263 | 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! CYBER MONDAY SALE. THIS WEEK ONLY! Gain access to 11 specific plans with 2-3 phases on different pain points, as well as searchable quick tips and live webinars for the price of $119 for the year membership! This is the lowest it has ever been and subscribing now locks you in at $119 per year price point for life! GRAB THIS DEAL BEFORE ITS TOO LATE on Jen Health. What You Will Learn In This Interview with About 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 Items Mentioned: Dr. Shannon Ritchey’s Instagram To learn more about Dr. Shannon and view full show notes, please visit the full website here: https://www.docjenfit.com/podcast/episode263/ Thank you so much for checking out this episode of The Optimal Body Podcast. If you haven’t done so already, please take a minute to subscribe and leave a quick rating and review of the show! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tobpodcast/message