How to Address Pain, Performance, and Rehabilitation with Dr. Sean Pastuch

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About Dr. Sean Pastuch
Dr. Sean Pastuch is a thought leader in the health and fitness world whose industry disrupting company, Active Life, is bridging the gap between performance and rehabilitation. Dr. Sean believes that the larger the problem, the more valuable the solution. He believes that the biggest problem worth solving is the absence of healthcare, and the abundance of sick care in the United States and Internationally. That’s why the mission of Active Life is to humanize the doctor, professionalize the coach, and empower the individual.

Some of the highlights of the show include:

• Dr. Sean’s businesses combine the tenets of personal training with chiropractic medicine — with an overarching focus on mindset improvement and self-empowerment. He began as a personal trainer then felt called to do more to help his clients with a multifaceted approach.
• Even after becoming a chiropractor, he felt bored by some of the issues that faced him when dealing with patients. He believed in changing his approach and taking on clients that not only had pain but also had goals to move beyond the pain and continue doing the even high-intensity activities they love.
• Much of Dr. Sean’s approaches — and a huge bit of the methodology of his businesses — involves the mindset of, “it’s not about you, and it is most definitely your fault.” While this may be upsetting or difficult for some to adopt, it highlights the fact that everyone’s actions are self-interested. And, in that vein, solutions often become our responsibility as well.
• John and Dr. Sean discuss the typical action plan for injuries, in which John describes he recently broke a rib in his back from sneezing. John describes how, as an active individual, it’s difficult to adjust his activity level to accommodate healing. Dr. Sean discusses that even though it may seem crazy to think about learning what underlying issue caused the injury, it could go a long way in John’s (or anyone’s) progress.
• Dr. Sean discusses different aspects of pain and how he and his colleagues address patient education in this manner. The different aspects of pain described include insult, irritation, pain (as well as determining what level of pain), and injury. Dr. Sean’s methods involve helping the patient distinguish what pain is damaging and what pain can be worked through — and is thus necessary for healing.
• Dr. Sean also discusses how intentional he is with his schedule — and how everyone can be — even with COVID causing some changes. He also talks about how he does as much as he can to credit his wife for his success.

Links:

• https://www.instagram.com/drseanpastuch/