472: Overcoming Sciatica, Back Pain & Glute Pain: How to Protect Your Posture | Ashley Williams

Ancient Health Podcast

Medicine, Health & Fitness, Alternative Health

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2026

⏱️ 53 minutes

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If you have sciatica or back pain, and you're sitting all day for work, it's vital to make sure your office chair is supporting your posture as much as humanly possible. In this episode, Dr Motley sits down with Ashley Williams, a Doctor of Physical Therapy, to discuss how she's challenging the notion that sitting is the new smoking. Learn how supporting your posture supports everything else. TOPICS DISCUSSED: Muscle imbalance Compression issues How your posture affects your chi and health Office chairs - how can we best support our bodies when we have to sit all day? Is lumbar support enough? ------ Want more of The Ancient Health Podcast? Subscribe to the YouTube channel. Follow Dr. Motley! Instagram Facebook Tik-Tok Website For More on Anthros Chair https://www.instagram.com/anthroschair/ https://www.anthros.com/ ------ * Enjoy mineral replenishment in a shot glass. Head to beamminerals.com/DRMOTLEY and use code DRMOTLEY for 20% off! *Join Doctor Motley’s newsletter for TCM insights and regular podcast updates: https://www.doctormotley.com/ * Do you have a ton more in-depth questions for Doctor Motley? Are you a health coach looking for more valuable resources and wisdom? Join his membership for courses full of his expertise and clinical wisdom on every-day health concerns, plus bring all your questions to his weekly lives! Join here for FREE for 15 days: https://www.doctormotley.com/15

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0:00.0	Welcome to the ancient health podcast, where East Meets West in the World of Medicine.
0:04.8	I'm Dr. Chris Motley, and here we explore how modern Western science and traditional Eastern wisdom come together to unlock the body's full healing potential.
0:13.6	Each week, we'll dive into powerful tools, techniques, and approaches from both sides of the world to help you optimize your help and live with vitality.
0:22.3	Let's bridge the gap between ancient practices
0:24.2	in cutting edge medicine.
0:26.3	Let's get started.
0:28.3	Hello, friends. Welcome to the Ancient Health podcast,
0:30.4	where East meets West.
0:32.2	I have a friend of mine who just came up from Florida
0:34.1	during the cold.
0:35.4	Ashley Williams is the co-founder of Anthro's chair.
0:40.1	Employee number four. Employee number four. Okay. And you guys know that I really do keep an eye out for,
0:47.6	I say, products that are health-based. And I saw you on Sean Kelly's podcast. And one thing I really noticed about Ashley was her passion for what she was talking about.
0:59.5	And one of the things I always really focused in,
1:02.7	and if somebody really believes in something that they are using, that they're creating.
1:08.7	And a lot of cool ideas came into my brain about how well your product
1:14.9	can help not only like structural issues, but also physiological, all tied in. So I appreciate
1:22.2	coming in today. Thanks for coming to Nashville. I really appreciate it. I'll always take a trip
1:25.8	to Nashville. Oh, love this city. You love it? So you have friends up here and family, right? So my niece lives here and she's a performer. I'm going to go see her perform at Whiskey Row later today. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So it's not difficult for me to make a trip up here to the beautiful city. Oh, okay, do you like country music a lot? Of course. You do? I'm serious, like some people. Of course.
1:46.0	Yeah.
1:46.6	And I didn't love it. up here, the beautiful city. Oh, do you, okay, do you like country music a lot? Of course.
2:02.5	You do? I'm serious. Like some people, yeah, yeah. And I, I didn't love it always, but as I got older, and we live in Florida, and so it's a lot of boat and beach time, and like, there's nothing better than some country music while you're riding the boat. So now I'm obsessed. Exactly. Like, okay, so in Florida, one of my buddies is giving my shout out, Colt, he knows
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