A good 90% of my clients (both for massage therapy and training) complain of some sort of pain regularly. In fact, it’s often the reason they seek me out in the first place. For the general population, ... Continue Reading
Learning to Accept and Embrace Pain
Life is full of triumphs, failures, and difficulties, as well as periods of relaxation, comfort, and order. While everyone has a different goal, one aspect of life that most people tend to avoid is pain. ... Continue Reading
The 3 Types of Suffering That Empower Your Workouts
When it comes to hard work, perspective is everything. Do you work as hard as you think you do? When you go the gym, are you giving it everything you have or are you just showing up? That's me. How ... Continue Reading
Pain Is Not a Life Sentence
Look, there’s no clearer way to put it: pain is a signal that something is wrong with your body. Masking it with pills or shots is only going to prolong the problem. Your pain will simmer and ... Continue Reading
Dealing With Pain: Educate Yourself Toward a Better Future
So many people are in pain - way too many. Stretches and mobilizations prescribed to reduce it may work for some and not for others, which only contributes to the frustration and confusion. For this ... Continue Reading
Lower Extremity Pain? Check Your Lateral Sub-System
Standing upright on two legs is unique to our species. It has given us an evolutionary advantage to be more mobile and agile for survival. However, that advantage often comes with a price. Dysfunctional ... Continue Reading
Understanding the Brain Is the Key to Being Pain-Free
As athletes and coaches, we tend to view pain through the lens we’re most familiar with - body mechanics. While position and movement patterns are important, they are only one aspect of the multifaceted ... Continue Reading
4 Things You Don’t Know You’re Doing That Sabotage Your Performance
You train. You try to eat clean. You dedicate free time to reading about fitness. This stuff matters to you. So, tell me, why are you still intent on sabotaging your fitness? Your Common Habitual ... Continue Reading
7 Injury Myths You Need to Stop Believing
Rest Is the Best Medicine This point has somehow become controversial in the past, but it really need not be. It is an old belief that when you are injured you need to rest, both yourself and the injury. ... Continue Reading
No Pain, No Gain (Athlete Journal 38)
Overall this was a much better week. I’m feeling a little more optimistic. Saturday I took my time with my warm up. I was doing power work today and hoped everything would be fine. Speed ... Continue Reading
Facing the Pain: Let It Be Your Guide
This article is part one of an exploration in facing your body, mind, and pain. "The wound is the place where the Light enters you." - Rumi It seems like the best way to end up in pain is to move ... Continue Reading
Taking a Sledgehammer to a Fly: The Proper Coaching of CrossFit
This is a rebuttal to Josh Bunch's article, It's CrossFit and It's Going to Hurt: Pain and CrossFit. What a complicated and fascinating issue. This is where the ego, the mind, the heart, the soul, ... Continue Reading
