ALL GAIN, NO PAIN: The Over-40 Man's Comeback Guide to Rebuild Your Body After Pain, Injury, or Physical Therapy

Chronic stress makes humans more rigid and less adaptable to change.2,3 In some people, it shows up as high blood pressure. In others, chronic illness. It affects every system in our body and not just your internal systems. It even affects how we move. Too much time on the sympathetic side of the stress gauge reduces your movement repertoire.4 Wher

result is a continuous case of one-upmanship and the constant testing of one’s intestinal fortitude, literally and figuratively. A noble pursuit that unfortunately may lead to pain and injury.

Newly indoctrinated fitness enthusiasts are often challenged to perform exercises and activities for which they are physically unqualified and unprepared. The unfortunate

Attempting to be great at all things physical, most participants fail. Only those with the greatest genetic potential and tolerance for such intensity prevail. The trickle-down effect from this attitude is a change in perspective. Instead of exercising to improve health and fitness, merely completing an impossibly difficult workout is the goal.

Exercise primes the brain for learning. Coming back from an injury or pain is more often about learning or relearning to vary movement.

Chronic stress makes humans more rigid and less adaptable to change.2,3 In some people, it shows up as high blood pressure. In others, chronic illness. It affects every system in our body and not just your internal systems. It even affects how we move. Too much time on the sympathetic side of the stress gauge reduces your movement repertoire.4 Wher

result is a continuous case of one-upmanship and the constant testing of one’s intestinal fortitude, literally and figuratively. A noble pursuit that unfortunately may lead to pain and injury.

Newly indoctrinated fitness enthusiasts are often challenged to perform exercises and activities for which they are physically unqualified and unprepared. The unfortunate

Attempting to be great at all things physical, most participants fail. Only those with the greatest genetic potential and tolerance for such intensity prevail. The trickle-down effect from this attitude is a change in perspective. Instead of exercising to improve health and fitness, merely completing an impossibly difficult workout is the goal.