In this episode I am talking to Sally Baumann, Master of Science in Dietetics and sports dietetics Sally did her education in Queensland, Australia, where she did her undergrad/BHSc degree in Nutrition and did her Masters degree in dietetics. Next to her Masters, she is also credited for sport specific dietetics.Sally worked for around 5 years in a private practice in Brisbane Australia and as a sports dietician for an elite Australian Rugby team. Since one year she works as sports dietician for the USOPC (US Olympic and Paralympic committee). In this episode we talk about how Covid-19 affects her daily work, how it affects her athletes and shares some tips about how to handle the lockdown phase of Covid-19 from a nutritionist’s point of view.

Episode two with Consultant Aurelija Galvelyte, MSc Global health and development, MSc Management and Sustainability.In this episode I am talking to Aurelija Galvelyte, a good friend of mine that I met in 2007 during our Physiotherapy education.Aurelija studied and worked in different parts of the world, together we did our Bachelors degree in Amsterdam. After working for a few years as a physio in Amsterdam, Aurelija moved to London and obtained her Masters in Global health and development at UCL London. During this period, she co-founded an NGO called “Developing Physio” with the focus of empowering local communities in resource- poor settings in Africa and South East Asia by training them basic and safe rehabilitation skills. In 2016 Aurelija moved to Milan, where she got her second Masters degree in Management and Sustainability at the renowned Bocconi university.After that she started working as a consultant and project manager for Zambon, an international pharmaceutical company. There she manages the Open Accelerator- for life science corporate startups. At the accelerator Aurelija scouts and helps to accelerate health tech startups primarily focused on Parkinson’s- and respiratory diseases. In this episode we talk about how Covid-19 affects her daily work, and the evolution of startup companies. Aurelija shares her ideas and expectations of the current and future developments within digital health space - and the implications on how we will be receiving and delivering healthcare.

Episode 1 with Chiropractor Dr. Sunitha Athisdam D.C DACNB In this episode I am talking to my colleague Sunitha Athisdam who is an Australian trained Chiropractor. She finished her double bachelor degree from RMIT in Melbourne in 2002 and has worked in Australia, Indonesia and has been living in Amsterdam for 10 years. She opened up her own practice in 2013 and since that time has been studying to specialise in brain based therapies from the Carrick Institute. In 2019 she obtained her Diplomate in FUNCTIONAL NEUROLOGY through the American Chiropractic Neurology board. Her extra training makes her specialise in vestibular rehabilitation, movement disorder and in concussion treatment.

Welcome to my Podcast "The new normal". My name is Martina Plunger, physical therapist and owner of "The Prehab Studio", currently based in Amsterdam. During the Covid-19 lockdown, lots of my clients, but also colleagues were overwhelmed with this new way of life. Everyone tried to make the best of the new normal (life), and as more time passed by, everyone realized how much this current situation is one big rollercoaster. This made me think and inspired me to record this podcast. Every episode I am talking to different female experts and colleagues of mine to see what they have to say about this current situation from their point of view: how it impacts them and their clients and what "the new normal" means to them. My background:  in 2010 I graduated at the "European School of Physiotherapy" in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. During my BSc education, I had the chance to do my internships in different countries, e.g. Austria and China. In 2012 I opened a clinic for physiotherapy in Amsterdam. Soon it grew to a company with 5 practice location, with one in Austria. In 2019 I sold the shares of my company and started to work on different projects. In November 2019 I opened "The Prehab Studio" in Amsterdam. A multidisciplinary health studio which offers physiotherapy, osteopathy, prehab- and rehab programs, personal training, strength and conditioning, pre-and postnatal treatments, Yoga and Pilates. Since 2019 I am also working as a physiotherapist for the USOPC, US Olympic and Paralympic Comittee.  For questions, contact me at [email protected]   Enjoy listening to my Podcast!