When Should Pain Stop You? With Dr. Sean Pastuch and Joe De Sena

The Hard Way w/ Joe De Sena

Spartan Races

Fitness, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness, 792700

4.7 • 870 Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2020

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Pain is inevitable, right? But how do you distinguish between the pain you should push through and the pain that's a red flag? Dr. Sean Pastuch, founder of Active Life RX, gives Joe De Sena his 4 rules for pain assessment. He also talks about the importance of seeking out and overcoming some kinds of pain in our life. When assessing pain Pastuch says there are four important terms you need to understand - Insult, Irritation, Pain and Injury. Whether you're taking on a Spartan race or planning your workout understanding pain is critical to your growth.

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0:00.0	So there are four rules that we give to people to decide if what they're experiencing is
0:04.7	irritation or pain.
0:06.7	Because remember the pain is the emotional response to irritation that is amplified by uncertainty. So we want to create as much certainty as possible.
0:15.1	Welcome to the Spartan Up podcast with Joe Descena, founder and CEO of Spartan Race.
0:22.1	We are talking about founder and CEO of Spartan Race.
0:26.0	We are talking about overcoming obstacles.
0:32.0	The same way we teach people to get over obstacles on the course. We will teach you here on a Spartan
0:33.7	up podcast to get over obstacles in your mind. We know pain is inevitable, but when is
0:39.6	it a warning sign and when is it something we just need to push through?
0:43.0	Dr. Sean Pastooch, founder of Active Life Rx, shares his rules for pain.
0:49.0	This episode of Spartan Up is brought to you by Headspace.
0:55.0	You deserve to feel happier and Headspace is meditation made simple.
1:00.0	Go to Headspace.com slash Spartan for a free one month trial with access to Headspace's full library of meditations for every situation.
1:10.0	We are here for Spartan of Podcast Joe Descenta founder and CEO. I am with Dr. Sean pastooch.
1:17.0	And we're going to talk about pain. We're going to talk about pain and suffering. No pain, no gain.
1:22.0	But listen, pain could also... and suffering, no pain, no gain.
1:22.6	But, listen, pain could also stop you in your tracks.
1:26.6	And then, you know, the race, whatever that race may be is over,
1:30.6	or I guess you got a bunch of pain for the rest of your life and I know lots of folks, including in-laws and so forth that are walking around in pain.
1:38.0	Or you could push through and I guess let's get into, let's get into avoiding pain rather than dealing with with the issue
1:46.7	after it happens. What do you suggest people do to avoid the pain?
1:50.7	I suggest that they don't. You know I mean I think that you can get to exactly what
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