{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"121 - Dr. Ami Hampole, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation doctor and Executive Director of Chicago Youth Foundation","description":"Dr. Ami Hampole is a physical medicine and rehabilitation doctor who practices Sports Medicine and Neuro-Musculoskeletal Medicine. She is also a US figure skating triple gold medalist, former 8x Indian senior national figure skating champion, a World figure skating competitor, and a coach. She currently spends her time as the executive director for Chicago Youth Foundation, a Women-lead organization that helps make the highly expensive and non-diverse ice sports more accessible to the community. She is also a mother of three. Dr. Ami grew up in a culture where a sedentary lifestyle was highly encouraged, especially for women. However, she ended up becoming one of scarce South Asians to get involved in competitive Figure Skating, and with a limited access to resources. She attributes her athletic background to her success in launching change in many communities on multiple levels. She also attributes her athletic background to her state of health and wellness. She was able to avoid falling prey to eating disorders, drugs, and abuse, which have been seen commonly in this and other sports. Her healthy eating habits and activity levels in her teenage years, are largely responsible for her health and wellness today, especially during her pregnancies and postpartum partum years, allowing her to continue to perform for ice shows, etc. But being a healthy woman has not always been glorifying. There have been many challenges, especially as she went into a career in medicine where "healthy" women are not always given the support to meet their full potentials, and also a career where women are not always seen as equal to men. Dr. Ami feels that these barriers oftentimes affect women's ability to give back 100% to their communities. However, she is hopeful that women can work together instead of against each other, alongside men, to create positive changes in this regard, in the near future.  For more information about the Chicago Youth Foundation, visit: https:\/\/www.chicagoyouthfoundation.org\/.                                                                                                If you enjoyed this podcast, please click "subscribe" wherever you listen to episodes and we hope you'll consider leaving us a review. Follow us on Facebook https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UKAGHW, Instagram https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ukaghw, or LinkedIn https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/active-girls-healthy-women. Sign up for the Active Girls Healthy Women newsletter here: http:\/\/eepurl.com\/h6e30b or learn more about our Program here: https:\/\/linktr.ee\/ukaghw. If you want to help us sustain the Champions of Active Women podcast, please consider donating to the University of Kentucky Active Girls Healthy Women Program at https:\/\/give.uky.edu\/campaigns\/47165\/donations\/new?aft=87003cbf2438ea9d126a47dbe0395353   ","author_name":"Champions of Active Women","author_url":"https:\/\/www.uky.edu\/chs\/aghw","html":"