The NBA’s Body Whisperer | Fabrice Gautier | ACEO #60

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Our guest, Fabrice Gautier, has created outsized returns for some of the world’s best athletes like Rudy Gobert, Giancarlo Stanton, Kevin Love, Carmelo Anthony, Tony Parker, and more, and he has served as the French National Basketball team’s osteopath since 2009.

Described by Kevin Love as “the swiss army knife when it comes to optimizing your health and performance,” Fabrice is a licensed physical therapist and osteopath who has been particularly noteworthy for his approach of viewing an injury not just as an injury, but looking at the comprehensive solution to resolve the root issue causing that injury, which requires assessing the full person – body, mind, soul. Ultimately, the goal is to address the problem, not the consequence.

Fabrice joins Erik and Brandon and covers a range of helpful topics from his experience discussing everything from how he’s seen some of the best athletes build out the teams that surround them, to finding the root of chronic injuries, and why he thinks a strength and conditioning coach and a chef are the two most important people to have on your team.

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

• (1:47) Seeing the person; not a patient
• (6:07) The European vs American approaches to physical therapy
• (10:11) When should someone show up in Fabrice’s office?
• (14:28) How should an athlete handle building out the team that surrounds them?
• (20:29) The importance of having a plan
• (23:24) How should a new athlete just starting out approach building a core team that can help keep him or her healthy throughout their career?
• (28:54) The importance of investing in yourself
• (30:49) Why you need a chef – and maybe even a masseuse
• (33:31) Is lifestyle assessment becoming more normal in the performance space?
• (39:20) At the end of the day, it takes hard work
• (42:35) Learning from other sports