What does it mean to master your emotions? Is bottling up your emotions the solution? Neeta discusses her journey of healing and how she found emotional release from psychological traumas through her upbringing. Neeta explains how she found release, considering the psychosocial expectations associated with emotions, which include the 4 components of the bounce factor: upbringing, good stress, emotional capacity, and radical self-awareness. Then, she defined what it means to be in the middle of the “suck” stage and the “now what” stage, alluding her book “That sucked, now what.” Furthermore, she describes how to be vulnerable without expecting care in return, as well as he to determine when you’re ready for emotional release. Finally, she speaks to the “fly forward” framework! Let’s dive in!

THE CHALLENGE HAS BEGUN! Hop on the Jen Health Mobility Plan and move through a month of daily mobility that only takes 5-15 minutes. Yes, that’s all you need to bring you back to your physical baseline, find the restrictions and compensations that might be causing your symptoms, and work on them! Already curated, move with DocJen, Dr.Dom, and the Jen Health community to keep you accountable. All you need to do is show up and do any time. We’re offering a 20% off discount with the code ‘MOBILITY’ in addition to a free 7-day trail! END THUS WEEK! Sign up here!

What You Will Learn In This interview Interview with Neetha Bhushan:

4:41 - From cosmetic dentistry to healing through mindset

11:29 - How Neeta found release

20:02 - Components of the bounce factor

26:55 - How to be vulnerable without instilling fear and expectations to be cared for

34:37 - In between the suck vs Now what state

37:26 - How do we know when it’s time to release trauma

39:52 - To fly forwards framework

43:52 - “That sucked now what” book

46:49 - Snack to implement today

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What are your SMART goals for 2023? DocJen and Dr. Dom breakdown SMART goals, describing what specificity, measurable, achievable, relevant, and timely goals entail. Yet, they expand the SMART framework, discussing how to create sustainable, meaningful, accountable, realistic, and task oriented goals! With examples of how to make progressive and smaller goals, DocJen & Dr.Dom discuss how to set yourself up for success in the new year!

THE CHALLENGE HAS BEGUN! Hop on the Jen Health Mobility Plan and move through a month of daily mobility that only takes 5-15 minutes. Yes, that’s all you need to bring you back to your physical baseline, find the restrictions and compensations that might be causing your symptoms, and work on them! Already curated, move with DocJen, Dr.Dom, and the Jen Health community to keep you accountable. All you need to do is show up and do any time. We’re offering a 20% off discount with the code ‘MOBILITY’ in addition to a free 7-day trail! END THUS WEEK! Sign up here!

What You Will Learn In This PT Pearl:

3:35 - How most people define goals: SMART goals

5:23 - What specificity, measurable, achievable, relevant, timely entails?

8:00 - Reframing year goals to monthly goals for sustainability

11:17 - Intention for the month to set meaningful goals

13:26 - Modes of accountability

16:09 - What creating realistic goals means?

18:31 - The 1% goal that’s task-oriented

22:00 - What it takes to create SMART goals

23:03 Examples of the expanded SMART goals

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What is tissue work actually doing? Is physical touch your only"fix"? Aaron Alexander, manual therapist, provides the truths about manual therapy and its therapeutic effects on the nervous system rather than the soft tissues themselves. By describing his journey through his passion for helping people with their pain, Aaron's provides his current perspective on tissue work, describing the relationship between structure and function. Then, he dives into the concept of mechanotransduction and how touch comes in different forms, including voice as well as physical touch. He speaks briefly about normalizing healthy forms of touch in adulthood, speaks to treating the mind or body's root cause that could be associated with a pain point, and the true mission behind the Align method. Through empowerment and education, Aaron believes it all starts with you, honing in on early education on the"contact bucket." Let's dive in!

What You Will Learn In This interview Interview with Aaron Alexander:

4:25 - Aaron's borderline obsession with getting out of pain!

8:27 - Aaron's perspective on tissue work currently

17:24 - Types of touch: Voice

21:02 - How do we normalize healthy touch in adulthood

24:55 - What the Align method actually targets?

30:09 - Is it mind or body?

34:20 - Aaron's Resources

36:31 - “No one is going to save you. It’s you right now. You don’t have to wait”

44:18 - The power of education

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How much does mobility matter? DocJen & Dr.Dom explore the realms of mobility and how it sets the foundation to your physical health. With applications to aging, enhancing integrity and tolerance within the body, and helping the development of resilience, they describe how mobility can be used as a warm up, what is meant by ‘mobility’ and how to stay on track in the new year. Let’s dive in!

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What You Will Learn In This PT Pearl:

3:10 - Why is mobility important?

5:44 - When is passive mobility important?

8:20 - What should your warm up look like?

11:52 - How to stay on track in the new year

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To separate truths from myths, we have Ryann Kipping on to discuss nutrition myths surrounding nutrition. She provides insight into safe caffeine consumption and whether the source of caffeine matters. Ryann shares the impacts of sugar consumption during pregnancy and how to navigate sugary cravings. Furthermore, she provides insight into the research surrounding fish consumption and how the recommendations differ from raw shellfish. She briefly discusses fruit and whether eating for two is a necessity while pregnancy. With her motto "nutrition for two," she focuses on choline and folate as two key nutrients throughout pregnancy, the consumption of organ meats and vitamin A toxicity, as well as when nutrition focus surrounding pregnancy should occur. Let's dive in!

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What You Will Learn In This Interview with Ryann Kipping:

1:32 - Why was Ryann passionate about nutrition

8:02 - Is caffeine safe to consume during pregnancy?

17:23 - Does the source of caffeine matter?

20:35 - Is soda safe to drink during pregnancy?

26:27 - Can you eat fish while pregnant?

27:56 - Are there any fruits to avoid?

31:02 - Do you need to eat for 2?

33:39 - Nutrients to focus on: Choline vs Folate

36:32 - Best food sources of choline

38:05 - Best food sources of folate

43:21 - When should you focus on nutrition for pregnancy

47:10 - Ryann's Resources

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Pain in the buttock? Feeling shooting/tingling sensations in your low back or glutes? Perhaps a deep buttock pain? DocJen and Dr. Dom dive into the how deep gluteal syndrome and piriformis syndrome are related, discussing possible physiological causes for symptoms. Soon after, they discuss what you can do to alleviate your symptoms, targeting nerve glides, postural considerations, inner core coordination with breath, hip rotation, and dynamic load finally. Learn about the stages of rehabilitative progression for piriformis syndrome, as well as some exercises that you could explore now!

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What You Will Learn In This PT Pearl:

2:52 - Deep gluteal syndrome vs piriformis syndrome: the physiology causes

5:12 - What to do if your symptoms are nerve-related

8:53 - Is posture related to piriformis syndrome?

10:32 - Targeting the sciatic nerve

14:14 - Ribcage & core relationship coordination

17:59 - How active rotation helps tolerate more load

23:25 - Dynamic load

24:12 - Prevalence of true piriformis syndrome

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Can you lose weight with a sustainable diet? We are reconceptualising and re-framing weight loss with Lisa Moskovitz. Lisa provides perspective on what it means to combat popularized diet culture and who intuitive eating is for. With disordered thoughts around food for some individuals, Lisa emphasizes the importance of structure and how intuitive eating can be applied to different circumstances sustainably. Then, the provides insight into food journaling and why it is recommended, offering tips and tools to go about your weight loss journey more sustainably. Moreover, she discusses the desire to look "skinny" or to lose weight and how it is everyone's right to have aesthetic goals. Rather than shaming individuals, she speaks to where mindset shifts need to occur if a smaller size is desired (hint - when mental health is affected!). Finally, she discusses what body image truly means and how to meet nutrition goals during busier periods of life! Let's dive in!!

What You Will Learn In This interview Interview with Lisa Moskovitz:

5:11 - Combatting popularized diet culture

9:11 - What is intuitive eating and is it for everyone?

13:38 - Do you need to food journal?

20:23 - How to go about losing weight in a more sustainable way?

27:08 - Is it okay to want to look skinny?

35:27 - Reframing the idea that losing weight will improve body image

43:04 - How to meet your diet goals during busy periods of life

52:41 - Learn more with Lisa

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Got plantar fasciitis? Heel pain? DocJen & Dr. Dom describe what is happening physiologically during plantar fasciitis, especially when the symptoms are present. Then, they present new research that provides insight into the current perspectives on the cause of plantar fasciitis. They discuss how the conventional show may be correlated with the increased prevalence of plantar fasciitis, as well as three phases of rehabilitation to control those symptoms. Finally, they speak about how ankle mobility is a preventative measure for plantar fasciitis. Let's dive in!

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What You Will Learn PT Pearl:

3:47 - Plantar fasciitis --> fasciopathy

7:42 - Current perspectives on the cause of plantar fasciitis

10:56 - The effects of a structured shoe

17:32 - First phase of rehabilitation

18:58 - Second phase of rehabilitation

19:46 - Third phase of rehabilitation

22:52 - Preventative measures: ankle mobility

25:04 - Shoes & heel raise

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Does manual therapy fix you or put structures back into place? We have Dr. Erson to discuss the truths about manual therapy and how we can optimally use manual therapy to create long term change. Firstly, Dr. Erson discusses the difference between softer approaches and bruising to determine a successful treatment. Using the analogy of hip displacement before pelvic trauma in car crashes, Dr.Erson discusses what it means when you pelvis is “rotated,” and the physiology of what is happening during manual therapy. Then, he targets 3 ways to approach pain that goes and comes, as well as how effective self-performed soft tissue mobilizations are. Finally, he provides insight on whether asymmetries affect the body and whether strength training is helpful through pain. Finally, he touches base with tendon organisation and whether manual therapy facilitates the physiological healing process from an injury. Fact vs Fiction in manual therapy! Let’s dive in!

What You Will Learn In This interview Interview with Dr. Erson Religioso:

3:42 - What lead to manual therapy for Dr. Erson

12:12 - Is bruising determine a successful manual therapy treatment?

13:45 - Can you really put your pelvis/ hip back in place?

15:41 - Why are we stuck on putting things back into place?

21:19 - Does manual therapy actually put things back in place? Does arthritis = pain?

23:57 - 3 things you need to consider if you have pain that flares up and goes

26:14 - How effective is self soft-tissue work?

31:09 - Should you strength train when you have pain?

34:05 - To what degree does asymmetry affect the body?

37:46 - Should you go to a manual therapist or a personal trainer to rehabilitate pain?

41:10 - Can manual therapy help with the physiological healing process of different injuries?

43:53 - Perception of stretch

51:29 - Learn more with Dr. Erson

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Back pain when you lay down? DocJen & Dr. Dom have got you covered! Firstly, they dive into how pelvic positioning affects different biases within the body. Through pelvic tilt talk, they explore why you may not be fully relaxing and how pain is an output of protection. They provide insight into how you can lay down and promote safety within the body, while exploring different positions that re-gain pelvic tilt awareness! Let's dive in to learn more!

What You Will Learn PT Pearl:

01:09 - Potential causes

02:09- Positions that could potentially lead to pain while lying: pelvic tilts

04:59- Do you have the capacity to find relaxation in the body?

08:06- Finding safer positions to promote relaxation

09:29- Re-training pelvic awareness

13:25- Is you back actually flat when you lie down?

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