The most requested topic from a recent round of surveys, how to train around minor injuries is a real and pertinent issue for all of us at some point or another. Whether you wake up one morning with a crick in your neck or you twist your ankle while running, learning to train with or around limitations is a skill that can be learned.
In this episode, we dive into what constitutes a minor injury, why it’s important to keep moving, and how to assess your situation and stay productive so you don’t feel like you’re wasting away while you heal.
Basic Parameters
- Topic: How to Actually Make the Most of Minor Injuries
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- Topic: How to Actually Make the Most of Minor Injuries
- Rant Factor: ๐ง๐งช๐ค
- Practicality: ๐ค๐ค๐ก๐ฆ
What It’s About
Injuries suck but they can help you work on things you might not otherwise.
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“Minor injuries are an opportunity to explore what physical autonomy means to you.”
Key Points:
- How to Define โMinorโ – the criteria to distinguish what’s “minor”
- Why Itโs Important to Keep Moving – what the body needs to heal correctly
- Know Thyself – the ability to assess your needs and tendencies is invaluable
- How to Continue Training – the smart way to adjust your focus to continue training in a productive way
- Reading Your Internal Barometer – learning to track and trust your subjective experience for longevity and autonomy
- The Future: Help us decide which episodes to record next
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More episodes, articles and videos:
- Dealing With Injuries – Our episode on the not-so-secret key to recovery that everyone tries to ignore
- Overcoming Chronic Pain with Exercise – Our article on the science of pain and how to break the pain cycle
- How To Make Progress, Even With Limitations – Our article on strategies for working with pain and injury
- Body Maintenance Guide – Our head to toe solutions for aches and pains
- Your Guide To Moving Better With Less Pain – Our article and episode about active recovery
- Easy Self-Assessments to End the Guesswork – Our article on using a scale for ease and quality to make measurable progress
- Transcript of this Episode
- Itโs All in Your Head – our episode on owning your subjective experience of exercise
- Bronnie Lennox Thompson on Fibromyalgia and Living Well With Chronic Pain – a great episode on Todd Hargrove’s The Better Movement Podcast
- Bronnie Lennox Thompson’s website – A resource for chronic pain self management
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Hi, I'm Jarlo Ilano, MPT ๐
Jarlo Ilano has been a Physical Therapist (MPT) since 1998 and was board certified Orthopedic Clinical Specialist (OCS) with the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties from 2011 to 2021. Heโs undergone extensive postgraduate training in neck and back rehabilitation with an emphasis in manual therapy along with being certified as a Therapeutic Pain Specialist by EIM/Purdue University.
In addition to cofounding GMB, Jarlo has been teaching martial arts for over 20 years, with a primary focus on Filipino Martial Arts. He works out in jeans and flip-flops.