Dealing with persistent pain? Physical Therapists deal with them too! Kristi Barker walks the path of her passion for physical therapy and where her interests stemmed from. She explores the balance between educating on an online platform and her ability to physically manipulate in person. Through this, she explores the perks of simple education online and where her goals are heading in reaching a more global population. She unveils her experience with chronic pain recently, and how she navigated the repercussions of it. Finally, she discusses mindset as a priority in getting through recovery. Tune in to learn about what it takes to get to the other side of recovery!

What You Will Learn In This Interview with Kristi Barker:

2:00 – Where did Kristi’s passion for PT come from?

4:07 – Private Practice

5:10 – Education with Patients

7:28 – Beauty in the basics.

8:50 – Are PTs prescribing too many exercises?

10:54  – Injury Prevention

12:35 – Kristi’s tips with persistent pain

16:49  – Kristi’s neck pain

19:57  – The no pain no gain mentality

20:58  – What helped Kristi with her neck pain?

24:58  – Positive self-talk

31:04  – Reach Rehab Mission

About Kristi Barker

Kristi Barker, Physical therapist from Saskatchewan Canada, runs instagram page @reach.rehab. She fell in love with weight lifting and vertical training when she played division 1 volleyball at University of Arkansas Little rock. She personally trained until she was accepted into the masters of Physical Therapy program and is now a physical therapist at a private practice clinic. Her overall goal is to inspire others to move and make physiotherapy accessible globally.

Items mentioned in this episode include:

Kristi’s Website: https://reach-rehab.com/

Kristi Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reach.rehab/

To learn more about Kristi and view full show notes, please visit the full website here: https://jen.health/podcast/121

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