Dr. Mike Lehr – The “37-1-24” Story of Perseverance, Ankle Dorsiflexion, The “Chop n Lift” and MORE!

In this episode of the Brawn Body Health and Fitness Podcast - THE FIRST EPISODE of 2022 & podcast season 3, Dan is joined by Dr. Michael (Mike) Lehr to discuss his personal story of perseverance, the chop & lift exercise, ankle dorsiflexion and manual therapy techniques for improving ankle dorsiflexion, and more! Dr. Lehr is currently an associate professor in the Doctor of Physical Therapy Program at Messiah University. His areas of interest and expertise are in orthopedic and sports physical therapy, teaching and learning, manual therapy for the foot and ankle, movement assessment techniques, and musculoskeletal injury prevention strategies. Dr. Lehr has had extensive higher education teaching experience as a core faculty member in an entry level doctoral physical therapy program. Clinically, he still maintains clinical practice in the outpatient setting. He is an accomplished scholar with numerous peer reviewed scholarly products over the last decade at the national and international level and has been lead instructor for many continuing education courses related to his area of expertise. Despite this great success - Dr. Lehr did not have an easy path, as you will learn by the numbers 37 and 1 in this episode!  For more on Dr. Lehr, you can check out his research gate here: www.researchgate.net/profile/Michael-Lehr To keep up to date with everything we are currently doing on the podcast, be sure to subscribe and follow @brawnbody on social media! This episode is brought to you by CTM band recovery products - the EXACT soft tissue recovery technology used by Dan. CTM Band was founded by Dr. Kyle Bowling, a sports medicine practitioner who treats professional athletes (and was a guest on the Brawn Body Podcast!).  You can check out their website here: https://ctm.band/collections/ctm-band ... while you're there, be sure to use the coupon code "BRAWN10" for 10% off! This episode is also brought to you by Ice shaker! Use our affiliate link to help support future podcast episodes and development by clicking here:  https://www.iceshaker.com?sca_ref=1520881.zOJLysQzKe Make sure you SHARE this episode with a friend who could benefit from the information we shared! Check out everything we do, including blog posts, fitness programs, and more by clicking here: https://linktr.ee/brawnbodytraining