Podium Sports Medicine

10/15/2019

Podcast: Wake. Dad. Drink. Repeat.

Dr. Sprouse is the Head of Medicine for the EF Education First Professional Cycling Team . He is the owner of Podium Sports Medicine , a retainer based medical practice that serves all types of health conscious individuals from professional athletes and executives to the weekend warrior. 

07/19/2019

Business Insider - Dr. Sprouse at Tour de France

CHALON-SUR-SAONE, France — Crashing is part of the Tour de France, but fortunately most of the time riders pick themselves up and continue riding. Yet even when they do, it's not always clear they should take the start the next day. How do teams decide whether it's safe for a rider to continue? Bu

07/05/2019

Bicycling Magazine: What happens after a bike crash?

To get a better inside look at what happens after a crash, we tapped the EF Education First Pro Cycling Team’s Head of Medicine, Kevin Sprouse, who was on the scene after Craddock’s infamous crash, and American cyclist for EF Education First Pro Cycling, Nate Brown , who finished 43rd in the 201...

05/24/2019

Thoughts on CBD

In January of 2018, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) removed cannabidiol (CBD) from its list of banned substances.  Immediately, my phone and email blew up!  Athletes were asking whether they should start taking CBD and how they should use it. Now, a year and a half later, ques

04/26/2019

Hydration: For Health and Performance

As the weather starts to heat up, questions keep popping up around hydration.  This is a great topic to address for our first Q&A of 2019.  However, rather than look at each individual question, I’m going to post an article which addresses all of it.  What is the b

04/11/2019

Blog & Email

As many of you know, this year has led to some big changes for me and my medical practice.  I have taken the opportunity to move temporarily to Europe in order to work more closely with some of my athletes there.  It’s a bit of a sabbatical from my office practice at Podium, but I

04/04/2019

Jet Lag

I was recently interviewed for an article about jet lag. This is something that athletes and business travelers deal with regularly, and it can have a massive negative impact on performance. There are things you can do to mitigate the effect of travel though. Read the full article HERE . Tra

11/14/2018

Dr. Sprouse To Take Sabbatical in 2019

I wanted you, our patients and friends, to be among the first to know about an important change coming to Podium in 2019.  Next year my family and I are embarking on a new adventure, moving to Girona, Spain, as I spend more time working with professional athletes and the  EF Pro Cy

10/09/2018

I got to sit down with Ted King at Blackberry Farm during the Pro-Am Classic last month for a recorded chat. It’s always good to catch up with Ted. If you’ve not yet heard his King of the Ride podcast, you should check it out! The episodes with Jason Gay, Lawson Craddock, and Bonnie Ford are great places to start. Highly recommended!

I got to sit down with Ted King at Blackberry Farm during the Pro-Am Classic last month for a recorded chat. It’s always good to catch up with Ted. If you’ve not yet heard his King of the Ride podcast, you should check it out! The episodes with Jason Gay, Lawson Craddock, and Bonnie Ford are gre...

10/03/2018

At Podium, we're thrilled to support Pedal for Alzheimer's again this year! https://buff.ly/2zJBJHv

10/01/2018

Your new secret weapon for better performance and less pain!

Well, that photo might be a bit extreme! However… Athletes are good at having a plan for their training.  Many will follow a coach’s prescription or plan their own training days ahead of time.  They will lay out their long days, their hill repeats, their lactate tolerance interva

09/28/2018

Antibiotics and Athletes: As we transition from our old site to this new one, there are some blog posts that I’d like to republish. Here’s one that is pertinent any time of year, but especially as we head into the fall and winter!

As we transition from our old site to this new one, there are some blog posts that I’d like to republish. Here’s one that is pertinent any time of year, but especially as we head into the fall and winter!