CrossFit Health Tip - Approach to Aches + Pains with Jason Garrett, DC PH236

Pursuing Health

Julie Foucher MD, MS

Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 9 December 2021

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

Nagging aches and pains? According to Jason Garrett, DC, rest and myofascial release are often the best first line of defense. If your aches or pains persist for more than a few days without improvement, he recommends you seek professional assistance from a provider who employs a combination of manual therapy and corrective exercises.

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0:00.0	Hey there and welcome to Pursuing Health, I'm Dr. Julie Fouche, family physician and
0:09.1	former CrossFit Games athlete.
0:10.9	Here is your bonus weekly CrossFit Health Tip, which was originally published on CrossFit.com.
0:15.8	Enjoy.
0:16.8	Hi, I'm here with Dr. Jason Garrett of A Rosti, and we're going to be talking about those
0:22.4	nagging aches and pains.
0:23.9	So let's say I have something snagging me, it doesn't seem to be getting any better.
0:28.2	What should I do about it?
0:29.2	Well, if it hasn't gotten better on its own, progressively over three or four days, it
0:32.4	could be a real injury.
0:33.6	At that point, if you haven't already tried using a foam roller or a lacrosse ball that
0:37.2	your gym has, a lot of coaches can guide you through those with some exercises to make
0:40.0	it better.
0:41.0	If that's not getting it better, then you should probably seek medical attention.
0:43.9	And I love your approach at A Rosti of using both manual therapy and corrective exercises.
0:48.6	I think there's a really powerful combination there.
0:50.7	Can you talk a little bit about why you use that?
0:52.7	Yeah, one, so the manual therapy, the hands-on treatment, makes the injury feel better,
0:57.2	it gets you a range of motion back, your strength back.
0:59.0	But if you don't follow that up with some really specific stress on the tissue, taking
1:02.8	you through range of motion with some exercises, the outcome is not nearly as good.
1:06.5	Okay, so if I'm just going to foam roll every day, that's not going to do it.
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