Have a bodily injury that prevents you from enjoying the sport you love? Needs some training advice, or want to try a different type of training variable? These are just a few things a team Physician can help with. Look at all the ProTour teams, they all have team physicians. You may have heard of Eric Heiden or Max Testa who work partially with the BMC team. Just like in the big leagues, the Livetrainrace.com Cycling Team also has a team physician.
We have team partners such as Complete Nutrition who helps out with supplements and gives great promotions, information and discounts to local athletes who attend our events. Sanitary Supply and US Cleaning Professionals help us out at events with supplying everything to trash cans and materials to make sure we leave venues cleaner and better than when we arrived. A partner who also makes a big impact is Richard Price, MD. As our team physician, he goes above and beyond to make sure athletes are riding to their fullest potential and enjoying the activity they love.
I worked with Rich last year to help take my training and results to the next level. We did a few programs and personal studies where I sued his knowledge and guidance to achieve results. Some things, such as training with supplemental oxygen and altitude sleep high/train low experiments are something the average person might not do, but with resources like Rich, his vast knowledge can help in any case.
The past year and a half I have had a knee pain that has been sharp at times and dull at others. After not being able to train, let alone barely ride without extreme pain, I went to the advice of our LTR team physician. Rich Price understands what it means to live an active lifestyle, and he helped move the what could have been timely process along very rapidly. In just a few days of taking my own action, I had an MRI, consultation with Price. We looked at the issue, gave some options and talked about a solution. As a sports medicine doctor, Rich was able to quickly connect me to orthopaedic knee surgeons who specialize and can help with my issue. I already have a plan of action, a date, and am thoroughly looking forward to recovering and getting back on the bike pain free.
If you have a problem that just came up, or has been nagging you or a long time, give Rich Price a visit and see how he can help you get back to pain free activity. I have been thoroughly impressed how far Rich has gone to make sure my problem is quickly taken care of and acted upon in the best manner to make sure I am back to what I love doing as soon as possible. And if you don’t know what that is, let me give you a hint: Riding bikes and ripping others’ legs off! (and maybe destroying Strava segments!)
