I was organizing some projects recently and unearthed this fantastic audio interview with my friend and colleague, Dr. Seth Oberst. I cleaned it up and it’s ready to share with you! If you don’t know Seth, he’s a physical therapist and if you imagine traditional physical therapists, Seth is about as far from that as you can be. He blends together modern science with more traditional approaches to body care, and he takes a holistic approach to everything he does.
In this interview, we discuss:
- What western medicine has done well, and what it hasn’t
- How perception influences the experience of pain
- Movement variability, what it is, and how it may contribute to those “all of a sudden” and “out of nowhere” pains
- How stress influences your ability to adapt
- Movement errors and their impact on learning
- Self image and body tension
- How to assess if you’re going “hard enough” in your workouts
You can find Seth at his website, on facebook, and on twitter.