The Optimal Body

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277 | Do These Diet Apps Really Work? How Dr. Kyra Bobinet is Making Lasting Changes Jan 18, 2023

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Diet apps and mindset. Let's dive into how Dr. Kyra is bridging the gap between technology and mindset to promote true behaviour change. As a medical doctor, she rediscovered the need for expertise and action regarding behaviour change. With an emphasis on the Habenula, a part of the brain associated with the "failure" mindset, she discusses the dual function of the Habenula and how to avoid its stimulation. With the Habenula as the underlying theme of this discussion, she distinguishes the iterative mindset from the performance mindset, further speaking into resilience, GRIT, self-efficacy and competence as an outcome. Finally, she dives into the intricacies of her app and how it promotes the iterative mindset, guides individuals along a path to success, targets expectations, and gets individuals to reach the depths of their intentions and "why." Tune in!

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What You Will Learn In This interview Interview with Dr. Kyra Bobinet:

2:57 - How did Dr. Kyra get to developing an app for behaviour change?

3:45 - How to approach motivation

5:50 - How to avoid stimulating Habenula in the brain?

13:09: - The iterative vs performance mindset

17:42 Resilience, GRIT, and the iterative mindset

28:35 - Getting deeper to your "WHY"

38:11 - What makes someone come back to the app?

To learn more about Dr. Kyra Bobinet and view full show notes, please visit the full website here: https://www.docjenfit.com/podcast/episode277/

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276 | Feel Stuck in Anterior Pelvic Tilt?! What You Should Do Jan 16, 2023

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Should you fix your Anterior Pelvic Tilt? DocJen & Dr. Dom discuss the misconceptions surrounding anterior pelvic tilt, particularly as it relates to low back pain. Presenting the current perspectives and literature on anterior pelvic tilt, they discuss how the description itself is not a pathology and merely just a structural state. Emphasising the importance of proprioception around the pelvis and low back, they provide their top tools to addressing how you can address your low back and focus on function rather than structure. Let’s dive in!

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What You Will Learn PT Pearl:

4:36 - Is Anterior Pelvic Tilt a pathology or disorder?

6:36 - Is your Anterior Pelvic Tilt related to your low back pain.

8:21 - Do you have sensorimotor awareness around your low back?

10:01 - What the literature presents in Anterior Pelvic Tilt.

13:18 - Defining Sensorimotor proprioception.

14:43 - Limitations in old research.

16:51 - How pain is multifactorial.

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275 | How to Heal through Cancer with Dr. Leigh Connealy Jan 11, 2023

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Is cancer preventable? Dr. Leigh Connealy, the founder of the Cancer Center For Healing, speaks to the flaws of traditional hospital cancer care and highlights how her institute offers a unique and holistic approach that takes into account the epigenetic factors of cancer development. Furthermore, she discusses the role of food in cancer development, describing the importance of the digestive system, and highlighting the importance of nutrient absorption and assimilation. Finally, she offers insight into whether cancer is entirely heritable. Tune in to learn more!

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What You Will Learn In This interview Interview with Dr. Connealy:

05:00 - From hospital to cancer institute

11:49 - Differences in Dr. Leigh’s cancer institute vs traditional care

31:02 - How does food impacts cancer

38:55 - Flaws in the public health system

42:11 - Why being healthy is important: the big picture

47:42 - Is cancer genetically linked?

52:17 - Learn more with Dr. Connealy

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To learn more about Dr. Connealy and view full show notes, please visit the full website here: https://www.docjenfit.com/podcast/episode275/

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274 | What Can You Do For Your Scoliosis? Jan 09, 2023

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DocJen & Dr.Dom defines the Scoliosis diagnosis, presenting the current perspectives on the causes of scoliosis and the determinants of scoliosis- associated symptoms. Furthermore, they discuss the Cobb angle measurement and when surgery is applicable for scoliosis. Finally, they present a 5 stage treatment protocol for scoliosis, touching base with the Schroth Method. Let’s dive in!

What You Will Learn In This PT Pearl:

01:24 - Is scoliosis lateral curvature of the spine?

03:29 - What is idiopathic scoliosis?

05:37 - Do all individuals with scoliosis feel pain?

07:51 - Cobb angle measurement- is it flawed?

08:19 - When is surgery recommended or not?

14: 39 - Schroth Method

17:38 - Using breath to communicate safety

22:49 - A case study’s treatment protocol : 5 stages

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273 | The Process of Developing Resiliency and Grit with Neeta Bhushan Jan 04, 2023

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What does it mean to master your emotions? Is bottling up your emotions the solution? Neeta discusses her journey of healing and how she found emotional release from psychological traumas through her upbringing. Neeta explains how she found release, considering the psychosocial expectations associated with emotions, which include the 4 components of the bounce factor: upbringing, good stress, emotional capacity, and radical self-awareness. Then, she defined what it means to be in the middle of the “suck” stage and the “now what” stage, alluding her book “That sucked, now what.” Furthermore, she describes how to be vulnerable without expecting care in return, as well as he to determine when you’re ready for emotional release. Finally, she speaks to the “fly forward” framework! Let’s dive in!

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What You Will Learn In This interview Interview with Neetha Bhushan:

4:41 - From cosmetic dentistry to healing through mindset

11:29 - How Neeta found release

20:02 - Components of the bounce factor

26:55 - How to be vulnerable without instilling fear and expectations to be cared for

34:37 - In between the suck vs Now what state

37:26 - How do we know when it’s time to release trauma

39:52 - To fly forwards framework

43:52 - “That sucked now what” book

46:49 - Snack to implement today

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To learn more about Neetha Bhushan and view full show notes, please visit the full website here: https://www.docjenfit.com/podcast/episode273/

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272 | Reframing SMART Goals for a New Year! Jan 02, 2023

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What are your SMART goals for 2023? DocJen and Dr. Dom breakdown SMART goals, describing what specificity, measurable, achievable, relevant, and timely goals entail. Yet, they expand the SMART framework, discussing how to create sustainable, meaningful, accountable, realistic, and task oriented goals! With examples of how to make progressive and smaller goals, DocJen & Dr.Dom discuss how to set yourself up for success in the new year!

What You Will Learn In This PT Pearl:

3:35 - How most people define goals: SMART goals

5:23 - What specificity, measurable, achievable, relevant, timely entails?

8:00 - Reframing year goals to monthly goals for sustainability

11:17 - Intention for the month to set meaningful goals

13:26 - Modes of accountability

16:09 - What creating realistic goals means?

18:31 - The 1% goal that’s task-oriented

22:00 - What it takes to create SMART goals

23:03 Examples of the expanded SMART goals

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271 | Finding Alignment in the Body with Aaron Alexander Dec 28, 2022

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What is tissue work actually doing? Is physical touch your only"fix"? Aaron Alexander, manual therapist, provides the truths about manual therapy and its therapeutic effects on the nervous system rather than the soft tissues themselves. By describing his journey through his passion for helping people with their pain, Aaron's provides his current perspective on tissue work, describing the relationship between structure and function. Then, he dives into the concept of mechanotransduction and how touch comes in different forms, including voice as well as physical touch. He speaks briefly about normalizing healthy forms of touch in adulthood, speaks to treating the mind or body's root cause that could be associated with a pain point, and the true mission behind the Align method. Through empowerment and education, Aaron believes it all starts with you, honing in on early education on the"contact bucket." Let's dive in!

What You Will Learn In This interview Interview with Aaron Alexander:

4:25 - Aaron's borderline obsession with getting out of pain!

8:27 - Aaron's perspective on tissue work currently

17:24 - Types of touch: Voice

21:02 - How do we normalize healthy touch in adulthood

24:55 - What the Align method actually targets?

30:09 - Is it mind or body?

34:20 - Aaron's Resources

36:31 - “No one is going to save you. It’s you right now. You don’t have to wait”

44:18 - The power of education

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To learn more about Aaron Alexander and view full show notes, please visit the full website here: https://www.docjenfit.com/podcast/episode271/

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270 | Do I Really Need Mobility Daily? Especially If I'm Already Active? Dec 26, 2022

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How much does mobility matter? DocJen & Dr.Dom explore the realms of mobility and how it sets the foundation to your physical health. With applications to aging, enhancing integrity and tolerance within the body, and helping the development of resilience, they describe how mobility can be used as a warm up, what is meant by ‘mobility’ and how to stay on track in the new year. Let’s dive in!

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What You Will Learn In This PT Pearl:

3:10 - Why is mobility important?

5:44 - When is passive mobility important?

8:20 - What should your warm up look like?

11:52 - How to stay on track in the new year

Watch Episode 270 on Youtube

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269 | Nutrition Myths and Facts During Pregnancy with Ryann Kipping Dec 21, 2022

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To separate truths from myths, we have Ryann Kipping on to discuss nutrition myths surrounding nutrition. She provides insight into safe caffeine consumption and whether the source of caffeine matters. Ryann shares the impacts of sugar consumption during pregnancy and how to navigate sugary cravings. Furthermore, she provides insight into the research surrounding fish consumption and how the recommendations differ from raw shellfish. She briefly discusses fruit and whether eating for two is a necessity while pregnancy. With her motto "nutrition for two," she focuses on choline and folate as two key nutrients throughout pregnancy, the consumption of organ meats and vitamin A toxicity, as well as when nutrition focus surrounding pregnancy should occur. Let's dive in!

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What You Will Learn In This Interview with Ryann Kipping:

1:32 - Why was Ryann passionate about nutrition

8:02 - Is caffeine safe to consume during pregnancy?

17:23 - Does the source of caffeine matter?

20:35 - Is soda safe to drink during pregnancy?

26:27 - Can you eat fish while pregnant?

27:56 - Are there any fruits to avoid?

31:02 - Do you need to eat for 2?

33:39 - Nutrients to focus on: Choline vs Folate

36:32 - Best food sources of choline

38:05 - Best food sources of folate

43:21 - When should you focus on nutrition for pregnancy

47:10 - Ryann's Resources

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To learn more about Ryann and view full show notes, please visit the full website here: https://www.docjenfit.com/podcast/episode269/

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268 | Piriformis Syndrome: Why Am I Getting This Pain In My Butt? Dec 19, 2022

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Pain in the buttock? Feeling shooting/tingling sensations in your low back or glutes? Perhaps a deep buttock pain? DocJen and Dr. Dom dive into the how deep gluteal syndrome and piriformis syndrome are related, discussing possible physiological causes for symptoms. Soon after, they discuss what you can do to alleviate your symptoms, targeting nerve glides, postural considerations, inner core coordination with breath, hip rotation, and dynamic load finally. Learn about the stages of rehabilitative progression for piriformis syndrome, as well as some exercises that you could explore now!

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What You Will Learn In This PT Pearl:

2:52 - Deep gluteal syndrome vs piriformis syndrome: the physiology causes

5:12 - What to do if your symptoms are nerve-related

8:53 - Is posture related to piriformis syndrome?

10:32 - Targeting the sciatic nerve

14:14 - Ribcage & core relationship coordination

17:59 - How active rotation helps tolerate more load

23:25 - Dynamic load

24:12 - Prevalence of true piriformis syndrome

Watch Episode 268 on Youtube

For research and full show notes, visit the full website at:https://www.docjenfit.com/podcast/episode268/

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