My Body Odyssey Fluent Knowledge

You find a bull’s-eye rash around a tick bite. If you get to the doctor quickly, get a Lyme disease diagnosis, and take the standard antibiotics, everything will be fine, right? 
Not for a sizable percentage of Lyme patients. And not for our protagonist in this episode, Siri. She’s a seventeen-year-old Nordic ski racer from Vermont who’s suffered repeated bouts of pediatric Lyme disease.
Siri trains for cross-country ski racing at the Craftsbury Outdoor Center in Vermont, boosting her mood and stamina. But when she has deep fatigue, brain fog, and poor balance, training is often impossible. “There were many days,” says Siri, “that I just sat on the couch with my head between my legs.”
Siri’s second major onset of Lyme symptoms occurred at age 11. Perhaps due to previous infection and treatment, she does not test positive for Lyme then, so her doctors would not prescribe antibiotics. Yet her symptoms persisted, setting Siri and her mother, Kara, on a research and treatment odyssey.
Our expert commentator for this episode, Dr. Steven Phillips, finds this is often the case for people with chronic Lyme and Lyme related symptoms. “[In] most cases of Lyme, the subjective features vastly outweigh the objective features. Subjective means what the patient feels, what the doctor can't see versus what the doctor can see,” says Dr. Phillips. He’s a Yale-trained physician and author of the book, Chronic, about his personal struggle with Lyme and professional efforts to better understand the disease. 
“What is very well recognized,” says Phillips, “is that a large percentage of patients develop chronic symptoms after acute Lyme disease.”
In Siri’s case, that meant trying a wide range of alternative therapies, some of which she’d rather forget. 
Will Siri escape the physical and emotional depths of chronic Lyme? Can aerobic exercise like Nordic skiing help people with Lyme and other chronic conditions?
Tune in to learn more about Lyme disease and the rewards and challenges of cross-country skiing on this first episode of season two. And meet exceptionally resilient Siri, her devoted mother Kara, and a Nordic skiing family on an odyssey of twists, turns, and steep uphill climbs.
My Body Odyssey is a Fluent Knowledge production.
Original music by Ryan Adair Rooney.

Show Notes:
Experts:
Steven Phillips, MD

Steven Phillips Website

Steven Phillips Book (2020): Chronic: The Hidden Cause of the Autoimmune Pandemic and How to Get Healthy Again

Resources
Organizations:


LymeDisease.org 


LymeNet.info 


ILADS Medical Society 


Further Readings: 

"Chronic Lyme Disease vs Post-Treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome"

Chronic Lyme Disease: An Evidence-Based Definition by the ILADS Working Group

“Evidence assessments and guideline recommendations in Lyme disease: the clinical management of known tick bites, erythema migrans rashes and persistent disease”

"Lyme Disease (Borreliosis) in a Saint Bernard Dog: First Clinical Case in Turkey"

"Metamorphoses of Lyme disease spirochetes: phenomenon of Borrelia persisters"

"Review of evidence for immune evasion and persistent infection in Lyme disease"

"Recent Progress in Lyme Disease and Remaining Challenges"

"Hyperbaric oxygen therapy as an effective adjunctive treatment for chronic Lyme disease"

"Novel Diagnosis of Lyme Disease: Potential for CAM Intervention"

“The effectiveness of Samento, Cumanda, Burbur, and Dr. Lee Cowden's protocol in the treatment of chronic Lyme disease"

“Function and evolution of aquaporin IsAQP1 in the Lyme disease vector Ixodes scapularis"

“Comprehensive Review of Herbal Supplements Used for Persistent Symptoms Attributed to Lyme Disease”

"Supervised Resistance Exercise for Patients with Persistent Symptoms of Lyme Disease"

NIH: Chronic Lyme Disease


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Come one, come all! Start training for an event of your choice. Being active has its own rewards, as told by the podcast protagonists quoted in this episode. Here are some events to get you started. Tell us what you choose and when you complete it, and we'll mention your achievement in a future episode.

National Men’s Health Month 5K and 1K (Ft. Worth, TX)
https://bit.ly/3MUgs3s
CAF Community Triathlon (San Diego, CA)
https://bit.ly/427MWvt
Bike MS: Buckeye Breakaway 2023 (Huron, OH)
https://bit.ly/3MXgWWL
Swim Across America Castle Island Swim (Boston, MA)
https://bit.ly/42243yU
Odyssey Swimrun (four locations)
https://bit.ly/3BXS5Me
The Big Sit! Birding Competition (worldwide)
https://www.thebigsit.org/
USA Marathon List
https://bit.ly/3MVThWB
Triathlon events all over the world
https://bit.ly/3q59CiB
US Masters Swimming (USMS) events
https://bit.ly/45tcnuu
Cycling races in the US
https://bit.ly/3qbY9xZ

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We’re back! In this premium episode for Apple subscribers, we take to the trails in Craftsbury, VT. Cross-country or Nordic Skiing exploded in popularity during the pandemic. But warmer winters and erratic weather mean less snow and shorter seasons. My Body Odyssey usually focuses on challenges like diabetes, cancer, or recurrent injuries which make staying active more difficult. But huge challenges come from the environment too. We talk to Craftsbury skiers about how our changing climate threatens outdoor winter sports.

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Original music by Ryan Adair Rooney

In this second of two holiday bonus episodes, MBO gets personal with four expert guests whose experiences inform their professional pursuits.
As a kid in Canada, Dr. Mark Stoutenberg (Temple University) dreamed of becoming an American football coach but changed course after discovering exercise physiology and the need for greater public accessibility to exercise programs. 
Dr. Michael Riddell’s path to becoming a world-renowned authority on diabetes and exercise at York University (Toronto) began as a 15-year old with type one whose basketball teammates didn’t worry about blood sugar levels.
Dr. Shosh Bennett began a groundbreaking career in maternal behavioral health after two severe cases of postpartum depression.
And Dr. Kathryn Schmitz (University of Pittsburgh) had the all too personal experience of implementing exercise oncology with her own life partner. 

Tune in for the personal sagas of My Body Odyssey (MBO) medical experts in these holiday bonus episodes. MBO is a Fluent Knowledge production; original music by Ryan Adair Rooney.
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In this first of two Season 1 bonus episodes, we get a bit more personal with the expert guests whose own experiences motivate and inform their professional endeavors.  

Dr. Jacob Meyer, Director of the Wellbeing & Exercise Lab at Iowa State, confides that, “My own personal struggles with depression coincided with periods when I was much less active.”

Diabetes ran in the family of Dr. Sheri Colberg, diagnosed with Type 1 at age four. The author of a dozen books on diabetes and exercise, she recounts encouraging her Type 1 grandmother on laps around the backyard from an early age.

And DPT Lisa Lowe, former able-bodied competitor now para rowing athlete and coach, describes re-adopting the sport she loved after a horrific car accident did significant damage to her legs. 

Listen in for the personal sagas of My Body Odyssey experts in these special bonus episodes. 

My Body Odyssey is a Fluent Knowledge production. Original music by Ryan Adair Rooney.
Be sure to Follow/Subscribe to the show so you don’t miss an episode!

SHOW NOTES
Experts:


Dr. Sheri Colberg, PhD: Website, Google Scholar, Twitter, Books


Diabetes Motion

Relevant Publications

The Athlete’s Guide to Diabetes

Diabetes and Keeping Fit for Dummies

Exercise/Physical Activity in Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes: A Consensus Statement from the American College of Sports Medicine

Physical Activity/Exercise and Diabetes: A Position Statement of the American Diabetes Association


Jacob Meyer, PhD: Wellbeing and Exercise Lab, Twitter


Notable Publications:

Changes in physical activity and sedentary behavior in response to COVID-19 and their associations with mental health in 3052 US adults

Association of efficacy of resistance exercise training with depressive symptoms: meta-analysis and meta-regression analysis of randomized clinical trials


Dr. Lisa Russell Lowe, DPT: PowerHousePhysio 


Dr. Russell Lowe’s blog

@powerhousephy

Resources

What is Multiple Sclerosis? 

National MS Society

The prevalence of MS in the United States

What Causes MS?

Diabetes Stats - CDC

American Diabetes Association

Do I Have Prediabetes?

Prediabetes and What it Means: The Epidemiological Evidence


More at www.mybodyodyssey.com

Hear the full episodes featuring these experts:
Josie & Joe in Tandem vs. Multiple Sclerosis 
Generational Gene: Cycling for Diabetes Prevention
Rowing Through Cancer, Injury, & Trauma: Three Body Odysseys at 2022 Head of the Charles 

And follow us on:
Twitter: @mybodyodyssey
Facebook: @mybodyodysseypod
Instagram: @mybodyodysseypodcast

In this first of two Season 1 bonus episodes, we get a bit more personal with the expert guests whose own experiences motivate and inform their professional endeavors.

Dr. Jacob Meyer, Director of the Wellbeing & Exercise Lab at Iowa State, confides that, “My own personal struggles with depression coincided with periods when I was much less active.”

Diabetes ran in the family of Dr. Sheri Colberg, diagnosed with Type 1 at age four. The author of a dozen books on diabetes and exercise, she recounts encouraging her Type 1 grandmother on laps around the backyard from an early age.

And DPT Lisa Lowe, former able-bodied competitor now para rowing athlete and coach, describes re-adopting the sport she loved after a horrific car accident did significant damage to her legs.

Listen in for the personal sagas of My Body Odyssey experts in these special bonus episodes.


My Body Odyssey is a Fluent Knowledge production. Original music by Ryan Adair Rooney.

Be sure to Follow/Subscribe to the show so you don’t miss an episode!


SHOW NOTES
(Go to www.mybodyodyssey.com for links to Show Notes references)

Experts:

Dr. Sheri Colberg, PhD: Website, Google Scholar, Twitter, Books
Diabetes Motion
Relevant Publications
The Athlete’s Guide to Diabetes
Diabetes and Keeping Fit for Dummies
Exercise/Physical Activity in Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes: A Consensus Statement from the American College of Sports Medicine
Physical Activity/Exercise and Diabetes: A Position Statement of the American Diabetes Association

Jacob Meyer, PhD: Wellbeing and Exercise Lab, Twitter
Notable Publications:
Changes in physical activity and sedentary behavior in response to COVID-19 and their associations with mental health in 3052 US adults
Association of efficacy of resistance exercise training with depressive symptoms: meta-analysis and meta-regression analysis of randomized clinical trials

Dr. Lisa Russell Lowe, DPT: PowerHousePhysio
Dr. Russell Lowe’s blog
@powerhousephy
Resources

What is Multiple Sclerosis?
National MS Society
The prevalence of MS in the United States
What Causes MS?
Diabetes Stats - CDC
American Diabetes Association
Do I Have Prediabetes?
Prediabetes and What it Means: The Epidemiological Evidence



Hear the full episodes featuring these experts:

Josie & Joe in Tandem vs. Multiple Sclerosis

Generational Gene: Cycling for Diabetes Prevention

Rowing Through Cancer, Injury, & Trauma: Three Body Odysseys at 2022 Head of the Charles


And follow us on:

Twitter: @mybodyodyssey

Facebook: @mybodyodysseypod

Instagram: @mybodyodysseypodcast