{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Parkinson's: An Athlete's Journey","title":"The Brain Has to Get the Memo | Garrett Salpeter","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2881,"description":"Garrett Salpeter’s work began with a personal injury and a question that stayed with him: why did recovery often feel so limited?\nAs a hockey player and engineering student, he became interested in the nervous system, direct current stimulation, and the ways the body responds after injury. That path eventually led him to found NeuFit, where his work focuses on helping people improve movement, recovery, activation, and function by working directly with the nervous system.\nHis work has extended beyond sports performance into neurological conditions, including early research on how NeuFit treatments affect sleep quality in people with Parkinson's.\nGarrett joins Eric to talk about neuroplasticity, recovery, performance, and direct current stimulation. They also discuss autonomic function, the nervous system's role in movement, and what it means to create enough input to maintain or rebuild capacity over time.\nKey Takeaways\n➡️ The nervous system sits at the center of movement.\nGarrett explains how recovery, activation, coordination, and performance all depend on the signals moving between the brain and body.\n➡️ Neuroplasticity depends on repeated input.\nCreating change requires enough stimulation, repetition, and consistency for the nervous system to recognize which pathways are worth maintaining or rebuilding.\n➡️ Recovery and performance are closely connected.\nGood rehab and good performance training often share the same goals: restore movement patterns, address weak links, load tissues well, and build capacity over time.\n➡️ Sleep and autonomic function matter for Parkinson’s.\nGarrett and Eric discuss sleep disruption, recovery, parasympathetic function, and early research exploring NeuFit treatments and sleep quality in people with Parkinson’s.\nKey Moments\n00:00 Garrett’s background in hockey, injury, and recovery\n04:21 Early patient work and major turning points\n05:20 Spinal cord injury, neuroplasticity, and learning to walk again\n08:18 The impact of helping one...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/KcQe6JhSUVuU6NFEniUC3ohupqfa4g-tH5UDQ9bHGtw/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9hYTMz/NWUzMmE2MjU0MTNj/NjAyZGNhZmFjMzY2/NmE3YS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}