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Consultancy Contact Information:
Stephen M. Apatow
Founder, Director of Research and Development
Sports Medicine & Science Institute
167 Cherry Street #260
Milford, Connecticut
06460
Telephone: (203)
668-0282
Email: s.m.apatow@esportsmedicine.org
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Following the completion of two national
grassroots humanitarian projects across the United States in 1990 and
1993, Stephen M. Apatow founded the nonprofit organization Humanitarian Resource Institute
in 1994 to serve as "a bridge for unmet needs to untapped resources," via
optimization of problem solving and analysis, development of effective communication
networks that reach key decision makers in appropriate demographics and real
time communication capability to support dialogue, consensus building and
action.*
Today, the Humanitarian
University Consortium serves as (1) an international community of scholars,
(2) a bridge between Humanitarian Resource Institute and the international
academic community, (3) a think tank in support of the United Nations programs
and (4) the promotion of higher learning through both traditional and distance
education.
He is also coordinated the formation of SMAMedia Communications,
Pathobiologics International, Sports Medicine & Science
Institute, and JudoSport International, entities that he continues consultancy work in research and
development.
Member: American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), in support of ASCAP, BMI & SESAC collaboration.
* Following
the formation of Humanitarian Resource Institute in 1994, global humanitarian needs prompted his return to
concentrated studies in the fields of medicine, veterinary medicine and law, with requests for permission to sit United
States Medical Licensing Exam (USMLE), the North American Veterinary Licensing
Exam (NAVLE) and Multistate Bar Exam (MBE) in 2002.
Sports Science: Professional and
Academic Experience
- Academic: Exercise Physiology, Sports
Medicine, Sabbatical 1984.
- 1984-90: Full time training for ultra
distance running, ultra-distance cycling, national & international
level competition in cross country skiing and rowing.
- 1985: Accepted to the national development camp for cycling, Olympic Training Center,
Colorado Springs, Colorado.
- 1986-89: Through the help of
Tony Johnson, heavyweight rowing coach at Yale, began cross training
sweep rowing and sculling with the New Haven Rowing Club.
- Studied modern, jazz and ballet training
at the Lee Lund Academy from 1985-88 and the Soviet System of Ballet
Training at the Nutmeg Ballet
Company from 1988-91.
- 1987: Presentation at Rossignol Cross
Country Ski Clinic, speakers included Bill Koch and Lyle Nelson coordinated
by Mike Gallagher, (former Olympian and Olympic Cross-Country
Ski Coach), Mountain Top Inn, Chittenden, Vermont.
- Martial Arts: As a participant in
the study of martial arts for over 20 years, classical ballet training
provided a scientific method (utilizing a similar approach used in eastern
bloc development programs) to optimize speed, strength, leverage mechanics,
force generation and technique. Current training emphasis is Judo/Jujitsu.
Founder: JudoSport International.
- Technical consultant for Cheryl
Madeux, Finalist, Lausanne International Ballet Competition
in 1990.
- Technical consultant for U.S. National
Team athletes from Harvard University, members of World and Olympic Festival
Teams. Sports applications include professional football, national level
wrestling, hockey cross-country and downhill skiing, skating and martial
arts.
- Speaker at 1990 Coaches Association
Meeting for Sport Canada at the Olympic Complex in Ottawa, Canada.
- Upon request, applications of the
analysis correction and retraining procedures to enhance the joint flexibility
and technical performance for classical ballet training have been applied
to musculo-skeletal disorders that include entrapment neuropathies,
Scoliosis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Asthma, Fibromyalgia, Frederick's Ataxia and Multiple Sclerosis. One
of our cases with Rheumatoid Arthritis was submitted to the National
Arthritis Foundation Peer Review Board in 1990. Analysis and corrective
procedures have been adapted to help spinal herniations for physicians
at Yale Medical School.
- Small animal veterinary application
of human biomechanics procedures leads to work with hundreds of horses
in dressage, hunter-jumper and western training programs. (See: Expanding
Human to Veterinary Biomechanics Applications)
- 1994-98: Corrective procedures developed
to enhance the technical ability of the international level dancer in
ballet were adapted into dressage and hunter-jumper specific training
programs for both horse and rider. This work was formally introduced as
an equestrian
development program at the USDF Adult Camp in Boise, ID
in 1997. In 1998, the USDF Region V Adult Camp in Jackson Wyoming provided
USDF University Credit for the lecture presentation on "Biomechanics and
Structural Analysis of Both Horse and Rider."
- 1999: Presenter at Society of State Directors of Health, Physical
Education, and Recreation Annual Meeting,
Boston, Massachusetts.
- 1999 - Present: Research and development
of programs associated with the optimization of classical ballet training,
Olympic development programs and specialized orthopedic applications.
- 2002 International Sports Science
Association Fitness Therapist Review: The Science and Practice of Rehabilitative
Exercise integrate theory and practice in the health care arena. This
specialized field utilizes information from the world of rehabilitation,
pathology, functional anatomy and physiology and blends it with the world
of fitness training dealing with aerobic conditioning strength training,
skill development, exercise progression and prescription for special population
groups.
- 2003: "Optimization of Classical
Ballet and Sports Development Programs" workshop was introduced at the 11
state American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance
(AAHPERD) Combined Convention on February 12, 2003 in Reno-Sparks, Nevada.
As a result of this initiative, SMSI Education
Programs are now available for both classical ballet and sports development
and are approved by the International Sports Science Association for
Continuing Education.
- 2005 - Present: Adjunct Faculty, Special Advisor for
Biomechanics and Sportscience: Nutmeg Conservatory
for the Arts.
Also In The News
Testimonials
- "I can only
say that Mr. Apatow's technique seemed to work in this case (C5,6 entrapment
neuropathy) more efficiently than any other method tried, including
both medicinal and physical therapy." Richard
E. Kaufman, M.D., P.C., Yale Medical School.
- "As a 52 year
old sufferer of various severe sports related injuries for most of my
adult life. i.e. back, neck, shoulder, etc. I have been treated by neurologists,
orthopedics, psychotherapists, and chiropractors using most forms
of conventional therapy and medicinal procedures. From this experience,
I can state that Steve Apatow's special treatment of joint injuries
has proven the most effective procedure, from both a short-term
and long-term standpoint." Richard Norris, Research and Development
Engineer - opened discussion at MIT for the development of a CAD analysis
system that could be used with Cat Scan or MRI.
- "This type of training will be a major
thing of the future." Sharon Dante, Nutmeg Ballet Company (Gold medalist
coach, 1984 International Ballet Competition, New York City).
Professional Memberships (Former/Current)
- American College of Sports Medicine
(ACSM)
- International Sport Science Association
(ISSA)
- American Alliance for Health, Physical
Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD)
- International Society of Biomechanics
in Sports (ISBS)
- National Dance Association (NDA)
- American Association for Health Education
(AAHE)
- National Association for Sport &
Physical Education (NASPE)
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