Dr. Jordan Metzl | A Prescription for Healthy Movement | Talks at Google
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 Published On Jun 30, 2021

Dr. Jordan Metzl discusses ways to help your body when working from home. As we work from home, our lives change. There is more sitting, less moving, and more food. Not surprisingly, the average American has put on 8 pounds during the pandemic and achy knees, backs, and necks are commonplace. What can we do? Dr. Jordan Metzl has developed a plan to deal with these issues and help everyone maximize their movement, improve their health, and fix their aches and pains.

Jordan Metzl, MD is a renowned Sports Medicine physician at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City, the United States’ leading orthopedic specialty hospital. Regularly voted by his peers to New York Magazine’s Top Doctors list, Dr. Metzl treats athletic minded people of all ages, from the world's top athletes to the newly active. His focus is to return athletes to their field of choice as quickly and safely as possible. In addition to his medical practice, Dr. Metzl is pioneering a new connection between the worlds of fitness and medicine to actively engage patients in their own preventive health through activity. He developed the IronStrength® workout that has been performed by more than 12 million people globally and created the IronStrength community fitness program which provides free group classes for thousands of people each year.

Dr. Metzl is the best-selling author of five books including Dr Jordan Metzl’s Workout Prescription and Running Strong. He recently partnered with The New York Times to create the Nine Minute Workout and the Guide to Knees. He is on the editorial boards of Runner’s World, Shape, and Prevention magazines and has been featured in news outlets including The New York Times, CNN, The Today Show and National Public Radio discussing the issues of sports medicine and wellness. Dr. Metzl is also a dedicated athlete, a 35-time marathoner and 14-time Ironman finisher.

Moderated by Buddy Hammonds.

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