Episode #139 why you're still dealing with pain even with smart programming

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Hello, crew. Hello my podcast. Bam. Welcome to another episode. I'm stoked for today's episode because honestly, I get pretty fired up about a topic like this, and I'm excited to just get into it. So today I'm chatting through why you might still be dealing with pain, even with smart programming. Here's your missing link, and the missing link is probably a lot more simple than you expect, but here it is. You probably need customized programming built for your body. I will say this, until the cows come home, if you are dealing with a specific ache or pain in your body, no matter. How smart the program is, no matter how well thought out the program is, like you're gonna need customized programming to fix your issue. It's not gonna, it doesn't matter how intelligent the progression is or if it's the right amount of volume or whatever. Like you can't expect general programming to fix a specific issue, especially if it's an issue you've been dealing with a long time. Okay. I'm not talking about, you know. The person who is not working out at all. Then you go into doing a generalized program, like, and your body feels great, right? Like, we love that. That is good. But for a lot of people, I see people following these generic templated. Programs because they're cheap. They're all the rage, and I get it. Group fitness classes, they're fine. But like I said, if you have a specific issue. That has not been going away. You need to look at your programming and like, it just may not be right for you in this season, and that doesn't mean you can't ever return back to it. In fact, you should return back to it when it's appropriate. But your body needs something specific. And here is an example. So if your leg, let's say your left leg is. 70 to 80% weaker than your right leg, and you're only doing bilateral movements and you're never getting that, giving that side any extra attention. You're not doing single leg like you're gonna continue dealing with that back pain or knee pain. And so you start addressing the issue and following a program that meets your body where you're currently at right now. I see a lot of people trying to. A follow programming that isn't made for like where they want to be, like where their body wants to be. But that doesn't work when your body is dealing with an issue. It doesn't work when your body's dealing with pain, no matter how bad you want to make like your body fit into the program. It's just not gonna work. And I say this like speaking from my experience too, because I know that what it's like to be like, you know, wanting to be able to do a general program and all these things and I just, what I've come to accept with my injury history and the patterns I've seen in my body in the past, in the past five years is like, I can't do a hundred percent generalized. Programming or I will be in pain. Like where I'm at right now with my, you know, recovery pain situation is like, I'm able to do general programming two times a week, and then the rest of my programming, it has to be customized or I will be in pain. And I've teetered over and tried to do three days a week, four days a week of like general stuff. And like, it just does not, my body does not like it. My body doesn't feel the same. And like, it makes sense because I do have a lot of limitations and things going on because of my ankle thing. But yeah. And another example that I can share with you guys is like. Let's say you are dealing with back pain and you are majorly squat dominant and you're super weak in your hinge pattern. You should be hinging more than you're squatting and do less squatting for a period of time. But if you're following a general program, like it's probably even, or you know, whatever, depending on the cycle you're in. But that's another example and it's like. A layer deeper than that is, are you, when you do hinge, are you feeling the right muscles? Because if you're not feeling the right muscles when you're hinging, then you're actually not getting the most out of the exercise in the first place. That's another layer to it. So it's like yeah, and if you are somebody that has been following great programming, but. Your hip is hurting, your back hurts your knee or your ankle, like any of those scenarios, then you could benefit from my DIY mini movement audit. This is where I walk you through three lower body mobility screens to begin the process of figuring out why your body feels the way that does, despite doing everything right and. Especially if you resonate with this episode, like you should do the mini movement audit because it will give you a glimpse into like, Hey, this might be a part of the puzzle piece here. Right? And things start to make sense. My favorite part about doing assessments on people is being able to show them all the puzzle pieces that are a part of why their body feels it the way that it does. And I love describing it that way because. It just starts to make a lot more sense. A lot of times when you're dealing with pain and you're an active person, it's like confusing. It's frustrating. Why is this happening? This doesn't make sense. And you might have had people tell you like, oh, this is just the way it is. Or like, there's nothing you can do about that, or whatever. And it makes you feel like frustrated and lost and like your body doesn't make sense. But when you break things down like this, you look at mobility, joint by joint strength, side to side, front to back, all the things. You get a much clearer picture of like this is exactly why your body feels the way that it does, and shows you like, this can be changed, this can be worked on, this can be improved. And I think that's like a sigh of relief. I think that's good news and I think for most people that was also feels like good news too. So all that to say, if you resonate with this, get my DIY mini movement on in. And let's start to uncover the reason why you feel the way that it do, that you do. And if you go through the mini movement audit and you want a full assessment, there's information on that. But if you want a little taste, get the mini mini movement audit link will be in the description and. I'll talk to you guys next week. If you like this episode, be sure to subscribe so you don't miss an episode and share this with one of your friends, one of your gym buddies. All right, talk to you later.