Help Empower People To Live Better

I am Todd Wilkowski, and I am the owner and founder of Performance Physical Therapy and Wellness located in the New York metropolitan area which started 14 years ago, and has expanded from one office in mid-town Manhattan to a network of facilities across greater Fairfield County, Connecticut -including Greenwich, Westport, Darien and New Canaan.

I am a board-certified orthopedic and sports clinical specialist, a Titleist Performance Institute certified golf fitness instructor, and a Credentialed Advanced Hip Clinician. I have served as an adjunct Professor at NYU, and am currently one of thirteen key influencers nominated to sit on the Ithaca Athletics Advisory Council as well as a rehabilitation consultation for the New York Rangers.

My co-host Mike Beecher works as a board-certified orthopedic and sports clinical specialist at Performance, a Titleist Performance Institute medical professional, an Advanced Hip Clinician and a certified dry needling specialist. He earned a Bachelor in Science degree with honors from Sacred Heart University where he competed as a Division I soccer player. He continued his education at Sacred Heart earning his Doctorate in Physical Therapy and completing his residency program with the Steadman Hawkins Clinic. Michael has published in numerous peer-reviewed journals on topics related to physical therapy as well as lecturing at Sacred Heart University in the Physical Therapy program.

Our podcast is "Optimal Health Uncovered by Performance" and is all about empowering people to live better. We review and discuss the latest evidence-based research to help give our listeners the tools to improve their health and wellness.

Our listeners is anyone looking to optimize their health.

We have been listening to podcasts for years and always knew we had the knowledge to share with not only our patients and clients, but anyone willing to listen to our take on a variety of health and wellness topics. We are in the business of helping people get better and a podcast that was informative and empowering would be an extension of that message.

We started this podcast during the Covid-19 pandemic to reach an audience that we were unable to serve before. Additionally, many of our patients and clients have transitioned to telehealth or telefitness and we wanted to reach them remotely as well.

We first discussed the dream of actually starting our own podcast years ago but only recently made the decision to purchase the equipment and give it a run a few months ago. It took us about a month to release the first episode.

We plan to release an episode every Tuesday morning. Our production of the first episode took the longest but now that we've completed a few of them, they've gotten easier and quicker. Trying to find time for myself, Mike, Zack (our producer) and any guest we may have to record is the most difficult part. We are very busy with our physical therapy and wellness practice, but we started this podcast in the middle of this Covid-19 pandemic with the notion that fewer patients/clients would allow more time to record.

Our equipment cost us a few thousand dollars to get going as well as a $20 monthly podcast hosting subscription, but we are funded by our health and wellness practice - Performance.

We are a new podcast and may eventually take sponsors or ad money in the future but our goals from the start has been to be a voice to empower people on their path to optimal health. We want to share our opinions with individuals who want to better themselves, improve their health, and know about the latest trends or topics in the wellness field.

We use a Rodecaster Pro system for recording and garageband for editing as well as Buzzsprout's audio mastering software for a final cut.

Our guests that we interview are mostly an extension of our physical therapy and wellness business. We have a variety of extremely talented and educated professionals on our team who are experts in their fields which makes finding guests for interview easy.

For each episode, we do our homework and dig into the latest evidence-based research on the topic that we plan to discuss. In today's society of "doctor google," we separate the right information from the wrong or misleading information. Our job is inform our audience of the proven methods in health and medicine in each persons journey towards optimal health.

We market our show through our website and social channels. We're starting with our friends, family, and clients and will see where that leads us to!

Reach out to someone you know (or even someone you dont!) who has started a successful podcast and ask questions. Buzzsprout (our podcast host website) has been our biggest resource. Not only did they answer a million of our questions, but theyre website is extremely user-friendly and makes it easy to upload and start podcasting!

Check us out on Facebook (facebook.com/performanceptwellness), Instagram (instagram.com/performance_pt), and twitter (twitter.com/Performance_PT) for more tips and tricks on Optimal Health! You can also visit our website (performance-pt.com) to inquire about our services both in-person or virtual (especially if you aren't local to our offices!)