The Sports Doctor Interviews Dr. Sam
I was a guest on Dr. Robert Wiles radio show. He is a sports podiatrist, they call him the sports doctor, and we had about a 15 minute lively conversation about optometry, concussions, brain injury, and so much more. Enjoy the show. If you want more, sign up for my newsletter at: www.drsamberne.com. If you have any questions, submit them to hello@drsamberne.com or you can now text me! Text ‘Join’ to 1-844-932-1291 to join the community and ask your questions! SUMMARY KEYWORDS eyes, sports, doctor, concussions, vision, world, glasses, talking, holistic, baseline, guests, optometry, sam, physical therapy, body, worked, athlete, sorts, visual, problem Hello, everyone, it’s Dr. Sam, I’d like to welcome you to my EyeClarity podcast. This is a show that offers cutting edge information on how to improve your vision and overall wellness through holistic methods. I so appreciate you spending part of your day with me. If you have questions, you can send them to hello@drsamberne.com. Hey everybody, its Dr. Sam and I'd like to welcome you to another EyeClarity podcast. Well, today I was a guest on Dr. Robert Wiles radio show, and he is a sports podiatrist. They call him the sports doctor. And we had about a 15 minute lively conversation about optometry, concussions, brain injury, and so much more. So everybody, thanks for tuning in, leave a comment on Spotify or my website. And I look forward to seeing you again. 00:38 Dr. Sam Berne. Welcome to The Sport's Doctor 00:42 Thanks, Dr. Bob, great to be here. 00:45 Give us some background on yourself. And you can throw in a definition of holistic optometry while you're at it. 00:55 Sounds good. So when you go for an eye exam, you know, the doctor has you read the eye chart, and you get the Reading 2020. That's a measurement of your eyesight. But vision is how the eyes and the brain and the body work together. So eyesight is only one part of vision. So as a holistic eye doctor, I look at the eyes as an interrelated, interconnected part of the body. And there are things that you can do to improve your vision even as you get older. And that's kind of the difference between the regular eye care, they just say your eyes get worse as you get older. In my, in my practice, people get older and their eyes get better. 01:39 At you know, we see truth for years on the sports doc, the doctor, hand eye coordination, all sorts of eye exercise for some commentators talking about enhancing performance. Regardless of the sport, there's a lot of exciting information in that side, you know, besides the run of the mill, I can't like you said, there's so much more involved, even as a diagnostic tool, I don't like podiatry when many times we might see diabetes for the first time because of a foot symptom. You also might see it when you see the eyes, right? 02:16 Exactly, because the eyes have one of the highest metabolic needs of the body, highly concentrated with those tiny blood vessels. So it's one of the entry ways into the body like the foot. And you can pick up disease very early. And of course, in diabetes, this is a real vulnerable area, I'm talking about the retina. So you know, if you have glucose levels that are off the charts, or you're pre diabetic, you're going to see it in the eyes, it's going to be one of the first places and then you can treat it by doing some holistic things if you want to. 02:56 Well, you talk about embracing your body's ability to strengthen, healing balanced. And again,