263 | A Better Way to Exercise through Chronic Pain with Dr. Shannon Ritchey
Welcome to episode 263 of The Optimal Body Podcast
A Better Way to Exercise through Chronic Pain with Dr. Shannon Ritchey
Has your chronic pain stopped your from exercising? Dr. Shannon Ritchey’s expertise lies making exercise accessible to those in pain. She briefly shares where her passion for physical therapy stemmed from and how muscles can be worked while requiring less demands from joints. Furthermore, she distinguishes the difference between soreness and pain, providing a breathing and grip tool to indicate signs of recovery. Then, she provides insight on what to do on rest days and how to promote recovery when stress relief comes from high intensity workouts. Finally, she discusses whether high intensity training is bad and what it means to load the muscle versus the joint! Tune in to learn how you can start your movement journey again!
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What You Will Learn In This Interview with Dr. Shannon Ritchey
4:05 – Where Dr. Shannon Ritchey started
11:07 – Working out in a way that prevents pain
15:12 – What it means to overtrain? Soreness vs pain?
17:53 – Two tools to indicate degree of recovery
22:55 – What to do on your rest days?
26:35 – How to recovery if your stress relief comes from high intensity workouts
32:14 – Intuitive movement
36:20 – Is high intensity interval training bad?
39:30 – Loading muscles vs joint
About Dr. Shannon Ritchey
Dr. Shannon is a former physical therapist and founder of Evlo Fitness, an online membership dedicated to building strength and improving fitness without wearing down your joints. It’s her mission to help educate on functional anatomy, biomechanics, and more to create fitness routines that will be both effective and sustainable.
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