Episode 212: Greg Lehman - Pain Science
The Robbie Bourke Podcast
Pain definition and clinical implications
Greg adopts pain as a response to threat or stressor that motivates action, aligning with contemporary pain science.
This episodes guest is Greg Lehman.
Greg is a physiotherapist, chiropractor and strength and conditioning specialist treating musculoskeletal disorders within a biopsychosocial model.
Greg currently teaches two 2-day continuing education courses to health and fitness professionals through out the world. Reconciling Biomechanics with Pain Science and Running Resiliency have been taught more than 60 times in more than 40 locations world wide.
You can read Greg's full bio here.
On this episode Greg and I discuss:
- Greg's background
- Why Greg went back to physiotherapy school after becoming a chiropractor
- Greg's influences
- I ask Greg what is Pain?
- I ask Greg where an evolutionary perspective falls within his practice?
- I ask Greg how does he treat individuals who really self identify with their pain
- I ask Greg about his assessment and treatment process
- I ask Greg about health practitioners acting as long-term consultants
- I ask Greg for his definition of pain
- I ask Greg about his thoughts on posture
- I ask Greg about the use of language within rehabilitation
- I ask Greg about how much importance he puts on sleep, nutrition, and other lifestyle factors when dealing with pain?
- I ask Greg for his thoughts on manual therapy and its role within the rehab puzzle
- I ask Greg what are the biggest things he has learned in his life and career
- I ask Greg how he learns?
- I ask Greg for his top life advice
- I ask Greg for his top and current book recommendations
- I ask Greg if there is anything he does on a daily basis that is essential to his day and what a typical day looks like in his life?
- I ask Greg how he mitigates the detrimental impacts of all the travel he does?
- I ask Greg, if he only had one year left on planet earth, how would he spend that year and why?
- I ask Greg, if he could invite 5 people to dinner, dead and alive, who would he invite and why?
This was an outstanding episode and I hope you all enjoy it as much as we did!
Stay Strong,
RB
Show Notes:
Website - greglehman.ca
Twitter - @GregLehman
Podcasts Mentioned:
Resilient Performance Podcast with Dr. Greg Lehman
Videos Mentioned:
Muscles: Testing and Function, with Posture and Pain
Brandon Sanderson Books
Steven Erickson Books
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The Sports Gene
Endure
The Power of Habit
People and Resources Mentioned:
Paul Chek
David Nolan
Doug Kechijian
James Fitzgerald
Dr. Stuart McGill
Dan Pfaff
Stu McMillan
Karl Newells - Constraints Led Approach Model
Adam Meakins
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