168. Fueling Resilience: Understanding Athlete Injuries + Nutrition with Dr. Efren Caballes

This episode of the Female Athlete Nutrition podcast is with sports medicine physician Dr. Efren Caballes, a Boulder-based sports doctor currently working with many professional athletes, primarily runners. He is also the co-host of the Ready To Run podcast, helping individuals navigate injuries and reduce injury risk. Dr. Caballes talks about how and why he came to specialize working with injured athletes, as well as his own athletics journey. We discuss common injuries, and the role of ultrasound and platelet-rich-plasma (PRP) for injury management. Lindsey and Dr. Caballes dive deep into the impact of nutrition on injuries, primarily the connection between underfueling and bone stress injuries, like stress fractures. Dr. Caballes highlights how common underfueling is in injured athletes, and why a team approach to treatment that includes a dietitian is needed. We chat about RED-S signs and symptoms, including non-hormone-related ones, before Dr. Caballes answers the usual end of the podcast questions.

TOPIC TIMESTAMPS:

4:30 Dr. Cabelles’ Ready To Run podcast 

6:20 Dr. Cabelles’ path to sports medicine 

10:55 Common sports injuries and diagnoses

15:40 PRP injections for injuries 

19:10 A team approach to injury management; the role of a dietitian

21:35  Underfueling and bone injuries 

29:10 Treating elite athletes

34:35 Male vs female signs of underfueling 

37:20 Non-hormonal signs of underfueling 

41:10 End of the podcast questions 

Find out more about Dr. Efren Caballes on his website drcsportsmed.com

Follow Dr. Efren Caballes on Instagram @drcsportsmed and me, your host Lindsey Cortes, on Instagram @female.athlete.nutrition 

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