Episode 17 - Dr. Vonda Wright Interview

Healthy Hustling Podcast w/ Dr. Eric Broadworth

Dr. Vonda Wright discusses mental and physical hardiness & hope for the future. Dr. Wright discusses how her experience working with professional athletes has helped all individuals deal with stress, especially amid the current pandemic.

In this new era where we find ourselves, we may feel the safe option is to hunker down and wait for the normal we recognize to once again return. But as leaders and highly functioning individuals, we are more than capable of a PIVOT to a forward-facing approach to mental and physical resilience that builds a new kind of strength and moves us forward into this new world.

Dr. Vonda Wright brings tactics for building physical and mental resilience from her 20 years of experience working with high-performance and professional athletes to gird yourself against external stress, build strength in all areas of your life, bend but not break, and make the best out of our current reality.

Dr. Vonda Wright is an orthopedic surgeon and internationally recognized authority on active aging and mobility. She specializes in sports medicine and currently serves as the inaugural Chief of Sports Medicine and Orthopedics for Northside Health System in Atlanta. An intra-preneur, Dr. Wright was the Inaugural Medical Director of the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex a 158,000 sqft integrated sports medicine and performance joint venture between UPMC and the 5x Stanley Cup Campion Pittsburgh Penguins and the founding director of the Performance and Research Initiative for Masters Athletes (PRIMA). Her pioneering research in mobility and musculoskeletal aging is changing the way we view and treat the aging process.

In addition to her surgical practice, Dr. Wright is a media content expert and regularly appears on national TV shows including “Dr. Oz,” and “The Doctors.” She is frequently quoted in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, USA Today and U.S. News & World Report, as well as in magazines such as Maxim, Prevention, Fitness, MORE, Runner’s World, Best Life, and Arthritis Today and numerous online publications. She proudly serves on the Sharecare Medical Advisory Board. Dr. Wright speaks worldwide and has authored five books; “Fitness After 40: How to Stay Strong at Any Age” and “Guide to THRIVE: 4 steps to Body, Brains & Bliss,” “Younger in 8 weeks,” an “A Parents Playbook for Raising Healthy Athletes,” and “Masterful Care of the Aging Athlete.” Dr. Wright earned her Masters of Science at Rush University, her medical degree from the University of Chicago, completed a residency in orthopedic surgery at the University of Pittsburgh and her fellowship in sports and shoulder surgery at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York. She currently lives in Atlanta with her husband, 2x Stanley Cup champion, Peter Taglianetti and their blended family of 6 kids.

To learn more about Dr. Wright visit https://www.drvondawright.com

Follow her on IG: @drvondawright

For more information on Dr. Eric Broadworth visit www.fuelphysicaltherapy.com