The Optimal Body

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257 | Nagivating Fear and Anxiety with Ben Harris Nov 09, 2022

Show notes

Is fear holding you back? Ben Harris, a fear coach, describes fear as a protective mechanism, alluding it to concepts of love and disguise. Then, he dives into how you can identify the root cause of your fears and the true feeling of liberation when you tap into the depths of your fears. He provides insight into the fear alchemy and explains the 10 foundational fears in a general context. By honing in on journaling, he speaks to the importance of exploring your fears and when its time to dive into your fears. Furthermore, he distinguishes intuition from social pressures and how you can begin to navigate imposter syndrome. Finally, he describes the difference between physiological and emotional fear, providing insight into the Wim Hoff breathing technique. Let's dive in!

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What You Will Learn In This interview Interview with Ben Harris:

3:44 - Fear as a response to protection

8:56 - Fear as love and disguise

12:19 - How do you identify the root cause of your fear

18:23 - What is fear Alchemy?

23:31 - Foundational fears

25:09 - Why is it important to explore your fears?

27:36 - How do you know when to tap into your fears?

31:49 - Distinguishing between intuition and social pressure

39:13 - Imposter syndrome - fear of not being good enough

46:19 - Physiological Fear & Wim Hoff

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256 | Why Does My Low Back Hurt After Walking Long Distances? Nov 07, 2022

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Low back pain while walking? DocJen & Dr. Dom explain why your low back may be flaring up during long-distance walks and what could be contributing to your low back pain. They explain how fear and stiffness an intertwined, honing into how fear could be perpetuating stiffness and vice versa in a vicious cycle. They dive into the importance of finding the root cause of your back pain and the role motor patterning and fatigue play in low back symptoms whilst walking. Then, they dive into tools you can use to modulate your pain experience, explaining the importance of rotation and dynamic stability, activation exercises, foot mobility, and what your low back pain is really communicating! Let's dive in!

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What You Will Learn PT Pearl:

2:00 - Low back pain when walking

3:35 - What could be contributing to low back pain?

5:40 - Increased stiffness and fear of walking

8:46 - Finding the root cause of your back pain

10:24 - Motor patterning & fatigue as it relates to low back pain during walking

12:43 - Rotation & Dynamic Stability

14:15 - Activation exercises for low back pain while walking

18:30 - Foot mobility and ease of walking

20:57 - The onset of pain indicates the need for change

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255 | Pelvic Floor Changes from Puberty through Postpartum with Dr. Sara Reardon Nov 02, 2022

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We discuss it all here. Dr. Sara Reardon dives into her experience with pelvic floor education and shares the driver for her passion for pelvic floor health. She explains the anatomy and physiology of the pelvic floor, explaining the missing links in pelvic floor education during puberty. Then, she speaks to pain with penetration and why it might be happening, the repercussions of straining while passing stool, and how exhaling is an effective tool when passing stool. She explains what is normal and not normal when it comes to the pelvic floor and abdominal changes during pregnancy and how to decrease the severity of pelvic floor weakness with age. She dives into the common pains that occur and the extent to which leaking can be expected. Then, she provides tools for pelvic pain and SI joint pain during pregnancy and why you may be dribbling pee after passing urine. FInally, she discusses when you should see a physical therapist post-partum. Let's dive in!

GRATEFUL FOR MY BODY 2022! We're focusing on RELIEVING pain, RELEASING stress, and RESETING the body for optimal RECOVERY for 30 days during the month of November. You will have access to mobility flows, pelvic floor relaxation classes, pelvic floor activation classes, breathwork classes, and soft-tissue mobilizations. Additionally, DocJen will be going live every Sunday with anatomy and physiology webinars and question-and-answer opportunities. 5-15 minutes every day. That’s all your need to downregulate the body! Click here and join us.

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

4:26 - Why did Dr. Sara specialize in pelvic health?

6.36 - Why does the pelvic floor matter?

9:05 - The missing link in sex education during puberty years

11:50 - Pain with penetration? Why might it be happening

13:48 - Is it bad to strain when passing stool?

16:32 - Why you should exhale when passing stool

18:42 - Pelvic floor and abdominal changes during pregnancy

22:19- Pregnancy consideration to manage the severity of pelvic floor weakness

28:22 - Common pains that occur during pregnancy

31:06 - To what degree can you expect leaking? Signs and symptoms.

33:22 - What you can do at home to help front of the pelvic pain or SI joint pain

35:36 - Why do you still get dribbles of pee when you've finished passing urine

37:15 - When should you see a physical therapist post-Partum?

45:42 - Courses with Dr. Sara

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254 | Why Do My Hips Keep Going Out of Place? Oct 31, 2022

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Why do my hips keep going out of place? DocJen & Dr. Dom discuss what it means for your hips to go out of place, explaining the tests therapists use to diagnose "hip misalignment." They describe muscle energy techniques, explaining the physiology of the effect of isometric contractions. Furthermore, they dive into adjustments and the physiological responses to the pops that follow a manipulation. They hone in on the concept of hypersensitivity, providing insight into how you can decrease sensitivity within the hips to "feel" more aligned and stable!

GRATEFUL FOR MY BODY 2022! We're focusing on RELIEVING pain, RELEASING stress, and RESETING the body for optimal RECOVERY for 30 days during the month of November. You will have access to mobility flows, pelvic floor relaxation classes, pelvic floor activation classes, breathwork classes, and soft-tissue mobilizations. Additionally, DocJen will be going live every Sunday with anatomy and physiology webinars and question-and-answer opportunities. Get ready to recover with the community and spend 5-15 minutes every day to downregulate the body and upregulate that rest, relax, digest physiological response! Click here and join us!

What You Will Learn PT Pearl:

5:33 - How "hips out of alignment" is tested

9:18 - What "hips out of alignment" actually mean

12:26 - What do muscle energy techniques do?

15:27 - Pop from an adjustment? What is truly happening?

19:47 - Can you smooth out the fascia?

21:23 - What could you do to address "hips out of place."

25:53 - Pain & MRI Scans

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253 | Merging Chiropractor, Acupuncture and Physical Therapy Care to Treat the Whole Person with Dr. Kevin Marryshow Oct 26, 2022

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Dr. Kevin Marryshow, a co-founder of Myodetox, starts off by comparing and contrasting a chiropractor with a physical therapist, emphasizing the need for cross-collaboration between rehabilitative therapy and the flaw of both fields - dependency on solely passive modalities as treatment. Then, he explains the science behind manipulations, highlighting the true physiological response to what tissue adjustments and massages do within the body. Then, he explains the message of Myodetox and its efforts to drive patients toward rehabilitative care. By providing insight into the mindset of Myodetox, he explains the concept of "future-proofing" the body, finally offering a scholarship program for Myodetox. Tune in!

GRATEFUL FOR MY BODY 2022! We're focusing on RELIEVING pain, RELEASING stress, and RESETING the body for optimal RECOVERY for 30 days during the month of November. You will have access to mobility flows, pelvic floor relaxation classes, pelvic floor activation classes, breathwork classes, and soft-tissue mobilizations. Additionally, DocJen will be going live every Sunday with anatomy and physiology webinars and question-and-answer opportunities. Get ready to recover with the community and spend 5-15 minutes every day to downregulate the body and upregulate that rest, relax, and digest physiological response! Click here and join us.

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

4:36 - The inspiration behind Dr.Kevin’s passion

8:15 - Chiropractor vs Physical Therapists

9:28 - Flaws of passive modalities

14:01 - Why we need to cross-collaborate between rehabilitative therapy

17:55 - What does tissue work do physiologically

22:01 - What is Myodetox

27:07 - Guiding towards driving patients to rehabilitative care

32:52 - Myodetox scholarship program

36:54 - Mindset through Myodetox

40:54 - What does it mean to “future-proof” your body?

43:28 - Learn more with Dr. Kevin

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To learn more about Dr. Kevin and view full show notes, please visit the full website here: https://www.docjenfit.com/podcast/episode253/

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252 | Five Things I Should Start to Care About in My Body as I Age Oct 24, 2022

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Preserve your health as you age! We're providing paradigm shifts in the way we approach degeneration and movement. By age 85, approximately two-thirds of all reported injury-related deaths are due to falls, and foot health plays a large role in maintaining awareness of where the body is in space. Allowing the toes to spread, the arches to move, and the heels to shock absorb builds resiliency within the feet and allow the foot to experience more feedback from the ground. These aspects of foot health can be game-changing for balance and proprioception as we age. Secondly, DocJen & Dr. Dom dive into scans and their static representations of natural degeneration in the spine. We hone in on similar radiographical findings between individuals with and without symptoms and discuss how movement variety is the best posture! Then, they dive into reprogramming tissue health, explaining ways to build tissue tolerance and impact strength training consequently. Finally, they emphasize the importance of continually working on baseline flexibility and mobility, as well as stress management. We approach all 5 of these aspects of health in the Grateful For My Body Challenge starting November 1st!

What You Will Learn PT Pearl:

3:21 - Caring about your foot health

8:40 - Spine & degeneration

13:55 - Reprogramming tissue Health to help movement & training

17:55 - Baseline of mobility

20:59 - Managing stress

Watch Episode 252 on Youtube

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251 | Understanding Electrolytes, Sodium Intake and Diet with Robb Wolf Oct 19, 2022

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Is Salt bad? Do you need to supplement electrolytes? We have Robb Wolf on, co-founder of LMNT electrolytes, to provide expertise on the topic of electrolytes. Robb provides deep insight into the truths of salt intake and how it relates to hypertension, suggesting insulin resistance as the primary driver of hypertension. Furthermore, Robb suggests what contributes to high salt intake, and how low salt diets relate to increased osteoporosis risk and the possibility of calcification in blood vessels. He discusses family history and ways to modulate diet to reduce the risk of hypertension if it runs in the family. Furthermore, he describes the personal fat threshold as it relates to eating a high protein diet, the debate in what it means to eat "high quality" as well as how to interpret how many electrolytes to consume. Finally, he touches base with electrolyte consumption during pregnancy. Let's dive in!

What You Will Learn In This interview Interview with Robb Wolf:

3:52 - What are electrolytes?

8:13 - The truth about salt intake & hypertension

11:23 - What influences salt intake?

12:35 - Reduce salt intake if hypertension runs in the family?

14:53 - Personal fat threshold & addressing insulin resistance as a driver of hypertension

25:50 - Protein leverage hypothesis & eating a carnivore diet to manage blood sugar

31:57 - What is means to eat "high-quality" foods

39:26 - How do you know how many electrolytes to consume?

46:57 - Pregnancy & electrolyte

53:20 - Learn more with Robb!

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To learn more about Robb view full show notes, please visit the full website here: https://www.docjenfit.com/podcast/episode251/

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250 | Three Techniques You Haven't Been Taught to Help Improve Your Mobility Oct 17, 2022

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How is your recovery? Perhaps, your stress? DocJen & Dr. Dom dive into three techniques you haven't considered when it comes to your ability to relieve pain and tension, relax, recovery, and reset. They dive into how ribcage and thoracic mobility improve the health benefits of diaphragmatic breathing, how hip mobility is vital to enhancing movement as the main axis of the body, the role the pelvic floor plays in the hips, and how passive range of motion differs from active range of motion. Let's dive into the solutions you need to optimize healing and recovery!

What You Will Learn PT Pearl:

3:08 - Breathwork & Ribcage mobility

11:11 - Techniques to downregulate the system

16:42 - Connection between the pelvic floor, hips, and feet

20:20 - Anatomy of pelvic floor

21:02 - The debate between the passive and active range of motion

25:25 - Solution- Grateful For My Body Challenge

Watch Episode 250 on Youtube

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https://www.docjenfit.com/podcast/episode250/

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249 | The Tools & Techniques Necessary to Combat Chronic Stress with Dr. David Rabin Oct 12, 2022

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The American Institute of Stress reported that 33% of individuals experience extreme stress, of which 73% struggle with stress-related mental health issues. We have Dr. David Rabin to discuss the prevalence of chronic stress in today's world and how breathwork, heart rate variability, and touch play a role in significantly modulating stress experience. Speaking into the evolution of the 'hardwired' stress response and how the flight, fright, freeze response applies to the current world, Dr. David speaks into the type of breathing that can navigate the stress response, as well as how consistent practice can change the game for anxiety and discomfort related to uncertainty. Then, Dr. David touches base with heart rate variability as a marker of resilience and recovery. Finally, he discusses the neurobiology of touch and how it can elicit the same parasympathetic (rest, digest, recover) response as breathwork can. Explaining the neuroscience behind the Apollo device, he explains the 7 different experiences that can be targeted through the skin and how the Apollo device targets these skin experiences. Finally, he dives into self-medication and how addictive behaviours and binging on Netflix are behaviours of discomfort avoidance, providing efficient and optimal tools to navigate discomfort. Learn how you can community safety to the brain through non-invasive treatment!

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

4:14 - What chronic stress is and how it affects the body?

8:50 - Does the stress response differ between encountering a lion or work stress?

14:27 - Does the type of breathing matter when it comes to chronic stress?

19:01 - Do you need to do breathwork every day?

24:26 - Heart rate variability

30:08 - Healing touch

34:59 - Apollo Device

40:08 - We have 7 different songs for the skin

47:32 - Learn more with Dr Dave

48:40 - Self-medication & discomfort avoidance

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To learn more about Dr. David view full show notes, please visit the full website here: https://www.docjenfit.com/podcast/episode249/

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248 | Pubic Symphysis Pain: SPD in Pregnancy (Symphysis Pubis Dysfunction) Oct 10, 2022

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Aches and pains around the pelvis? Pubic symphysis dysfunction has been reported in 31.7% of pregnant women. DocJen & Dr. Dom dive into what pubic symphysis is, providing a brief summary of the anatomy involved, potential causes, and risk factors for pubic symphysis. Then, they provide insight into how pubic symphysis is tested for, as well as how treatment can be optimized and safeguarded for pregnant women. Finally, they debunk common misconceptions surrounding pelvic-related pain and pregnancy. Tune in!

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What You Will Learn PT Pearl:

3:29 Anatomy & physiology of the pelvic girdle

4:19 Is it really instability of the pelvic girdle?

9:50 Who does SPD affect?

11:59 Possible causes of SPD

14:24 When pain typically occurs

16:34 Compressive/SI belt - do they work?

20:27 Variety of movement & fear of movement

20:46 Testing what movements feel “unstable”

26:40 Muscle activations and feeling “stable”

28:19 Fascial lines

32:47 Jen’s experience with SPD

36:07 Anecdotal experience with SPD - what may have the biggest impact

Watch Episode 248 on Youtube

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https://www.docjenfit.com/podcast/episode248/

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