Raising Pro Athletes
It takes a village to raise a professional athlete ...
For the first time ever, this podcast talks to the people that normally get very little mention, but are the ones who are responsible for the underlying success of an athlete.
Marina pulls back the curtain and dives deep into what it really takes to raise an athlete.
What to expect when you listen:
* The real, raw truth
* Laughter, and maybe some tears
* The struggles and the successes
In this podcast, you will find the support you’ve been searching for to RAISE PRO ATHLETES with confidence, and so much more …
Raising Pro Athletes
Spotting Post-Traumatic Stress After Sports Injuries
Today, I'm going to really open up about a topic that's close to home for many of us: the invisible battles that many extreme athletes face, the trauma and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
Find out how PTSD can sneak up on even the toughest athletes, and why it might not show up right away. Learn the red flags to watch out for so you can catch it before it takes hold.
• the high rate of PTSD among extreme athletes
• injuries in climbing and family impact
• delayed onset and subtle signs at home
• moving from defensiveness to curiosity
• research, therapy options, and medication choices
• practical language for support and de-escalation
• normalizing triggers in unexpected places
• inviting listener stories to build community
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It takes a village to raise a pro athlete.
For the first time ever this channel takes you behind the athlete’s ‘unspoken’ road what it really takes to raise athletes.
What to expect when you listen:
Real, Raw Truth
Laughter
The Struggles & Successes
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Marina Kuperman Villatoro, a mama who is on a mission to help her sons reach their athletic (rock climbing) goals and dreams.
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Did you know that PTSD is over 25% in extreme athletes? That's right. So what exactly is that and where does it come from? Look, extreme athletes, they get injured, and some of those injuries are pretty traumatic, right? But they can be traumatic. Like in our household, my son was hospitalized for a fractured skull. My husband was hospitalized with multiple surgeries for a pulverized heel because he fell 20 meters. My son, when he was diagnosed with a fractured skull, fell 15 meters. We, you know, my husband was bedridden for over five months. Trauma. It's a traumatic situation. They're both at the rock, they're both climbing, they have gone past it. But PTSD happens. And it depends on the level of trauma. And sometimes it doesn't have to be as traumatic as you think, but it can become more traumatic in their heads. The thing is with trauma with PTSD is that you don't know is PTSD until you start to see that something is really off with your athlete. And what's really important to understand, it doesn't happen right away. It can happen five months later, a year later, even two years later. So I'm not a full-on pro with PTSD. My husband did go through it, and that's how we recognize that it could pop up out of nowhere in the middle of nothing. It and he dealt with it. However, one thing that's really important is that when these things start to happen, when this post-traumatic stress starts to happen, it's really important to step back and see that it's you know something's going on. And instead of, which is the first thing that I did was put myself on the defense and push him away because I didn't understand what was happening, he came out of nowhere. He started to also do the research and understand that it is PTSD, and that really started to help us be able to deal with it, right? Go to a psychiatrist or a therapist or whatever. Gratefully, he chose not to do medication. You can do it. A lot of times you will be prescribed for it. Like I said, I'm not the expert in it, but I do want to bring you on the alert so that you are prepared to spot when something is come as a little bit off or even way off, um, that it can be that symptom. It can be the post-traumatic stress syndrome, and it can come out in ways that you are not really, it's not gonna happen at the rock with them or whatever their sport is. It could actually happen at home, it can happen on a trip, it could happen walking to the supermarket, it could happen at any time, and whatever that trigger is, it's impossible for us to fully understand because it's not as clear as, you know, for veterans. Obviously, if there's fireworks going on, chances are they'll be triggered. Even for them, though, it's not that clear as well, because they can be triggered on many other ways and different like different ways. So it's really important to be able to recognize it and instead of getting on the defense, start to talk about it and definitely seek professional help. I'm Marina, your host, mother of two extreme athletes, and wife to an extreme athlete. And I'd love to know what you've gone through. Have you guys experienced that? Have you seen your athlete ever go through that, especially the ones that have been injured? If you enjoyed this podcast, please subscribe, leave me a review, share it with your friends. And it takes a village, guys. Let's all get together, let's start to learn how to support one another.