Exercise and Health Archives

11/26/2024 Jeffrey Smith, MD, FACS, PCC

Creating An Effective Gratitude Practice

I’ve Been Practicing Gratitude All Wrong For years, I have tried to develop a solid gratitude practice. Like many others, I followed the standard

02/08/2024 Jeffrey Smith, MD, FACS, PCC

Eight Mobile Apps to Support Physician Physical Wellness

I’m always on the lookout for new ways to support my well-being. This journey started after I realized how much yoga helped me. I started practicing

08/26/2021 Jeffrey Smith, MD, FACS, PCC

My Personal Experience with Surgery Part-2

In Part 1 of this blog series about my recent surgery, I discussed how gaining a different perspective allowed me to change my mindset. Part 2 will

08/12/2021 Jeffrey Smith, MD, FACS, PCC

My Personal Experience with Surgery Part-1

In July, I had low back surgery (a right L5 -S1 discectomy and bilateral L5-S1 laminoforaminotomies) which in some part was due to years of performing

06/30/2021 Jeffrey Smith, MD, FACS, PCC

Two Breathing Techniques to Calm the Mind

There are a few obvious times in my life when I think about breathing - before swimming in the ocean, while practicing yoga, and prior to surgery as I

06/23/2020 Jeffrey Smith, MD, FACS, PCC

Immune Boost! – Life improvement strategies for the surgeon who wants more … in 10 minutes – Episode 60

Jeff welcomes to the SurgeonMasters podcast orthopedic surgeon and health & wellness consultant, Dr. Darin Davidson. The current pandemic

03/10/2020 Jeffrey Smith, MD, FACS, PCC

Walk the Talk! – Life improvement strategies for the surgeon who wants more … in 10 minutes – Episode 55

Jeff welcomes to the podcast CFO & Practice Administrator of Access Omnicare and the FORM Hand, Wrist & Elbow Institute, Amirra Besh. Amirra

12/19/2019 Jeffrey Smith, MD, FACS, PCC

Recovery Never Stops

I recently read an article focused on LeBron James’ process for recovering physically during the NBA season. The legendary athlete gets 8-10 hours of

12/11/2019 Jeffrey Smith, MD, FACS, PCC

Walk and Talk! – Life improvement strategies for the surgeon who wants more … in 10 minutes – Episode 51

As the practice administrator of two busy medical groups, Amirra is a strong wellness advocate. She witnesses first-hand the importance of healthy and