How to Treat Injuries of Professional and Weekend Warriors

Recorded: Tuesday, August 28 @ 2 p.m. ET
Speaker: Mike Winklejohn, trainer and coach of UFC fighters and owner of Jackson/Wink Professional MMA Training Academy and Michael Pridham, DC and black belt in Tae Kwon Do

Attend this webinar to learn:

• Injuries typically sustained by professional fighters during training and combat
• Chiropractic approaches to treating the above injuries and preventing recurrence.
• Injuries typically sustained by weekend warriors during training and playing.
• Chiropractic approaches to treating the above injuries and preventing recurrence.
• Examples of particularly horrendous injuries seen and how these were treated.
• The benefits of stretching, nutrition and topicals in preventing and treating injuries.

 About the speakers

Dr. Michael Pridham is a chiropractic physician in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he serves his community in a variety of ways. He currently serves as the Vice President of the New Mexico Chiropractic Association, and he serves as Chair of the Sergeant at Arms Committee of the American Chiropractic Association. Pridham is a Certified Kinesio Taping Instructor and has taught hundreds of providers how to apply therapeutic taping. Martial arts have always been important to Dr. Pridham. He has been practicing martial arts for twenty-eight years and he has earned the rank of second degree black belt in Taekwondo and Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu. He has trained in Tai Chi, Aikido, Judo, Jujutsu, Capoeira, and MMA. One of his favorite mottos is that in order to know how to heal, you must first know how to destroy. Pridham is currently teaching Tai Chi classes at Equilibrium Wellness Center.

 

 

Coach Mike Winkeljohn is one of the most sought after coaches in the world of Mixed Martial Arts today. He is a 5th Degree Black Belt in Kenpo Karate, and multiple time ISKA, Kickboxing, and Muai Thai World Champion in various organizations. He is the coach to some of the best athletes to ever grace the sport of Mixed Martial Arts.He spends most of his day building dreams in the world renowned Jackson Wink MMA Academy for professional athletes.