If you spend a few minutes on a social media explore tab looking at movement & exercise recommendations for pain or mobility, it won’t be long before the word “posture” gets thrown around as the end-all be-all answer to overcoming pain. Whether it’s forward head posture, upper cross syndrome, or anterior pelvic tilt, it’s all centered around one thing: your posture. In this episode, Dr. Ryan Hosler joins me to chat about what posture really is, whether or not it's something you need to address, and more.

Most people start exercising with an aesthetic goal in mind. Of course they do - it’s the way exercise is packaged to us, especially to women. However, exercise has so much more to offer us than that. In this episode, we’re diving into the repercussions of an aesthetics-only mindset as well as how to begin making the switch towards looking at fitness as a means to a better life overall.

A lot of people think that going through rehab means pain will go away entirely, but that’s not always the case. Most rehab timelines include bouts of increased pain, especially if this is something that has been a chronic issue for a while. In this episode, Dr. Jen coves 3 tips she gives all her clients for navigating a flare-up of an old injury. Tune in to hear her recommendations - they might surprise you compared to the old traditional recommendations of sitting on an ice pack and resting. 

Navigating the rehab process for a nagging injury can be super frustrating. It’s not as simple as it may be portrayed on popular social media accounts. It takes a lot of awareness and digging to uncover the big contributing factors to your nagging pain. Today, we’re covering the top 4 reasons people experience pain flare-ups. They probably aren’t what you think!

I’ve mentioned these in most of the episodes so far, so it only makes sense to dedicate an entire podcast episode to explaining CARs. We’re covering what they are, why they are important, what benefits they offer, and how I like to coach people to do them. 

I have earned the title “protein queen” from close friends & family because of my “obsession” with protein. While I am far from obsessed, I do pay a significant amount of attention to my protein intake for the reasons discussed in this episode- from managing hunger & cravings to mitigating injuries. Tune in to hear why it’s important, how much is recommended, and some tips & tricks to getting the amount you need (it requires more effort than we think to get enough protein and most women I work with are not consuming enough).

Show Notes Resources:

https://jissn.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12970-017-0177-8

We talk alot about “tissues” and training tissues or remodeling tissues, but what the heck does that really mean? In this episode, we’re answering that question. Be prepared to look at exercise from an entirely different lens than you’re used to!

After almost 5 years in practice and working with thousands of people, it has become obvious that most people don’t fully understand physical therapy and rehab. In this episode, we’re diving into the 3 most common misconceptions patients we've worked with (and people we've talked to) have about rehab and why it’s closer to fitness coaching than your typical doctor visit. 

If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to work with us to tackle a nagging injury, tune in to this episode. We’re diving into what an assessment looks like as well as what you can expect from us and what we require from our clients to help them achieve their goals.

I’m never shy when it comes to my disappointment with DPT school. While much of what I hoped to learn was glazed over or hardly touched on, there were a few things the education and process really helped me learn. In this episode, we’ll cover the 3 biggest unexpected things I learned or developed through DPT school, AND we even touch on how my understanding of the differences between a trainer and a physical therapist changed as I went through school and began practicing.