-fits-all care. But Dr. Teter emphasizes that a good system is like bumper bowling: it keeps care on the right track, but allows for customization by the clinician’s experience, expertise, and toolkit.
- **Process Over Protocols:**
The conversation introduces the idea of audit systems—structured frameworks that ensure no step is missed in the transition from acute care to full performance, but with built-in flexibility for each athlete’s needs.
### Key Take-aways
- _Banish the Cookie Cutter Fear:_ Having a system isn’t about stripping away clinical creativity. Instead, it gives practitioners a roadmap to make better decisions, avoid common pitfalls, and collaborate smoothly with a multidisciplinary team.
- _Get Everyone on the Same Page:_ Clear frameworks foster better communication between clinicians, strength coaches, and the athlete, making a seamless hand-off from rehab to strength and conditioning possible.
- _Time Efficiencies Through Teamwork:_ The process works best with an integrated team approach. By dividing up who does what during each phase of care, patients get all the support they need, and practitioners maximize their time.
- _Beyond Pain Relief:_ True return-to-play isn’t just “pain-free”—it’s about restoring lost function _and_ building fitness and resilience. This is the critical “aftercare” phase so often overlooked in sports medicine.
- _Systematic, Not Systemic:_ Practitioners are reminded that “system” doesn’t mean “protocol.” The system guides _when_ and _how_ to use your unique clinical skills, not _what_ to do for every patient.
**Stay tuned for Part 2, where Dr. Teter unpacks how to practically implement this system in a private practice, clinic, or gym and reveals the tools and approaches clinicians are using to expand their scope, enhance patient outcomes, and finally break free from the pain-performance cycle.**
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**FAKTR Podcast – Rebuilding Better Athletes with Dr. Tom Teter: Part 2**
Welcome back for the second installment of our summary of Dr. Tom Teter’s appearance on the FAKTR Podcast, “Rebuilding Better Athletes: The System Every Sports Clinician Needs.” This episode focuses on the nuts-and-bolts of integrating performance training, recovery strategies, and layered teamwork into your clinical repertoire—without overloading your schedule or sacrificing patient care.
### Key Discussion Points
- **Making It Work in Real Life:**
Dr. Teter offers actionable advice on implementing this system efficiently in a busy setting. The solution? Build a team where each practitioner plays to their strengths and seamlessly hands off patients. This transforms what might seem like a two-hour treatment marathon into a finely tuned workflow, maximizing contact and minimizing inefficiency.
- **The Clinic/Gym Hybrid Model:**
There’s a shift happening where chiropractors and other clinicians are opening or partnering with gyms, enabling a smoother progression from pain management to full-on strength and capacity-building. Dr. Teter shares personal experience on this trend and why it’s not just lucrative—it’s effective patient care.
- **The Continuing Role of Fitness:**
Once pain subsides, Dr. Teter stresses that ongoing fitness training—especially within a structured, evidence-informed system—is critical for continued progress and injury prevention. Hand-offs to trusted strength coaches or trainers ensure athletes (or non-athletes) don’t disappear post-discharge, but progress to higher levels of performance.
- **Maximizing Licensure:**
Most clinicians, especially chiropractors, aren’t limited to manipulation. Their licenses allow for multimodal rehab, strength and conditioning, monitoring recovery and fatigue, and more—if they have the right education and team.
- **Recovery as Performance Medicine:**
Recovery routines aren’t just trendy ‘biohacks’ but essential practices. Effective monitoring of stress, sleep, nutrition, and training load is the foundation for both injury prevention and peak performance.
### Key Take-aways
- _The Team is Everything:_ Whether in a gym, clinic, or hybrid model, surrounding yourself with skilled trainers, assistants, and strength coaches is the secret to delivering comprehensive care while protecting your own time.
- _Leverage Co-management:_ Clinical co-management is a win-win: Patients receive end-to-end support, and clinicians stay involved in their long-term progress, not just their pain episode.
- _Your License, Expanded:_ Don’t limit yourself to one modality. Most states allow chiropractors and similar professionals a much wider practice scope—including strength, conditioning, and recovery strategies.
- _Recovery > Biohacking:_ The best “secret” in performance is high-quality recovery—adequate sleep, proper nutrition, and smart adjustment of training, not just gadgets or hacks.
- _Build Your System—and Relationships:_ Don’t go it alone. Start simple, assess what you’re skilled at and where you have equipment or resource gaps, and then develop professional relationships to fill those blind spots.
**In Part 3, we’ll explore Dr. Teter’s “Rehab Continuum” model, his operational approach for bridging rehab and performance, and how clinicians can step into the ‘performance mindset’ to truly future-proof their practices and results.**
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**FAKTR Podcast – Rebuilding Better Athletes with Dr. Tom Teter: Part 3**
For the final installment of our summary of Dr. Tom Teter’s FAKTR Podcast appearance, we’re diving into the detailed framework—the “Rehab Continuum” and the “Clinical Human Performance Practitioner” (CHPP) program—that brings high-level rehab, performance training, and recovery monitoring under one roof.
### Key Discussion Points
- **Redefining Rehab and Fitness:**
Dr. Teter challenges the old school view that keeps “rehab” and “fitness” in separate silos. Instead, he proposes rehab should not only restore function but also rebuild fitness and capacity—ensuring athletes can meet the actual demands of their sport (or life).
- **The Rehab Continuum & Common Language:**
The so-called ‘gray zone’ between motor control and real-world strength is a common source of confusion. Dr. Teter’s “rehab continuum” lays out a six-stage progression:
1. Acute management
2. Foundational kinematics
3. Motor control
4. Functional integration
5. Progressive kinetics
6. Fundamental capacity
Each stage is ranked by “systems load,” adapting the logic of the periodic table to rehab and training strategies—a dose-response relationship, not a checklist of techniques.
- **Focusing on Load, Not Just Techniques:**
The forward-thinking clinician shifts from asking, “What tool am I using?” to “What’s the appropriate load for this stage, with this patient?” Shifting from a protocol mindset to a load-management mindset is the future of truly individualized care.
- **CHPP Program Overview:**
Dr. Teter details the curriculum behind the Clinical Human Performance Practitioner certification—a robust online course designed to take clinicians beyond pain and into preventative, performance-minded care. From foundational science and building operational systems, to biomechanics, programming, and recovery monitoring, the program ties everything together with real-world case studies and structured templates.
- **Equipment and Environment:**
You don’t need a state-of-the-art gym to get started. The program helps participants identify blind spots in skills, relationships, and equipment, and encourages collaboration with gyms and trainers whenever possible.
- **What’s Next for Human Performance:**
Dr. Teter predicts that as the general public’s interest in health span and “biohacking” grows, clinicians—especially chiropractors—are poised to be leaders in the human performance field, provided they embrace holistic education and collaborative team models.
### Key Take-aways
- _Performance is for Everyone:_ Human performance frameworks aren’t just for pros; they’re for anyone who wants resilience and longevity, from grandmas to elite athletes.
- _Clear Systems Empower Collaboration:_ With a shared language of “load” and clearly defined stages, integrated teams communicate better and deliver safer, superior care.
- _Education is Ongoing:_ Clinicians need training that extends beyond the CCSP or basic rehab—especially in performance, strength, and recovery domains. CHPP fills that gap.
- _Framework Over Formula:_ It’s not about following a set series of techniques but about understanding systems load, adapting appropriately, and using every tool (and collaborator) at your disposal.
- _The Future is Integrated:_ As performance science goes mainstream, proactive and team-oriented clinicians will lead the way—transforming outcomes for athletes and active patients everywhere.
**Ready to future-proof your practice and results? Dive deeper by checking out the Clinical Human Performance Practitioner certification, linked in the podcast show notes, and be sure to follow the FAKTR Podcast for ongoing insights and expert discussions.**
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✅ Think your rehab system covers every step? Think again.
✅ Discover why most care models fail to truly bridge the gap between pain relief and peak athletic performance—with Dr. Tom Teter and host Jessica Riddle on the FAKTR Podcast.
✅ They break down Dr. Teter’s groundbreaking framework, show you how to transition athletes seamlessly from rehab to full capacity, and explain why a “system” doesn’t mean cookie cutter care.
✅ Takeaway: There’s a smarter, evidence-informed way to rebuild better athletes—and it starts with transforming how YOU think about care. Want to future-proof your results and your career? Tune in now and get ahead of the curve!
🎧 Listen to the full episode of the FAKTR Podcast - Rebuilding Better Athletes: The System Every Sports Clinician Needs (Part 2) with Jessica Riddle & Dr. Tom Teter.
🔗 (Show Notes/Listen Link here)
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**Subject**: New on FAKTR Podcast: Rebuilding Better Athletes with Dr. Tom Teter (Part 2) – Don’t Miss These Game-Changing Insights!
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Hey FAKTR Fam!
We’re back this week with another can’t-miss episode: **“Rebuilding Better Athletes: The System Every Sports Clinician Needs with Dr. Tom Teter, Part 2”**. If you’ve ever wondered how top clinicians bridge the gap between injury rehab and peak performance (while keeping things patient-centered AND practical), this episode will light up your brain.
**Here’s what you’ll learn when you tune in:**
**1. The Rehab-to-Performance Continuum (Finally Demystified!)**
Dr. Teter dives into his audit systems that make transitioning athletes from pain relief to full performance straightforward, logical, and repeatable—no more confusion on when to push or pull back.
**2. Why "Systems" Don't Mean Cookie Cutter**
Worried about losing your clinical freedom? Learn how a solid framework acts like bumper bowling—keeping you in the lane but giving you total flexibility to use your expertise.
**3. The Secret Power of Teams**
Discover how building a multidisciplinary crew can help you provide better care *and* see more patients efficiently—even if you only have 15 minutes with each person.
**4. Fitness is for Everyone (Not Just Pro Athletes!)**
Find out how integrating ongoing fitness into your workflow creates lasting relationships with patients—not just one-off comebacks.
**5. Recovery: The Most Underrated Ingredient**
We geeked out on sleep, nutrition, stress management, and why the next “biohack” won’t outdo boring-but-brilliant basics for true recovery.
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**Fun fact from the episode:**
Dr. Teter came up with his load-based rehab continuum after literally waking up at 2:30 AM and thinking, “What if ranking rehab interventions was like designing the periodic table?” Yup, that’s how his brain works—and it’s changing the game!
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So whether you’re running a solo shop, operating in a hybrid clinic-gym, or heading up an integrated sports med team, this episode is packed with practical, real-world strategies you can use Monday morning.
**🎧 Ready to listen?**
Check out “Rebuilding Better Athletes: The System Every Sports Clinician Needs with Dr. Tom Teter, Part 2” out now on the FAKTR Podcast. And if this episode sparks questions or lightbulb moments, hit reply or join us on socials! We LOVE hearing from you.
**P.S.**: Want even more from Dr. Teter? Sign up for his free newsletter, *The Performance Practitioner* (link in show notes), and keep learning with the brand-new Clinical Human Performance Practitioner Certification—details inside the episode!
Catch you on the airwaves,
**Jessica & the FAKTR Team**
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Absolutely! Here are 10 lessons covered in the event, with concise titles and brief descriptions for each:
1. **Integrated Support Team Roles**
Defines how clear roles and collaborative systems on sports med teams improve athlete outcomes and communication.
2. **Frameworks Over Cookie-Cutter Care**
A system can guide and empower clinical decision-making while allowing personalization and flexibility for each patient's needs.
3. **Efficient Care Through Teamwork**
Utilizing a collaborative team maximizes efficiency and effectiveness, allowing high-quality care without extended solo appointments.
4. **Clinic-Gym Hybrid Model**
Seamlessly extending care into fitness improves long-term results by maintaining physical capacity beyond initial rehabilitation.
5. **Optimizing Recovery Processes**
Highlights the vital impact of sleep, nutrition, and stress monitoring for effective athlete recovery and ongoing performance gains.
6. **Bridging Rehab and Fitness**
Addresses the confusion and the “gray area” between rehab and fitness and the need for common language between professions.
7. **Load-Based Clinical Decision Making**
Shifting from a technique-focused approach to evaluating interventions by their system load aids safe, progressive patient advancement.
8. **Building a Flexible Practice Toolbox**
Helps practitioners identify gaps in equipment, skills, and relationships needed to deliver broad-spectrum rehab and performance care.
9. **Application in Varied Clinical Settings**
Adaptable systems allow for success in solo, team-based, or event-travel practice environments, maximizing provider strengths.
10. **Human Performance for All**
Clinical human performance systems aren’t just for athletes—all populations benefit from structured, load-progressive care models.
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Absolutely! Here are some exciting, clickbait-style episode titles in your requested format, using the transcript for inspiration:
1. **FAKTR Podcast: Dr. Tom Teter – The Missing Link Between Rehab and Peak Performance**
2. **FAKTR Podcast: Dr. Tom Teter – Why Most Athletes Never Fully Recover (And How to Fix It!)**
3. **FAKTR Podcast: Dr. Tom Teter – The Game-Changing System Every Sports Clinician Needs**
4. **FAKTR Podcast: Dr. Tom Teter – From Injury to Excellence: The Secret Framework for Building Better Athletes**
5. **FAKTR Podcast: Dr. Tom Teter – Stop the Cookie Cutter Care! Transform Your Practice with This Vital System**
6. **FAKTR Podcast: Dr. Tom Teter – Are You Letting Your Patients Down? The New Gold Standard for Athletic Rehab**
7. **FAKTR Podcast: Dr. Tom Teter – The Real Reason Your Athletes Are Getting Reinjured**
8. **FAKTR Podcast: Dr. Tom Teter – How to Create a Seamless Path from Pain Relief to Peak Performance**
9. **FAKTR Podcast: Dr. Tom Teter – Clinic Gym Hybrids: The Future of Athletic Performance is Here**
10. **FAKTR Podcast: Dr. Tom Teter – Unlocking the “Rehab Continuum”: The Blueprint Every Sports Pro Must Know**
Let me know if you’d like more or want to tweak any titles!
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**Title:**
Rebuilding Better Athletes: Transforming Sports Rehab Through Systems, Load, and Team-Based Care
**Subheader:**
Insights from Dr. Tom Teter and Jessica Riddle on Enhancing Clinical Outcomes, Maximizing Practitioner Freedom, and Redefining Human Performance in Athlete Care
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### The Disconnect Between Rehab and True Performance
Traditional rehabilitation models have long been criticized for leaving athletes in limbo: once their pain subsides, many are deemed “cleared” for sport—but are often not truly ready to face the demanding physical and mental stresses of high-level performance. On the FAKTR Podcast with Dr. Tom Teter and host Jessica Riddle, this critical gray area was explored in depth, shedding light on why current care models sometimes fail athletes, and how a shift in mindset and systems can close the gap between rehab and robust return to play.
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### Systems vs. Cookie-Cutter Care: The Power of Structured Flexibility
Many clinicians flinch at the word “system”—rightly wary of one-size-fits-all approaches that stifle clinical reasoning. Dr. Teter, however, likens his audit-driven framework to bowling with bumpers: the system provides structure and essential boundaries but allows each clinician the freedom to roll (deliver care) according to their expertise, patient needs, and local regulations.
“It’s not about telling you how to do technique ‘X’,” Dr. Teter explains. “It’s about knowing where and when to use your tools within a logical structure, ensuring you take patients from acute management right through to field-ready status.”
This flexible scaffolding is especially beneficial for new practitioners, helping them prioritize, streamline decision-making, and avoid both under- and overtreatment—without sacrificing the art of personalized care.
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### Team-Based Operational Algorithms: Multiplying Impact and Efficiency
Integrating the right system is only part of the equation; building a team amplifies efficiency and clinical reach. Dr. Teter describes streamlined clinic workflows where athletic trainers handle modalities (like laser therapy and taping), chiropractors focus on manipulative and manual work, and strength coaches bridge the final gap with graded exercises and motor control drills. In this model, an athlete’s total time in the facility might be an hour, but each provider works efficiently within their role, often seeing several athletes per hour.
This approach isn't just for large sports teams—smaller clinics can implement versions of this by collaborating with strength coaches, partnering with gyms, or employing trained assistants. The result is comprehensive patient care, seamless handoffs, and a business model that prevents practitioner burnout.
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### Beyond Pain Relief: Fitness, Recovery, and the Load Continuum
A forward-thinking clinician doesn’t stop at pain relief. Modern sports care, Dr. Teter argues, is about building fitness and resilience—enabling athletes not just to play, but to excel and withstand future stressors.
Central to this philosophy is the science of *load*—both as stress placed on the body and as a common language across disciplines. Dr. Teter’s innovative “rehab continuum” maps interventions from lowest to highest load, helping practitioners titrate interventions appropriately. This ensures care isn’t about random technique choices but about delivering the right physiological stimulus—educational, manual, training-based—at the right time.
Moreover, recovery is elevated as a non-negotiable pillar. Whether it’s sleep, nutrition, hydration, or smart programming, “recovery is everything,” Dr. Teter insists. Monitoring stress and recovery isn’t just for elite athletes—it’s crucial for every patient, from weekend warriors to grandparents wanting to keep up with grandkids.
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### Redefining Roles: From Rehab to Human Performance
Where does rehab end and fitness begin? Traditionally, rehab is restoring lost function, while fitness is about enhancing capabilities. Dr. Teter posits that we should merge these aims, ensuring athletes not only regain function but also acquire the fitness qualities necessary for their sport.
Clinic owners, especially chiropractors, are uniquely positioned to operate across this expanded scope—branching into fitness centers, running clinical-gym hybrids, or collaborating with local trainers. The only limit, he argues, is vision (and sometimes space or resources!). By following this model and using structured audits, clinics become hubs for lifelong physical performance—not mere pain management.
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### Looking Forward: The Human Performance Practitioner Movement
With programs like the Clinical Human Performance Practitioner (CHPP) certification, Dr. Teter hopes to fast-track this transformation: arming clinicians with operational systems, a shared vocabulary, and practical tools for integrating rehab and performance seamlessly.
The future of athlete care is here—one where clinicians build better, more resilient human beings using systems that liberate, not constrain; teams that multiply, not isolate; and a mindset laser-focused on performance, wellness, and sustainable success.
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Curious to learn more? Catch the full FAKTR Podcast series or explore the CHPP program to elevate your clinical practice.
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✔️ Why recovery is your *secret weapon* for consistent breakthroughs
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BONUS: Dr. Teter breaks down his innovative “rehab continuum” and “load-based common language” approach—so you can lead integrated teams & guide patients seamlessly from injury to impact.
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Hey there! Before we jump in, imagine if you could take your athletes—or your patients—way beyond just getting out of pain. In this episode, Dr. Tom Teter breaks down his game-changing system for rebuilding better athletes, creating a seamless path from rehab all the way to peak performance. Trust me, you’ll pick up some real-world tips you can use right away. Let’s get into it!
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**Best Practices for Rebuilding Better Athletes: A Practical Guide from Dr. Tom Teter**
1. **Embrace a Structured System**: Use frameworks (like “bumper bowling”) to set clear boundaries while allowing for flexible, individualized care based on your expertise.
2. **Leverage Teams for Efficiency**: Maximize impact—and your time—by collaborating with assistants, athletic trainers, and strength coaches for a seamless patient experience.
3. **Bridge Rehab and Performance**: Move beyond pain management. Restore lost function and rebuild fitness, ensuring athletes can handle the physical demands of sport.
4. **Focus on Load, Not Just Technique**: Think in terms of the load you place on a patient’s system, titrating interventions from low to high intensity as needed, rather than focusing solely on individual techniques.
5. **Prioritize Recovery**: Monitor stress and recovery using tools like sleep, nutrition, and regeneration strategies to support long-term adaptation and avoid overtraining.
6. **Establish Common Language**: Use load as the universal metric to communicate with integrated support teams, breaking down barriers between clinical roles for better athlete outcomes.
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Absolutely! Here’s a 10-question quiz based on the content and key themes of the FAKTR Podcast episode “Rebuilding Better Athletes: The System Every Sports Clinician Needs with Dr. Tom Teter, Part 2.” You’ll find the answer key and rationale for each answer below.
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**Quiz: Rebuilding Better Athletes – FAKTR Podcast with Dr. Tom Teter, Part 2**
**1.** What is one of the main gaps Dr. Tom Teter identifies in the traditional care model for athletes?
A) Too much focus on fitness testing
B) Inadequate attention to billing and insurance
C) The disconnect between rehab and performance transition
D) Overuse of manual therapy
**2.** How does Dr. Teter describe the purpose of using a "system" or "framework" in clinical practice?
A) To ensure every patient receives identical care
B) As rigid protocols with zero flexibility
C) As a set of guidelines (like bumpers in bumper bowling) to guide care and keep it consistent, while still allowing clinical decision making
D) To speed up time per visit at the expense of outcomes
**3.** According to Dr. Teter, what allows clinicians to maximize both patient outcomes and their own efficiency when using his audit/process model?
A) Limiting care to manual therapies only
B) Building an integrated team (e.g., ATC, strength coach, support staff) and using process structure with hand-offs
C) Scheduling longer individual patient appointments
D) Focusing only on acute pain relief
**4.** What is the value of clinic-gym hybrid models for chiropractors described by Dr. Teter?
A) They allow practice owners to avoid licensing requirements
B) They provide a way to continue patient engagement after pain relief, supporting improved physical qualities in a gym setting
C) They eliminate the need for clinical audits
D) They are only best for elite athletes
**5.** What does Dr. Teter suggest is the most important aspect of recovery for both athletes and the general population?
A) Use of advanced tools like compression boots and cryo chambers
B) Manipulation and adjustment frequency
C) Focus on foundational habits—sleep, nutrition, hydration, monitoring stress and recovery
D) Maximizing training load every session
**6.** What is a key factor Dr. Teter uses to create a common language between rehab and strength/performance professionals?
A) Referring all load-based concepts back to force plates
B) Using “load” as the common denominator across the entire rehab-to-performance continuum
C) Relying on movement screens alone
D) Delegating strength training exclusively to external trainers
**7.** In Dr. Teter’s continuum of care, what is described as missing or the “gray area” many practitioners struggle with?
A) Acute management with manual therapies
B) The transition between motor control and full performance/strength integration
C) Initial patient onboarding
D) Administrative and billing systems
**8.** How does Dr. Teter define the appropriate use of different techniques (modalities, manual therapy, etc.) in patient management?
A) Choice of technique should be based solely on practitioner preference
B) It’s not about the specific technique, but about choosing the right load for the patient’s current state and goals
C) Always use the most aggressive/manual technique possible
D) Minimal use of any technique for most injuries
**9.** Why does Dr. Teter argue that chiropractors (and similar providers) can, and should, expand their practice into the broader spectrum of human performance?
A) Because manual therapy is outdated
B) Human performance—including strength, conditioning, and recovery—falls within most providers’ scope of practice
C) It is required by all licensing boards
D) It’s only relevant for sports chiropractic specialists
**10.** What is one practical recommendation Dr. Teter gives for practitioners wanting to implement his system but who may not have a comprehensive gym or all modalities in-house?
A) Only treat athletes with minimal equipment
B) Identify your blind spots using the continuum diagram and build relationships or collaborate with others to fill those gaps
C) Refer every complex patient elsewhere
D) Spend all resources on buying expensive modalities
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## **Answer Key and Rationales**
**1. C**
*Rationale: Dr. Teter highlights the disconnect between rehab (getting out of pain) and the transition back to performance as a key failing in traditional care.*
**2. C**
*Rationale: He likens the system/framework to “bumper bowling”—guidelines to keep care on track while allowing for clinical flexibility and individualization.*
**3. B**
*Rationale: He describes using a team approach (ATC, strength coach, assistants) with process structure and hand-offs to maximize efficiency and outcomes.*
**4. B**
*Rationale: Clinic-gym hybrid models let patients transition from pain relief to building physical capacity, maintaining engagement under clinician oversight.*
**5. C**
*Rationale: The podcast stresses foundational habits—sleep, nutrition, hydration, and monitoring—as far more critical than just fancy recovery tools.*
**6. B**
*Rationale: Dr. Teter emphasizes using “load” as a shared language, uniting rehab and performance professionals in patient progression.*
**7. B**
*Rationale: Many clinicians struggle with the transition (gray area) between motor control and functional strength/performance training.*
**8. B**
*Rationale: The podcast reframes modalities as ways to provide specific “loads” rather than focusing on being loyal to a certain technique—technique serves the patient’s needs and progression based on load.*
**9. B**
*Rationale: Dr. Teter clarifies that human performance (including strength and recovery) is within scope for most providers, especially chiropractors, and not limited to pain management or manipulation.*
**10. B**
*Rationale: He recommends mapping “blind spots” using his continuum, then collaborating/outsourcing (not necessarily owning all equipment), to deliver the full continuum of care.*
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Let me know if you’d like discussion questions, flashcards, or want a printable version!
📧 Podcast Thank You Email
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Subject: Huge Thanks for Joining Us on the Podcast!
Hey Tom,
Just wanted to drop you a quick note to say a huge THANK YOU for coming on the FAKTR Podcast and sharing so much wisdom with us. The episode (“Rebuilding Better Athletes: The System Every Sports Clinician Needs, Part 2”) is officially live! It’s already getting some great feedback—folks are loving your bumper bowling analogy and your insights on building a true continuum from rehab to full performance.
If you get a chance, sharing the episode or any related content on your social media would be amazing—those little boosts really help spread the word. And of course, engaging with any comments or questions puts extra wind in our sails.
Seriously, I can’t thank you enough for your time, your energy, and your passion. Hope to catch up in person sometime soon!
Cheers,
Jessica
P.S. If you haven’t seen it yet, your episode and all links are in the show notes—it’s all there for easy sharing!
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1. Bridging the gap between rehab and performance
2. Clinical frameworks vs. cookie-cutter care
3. Building and collaborating with an integrated team
4. Using load as a universal performance language
5. Maximizing patient recovery and monitoring stress
6. Transitioning patients from rehab to fitness
7. Expanding chiropractic practice into human performance
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**10 Tips Every Sports Clinician Needs to Know**
**1. System ≠ Cookie Cutter**
Frameworks like the clinical audit process keep care individualized—think bumpers, not scripts.
**2. Team is Everything**
Don’t do it alone. Build a team so you maximize patient care and your own efficiency.
**3. Play to Strengths**
Share roles: Let athletic trainers, strength coaches, and clinicians each work in their unique lane.
**4. Handoff = Progress**
A seamless handoff from rehab to performance means athletes stay strong—and less likely to get re-injured.
**5. Fitness is Follow-up**
Keep patients engaged beyond pain relief with ongoing fitness and performance programs.
**6. Recovery Matters**
Sleep, nutrition, and stress management are just as crucial as any rehab technique.
**7. Speak the Same Language**
Use “load” as common ground; this unites teams and prevents confusion between rehab and performance.
**8. Adapt the Dose**
Every technique is just a way to deliver load. Tailor the “dose” to the athlete’s needs.
**9. Small Space, Big Impact**
You don’t need a huge gym—bands, weights, and creativity go a long way.
**10. Never Stop Learning**
Move beyond basic rehab. Get educated on biomechanics, performance, and team collaboration.
**Ready to level-up?**
Check out the CHPP certification and more practical resources—details in our show notes!
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✅ Ready to bridge the gap between “rehab” and “performance” for your athletes?
✅ Discover the SYSTEM every sports clinician needs—straight from Dr. Tom Teter, who breaks down how to get athletes back in the game (and keep them there).
✅ On the latest FAKTR Podcast, host Jessica Riddle dives deep with Dr. Teter into seamless care transitions, building effective teams, and implementing frameworks that give flexibility *and* results.
✅ Takeaway: Stop guessing. Start rebuilding better athletes with a flexible, evidence-based system that elevates your clinical game—no matter your experience level.
Tune in now and start transforming outcomes 👉 [Insert Link]
#FAKTRPodcast #SportsMed #RehabToPerformance #ClinicalExcellence
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**10 Tips Every Sports Clinician Needs to Know**
**1. Build a Team**
You can’t do it all alone—a solid team enhances efficiency and delivers better athlete outcomes.
**2. Framework ≠ Cookie Cutter**
A good system is like bumper bowling—sets boundaries, yet allows flexibility and personal clinical choice.
**3. Handoff is Key**
Efficiently progress patients through acute care, clinical treatment, and strength coaching using defined roles for each team member.
**4. Fitness Beyond Pain**
Keep athletes engaged after pain relief by progressing their fitness and capacity, not just rehabbing injuries.
**5. Recovery Matters Most**
True performance gains come from sleep, nutrition, and good recovery habits—not fancy biohacks.
**6. Rehab ≠ Performance**
True rehab restores both lost function and fitness, preparing athletes for the demands of their sport.
**7. Speak the Same Language**
A common “load” framework enables seamless communication and effective care across clinical and fitness teams.
**8. Match Load to Athlete**
Don’t overload or underload—every intervention is a “dose” of stress; individualize for best outcomes.
**9. Small Space, Big Results**
You don’t need a huge gym to implement performance-based rehab—start small, but think big.
**10. Maximize Your License**
Your chiropractic scope covers much more than adjustments—utilize it for performance, recovery, and fitness management.
**Want the Full System?**
Ready to level up your results? Learn more with the Clinical Human Performance Practitioner Certification—link in bio!
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Hey there! Before you dive in, get ready for an episode that flips the script on sports rehab. Dr. Tom Teter is back, and this time we’re talking all about bridging the gap between pain relief and peak performance. No cookie-cutter care here—just real talk about smarter systems, building better teams, and keeping athletes (and your patients) at the top of their game. Let’s get into it!
🎒 Session Worksheet
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Absolutely! Here’s a practical worksheet designed to reinforce the core concepts and real-world strategies discussed in the episode “FAKTR Podcast - Rebuilding Better Athletes: The System Every Sports Clinician Needs with Dr. Tom Teter, Part 2.” You can use this worksheet following your listen/read of the episode to deepen your understanding and to help apply concepts in your own clinical or practice setting.
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### FAKTR Podcast: Rebuilding Better Athletes—Worksheet
**Episode Focus:**
Bridging the gap between rehab and performance, using operational frameworks, and shifting from a technique-focused to a load-focused care approach.
#### 1. Understanding the Value of a Framework
**Q1:** Dr. Teter uses the analogy of “bumper bowling” to explain the purpose of a clinical framework. In your own words, summarize why having a system does NOT mean “cookie-cutter” care.
*How does a framework guide your clinical decisions, and where does your professional judgment come in?*
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**Q2:** Reflect on your current process.
*What are the “bumpers” (boundaries) you already use in your practice? Where might your process fall outside the “lane,” and how could having a clear system help?*
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#### 2. Patient Flow & Efficiency
Read how Dr. Teter describes dividing care across a team:
- AT does laser/taping,
- Clinician does manual/tissue work,
- Strength coach handles isometrics or exercise.
**Q3:** Sketch your ideal team flow for a common musculoskeletal case (e.g., ankle sprain):
- Who would perform each task?
- What is your ideal timeframe for each phase?
- How can you maximize efficiency without sacrificing individualized care?
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#### 3. The Role of Fitness in Patient Retention and Outcomes
**Q4:** Dr. Teter discusses using a “clinic-gym hybrid” model and the ongoing role of clinicians after a patient’s pain is resolved.
*How could you use fitness and performance training to extend your relationship with patients post-rehab? List 2 practical ways to implement this in your setting.*
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#### 4. Recovery: More Than Just Rehab
**Q5:** Recovery is described as the most important aspect for long-term adaptation and injury prevention.
*List and briefly describe THREE recovery strategies (from the episode) that are within your scope of practice. How could you actively incorporate these with your clients/athletes?*
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#### 5. Defining Rehab vs. Fitness & The "Gray Area"
Dr. Teter challenges traditional definitions and introduces the idea of a “rehab continuum” based on SYSTEMS LOAD.
**Q6:**
- In your own words, how do rehab and fitness differ, and where do they overlap?
- Why is a common language (like “load”) across providers so important for athlete/patient outcomes?
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#### 6. Self-Audit: Expanding YOUR Toolkit
Dr. Teter recommends using the “rehab continuum” as a self-audit tool.
**Q7:** List all the rehab and performance interventions or tools you currently use.
- Where are your strengths?
- Where are your “blind spots” (less familiar tools, techniques, equipment, or lack of partnerships)?
*Optional: Mark these on a printed version of the “rehab continuum” if available!*
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#### 7. Shifting Your Mindset
**Q8:** Dr. Teter suggests thinking less in terms of “technique” and more in terms of “dose, load, and progression.”
*Pick one case from your practice. How could you rethink your use of interventions as ways to titrate “load” based on each patient’s need/state?*
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#### 8. Personal Action Plan
Based on insights from this worksheet and the episode:
**Q9:** Identify ONE actionable change you can implement in your practice (workflow, collaboration, mindset, equipment, or patient education) in the next month to better bridge the rehab-performance gap.
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*Use this worksheet as a reflection tool, discussion starter with colleagues, or even to begin building your own clinical audit or operational framework inspired by the episode.*
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For additional resources, exercise libraries, or more about Dr. Tom Teter’s framework, check out:
- [FAKTR Podcast](https://faktrpodcast.com)
- Episode show notes for links to the Clinical Human Performance Practitioner Certification and more.
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**Remember:**
Better systems, shared language, and a performance mindset = better, more resilient athletes and patients!
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Subject: New Episode! Rebuilding Better Athletes with Dr. Tom Teter – 5 Game-Changing Takeaways
Hey FAKTR Fam!
We’re back with a brand new episode of the FAKTR Podcast, and trust us, you don’t want to miss this one! 🎧
This week, we dive into “Rebuilding Better Athletes: The System Every Sports Clinician Needs with Dr. Tom Teter, Part 2.” If you ever wished for a clearer roadmap for transitioning patients from rehab to full-throttle performance, this episode is your golden ticket. Our host Jessica Riddle and the brilliant Dr. Tom Teter unpack the essential frameworks and mindset shifts to help you level up your care, whether you’re on the field or in the clinic.
Here are 5 keys you’ll walk away with after tuning in:
1. **The Power of Systems (Without Cookie-Cutter Care!)**
Discover how Dr. Teter’s frameworks act like “bumper bowling”—they guide without restricting your clinical creativity.
2. **Teamwork Makes the Dream Work**
Learn why building a collaborative team (think: athletic trainers, strength coaches, and assistants) is the ticket to delivering efficient, top-notch care without burning out.
3. **The Clinical Human Performance Practitioner Certification Sneak Peek**
Get the inside scoop on the CHPP program and how it bridges the gap between traditional rehab and peak performance.
4. **The Load-Focused Approach**
Shift your mindset from chasing techniques to mastering “load” as a common clinical language across all stages of care.
5. **Recovery Is King**
Hear why sleep, nutrition, and strategic stress monitoring are more important than all the latest high-tech gadgets—no shortcuts, just smart, evidence-based recovery.
🎉 Fun Fact:
Dr. Teter literally woke up at 2:30 AM with his “rehab continuum” idea—think periodic table but for clinical interventions! That’s dedication (and a bit of a mad scientist vibe we can’t help but love).
Ready to ditch cookie-cutter care and build true athlete-centered systems? Tune in now for real-world tips, inspiring mindset shifts, and a roadmap to becoming a better clinician—plus a few laughs along the way.
Give the episode a listen, share it with your friends and colleagues, and let us know what you think! And hey, if you want to take your education even further, check out our brand-new Clinical Human Performance Practitioner Certification—the links are in the show notes!
👉 Listen now at faktrpodcast.com
👉 Sign up for Dr. Teter’s free newsletter for extra case studies and clinical gems
Catch you in your earbuds soon!
Cheers,
The FAKTR Podcast Team
P.S. Got a question or topic you want us to cover? Just hit reply—we love hearing from you! 💬
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✅ Ready to upgrade your approach to rebuilding athletes?
✅ This week on the FAKTR Podcast, host Jessica Riddle sits down with Dr. Tom Teter to reveal “the system every sports clinician needs” for seamless rehab-to-performance transitions.
✅ Dive behind the curtain of integrated care—Dr. Teter shares his unique frameworks, real team-building strategies, and how to eliminate confusion for athletes, coaches, and clinicians alike.
✅ If you’re tired of cookie-cutter rehab and want practical tools to deliver results AND future-proof your practice, don’t miss this episode! Tune in and get ready to level up your game.
🎧 Listen now on the FAKTR Podcast, featuring Jessica Riddle and Dr. Tom Teter!
#SportsMedicine #RehabToPerformance #FAKTRPodcast #PhysicalTherapy #ChiropracticCare
Conversation Starters
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Absolutely! Here are 10 conversation starters you can use in your Facebook group to spark discussion around this episode of the FAKTR Podcast with Dr. Tom Teter:
1. **Dr. Teter talks about the importance of having a system or framework in clinical care. How do you strike a balance between following a framework and providing individualized care to each athlete or patient?**
2. **One key takeaway from this episode is the concept of “load” being the common language between rehab and performance. How do you currently communicate and track “load” in your practice or with your athletes?**
3. **The shift from a technique-focused approach to a load-focused approach seems revolutionary. Has anyone here made that transition, or do you still focus more on techniques? What benefits or challenges have you experienced?**
4. **Clinic-gym hybrids were mentioned as a growing trend in chiropractic and sports medicine. Is this something you’ve explored or considered? What are the pros and cons from your viewpoint?**
5. **Let’s talk about recovery! The episode stresses that recovery is more than fancy tools—basic habits like sleep and nutrition are key. What recovery strategies do you educate your patients or athletes about most often?**
6. **Dr. Teter discusses creating integrated teams, where each member has clear roles in athlete management. How do you collaborate with other professionals (trainers, coaches, therapists) in your setting? Any tips for seamless team integration?**
7. **There’s often confusion about where rehab ends and fitness or performance training begins. How do you navigate this transition, and what “gray areas” have you experienced in your practice?**
8. **The “rehab continuum” Dr. Teter outlines emphasizes matching intervention to systems load. How do you assess when a patient is ready to progress to higher-load interventions?**
9. **For those who have taken or are interested in the Clinical Human Performance Practitioner (CHPP) certification, what aspects of the curriculum are most appealing or relevant to your practice goals?**
10. **Dr. Teter points out that maximizing your professional license means thinking beyond acute care and diving into human performance. What new areas of practice are you exploring or planning to explore in the next year?**
Feel free to pick a few that stand out, or use them to inspire more tailored questions for your community!
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**10 Tips Every Sports Clinician Needs to Know**
**1. Build a System**
A strong operational framework doesn’t limit you—it ensures focused, individualized care from acute management to performance.
**2. Don’t Go Solo**
Maximize efficiency and results by building a team around you. Delegate tasks to athletic trainers, strength coaches, or assistants.
**3. Use Bumper Lanes**
Systems are like bumper bowling—they guide your decisions without forcing “cookie cutter” care. Your expertise still leads.
**4. Think Beyond Pain**
Rehab isn’t just about pain relief. Focus on restoring fitness and performance, not just fixing dysfunction.
**5. Common Language Matters**
Develop a shared vocabulary with your team—using “load” as a unifying concept, not just technique speak.
**6. Manage the Load**
Every intervention is about dose and load. Choose the right intensity at the right time for each athlete.
**7. Stress the Right Stuff**
Introduce the right training stress, then monitor and support recovery—everything from sleep to nutrition counts.
**8. Plan the Handoffs**
Successful rehab-to-performance transitions rely on seamless communication and clear roles among providers.
**9. Small Space, Big Impact**
You don’t need a massive gym. Simple equipment and strategic partnerships can bring performance training to any practice.
**10. Embrace the Spectrum**
Human performance isn’t just for pros—support every patient’s health, longevity, and capability with these principles.
**Ready to Build Better Athletes?**
Learn more about the Clinical Human Performance Practitioner certification—visit our profile or factorpodcast.com for details!
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Absolutely! Here’s a 10-question quiz based on the content of the FAKTR Podcast episode “Rebuilding Better Athletes: The System Every Sports Clinician Needs with Dr. Tom Teter, Part 2,” along with an answer key and rationale for each answer.
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### Quiz: Rebuilding Better Athletes – Podcast with Dr. Tom Teter
1. **What analogy did Dr. Tom Teter use to explain the purpose of frameworks or systems in clinical care?**
a) Cooking recipe
b) Bumper bowling
c) Jigsaw puzzle
d) Road map
2. **According to Dr. Teter, why are systems or frameworks NOT considered “cookie cutter” care?**
a) They replace clinical judgment
b) They provide boundaries but allow practitioner flexibility
c) They limit which techniques can be used
d) They ensure identical care for all patients
3. **How did Dr. Teter recommend practitioners maximize efficiency in a clinical setting when following his framework?**
a) See fewer patients per day
b) Build a team and delegate tasks according to expertise
c) Spend more time with each patient individually
d) Only treat acute injuries
4. **What is the benefit of a clinic-gym hybrid model, as described in the episode?**
a) It lowers licensing requirements
b) It allows for continuous physical capacity building post-rehab
c) It reduces the need for fitness professionals
d) It eliminates acute patient care
5. **Which area did Dr. Teter emphasize is crucial but often overlooked in human performance and rehab?**
a) Imaging techniques
b) Recovery and stress management
c) Manual adjustments
d) Billing and insurance
6. **Dr. Teter outlined a ‘rehab continuum’ based on which unifying concept?**
a) Skill acquisition
b) Systems load (load as the common denominator)
c) Duration of treatment
d) Patient demographics
7. **In Dr. Teter’s load-based framework, what does the “delivery system” refer to?**
a) The location of care
b) The way a technique introduces load/stress to the body
c) Communication with patients
d) The clinic’s billing method
8. **How does Dr. Teter’s framework help integrated sports medicine teams?**
a) By reducing collaboration
b) By creating strict, hierarchical roles
c) By developing a common language and clarifying roles
d) By focusing only on pain reduction
9. **What mindset shift did Dr. Teter encourage among chiropractors and clinicians?**
a) Focus solely on manipulation
b) Move from technique-focused to load/progression-focused care
c) Increase reliance on equipment
d) Specialize only in acute injuries
10. **According to Dr. Teter, what should clinicians do when identifying equipment and skill gaps within their practice?**
a) Ignore the gaps
b) Only treat within their limited scope
c) Use a diagram to identify gaps and seek collaborative relationships or learning opportunities
d) Only buy more expensive equipment
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## Answer Key & Rationales
**1. b) Bumper bowling**
*Rationale*: Dr. Teter uses the analogy of bumper bowling to describe how frameworks keep care “in the lane” while allowing individual clinical judgment (see transcript, explanation of flexibility within a system).
**2. b) They provide boundaries but allow practitioner flexibility**
*Rationale*: The system prevents errors but allows clinicians to choose appropriate techniques based on individual patient needs.
**3. b) Build a team and delegate tasks according to expertise**
*Rationale*: To avoid inefficient long appointments, Dr. Teter emphasizes building a team (e.g., CA, ATC, strength coach) to share the workload.
**4. b) It allows for continuous physical capacity building post-rehab**
*Rationale*: The clinic-gym hybrid keeps patients engaged after pain relief, focusing on capacity and fitness.
**5. b) Recovery and stress management**
*Rationale*: Recovery (sleep, nutrition, etc.) is described as “the single most important thing we can do” but is often skipped.
**6. b) Systems load (load as the common denominator)**
*Rationale*: Dr. Teter developed the framework to use “load” as the common language across disciplines.
**7. b) The way a technique introduces load/stress to the body**
*Rationale*: Techniques are “delivery systems” for applying a specific load to achieve adaptation.
**8. c) By developing a common language and clarifying roles**
*Rationale*: The framework helps teams avoid confusion by spelling out roles and using “load” as a shared concept.
**9. b) Move from technique-focused to load/progression-focused care**
*Rationale*: Dr. Teter encourages shifting focus from individual techniques to thinking in terms of progressing load and adaptation.
**10. c) Use a diagram to identify gaps and seek collaborative relationships or learning opportunities**
*Rationale*: Dr. Teter recommends marking off what you can do, finding blind spots, and networking or learning to fill those gaps (red and blue pen exercise).
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Let me know if you’d like a printable copy, alternate question formats, or anything else for your practice or learners!
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Just dropped a new FAKTR Podcast episode! Dr. Tom Teter shares practical systems for bridging rehab & performance, plus tips for building integrated sports med teams. Check out how to maximize patient recovery and results! More info in our show notes.
📧 Podcast Thank You Email
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Subject: Thanks for Coming on the FAKTR Podcast – Episode’s Live!
Hey Tom,
Just wanted to shoot you a big THANK YOU for joining us on the FAKTR Podcast! Part 2 of our conversation is officially live, and I’ve gotta say, the feedback from your episode has already been awesome—people are loving the practical insights and that whole “bumper bowling” analogy is still making people smile (myself included). 😉
It’d mean a lot if you could share the episode or any content around it on your social channels. A like, comment, or share really helps spread the word and gets these ideas in front of more clinicians who need to hear them.
Thanks again for packing so much into the show and for being so generous with your time and knowledge. Can’t wait to see where this conversation goes next.
Catch up soon!
Jessica
P.S. If you want the episode link or promo assets, just let me know!
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Absolutely! After reviewing the transcript, a logical halfway stopping point for the episode is where Dr. Tom Teter finishes explaining the clinic gym hybrid model and how maximizing a license can shift practice focus from solely rehab to broader human performance.
### Where Part 1 Should End:
**Timestamp:** ~00:11:31
**Complete sentence to end Part 1 with:**
"So if we really wanna maximize our license, then we'd shift our focus just from rehab into this broad realm of human performance, and then we just build a team of people using an operational system that allows everyone to function in the same umbrella."
### Where Part 2 Should Begin:
**Timestamp:** ~00:11:32
**Part 2 begins with:**
"I love that."
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This break divides the episode at a natural transition and keeps each part balanced in content and flow.
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# Rebuilding Better Athletes: Embracing the Human Performance Continuum in Sports Healthcare
## Bridging the Gap from Rehab to Performance
As healthcare professionals working with athletes and active individuals, we often encounter a critical gap—guiding patients from pain relief and basic movement restoration all the way to true, sport-ready performance. The latest episode of the FAKTR Podcast, featuring Dr. Tom Teter and host Jessica Riddle, dives deep into this continuum and reveals the systems and mindset shifts every sports clinician needs to build better, more resilient athletes.
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### Why Systems Aren’t “Cookie Cutter” Care
For many practitioners, the idea of a “system” may conjure fears of cookie-cutter care: the same protocol for every patient, regardless of need. Dr. Teter dismantles this notion by illustrating how a robust clinical framework provides structure while actually enhancing individualization. He likens it to bumper bowling—the system creates guardrails, keeping care on track, but the clinician still decides how to “roll the ball” based on their expertise, patient needs, and unique clinical presentation. According to Dr. Teter, operational frameworks serve as guideposts for decision-making, not rigid algorithms replacing critical thinking.
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### Creating Efficiency with Integrated Teams
One common challenge is implementing a comprehensive system without overwhelming clinicians or patients with lengthy sessions. Dr. Teter emphasizes the importance of assembling an integrated care team—chiropractic assistants, athletic trainers, and strength coaches—to manage various stages of care efficiently. For example, an ankle sprain patient might receive laser therapy and taping from an athletic trainer, manipulation and tissue work from the clinician, and then progress to isometrics and motor control with a strength coach. With this team approach, total patient time can be maximized while each provider focuses on their expertise, optimizing both outcomes and workflow.
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### Extending Care: The Role of Fitness and Ongoing Performance
A standout theme in the episode is the shift from viewing care as ending with pain relief, to maintaining a continual relationship as patients build performance capacity. Dr. Teter highlights the rise of “clinic gym hybrid” models—where clinics integrate or partner with fitness facilities. Once out of pain, patients transition into structured strength and conditioning programs managed by trusted strength coaches, with ongoing clinical oversight for injury prevention and performance optimization. This approach, supported by a clear system and communication structure, keeps patients engaged, reduces reinjury, and leverages the full scope of a healthcare provider’s license.
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### Recovery: The Unsung Hero of Performance
Recovery is often the missing piece in many traditional care models. Dr. Teter stresses that effective recovery isn’t about flashy gadgets—it starts with basics like sleep, nutrition, and stress management. He details a recovery framework that monitors acute, subacute, and chronic stress markers, and outlines actionable strategies such as sleep hygiene, proper hydration, and individualized adjustments to training loads. By actively monitoring and prioritizing recovery, providers not only prevent burnout and overtraining but facilitate true physiological adaptation and long-term resilience.
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### Redefining Rehab and Fitness: A Shared Language
One source of confusion in the sports medicine world is the blurry border between “rehab” and “fitness.” Dr. Teter proposes a new continuum, focusing on the concept of “load” as the universal language—regardless of whether the provider is a chiropractor, physical therapist, or strength coach. He introduces a “periodic table” of interventions, mapping commonly used clinical and training techniques according to their system load, from gentle education and breathing exercises to high-load explosive movements. This load-based approach allows integrated teams to tailor interventions precisely and communicate seamlessly about patient progress and risk.
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### The Clinical Human Performance Practitioner (CHPP) Model
To help clinicians put these ideas into practice, Dr. Teter outlines the Clinical Human Performance Practitioner certification. This comprehensive program teaches systems thinking, baseline testing, programming, biomechanics, and the practical aspects of building and executing integrated performance plans. More than just a clinical rehab course, it prepares providers to bridge the “aftercare” gap—transforming those who come for pain relief into lifelong advocates for their own fitness and athletic growth.
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### Looking Ahead: The Future of Human Performance in Healthcare
As society becomes increasingly focused on health, longevity, and peak performance, sports clinicians are ideally positioned to guide not just elite athletes, but anyone striving to move and live better. By embracing structured, evidence-based systems, fostering interdisciplinary teamwork, and prioritizing both physiological stress and recovery, providers can build careers that help patients reclaim and exceed their previous levels of function.
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**Ready to learn more?** Check out the resources in the FAKTR Podcast show notes for links to Dr. Teter’s CHPP certification, research-backed strategies, and insights from fellow leaders in performance healthcare. Whether you’re just starting out or looking to elevate your existing practice, the “performance mindset” could be the transformation you—and your patients—are ready for.
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**Part 1: Redefining the Athlete Care Continuum – Bridging Rehab and Performance**
*Subheader: Why Traditional Care Models Fall Short and How a Systematic Approach Can Transform Athlete Outcomes*
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### The Disconnect Between Rehabilitation and Performance
For athletes of all skill levels, injury is often a turning point—not just in terms of physical recovery, but also in the trajectory of their performance and long-term health. Traditional care pathways, focused solely on pain relief and isolated injury management, frequently leave athletes underprepared for the full demands of their sport. Once the pain subsides, many are released back into competition or training without having regained the strength, coordination, and resilience needed to both perform and remain injury-free.
This gap between rehabilitation and full athletic performance puts individuals at risk for reinjury and hinders their ability to reach their potential. The core problem lies in the lack of an integrated, systematized approach that addresses not just symptom resolution, but also the progressive restoration of movement, strength, and fitness. Without clear frameworks to follow, healthcare providers and performance professionals often speak different languages, resulting in inconsistent care and missed opportunities for collaboration.
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### The Power of a Flexible, System-Based Framework
In healthcare, the word “system” can sometimes conjure fears of cookie-cutter, impersonal care. However, flexible operational frameworks act not as rigid rulebooks, but as guides—like bowling bumpers that keep practitioners within the lane while still allowing freedom and creativity in how each “ball” is rolled down the alley. A well-designed system establishes clear stages and checkpoints throughout the rehabilitation-to-performance continuum, but leaves room for clinical decision-making tailored to each individual’s needs, background, and goals.
Whether working as a chiropractor, physical therapist, athletic trainer, or strength coach, practitioners can leverage their unique expertise within a shared structure. The system does not dictate *how* to apply technique X, but rather *where and when* it fits in the overall progression—from acute management to return-to-play. For newer clinicians, these operational lanes provide confidence and direction, while experienced providers benefit from clearer role delineation and intra-team communication.
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### Team-Based Care: Maximizing Efficiency and Quality
A major concern for many clinical providers is how to implement comprehensive care without sacrificing efficiency. Time with each athlete is limited, so a system that insists on two- or three-hour appointments would be unsustainable. Team-based approaches, however, allow for seamless transitions between acute care, manual therapy, and strength or motor control interventions—often within a single visit.
For instance, in managing an ankle sprain, an athletic trainer might handle modalities like taping and laser therapy, a clinician provides manipulation and tissue work, and a strength coach oversees early isometric and motor control exercises. This collaborative approach makes it possible for an athlete to receive thorough care within an hour’s total time, often working with several professionals, each operating at their highest level of skill. This model allows providers to maximize their impact and income by seeing more athletes in less time, without diluting the quality or continuity of care.
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### Clinical Care Beyond Pain: The Role of Fitness Progression
One of the biggest missed opportunities in traditional models is the abrupt end of care once pain resolves. Yet, pain-free does not equate to fully rehabilitated or high-performing. Integrating ongoing fitness progression—through gym-based or hybrid clinic-gym models—keeps athletes engaged long after symptoms subside.
By co-managing athletes with skilled strength coaches and leveraging structured gym programs, providers maintain oversight as athletes build capacity, mitigate risk of reinjury, and develop the key physical qualities their sport demands. This approach unlocks sustained relationships, new revenue streams, and, most importantly, superior outcomes for everyone involved.
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**Up Next in Part 2:**
We’ll dive deeper into how fitness is strategically woven into the athlete’s care journey, the importance of recovery as a pillar of performance, and how expanding care beyond traditional rehab roles helps clinicians maximize their scope of practice and professional satisfaction.
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Stay tuned for Part 2: *Beyond Rehab: Integrating Fitness, Recovery, and Performance into the Athlete Care Model*.
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**Title: Rebuilding Better Athletes: A Framework for Seamless Rehab to High Performance**
**Sub-header: How a Strategic, Team-Based System Transforms Athlete Care and Human Performance**
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## Understanding the Disconnect: Rehab vs. Performance
In the world of sports medicine and rehabilitation, a persistent gap continues to leave many athletes underprepared when returning to the field. Traditional models of care often stop at pain relief, missing the crucial transition from basic rehabilitation to restored performance capacity. This oversight not only increases the risk of reinjury, but also limits an athlete’s potential to fully recover and thrive.
Recognizing this disconnect highlights the need for a more comprehensive, operational framework—one that doesn’t just ‘fix’ injuries, but actively rebuilds stronger, more resilient athletes.
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## The Power of Frameworks: More Than Cookie-Cutter Care
When health professionals hear the word "system," fears of impersonal, one-size-fits-all treatments can arise. However, a well-designed framework acts not as a rigid set of rules, but as supportive "bumpers"—like those in bumper bowling—that keep clinical care on track without inhibiting individual decision-making. Practitioners are still guided by their expertise and clinical judgment, but within clear boundaries that streamline and optimize the recovery process.
This approach allows for both flexibility in care and consistency in results. For newer clinicians, it offers guidance, reducing overwhelm and uncertainty. For experienced practitioners, it ensures that advanced techniques are deployed at the right phase of recovery, maximizing their impact.
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## Teamwork and Efficiency: Building a Collaborative Practice
Effective implementation hinges on teamwork and process structure. Imagine an athlete with an ankle sprain: treatment might begin with taping and laser by an athletic trainer, move to manipulation with a chiropractor, and finish with isometrics handled by a strength coach. With such a team, a patient can complete a full spectrum of care in an hour, requiring only brief—but highly focused—time with each provider.
For solo practitioners, managing the entire continuum alone is possible but often inefficient and less scalable. The most successful models allow clinicians to leverage assistants, trainers, and coaches, ensuring high-quality, comprehensive care without draining resources or time.
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## Extending the Relationship: Integrating Fitness and Ongoing Engagement
A key trend has emerged—combining clinical care with ongoing fitness programming. Setups like the clinic-gym hybrid empower practitioners to maintain engagement with athletes after pain subsides. With a structured fitness program, guided by knowledgeable strength coaches, athletes build resilience and capacity, reducing the likelihood of repeat injuries.
This collaborative model, known as clinical co-management, is successful when unified by a shared system. When everyone—clinician, trainer, coach—operates from a common template, handoffs are seamless, communication is clear, and progress is measurable.
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## The Critical Role of Recovery
Recovery is often the unsung hero of performance improvement. Monitoring stress, sleep, hydration, nutrition, and regeneration strategies are well within most healthcare providers’ scope and vital for adaptation and resilience. A structured algorithm for recovery allows providers to objectively measure stress and ensure athletes return to sport optimally prepared—addressing not only injury but the totality of physiological demands.
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## Clarifying Definitions: Bridging the Rehab-Fitness Divide
A significant source of confusion exists in the definitions and transitional phases between rehabilitation and fitness. Traditionally, rehab restores lost function, while fitness develops physical qualities for performance. These phases, however, are deeply interconnected. A true continuum considers restoring both function and related fitness—ensuring that an athlete isn’t just pain-free, but physically equipped for the demands of their sport.
Standardizing language around "load"—the amount of physiological stress imposed—creates a unified communication system. Regardless of specialty, each provider can assess and discuss interventions based on the system load imparted, facilitating better coordination and smarter progressions.
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## The Modular Path: Structured Learning for Lasting Results
To implement this holistic framework, a modular educational approach addresses everything from foundational fitness principles and physiology to practical applications in movement, strength, and recovery. Clinics and practitioners using such frameworks can identify blind spots in their practice, fill gaps through collaboration, and tailor environments—whether large or small—to deliver comprehensive performance care.
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## Looking Ahead: Elevating Human Performance Beyond the Clinic
The movement toward integrated human performance isn’t just for elite athletes—it’s relevant for anyone seeking better health, capacity, and longevity. By shifting from a strictly technique-based mindset to a broader view focused on systems, load, and teamwork, practitioners can play a pivotal role in the entire continuum of care.
In a world eager for quick fixes and "biohacks," the most powerful improvements remain consistent: quality sleep, nutrition, and a commitment to systematically rebuilding the athlete—body and mind—for a better, safer return to sport.
🔑 Key Themes
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1. Bridging rehab and performance for athletes
2. Importance of integrated, collaborative care teams
3. Flexible clinical frameworks, not cookie-cutter care
4. Systems and audit processes guide clinical decision-making
5. Utilizing fitness for long-term patient engagement
6. Emphasizing recovery and stress monitoring
7. Shifting mindset from technique to load-based care
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1. Bridging rehab to performance in athletes
2. Frameworks and systems vs. cookie-cutter care
3. Team-based care and collaborative practice
4. Balancing efficiency and comprehensive treatment
5. Fitness integration and ongoing patient engagement
6. Emphasizing recovery and stress management
7. Establishing common language across providers
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Absolutely! Here’s an alternative audio voiceover script for the *FAKTR Podcast - Rebuilding Better Athletes: The System Every Sports Clinician Needs with Dr. Tom Teter, Part 2*. I've kept the tone conversational, insightful, and true to the spirit of the original.
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[INTRO MUSIC FADES IN]
Welcome back to the FAKTR Podcast—your go-to place for practical tips, clinical insight, and honest conversations around building a career you love in health care. I’m your host, Jessica Riddle, and today, we’re diving into Part Two of our powerful conversation with Dr. Tom Teter.
If you caught last week’s episode, you already know we took a close look at the painful gap between rehab and performance in the traditional care model—and why that leaves so many athletes underprepared and vulnerable to reinjury. Today, we’re zooming out, looking at what comes after pain relief, and tackling that sometimes-messy transition from rehab to high performance, using the CHPP framework Dr. Teter has created.
We’re unpacking his practical system—complete with audit processes for both clinical care and performance training. If you’ve ever wondered how to eliminate confusion on multi-disciplinary teams, create clear roles between providers, and help your athletes sail seamlessly from rehab to game-day shape, you’re in for a treat.
Let’s jump right in.
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Let’s start by talking about systems. A lot of practitioners get nervous when they hear “framework” or “system”—they’re worried it means cookie-cutter care. Dr. Teter sets the record straight: think of it like bumper bowling. The framework keeps you in the effective lane, but how you deliver care—the techniques you select and the clinical decisions you make—are entirely up to your skillset and insight. You don’t lose flexibility. Instead, a system helps you stay focused, avoid common pitfalls, and—bonus!—it’s a tremendous guide for newer clinicians who may need a little extra structure while they’re developing their expertise.
Now, when you’re staring at a comprehensive framework, it might look overwhelming. Maybe you’re thinking: “How can I possibly cover all of this with each patient? I’m not running two-hour appointments here!” The answer is collaboration. Build a team.
Picture this: An athlete rolls in with a fresh ankle sprain. The athletic trainer starts off with laser therapy and taping, then passes the baton to you, the chiropractor, for manipulation and tissue work—maybe that’s a quick 15-minute window. Afterward, the strength coach takes over to oversee isometrics and motor control. The end result? Each professional focuses on their specialty, the patient receives seamless care, and you maximize efficiency—without burning out.
Of course, you might love doing it all yourself, and if that’s your passion, go for it! But for most, working as part of an integrated team means you can spend your time where it matters most, see more patients, and still deliver optimal results.
Now, let’s touch on fitness. When your patients are out of pain—what’s next? Dr. Teter’s found tremendous success extending care through fitness programming. That’s why you’re seeing explosive growth in the “clinic-gym hybrid” model. Once acute care is done, patients can continue to build physical capacity and performance in the gym—ideally under the supervision of a skilled strength coach. That’s clinical co-management at its best. And the secret to that seamless transition? You guessed it: a shared system. When all your providers are speaking the same language—when you have clear expectations and a structured plan—handoffs are smooth and outcomes are better.
And don’t underestimate recovery. Too often, it gets overlooked, but as Dr. Teter explains, it’s the most important element for long-term improvement—whether your “athlete” is a pro, a weekend warrior, or a grandma chasing her grandkids. Monitoring stress effectively, promoting sleep, nutrition, hydration, and intelligent training modifications are all squarely within our scope as clinicians. If we want to truly maximize our license and serve our patients, these are non-negotiable.
But—back to that crucial gray area. Where does rehab stop, and fitness begin? Dr. Teter argues we need a better language. In rehab, “movement” is the currency; in strength and conditioning, it’s all about “forces.” His solution is a “rehab continuum” that organizes interventions based on systems load—from the lowest, gentlest therapies to high-demand strength and skill work—creating a common language no matter your background. The big takeaway? Whether you’re doing soft tissue work or advanced plyometrics, it’s about applying the right load, at the right time, for the right person. That’s how you drive adaptation and minimize risk.
The CHPP certification puts all this into a teachable, step-by-step system: from foundations of human performance and stress physiology, to practical team building and program design. You’ll discover how to establish baselines, program intelligently, integrate biomechanics, and, finally, monitor and promote recovery. It ties up with real-world case studies, so you can see exactly how it all plays out with different athlete scenarios.
Best of all, the CHPP program is designed with your busy schedule in mind—fully online, self-paced modules, rich with lecture content, whiteboard explanations, downloadable tools, and a library of exercise demos.
So, whether you’re ready to add fitness programming to your clinic, expand into human performance, or just want to finally bridge that rehab-to-performance gap, check out the show notes for full details and special offers.
Dr. Teter—huge thanks for sharing your passion and expertise. And to all our listeners: if this struck a chord, be sure to subscribe, share, and tune in for more.
Till next time, keep learning, keep building better systems—and keep helping your athletes and patients exceed their goals.
[OUTRO MUSIC]
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*For more resources, event info, or to check out our full lineup of courses, head to faktr-store.com or check today’s show notes!*
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Just recorded Part 2 with Dr. Tom Teter! We dove deep on bridging rehab and performance, building effective care systems, and helping athletes fully recover. Tons of practical tips for clinicians. Check out the FAKTR Podcast for more!
Objectives and Take Aways
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Title: Rebuilding Better Athletes: The System Every Sports Clinician Needs
Introduction:
In this dynamic webinar, Dr. Tom Teter joins host Jessica Riddle to reveal the essential systems behind rebuilding athletes who are not only pain-free but fully prepared to excel and withstand the demands of sport. Drawing on his extensive clinical and strength and conditioning experience, Dr. Teter introduces a practical framework designed to bridge the persistent gap between rehab and performance, empowering sports clinicians to achieve better outcomes, prevent re-injury, and forge truly integrated care teams.
Objective:
The objective of this session is to equip healthcare providers with a transformative approach to athlete care—moving beyond textbook rehabilitation and pain relief, and embracing a load-focused, operational system that integrates performance principles and clear team communication. By the end of the session, attendees will:
1. Think Differently:
- Understand the core disconnect between traditional rehab and actual performance readiness.
- Recognize the limitations of a purely technique-focused approach and reframe athlete care around "load management" and progressive adaptation.
- Appreciate the value of operational frameworks in enhancing communication, clarifying roles among providers, and supporting seamless transitions from injury to high-level performance.
2. Feel Differently:
- Build confidence in implementing structured, yet flexible, systems that allow for individualized, expert-driven decisions.
- Feel empowered to collaborate with broader care teams—including strength coaches, athletic trainers, and fitness professionals—to enhance patient outcomes.
- Develop a renewed sense of purpose by embracing the broader potential of their clinical license in performance and recovery, not just pain management.
3. Do Differently:
- Apply Dr. Teter’s “clinical audit” and “fitness audit” systems for evidence-informed, stepwise progression from acute care to athletic capacity.
- Use the “rehab continuum” and load-based periodic table of interventions to tailor care and communicate effectively with multidisciplinary teams.
- Integrate ongoing fitness programming and recovery protocols—including sleep, nutrition, and monitoring stress—into standard practice, keeping athletes engaged and progressing long after pain subsides.
- Leverage a team approach and strategic delegation to maximize clinic efficiency and patient value, moving away from unsustainable one-provider models.
- Identify personal blind spots and optimize the physical and human resources needed to deliver comprehensive human performance care, whether in a traditional clinic or a hybrid gym setting.
Killer Call to Action:
Now is the moment to elevate your practice beyond basic rehabilitation protocols and step confidently into the role of a true human performance provider. Embrace Dr. Teter’s system—integrate structure while retaining clinical freedom, foster seamless collaboration, and ensure your patients become not just injury-free, but stronger, fitter, and more resilient than ever before.
Challenge yourself to rethink the boundaries of your practice: Audit your current capabilities, build relationships with other professionals, and incorporate systematic progressions to guide every athlete or patient from pain to peak performance. Whether you're fresh out of school or a seasoned clinician, the tools and mindset shifts shared in this session are the roadmap to thriving in the ever-evolving world of sports healthcare.
Remember—better systems build better athletes. Start implementing these principles today, and be the clinician your patients need to succeed, on and off the field.
Quotes and Soundbites
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Absolutely! Here are some shareable, impactful quotes from Dr. Tom Teter and Jessica Riddle on the FAKTR Podcast episode "Rebuilding Better Athletes: The System Every Sports Clinician Needs, Part 2." These are crafted for visual social sharing and reinforcing key webinar and podcast messages:
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1. **"A system isn't about cookie-cutter care—it's the bumpers that keep you in the lane while letting your expertise shine."**
Combine this quote with a visual of a bowling lane with bumpers, representing structure and clinical freedom.
2. **"You can't—and shouldn't—do it all yourself. Building the right team is essential for efficient, exceptional patient care."**
Pair with an image of healthcare providers passing a baton or working together on a relay team.
3. **"Just because they're no longer on the treatment table doesn't mean you're done—clinical co-management bridges rehab and real-world performance."**
Visualize with a continuum graphic, showing an athlete transitioning smoothly from treatment to performance.
4. **"Recovery is the single most important thing you can do—monitoring stress and promoting regeneration aren't extras; they're essentials."**
Match with an image of restful sleep, hydration, healthy food, and movement.
5. **"If we want to maximize our license, we need to shift our focus from just rehab to the broader realm of human performance."**
Feature with a spectrum or gradient visual, spanning rehab to peak performance.
6. **"The confusion between rehab and fitness is a gap in language—what we need is a common framework where 'load' becomes our shared denominator."**
Ideal with a periodic table inspired infographic, mapping interventions across a spectrum of load.
7. **"Techniques are just delivery systems for load—what matters is choosing the right dose for the person in front of you."**
Illustrate with an image of precise measurement, like a scale or dropper, overlaid on different therapy tools.
8. **"Frameworks and common language are the foundations of collaboration—without them, integrated care breaks down."**
Visualize with puzzle pieces coming together or a handshake over a blueprint.
9. **"There are no shortcuts to performance. The boring stuff—sleep, nutrition, true recovery—is the secret no one wants to talk about."**
Pair with an image showing a pillow, vegetables, water, and a clock for sleep.
10. **"Human performance isn’t just for elite athletes—it’s for everyone, from grandmas chasing grandkids to Super Bowl MVPs."**
Showcase diverse people in motion, from older adults to pro athletes, on a shared path.
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These quotes encapsulate Dr. Teter’s and Jessica Riddle’s key insights and are crafted to pair seamlessly with compelling visuals for maximum impact in your promotional efforts!
Pain Points and Challenges
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Title: Building Better Athletes: Navigating the Gaps Between Rehab and Performance
Introduction:
The journey from injury recovery to peak athletic performance is filled with challenges—not only for athletes but also for the sports clinicians who guide them. In this episode of the FAKTR Podcast, host Jessica Riddle and guest Dr. Tom Teter explore the disconnects between traditional rehab models and performance training, sharing actionable frameworks to deliver comprehensive care. This guide distills their discussion into key pain points faced by practitioners and provides pragmatic solutions rooted in Dr. Teter’s extensive experience.
1. Bridging the Disconnect Between Rehab and Performance
**Challenge:**
Many healthcare providers struggle with the transition from rehabilitation to performance training, leaving athletes underprepared and at increased risk for reinjury. There is confusion surrounding roles within integrated teams, and vague boundaries between when “rehab” ends and “fitness” begins.
**Solutions:**
- **Adopt a Structured Framework:** Implement audit systems for both clinical care and fitness/performance. Dr. Teter introduced the ‘rehab continuum’ with clearly defined stages, helping clinicians map out a patient’s journey from acute management to full athletic performance.
- **Common Language of ‘Load’:** Shift away from technique-focused thinking and adopt ‘load’ as a unifying metric. This allows practitioners across disciplines to communicate effectively, gauge intervention intensities, and ensure progressive adaptation without overloading the patient.
- **Eliminate Cookie-Cutter Care:** Frameworks are designed to be flexible bumper lanes, guiding decision-making without dictating a one-size-fits-all approach. Providers retain autonomy in choosing techniques and progressions, tailored to individual patient needs.
2. Efficiency in Practice and Collaborative Care
**Challenge:**
Clinicians fear that comprehensive frameworks might lead to lengthy, inefficient appointments. Solo practitioners, in particular, may feel overwhelmed by the scope required to take an athlete from acute injury to high performance.
**Solutions:**
- **Build a Multidisciplinary Team:** Delegate segments of the continuum to team members such as athletic trainers, strength coaches, or chiropractic assistants. For example, one provider handles acute interventions (e.g., laser therapy, taping), while another progresses the patient through isometrics and motor control, maximizing efficiency and provider bandwidth.
- **Hybrid Practice Models:** Consider the clinic-gym model where patients transition from clinical care to structured gym-based training programs. Clinicians can maintain oversight and co-management, enhancing patient engagement and retention.
- **Leverage Relationships:** Collaborate with local trainers or gyms if resources are limited, creating referral and communication systems using the shared framework.
3. Sustained Patient Engagement Beyond Pain Relief
**Challenge:**
Once patients are pain-free, many clinics lose contact, missing opportunities to support ongoing fitness and injury prevention.
**Solutions:**
- **Extend Care Through Fitness Programming:** Use structured fitness progressions post-rehab to build physical qualities, with oversight provided by clinicians and strength coaches. This ensures athletes are genuinely ready to return to sport or level up their performance.
- **Educate Patients on Recovery:** Emphasize the importance of sleep, nutrition, hydration, and active recovery over fads or “biohacks”—addressing lifestyle factors critical for adaptation and resilience.
4. Defining Roles and Responsibilities in Integrated Teams
**Challenge:**
Ambiguity often exists regarding who is responsible for which part of an athlete’s progression, leading to gaps or overlaps in care.
**Solutions:**
- **Use Role-Based Operational Algorithms:** Dr. Teter’s frameworks clearly outline points of handoff and collaboration, helping teams allocate responsibilities based on expertise rather than arbitrary role divisions.
- **Shared Templates and Communication:** Standardize progressions and checklists to ensure all team members are aligned, enhancing outcomes and reducing the risk of reinjury.
5. Filling Gaps in Clinical Education
**Challenge:**
Traditional clinical education ends at pain management or basic rehabilitation, leaving practitioners unequipped to guide patients through performance phases or communicate effectively with strength coaches.
**Solutions:**
- **Pursue Advanced Certification:** Programs such as the Clinical Human Performance Practitioner (CHPP) course fill the educational gap, offering modules on biomechanics, programming, monitoring stress/recovery, and effective team integration.
- **Practical Learning:** Seek out case studies, mentorships, and real-world examples to see these frameworks in action across athletic populations.
Conclusion:
The path from injury to athletic excellence shouldn’t be fragmented by artificial boundaries or inefficient systems. By embracing structured frameworks, building collaborative teams, and focusing on adaptable, patient-centered care, sports clinicians can deliver superior outcomes—preparing athletes not just to return, but to excel. As Dr. Teter emphasizes, the principles of human performance apply universally, whether you’re treating a professional athlete or a dedicated grandparent. With a mindset focused on load management, recovery, and teamwork, clinicians can be true architects of human potential.
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Ever wonder how to actually bridge the gap between rehab and real performance for your athletes? Today on the FAKTR Podcast, we’re chatting with Dr. Tom Teter about his game-changing system that helps clinicians rebuild better athletes—without burning out or getting stuck in cookie-cutter care. Grab your coffee and let’s dive in!
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**Email 1**
**Subject:** Bridge the Gap Between Rehab and Performance
**Pre-header:** Help your athletes return stronger—and stay there.
**Email:**
Hey [First Name],
Are you finding that traditional care models leave athletes cleared from injury—but not truly ready to perform? You’re not alone. We’ve been there too.
That’s why we created the Clinical Human Performance Practitioner (CHPP) certification. It’s a practical system blending rehab and performance so your athletes transition smoothly from pain relief back to full capacity, with clear frameworks and real-world solutions.
Want details on how it actually works in the clinic (without doubling your treatment times)?
**CTA:**
Check out what CHPP can do for your day-to-day practice—hit reply and I’ll send you a quick overview.
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**Email 2**
**Subject:** A System—Not Cookie Cutter Care
**Pre-header:** Structure for your team, flexibility for your practice.
**Email:**
Hey [First Name],
A lot of clinicians worry that “systems” mean every patient gets the same rehab. Our CHPP approach is different. Think of it like bumper bowling: you set the lane, but you use your unique expertise to help each athlete succeed.
Whether you work solo or within a team, CHPP gives you the tools to guide each patient’s progression—from acute management, to motor control, to performance, and ongoing fitness—all without losing efficiency.
Want to see the actual structure we use in practice?
**CTA:**
Let me know and I’ll send over a sample module outline—no strings attached.
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**Email 3**
**Subject:** Ready to Build Better Athletes (and a Stronger Practice)?
**Pre-header:** Launch your journey toward seamless rehab + performance.
**Email:**
Hey [First Name],
If you’re interested in a clinical model that lets you maximize your license, collaborate with other providers, and help athletes recover and perform at their best, CHPP is open for enrollment now.
It’s self-paced, packed with real case studies, and designed to fit into real-world clinic hours—even if you don’t have a gym in your practice (yet).
Can I send you a direct link for more details and early access pricing?
**CTA:**
Reply with “info” and I’ll get those details to you today.
curiosity, value fast, hungry for more
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✅ Ready to break the “cookie-cutter care” cycle in sports rehab?
✅ Dr. Tom Teter joins host Jessica Riddle on the FAKTR Podcast to reveal his *game-changing* framework for rebuilding better athletes—guiding them from pain relief to peak performance.
✅ Get an inside look at the systems and real-world strategies that connect rehab and performance, eliminate confusion on integrated teams, and make clinical decision-making more precise and profitable.
✅ Takeaway: Successful athletes aren’t “born” in rehab—they’re *built* with the right systems, clear roles, and progressive methods. Listen in and discover how you can elevate your practice (and your results) right now!
🎧 Catch the episode: FAKTR Podcast - “Rebuilding Better Athletes: The System Every Sports Clinician Needs” with Dr. Tom Teter (Part 2)
#FAKTRPodcast #SportsRehab #AthletePerformance #ClinicalExcellence #PodcastHighlights
FAKTR Podcast Intro
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If you’ve ever wondered how to effectively bridge the gap between rehabilitation and full athletic performance, today’s episode is for you. We’re diving into the essential systems and frameworks every sports clinician needs to guide athletes from injury all the way back to peak performance—ensuring no athlete is left underprepared or at risk for re-injury.
In today’s episode, we’ll break down why having a clear operational framework doesn’t mean cookie-cutter care, but actually provides the “bumper rails” for customizable, high-quality treatment. You’ll discover practical strategies for streamlining care by building an efficient team, explore methods for using fitness as an ongoing patient support tool, and learn why monitoring stress and optimizing recovery are non-negotiable if you want your athletes to thrive.
Joining us is Dr. Tom Teter, a seasoned sports chiropractor and the creator of the Clinical Human Performance Practitioner certification. With over two decades of experience, Dr. Teter has developed innovative audit systems to help clinicians deliver seamless care, clarify team roles, and ensure athletes transition smoothly from the treatment table back to the field. If you're looking to integrate cutting-edge rehab and performance strategies into your practice, you won’t want to miss this conversation.
Key Themes in Part 2
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In Part 2 of this 2-episode series, you’ll discover:
- How structured systems like clinical and fitness audit processes create clarity, collaboration, and flexibility for sports clinicians
- Ways to maximize athlete recovery and performance—even after pain is resolved—through monitoring stress, load, and recovery strategies
- The importance of developing a common language around “load” to bridge the gap between rehab and performance training
- Tips for integrating performance-focused care into your practice, including essential tools, team-building strategies, and ongoing patient engagement
Tune in for actionable insights and real-world applications you can implement right away!
Create an E-Book with Key Take-Aways
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Absolutely! Here’s a detailed prompt you can use to extract and organize the content from your webinar transcript or recording into a comprehensive and engaging ebook, specifically tailored for healthcare providers. This prompt ensures you capture all key elements based on your requirements and is designed for optimal results in Gamma AI.
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## Step 1: Extraction & Organization Prompt
**Instructions:**
Carefully review the provided transcript of the one-hour webinar training for healthcare providers. Your goal is to distill its content into a clear, actionable, and professional ebook that educates, inspires, and equips readers with practical strategies. Structure and organize your output as outlined below:
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### 1. Title Page
- Generate **5 compelling title options** that encapsulate the main topics and value of the webinar.
- For each, provide an optional subtitle for clarity or emphasis.
- Include a suggested author (pull from webinar host/speaker name) and a placeholder for the date.
### 2. Table of Contents
- Structure the ebook into the following main sections:
- Introduction
- Key Themes
- Insights
- Take-Away Messages
- Action Items
- Conclusion
- Under “Key Themes,” add 3–5 subheadings based on the core topics discussed.
### 3. Introduction
- Summarize the ebook’s purpose: why this topic matters for healthcare providers, and how the information addresses real-world clinical or practice challenges.
- Highlight the reader’s learning journey—what practical knowledge and skills will they gain?
- Keep it to 3–4 engaging sentences.
### 4. Key Themes
- Identify and briefly describe the **3–5 main themes or topics** from the webinar.
- Use bullet points or concise paragraphs.
- Example:
- *Systemizing Care Without Cookie-Cutter Approaches*: How to implement frameworks that maintain flexibility for individual patient needs.
### 5. Insights
- Distill **2–3 deep or novel insights** shared during the training.
- Cite examples, impactful quotes from speakers, research/references, or illustrative stories as appropriate.
- Explain how each insight is especially relevant or beneficial for today’s healthcare providers.
### 6. Take-Away Messages
- List **5–7 key actionable learnings**, each in a concise bullet.
- Focus on what a practitioner/reader should remember or be able to do differently after reading.
- Example:
- *Develop internal audit systems to seamlessly transition patients from rehab to performance.*
- Incorporate direct responses to major challenges or pain points identified during the webinar.
### 7. Action Items
- Provide a practical checklist or step-by-step recommendations for immediate implementation.
- Make them concrete, specific, and tied directly to the earlier themes and takeaways.
- Example:
- *Map your current care systems using the “rehab continuum” and identify gaps or blind spots.*
- *Initiate regular case review meetings with your integrated support team.*
### 8. Conclusion
- Summarize the ebook’s value and reinforce the importance of applying the outlined strategies.
- Motivate readers to take action and explore further learning (e.g., future webinars, courses, or resources mentioned in the webinar).
- Optionally, include a CTA (such as inviting feedback, subscribing for updates, or connecting with the speakers).
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**Throughout the Process:**
- **Extract Impactful Quotes, Stats, or Examples:** Highlight and incorporate memorable or persuasive soundbites/tools from the original content.
- **Highlight Pain Points:** Note major challenges the training addressed (e.g., inefficiencies in care, communication breakdowns, etc.).
- **Audience Engagement:** Summarize notable Q&A exchanges, polls, or questions, weaving them in as proof of relevance and practical applicability.
- **Maintain a Logical Flow:** Make sure the ebook structure guides readers logically and avoids repetition. Write in a clear, professional, and accessible style.
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**Optional Enhancements:**
- Brief speaker bios (if available in the transcript).
- Placeholders for visuals, diagrams, or infographics (e.g., “Insert Rehab Continuum Diagram Here”).
- Suggest a list of further resources or links for continued learning.
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**Formatting for Gamma AI:**
- Use clear headings and subheadings for navigation.
- Keep formatting consistent, with bullet points and short paragraphs for readability.
- Write in an engaging, conversational tone suited for a professional healthcare audience.
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**Important Note:**
**Always reference the provided transcript for accuracy, and prioritize content, examples, and phrasing that reflect the presenters’ expertise and the webinar’s unique insights.**
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By following this prompt, you (or the Gamma AI platform) will ensure that the final ebook is not only comprehensive and useful but also tailored for the real-world needs and interests of healthcare providers. This structure will also make the transition from recording to written format seamless and impactful.
🖍️ Step-by-Step Guide
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Most clinicians stall at “pain-free.”
But real progress? That happens after the pain is gone.
Most providers miss the big win:
It’s not about chasing symptoms—it’s about building better humans.
Here are 10 ways to create resilient, high-performing patients (from Dr. Tom Teter’s playbook):
1. Ditch the cookie-cutter
↳ Use systems as flexible frameworks, not rigid scripts
↳ Individualize your approach within clear boundaries
2. Build a team around you
↳ Don’t try to do it all yourself
↳ Leverage assistants, trainers, and strength coaches to maximize care
3. See fitness as the continuum—not the finish line
↳ Guide patients beyond pain relief to restored capacity
↳ Structure ongoing training for true human performance
4. Talk load, not just technique
↳ Think of interventions as doses of stress, not a list of modalities
↳ Use “load” as your universal language with other providers
5. Make recovery non-negotiable
↳ Prioritize sleep, nutrition, hydration, and downtime as much as training
↳ Monitor stress and recovery, not just reps
6. Clarify roles, eliminate confusion
↳ Define who does what on your team
↳ Use a shared system so everyone operates from the same playbook
7. Co-manage—don’t discharge
↳ Stay involved after acute care
↳ Work with trainers to help patients progress—even when they’re “off the table”
8. Rethink “rehab” and “fitness”
↳ Rehab isn’t the absence of injury; it’s restoring (and building) capacity
↳ Fitness is for grandmas, rec athletes, and pros alike—just adjust the destination
9. Get lean with your setup
↳ You don’t need a big gym to have big impact
↳ Use what you have, and partner with others for what you don’t
10. Shift your mindset: from fixer to builder
↳ Stop focusing only on eliminating pain
↳ Start creating lifelong performers
The best clinicians are remembered for how they set patients up to thrive—on and off the field.
What’s your next step for building better humans?
♻️ Share this if you’re ready to go beyond rehab and into real performance!
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Certainly! Here’s a structured and engaging ebook draft based on your provided webinar transcript. The content is tailored for healthcare providers, logically organized, professionally written, and directly reflects the rich discussions and insights shared in your recorded session.
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## Title Page
**Title:**
Rebuilding Better Athletes
**Subtitle:**
Systems and Strategies Every Sports Clinician Needs for Seamless Rehabilitation and Performance
**Author:**
[Insert name]
**Date:**
October 18, 2024
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## Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Key Themes
1. Bridging the Gap: From Rehab to Performance
2. The Power of Systems and Frameworks
3. Leveraging Team-Based Care
4. Recovery, Load, and Monitoring
5. Redefining the Scope of Clinical Practice
3. Insights
4. Takeaways
5. Action Items
6. Conclusion
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## Introduction
Welcome to “Rebuilding Better Athletes” – an ebook inspired by the FAKTR Podcast’s special webinar discussion with Dr. Tom Teter and host Jessica Riddle. This session dives into the critical disconnect between traditional rehab and athletic performance, offering practical frameworks and insights that empower clinicians to prepare athletes and active individuals for the full spectrum of recovery and peak performance.
The mission: Equip healthcare providers with evidence-based systems, practical strategies, and a performance-oriented mindset that closes the gaps left by conventional care models. Whether you're fresh out of school or optimizing an established clinic, this content delivers concrete ideas to upgrade your approach and outcomes.
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## Key Themes
### 1. Bridging the Gap: From Rehab to Performance
- **Traditional care models often stop at pain relief**, leaving athletes underprepared for sport-level activity and increasing the risk of reinjury.
- Effective rehabilitation requires a **continuous, seamless transition** into performance training and capacity building.
### 2. The Power of Systems and Frameworks
- **Frameworks aren't "cookie-cutter":** A clear system provides structure (like “bumper bowling”), but clinicians still bring expertise and personalization to every case.
- **Clinical and fitness audit systems** offer guidance while allowing for individual adaptation.
- **Load becomes a common language:** Shifting from a focus on techniques to systems of load ensures progressive, safe advancement for each patient.
### 3. Leveraging Team-Based Care
- **Building an integrated team** (athletic trainers, strength coaches, clinical assistants) maximizes patient outcomes and clinician time.
- Delegation and collaboration allow for **efficient care delivery** even within time or business constraints.
- **Communication and common frameworks** reduce confusion across roles and facilitate effective handoffs.
### 4. Recovery, Load, and Monitoring
- **Monitoring stress and promoting recovery** are as essential as intervention; sleep, nutrition, regeneration methods, and stress tracking are crucial.
- Recovery strategies fall directly in the clinician’s scope and represent major leverage points for performance improvement.
### 5. Redefining the Scope of Clinical Practice
- Clinicians, especially chiropractors, should **embrace the full spectrum of human performance**, including fitness, monitoring, and recovery—not just manipulation or pain relief.
- Systems like the Clinical Human Performance Practitioner (CHPP) certification provide structured education that fills gaps left by current training.
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## Insights
- **“Recovery is the single most important thing we can do.”**
— Dr. Tom Teter
- **A system creates consistency:** Structured frameworks clarify boundaries, roles, and allow for scalable, team-based care while ensuring clinical flexibility.
- **Load as a language bridges the rehab-fitness divide:** By ranking interventions by physical load, communication and progression are clarified regardless of provider background.
- **Clinic-gym hybrid models are rising:** Integrating fitness as a post-rehab pathway keeps patients engaged and supports advanced recovery.
- **The role of the clinician is expanding:** Modern practice embraces performance, recovery, and capacity building as crucial outcomes.
- **Success in team environments depends on shared frameworks and clear role distinctions, reducing the risk of confusion during patient transitions.**
- **No shortcuts to performance:** Fundamentals—sleep, nutrition, recovery—always outweigh trendy biohacks for real results.
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## Takeaways
- **Systems guide, they don’t dictate:** Adopt frameworks to structure care and ensure progression without sacrificing clinical judgment.
- **Build your care team:** Delegate where possible to optimize outcomes and efficiency—use athletic trainers, assistants, and strength coaches strategically.
- **Monitor and promote recovery:** Incorporate sleep tracking, nutrition counseling, and recovery tools into your standard process.
- **Embrace load-centric thinking:** Select and sequence interventions based on their load, not just the technique, for more predictable outcomes.
- **Communicate using common language:** Use systems like the load-ranking rehab continuum for clarity in interdisciplinary teams.
- **Leverage clinic-gym hybrids:** Consider post-rehab programming or partnerships to keep patients progressing after pain resolves.
- **Expand your mindset:** See yourself as a performance professional, not just a pain manager.
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## Action Items
- **Audit your current systems:** Map out your treatment frameworks and identify gaps, both in clinical interventions and post-rehab fitness pathways.
- **Form partnerships:** Build relationships with trainers, gyms, or clinical assistants to cover all stages of the rehab-performance continuum.
- **Educate your team:** Share frameworks and tools to establish common language and standardized transitions.
- **Integrate regular recovery monitoring:** Ask about sleep, nutrition, stress, and recovery at every visit.
- **Adopt a load-based approach:** Begin documenting and planning patient progressions using systems of load rather than only technique or modality.
- **Explore clinic-gym models:** Assess feasibility for your space or community and consider integrating, or collaborating, with local fitness professionals.
- **Continue your education:** Review detailed frameworks like the Clinical Human Performance Practitioner (CHPP) certification for step-by-step implementation.
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## Conclusion
Bringing together rehabilitation and athletic performance demands systems thinking, collaborative teams, and a willingness to expand beyond traditional clinical silos. The approaches presented by Dr. Tom Teter offer practical, evidence-based solutions for upgrading both patient experience and outcomes. By embracing frameworks, leveraging recovery science, and seeing “the big picture” of human performance, clinicians can ensure athletes and active individuals return not just to sport—but thrive and excel.
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For further resources, implementation guides, and ongoing support, explore the Clinical Human Performance Practitioner certification and the Performance Practitioner newsletter.
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Look back with key points and time stamps
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**1. The Power of Systems Without Sacrificing Individualized Care**
**[00:03:45 – 00:04:54]**
Dr. Teter uses the analogy of "bumper bowling" to show how systems/frameworks guide practitioners without forcing cookie-cutter care. He explains:
> "...like bumper bowling...those are the frameworks to make sure the ball doesn't get outside the lane. How you roll the ball is entirely up to your experience and your expertise...It’s entirely up to your education, and it’s up to your experience. I’m not telling you how to do technique x. I’m telling you where to use the techniques that you know in a structure of a system that gets you from point a...to point b..."
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**2. Collaborating with a Team to Deliver Efficient, High-Quality Care**
**[00:05:30 – 00:07:51]**
Dr. Teter describes how building a multi-disciplinary team improves efficiency and outcomes.
> "You need a process structure and build a team...someone could be in your office for an hour, but you're only seeing them for, like, fifteen, twenty minutes depending on how your style of practice is...That’s not really the most economically advantageous or financially motivating decisions to be able to run a really effective practice."
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**3. Clinic-Gym Hybrid Model and Maximizing Your License**
**[00:08:59 – 00:11:31]**
He discusses the benefits of clinic-gym hybrids and how chiropractors (and other clinicians) can expand their role into the realm of human performance, not just pain relief.
> "...if we really wanna maximize our license, then we’d shift our focus just from rehab into this broad realm of human performance, and then we just build a team of people using an operational system that allows everyone to function in the same umbrella."
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**4. Recovery is as Critical as Training for Long-Term Performance**
**[00:11:46 – 00:14:34]**
A deep dive into why promoting recovery is fundamental, not a "nice-to-have," and how clinicians can (and should) be heavily involved.
> "Recovery is the single most important thing we can do...Sleep? Absolutely. Nutrition and supplementation and hydration?...All of those things fall under our scope of practice."
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**5. Creating a Common Language Across Disciplines: The Rehab Continuum & “Load”**
**[00:16:16 – 00:21:26]**
Dr. Teter highlights the gap between rehab and performance and his creation of the “rehab continuum,” a common language and structure based around the concept of “load.”
> "We lack a common language. In rehab, we tend to use movement as our language. In strength and conditioning, we tend to use forces as our language...I came up with this concept that we have here on the screen called the rehab continuum...load is the common denominator."
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Post-Webinar Wrap-Up (After Show Shorty Episode)
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**[Music Fades In]**
**Jessica Riddle:**
Hey everyone, and welcome back to the FAKTR Podcast. I’m your host, Jessica Riddle, and today we’re doing something a little different. We recently wrapped up an incredible two-part conversation with Dr. Tom Teter on rebuilding better athletes and bridging the gap between rehab and performance care for our patients. If you missed the live webinar or those podcast episodes, today’s wrap-up will catch you up on the biggest takeaways – and give you specific, tactical steps to bring these insights straight into your practice or clinic, starting tomorrow.
First, let’s talk about the elephant in the room—the disconnect between traditional rehab and actual athletic performance. Dr. Teter laid it out so well: in many practices, there’s no true system to guide an athlete from pain-free back to fully-performing, durable, and even better-than-before. Instead, many care models stop at “pain relief” rather than taking that next step toward total functional capacity and long-term resilience.
So, what’s the fix? According to Dr. Teter, it starts with a **clear operational framework**—but one that isn't a cookie-cutter. The analogy of “bumper bowling” really hit home. Your clinical system sets up the lane. It keeps care consistent and comprehensive. But how you roll the ball? That’s all you: your expertise, skills, education, and the unique needs of your patient. The framework just ensures you don’t end up off in the gutter or missing key elements in your care.
**Key Action Steps:**
1. **Audit Your Own System:**
Print out or sketch Dr. Teter’s rehab continuum, then use two highlighters. Mark what you’re confident in, where you have tools, and then highlight where you’ve built trusted referral relationships for everything else. The gaps you see? That’s your roadmap for upskilling or networking, whether it means learning new modalities, investing in specific equipment, or collaborating with local gyms or trainers.
2. **Build a Team, Not Just a Practice:**
Dr. Teter makes a powerful business point: You don’t have to do everything yourself. Having a multidisciplinary team, even if it’s built through strategic partnerships, lets you deliver total care without burning out or spending hours with every patient. Athletic trainers, strength coaches, and assistants can all become part of your patient’s journey from pain to performance.
3. **Shift From Technique-Based to Load-Based Thinking:**
Instead of seeing yourself as a “manual therapy person” or a “taping doc,” shift the mindset to: “What level of load does my patient need right now?” Every intervention, from taping to advanced strength training, is just a tool to adjust biological stress and adaptation. This way of thinking applies even if you’re not a clinician! In fact, as someone from the business side, I can tell you that clinics using a systems-based, load-progressive approach have better patient retention, more word-of-mouth referrals, and less professional burnout.
4. **Maximize Out-of-Pain Engagement:**
Here’s where most clinics miss the mark: once the patient feels better, the relationship ends. But Dr. Teter’s model leverages ongoing fitness and performance enhancement as a way to keep patients engaged and thriving. Think about launching a clinic/gym hybrid, or collaborating with a specialty gym to extend your care continuum. Stats show that patients who continue with guided, progressive fitness post-rehab report fewer re-injuries and higher satisfaction—meaning your revenue and your results go up, too.
5. **Prioritize Recovery and Stress Management:**
Dr. Teter drove home how critical it is to monitor—not just physical progress—but also recovery and stress. Sleep, nutrition, hydration, and regeneration tools aren’t just “nice extras”—they’re core to the patient’s lasting success. As the healthcare field shifts toward longevity and total wellness—rather than just pain relief—building your expertise here will set you apart.
**For Non-Clinicians (like myself):**
I want to add something from my experience on the business side. Practices that embrace these strategies—team-based care, a structured framework, and an ongoing performance mindset—don’t just deliver better outcomes. They’re also more resilient businesses. Diversifying your services, building strategic partnerships, and keeping patients engaged through their full recovery and beyond means more predictable revenue, better community reputation, and a bigger impact in people’s lives. One thing we know for certain: the “one and done” care model is on its way out.
**Statistics to Consider:**
- According to recent reports, clinics incorporating exercise and recovery strategies see a 30% reduction in patient drop-off post-rehab.
- Nearly 70% of patients engaged with ongoing performance programs report a “significantly higher” quality of life six months after their initial injury or pain episode.
- Multidisciplinary clinics have 25% higher patient retention and up to 40% better online reviews—both essential in today’s competitive market.
**Closing Thoughts:**
So, if you’re only treating pain and sending folks on their way, you’re not just underserving your patients—you’re holding your business back. The future of healthcare is integrated, patient-centered, and performance-driven. Dr. Teter’s model gives you the lane, but how you bowl—that’s where you bring your magic. Take a hard look at your current process, start small if you have to, but build toward this type of team, system, and performance mindset.
If you’re eager for more, don’t forget to check out the Clinical Human Performance Practitioner Certification info in the show notes, and sign up for Dr. Teter’s free Substack newsletter for even more strategies and case studies.
Thanks again for listening! If you found this helpful, please share it with a colleague or leave us a review. And as always, you’ll find links, resources, and next steps at faktrpodcast.com.
This is Jessica Riddle, cheering you on as you build a practice—and a career—that truly makes a difference.
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