[Re-release: Solving Athlete Pain | Charlie Merrill, PT]

January 06, 2024 01:06:46
[Re-release:  Solving Athlete Pain | Charlie Merrill, PT]
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[Re-release: Solving Athlete Pain | Charlie Merrill, PT]

Jan 06 2024 | 01:06:46

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Show Notes

I just re-listened to this episode from 3 years ago with Charlie Merrill, PT as a part of my preparation for another amazing episode I will publish very soon. I was stunned at how great this episode was. It is no wonder that this chat with Charlie is the #1 episode of all time on the Wise Athletes podcast. Do yourself a favor....listen to Charlie.

Original Show Notes from Episode #14, January 2021

Today, Glen and I are joined by Charlie Merrill, PT in Boulder, Colorado. Charlie is a Physical Therapist who has been serving the Boulder community and athletes for over 20 years.  Over the past few years, Charlie has added pain science and more psychologically informed modalities to his manual therapy and biomechanical toolkits. He emphasizes the body and mind in identifying physical AND psychological/social factors that result in physical symptoms, like pain.  Charlie says the source of most athlete’s pain is often not what you’d expect and you can now work with him remotely at Lin Health, a new pain management platform.  

Charlie's website is Mperformance.com

Charlie's new pain management platform: https://www.lin.health/

Charlie's Youtube channel has nearly 200 videos with free content: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCinoyk46RyzA1v6PqbUl8_w Charlie's and Dr Howard Schubiner's upcoming professional training for clinicians: https://adlpages.lpages.co/beyond-pain-education-registration/

I learned from Charlie that there is a disconnect between pain and structural damage in the body.  What regular people think is true is that pain indicates something wrong, something damaged...that pain is a signal to slow down, be careful, let the damage heal.  But that is not always true.  Pain comes from the brain.

Listen in as Charlie explains the science and practice of solving pain issues for athletes.

Some topics we touch on:

The twin peaks model I referenced from the book "Explain Pain"Which can be downloaded here.  It's excellent for anyone to read: https://www.noigroup.com/product/explain-pain-second-edn-epub/

Other Resources:

Wise Athletes Recovery Deep Dive

Wise Athletes Recovery

https://www.stitchttps://www.stitcher.com/show/cycling-in-alignment/episode/4-charlie-merrill-the-psycho-social-considerations-of-pain-70104112her.com/show/cycling-in-alignment/episode/4-charlie-merrill-the-psycho-social-considerations-of-pain-70104112

https://petermcgrahttps://petermcgraw.org/pain-injury-and-moving-with-joy/w.org/pain-injury-and-moving-with-joy/

A few documentaries but none really apply specifically to athletes.

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