Charles Darwin once said it is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change. On episode 2 of the My New Normal Podcast I sit down with wheelchair badass Keith Concur & adaptive coach Chase Gentilhomme to learn how they have adapted to survive in their new normal, and now are thriving in this state.

Keith is craftsman, hunter and athlete by trade who lost the use of his legs in a motorcycle accident while helping to rebuild New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Keith defines thriving in his new normal as he so eloquently says in this episode "I've done more shit in the 12 years I have been in a chair than most will do in their whole life."

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• Topics Covered On This Episode
  
• Ice Breakers: sprit animals, 5 words to describer yourself and what do you want to do when you grow up
  
• Origin stories
  
• First line of care for adaptive athletes
  
• How to mentally deal with traumatic injuries
  
• How to grow past "why do bad things happen to good people"
  
• Dealing with a diagnosis and learning how to not let it become you
  
• How to become an adaptive coach
  
• Putting yourself out there after trauma
  
• Weeding out people that don't really matter
  

LINKS:

1. Learn More About Dr. T, her adventures, and get access to information from her early in her newsletter: https://www.drtheresalarson.com/newsletter/

2. Learn more about her online course Functional Training for the Adaptive Athlete (NSCA CEUs available):  https://www.drtheresalarson.com/adaptive-trainers-course/

3. Learn more about Dr. T's company, Movement Rx

4. Learn more about Dr. T's well researched and tested Prehab Programs: The Shoulder Fix:, The Knee Fix, and The Low Back Fix

5. Link to the YouTube 'behind the scenes' video of this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGLYJ3k6Ias&t=167s

6. Link to Wheelchair Athlete & Spinal Cord Injuries Episode to learn more: https://www.drtheresalarson.com/wheeled-athlete-spinal-cord-injuries/