I get stopped in the street like almost every day now by someone they pull over

their car and they go dude I was depressed three months ago now I'm happy because

my knees don't hurt so that's what I do and again most people buy into this

narrative that maybe after 30 or 40 or 50 you shouldn't expect to have non-

painful knees you shouldn't expect to have a non-painful lower back and then

people just talk themselves out of so many things that could give them so much

longevity subconsciously people make decisions to avoid or quit certain body

movements because of this pain right and so we don't even know that we consciously

stopped running swimming playing with our kids we might have just you know

preferred to watch Netflix more and more we come to think of pain like I was

educated to think of pain as something that you try to figure out how to mask

that pain you think okay what's wrong with me maybe a genetic or this or that

of course these are factors but your body's giving you a signal with that

pain so I look at pain way different now I look at pain as an opportunity so

how crazy with this sound I wish my body was full of pain wait a second why

because I've got over a 40 inch vertical jump if I still had pain that would

mean I could probably get a 50 inch if I figured out why I have that pain I see

pain as an opportunity oh you're doing this well and you have shin splints oh my

gosh you could achieve so much more if you actually figured out and handle

the shin splints so I think of pain it's a communication your body sending you

are you telling your body to shut up or are you gonna take that communication and

figure it out

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