EP 655: Redefining Pain and Performance

Trail Runner Nation

Fitness, Sports, Running, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 22 December 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Matt Fitzgerald and Ryan Whited discuss their book 'Pain and Performance: The Revolutionary New Way to Use Training as Treatment for Pain and Injury' focusing on training as treatment. They emphasize the effectiveness of using exercise to heal exercise-related pain and injuries. The conversation also delves into understanding pain as a valuable tool, the influence of expectation and belief on pain experiences, and the potential benefits of hypnosis in pain management. Overall, the book aims to help athletes build a better relationship with pain and take control of their pain experiences.

Key Takeaways:

1. Training can effectively treat exercise-related pain and injuries.
2. Pain serves as a valuable tool for understanding the body.
3. Expectation and belief significantly impact how we experience pain.
4. Hypnosis can be a useful tool for managing pain.
5. Developing a better understanding and relationship with pain empowers athletes to own their pain experiences.

Find out more about Ryan's practice at Paragon Athletics

Find out more about Matt's amazing running camp at Dream Run Camp

Transcript

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0:00.0	One of the best parts of this novel way of working with pain is that there are many ways
0:09.2	to come at it.
0:10.7	You're not just limited to biomechanics.
0:13.7	You're not just limited to tissue.
0:16.7	Pain is really essentially fundamentally a choice.
0:21.6	It's a choice that the organism is making.
0:24.4	That's why in industrial accidents, when someone gets an arm to cut off, they have no
0:29.0	pain initially.
0:30.0	It's like, the organism is deciding it would not be good.
0:36.0	Welcome to the trailhead of trail runner nation.
0:46.7	We're going to go on a run today and we're going to learn how to be better runners, how
0:50.9	to recover, and maybe how we can be better humans to each other.
0:57.1	If this your first time here, we're glad you're here.
0:59.8	We have plenty of room and welcome you to this trail run.
1:03.2	We're going to talk today about how pain can actually be an ally and not an enemy.
1:08.8	If that doesn't make sense, you need to listen to this podcast.
1:11.9	What a hook.
1:12.9	Nice hook.
1:13.9	I'm a hooker.
1:15.9	Don, I don't know if you've noticed, but I'm getting a little fitter.
1:22.4	I'm getting a little slimmer.
1:23.8	I'm dropping some pounds that aren't supposed to be there.
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