Episode Details

Let’s be real for a minute: Injuries suck.

If you’ve been lifting yourself for any period of time, you know that if you push yourself long enough or hard enough, something is bound to crop up.

But while injuries might be part of the game, they shouldn’t keep you out of the game.

That’s why today I’ve brought Dan Pope on the podcast – to talk about how we can continue to train while injured, but even more importantly, how we can learn from our injuries as well.

Dan is a Doctor of Physical Therapy, strength and conditioning coach, writer, speaker and entrepreneur. He’s a practicing physical therapist at Champion PT and Performance, and owner of the FitnessPainFree.com website and certification.

Dan’s mission is to bridge the gap between physical therapy and fitness, and to bring this information to those around the world, and I really think you’re going to love the practical advice he shares in this episode!

I want them to have a little mindfulness about their pain, because if you’re just blowing through it, that’s not helpful and pain WILL win. – Dan Pope

This Week on the Physical Prep Podcast:

• Dan’s career path, and how he went from strength coach to physical therapist
• His overarching philosophy on dealing with clients and athletes injuries
• How your mindset has to shift when dealing with an injury
• Dan’s insights into the two types of rehab clients/patients you’ll see, and why you need to treat them VERY differently
• The potential causes of lower back pain, and why mechanics are just one part of the problem
• Tweaks and modifications you can use to work around lower back pain and stay in the gym
• His thoughts on anterior knee/patello-femoral pain
• Why “joint sparing” training strategies often rob Peter to pay Paul
• How Dan helps clients and athletes learn from their injuries so they can stay in the gym for a lifetime

Connect with Dan:

• FitnessPainFree.com
• Dan’s YouTube Page
• Dan’s Instagram

Related Links:

• Stuart McGill on Building the Athletic Spine
• Mike Reinold on the Science & Practice of Blood Flow Restriction Training
• Jarrod Antflick on Building a Resilient and Robust Achilles Tendon
• $100M Offer – Alex Hormozi

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