Sameer Mehta

Sports Physical Therapist, Orlando Magic. Formerly @MedstarGUH & @SJC_Baseball. NJ-BOS-DC-ORL. Practitioner, Researcher, Consultant | Lover of life and laughs.

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01/15/26: ANTHONY BLACK
04/27/26: JAMAL CAIN

Two dunks... two special moments this season 🙌

ORL leads DET, 3-1 I G5: 7:00pm/et, Prime

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JAMAL CAIN POSTER

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Tendinopathy following a spike in load is common. How do you identify it early and manage it in-season?

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Even crazier to consider that “I’m fine on 6 hrs” was when you thought you were 100% efficient. The advent of sleep trackers has raised so much awareness around sleep habits. This study is a friendly reminder to invest in your sleep 💤 🛌 .

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

The scariest finding in this paper: the subjects couldn't tell it was happening.

UPenn ran this study on 48 healthy adults. One group slept 8 hours. Another slept 6. Another slept 4. For 14 straight days. They tested cognitive performance every 2 hours from 7:30am to 11:30pm.

The 6-hour group's reaction times, working memory, and sustained attention deteriorated on a near-linear curve. By day 14 they were performing at the same level as someone who hadn't slept at all in 48 hours. The 4-hour group hit that threshold by day 6.

Here's the part that should unsettle everyone who thinks they "do fine" on 6 hours: the subjects' self-reported sleepiness flatlined after the first few days. Their brains kept getting worse. Their perception of how impaired they were stopped updating. The cognitive decline was invisible to the person experiencing it.

The researchers found a hard threshold. Any wakefulness beyond 15.84 hours in a day produces cumulative neurobiological cost. That cost compounds every single day you exceed it and does not reset with a weekend of sleeping in.

About 35% of American adults sleep less than 7 hours a night. 40% of those get 6 hours or less. In 1942 that number was 11%. We built an entire professional culture around a sleep schedule that this paper says is functionally equivalent to pulling consecutive all-nighters.

"I'm fine on 6 hours" is the most common response to sleep research. The first thing chronic sleep debt destroys is your ability to notice chronic sleep debt.

[Andrew D. Huberman, Ph.D. @hubermanlab]

THE expert in neuroscience of meditation explains that the goal of meditation is not to feel meditative or to clear the mind. That’s a myth. It’s to sit with the stress, see it & not react. It’s like “lactate for the mind.” it strengthens you. Like exercise.

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This is incredible.

Put it on a shirt.

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ANTHONY BLACK

SAY IT BACK

[Sameer Mehta @SamMehtaDPT]

Enjoyed this recent conversation with @MensJournal . Thanks and appreciate the opportunity @GregPresto!

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[Orlando Solar Bears @OrlandoHockey]

Upgrades unlocked 🔓👀 @TheKiaCenter

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@CoachAlanBishop @UHCougarMBK @lukebutler0 Well done 👏🏽 Coach!

[Sameer Mehta @SamMehtaDPT]

Amazing @CFA_15_ 💥 👏🏽!! Consistency and hard work never fails! Organizations want talent but also players who are great humans ON and OFF the field!
@Woosox are lucky to have you on board. Let me know if you need anything in Worcester and enjoy the next step of your journey 🙏🏽.

[St. John's Baseball @SJC_Baseball]

2018 SJC Grad, RHP, Cooper Adams headed to Triple A in the Boston Red Sox organization! @CFA_15_

[Daniel Yu @daniel_yuuu]

FREE @plantiga webinar today! Quin Sandler will share how plantiga insoles are utilized in athlete monitoring and a return to performance case study!

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[Sameer Mehta @SamMehtaDPT]

@joshgessner Which book are you referring to Josh?

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@DrJN_SportsMed Wishing you the best during this recovery ❤️‍🩹 James and hope you get well soon!

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@CoachAlanBishop I like that training 👕🪄!

[Jacob Diamond @thejacobdiamond]

Welcome to the O @DBane0625 @OrlandoMagic

[Sameer Mehta @SamMehtaDPT]

@therealBeede Congrats Jason!! 🎉

[Sameer Mehta @SamMehtaDPT]

Year 7 🏀 ☑️ ! As the season comes to an abrupt halt, you get time to reflect on the journey. We kicked off battling through a hurricane in Orlando and finished the travel back in Boston for the playoffs. Through every challenge ⛰️ , our entire team stayed united on the path, showing true resilience together.

Huge thanks 💙 to friends and family, near and far, for keeping us going all year. Looking forward to building on this growth and making even more progress in ➡️ 25-26’!

Thanks @tonyh2k for 📸 moments throughout the season.

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#nba #sportsmedicine #sportsperformance #PT #NBPTA

[Sameer Mehta @SamMehtaDPT]

@mjsteller31 @SJC_Baseball Congrats @SJC_Baseball team, coaches, performance and medical staff, and the families! A constant, unified push towards excellence and love for ⚾️ , played the right way. 👏🏽 🏆

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We're playing for a national championship tonight!

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