What I have come to understand about myself and my one trait that I used to admire, but that I had seemed to loose after my injury and the one I had always defined myself by: My mental fortitude, I found that ability for perseverance and self talk, has actually been the one trait that has gotten me through. So its nice to know I still got the goods. I am still a sucker for being able to fly.

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“You can never go wrong with building more stability or balance in the joints.” — Dr. Theresa Larson

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Don’t sit for too long — When you sit down, you’re not activating your glutes, which results in weak glutes, which leads to bad mechanics. Squeezing your glutes while sitting is possible, but it’s not comfortable or intuitive, and strong glutes are important for good movement mechanics. If your day consists of a lot of sitting time, make sure you’re stand up often and go on walks.
• You need good form even when you are walking — Walking with your feet turned out (a.k.a. duck footing), causes bad hip and knee positions and movement. Even worse, running with bad form, such as heel striking, causes even harsher damage on the body.
• Don’t wear cushy shoes — Shoes with thick, cushy soles are not good for your health. Ideally, wear minimal, flat shoes, so you can use your foot and leg muscles correctly.
• Don’t wear heels too often — If you are a woman who wears heels often, (for example: to work), make sure you are switching to flat often. Spending a lot of time in heels, causes unwanted toe dominance and bad ankle flexion mobility, which means you won’t be able to squat well.
• Slow down your training — Have you ever done a 90 second squat? Yup, 90 seconds. Slow down your training to focus on stability, that will help with your longevity.

“The gym doesn’t need to be this place where we go kick our own ass, every single day, as hard as we possibly can. We can create this balance in our life, where some days we slow down a little bit, some days we are going to lift and try to PR.” — Anders Varner

http://daily.barbellshrugged.com/kneefix/

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In This Episode of Harder to Kill Radio, You’ll Learn:

• About Dr. Larson’s journey & the illness she faced while deployed
• Her thoughts on females in combat & special forces
• How seemingly healthy habits can turn into obsessions
• What’s the fine line between health and states of illness
• How to strengthen the brain-body connection
• Why her new book is a must-read for anyone, military or civilian, man or woman

The Value of Letting Go with Dr. Theresa Larson: Harder to Kill Radio 048

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• Numerous eating/health disorders, including fitness addiction (yes it exists);
• Using the triangle of mind, body and spirit to create a balanced and healthy life;
• The power of meditation or prayer in your daily life;
• How living in the present leads to a happier and more fulfilled life;
• Assessing your current life position and asking yourself “why am I working?” and to remember what you are working for;
• Why it is important to wake up the majority of days and be excited about the work your are doing;
• The benefits of creating monthly reflections; and
• Her new 8 week digital program to relieve lower back pain through strengthening.

#31 Embracing your inner warrior with Dr. Theresa Larson

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Dr. Theresa Larson, founder of Movement Rx, has the answer to this question. Frustrated with a traditional clinic setting, she didn’t want to deal with the BS of the regular physical therapy world – treating 20 patients a day in the insurance business which felt broken and very restricting.  After confiding in Kelly Starrett, the idea of breaking free from the regular constraints of the physical therapy world seemed much more doable.

In this week’s episode, you’ll hear more about how Dr. Larson fought through a debilitating eating disorder, the passing of her mother, leading an entire Marine platoon while deployed in Iraq, and embraced her calling to heal and nurture to craft her own successful career in the fitness industry.

How to Craft Your Own Career in the Fitness Industry w/ Dr. Theresa Larson | Movement Rx

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We dive into lower back pain and how you can identify and fix the source of the pain in the body. Fact: 8 out of 10 humans (both athletes and couch potatoes alike) have some sort of lower back pain, and most of the time the pain is caused by some sort of imbalance or weakness somewhere else in the body.

Theresa and Anders bring to light some “oh shit” points on how our daily habits can be the cause of our pain. They also debunk some assumptions around mobility, and physical therapy.

http://daily.barbellshrugged.com/episode-240/

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The topics we cover with Theresa
-How to get the balls to start your own business
-Why working on public speaking is so important
-The hiring process: how to do it when it’s time
-How to plan for productivity

E12 | Theresa Larson

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My husband Per before we were married was with me during the final phases of my transition. While I was prepping to go to graduate school, I met Per. We were in two completely different phases of our life, and our professional career, however our relationship was easy. I am incredibly thankful for him in my life. His patience, unconditional love, and ability to meet where I am at is one of the most amazing gifts that came out of my “transitioning” time from the Marine Corps.

When you listen to this podcast that my friend Keith Galloway and his wife Laura run, you will hear what my transition from being a Marine Corps officer to a civilian was really like. It was not easy by any means, however,  it did get me where I am today. I have a beautiful family, a business that is growing, and people around me with a similar vision. While this did not happen over- night, and there were years of education that needed to happen, years of shedding unneeded relationships, years of trying, failing, trying again, I landed where I am today.

This story is about me becoming healthy, and about my life long journey of keeping myself healthy, my family, and those around me.

Becoming Healthy

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Stoked to be a guest on the Wodigy Podcast run by Ryan Davis who is a Doctor of Chiropractic. Being part of the CrossFit community and the Strength and Conditioning world, all the health professionals who live it, breath it, do it, all find each other somehow. Ryan and I connected via LinkedIN and here it is. We talked about going online with programming, coaching, influencing and what that jump has been like for me. I was able to share how my vision for my practice has pivoted due to truly understanding more in depth my values and how those play out in my life especially with a growing family.

Health professional to health professional we had the heart to heart about running a practice and how to do other fun and innovative things with the knowledge we have. For one, how many people do you want to help? While I like one on one, I want to influence and help heal MILLIONS. I can only do this by going online, speaking, and sharing the gift of movement education in person as well as shared over the internets.

Hence the birth of our low back fix program which includes low back pain exercises, low back strengthening programming, and breathing more effectively with your diaphragm. The program involves a little bit of rehab with a lot of functional movement. With Ryan I was able to explain the why behind this program, and how we plan for it to influence the masses knowing that 8 in 10 adults will experience low back pain in their lifetime.

I am thankful for other health professionals like Ryan Davis who are out there working to make a difference.

https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/wodigy/e/51084751

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