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In this episode of the Movement Podcast, Gray Cook and Lee Burton welcome legendary strength and conditioning coach Mike Boyle to revisit one of the most influential concepts in functional training: **the Joint-by-Joint Approach**.

What began as a conversation between Mike Boyle and Gray Cook at a conference in Chicago—and a few notes scribbled on a bar napkin—became a framework that helped coaches, trainers, and rehabilitation professionals rethink the relationship between mobility, stability, and human movement.

Nearly 20 years later, they're revisiting the original idea.

Mike, Gray, and Lee discuss how the Joint-by-Joint Approach developed, why it has been both praised and criticized, and how their thinking has evolved through decades of coaching, clinical experience, and working with athletes.

The conversation moves beyond the familiar mobile-stable-mobile-stable sequence to explore how the approach can inform movement screening, program design, corrective exercise, single-leg training, functional anatomy, and the progression from rehabilitation to performance.

Mike also shares how his training philosophy has changed over the years, why he embraced unilateral training, and why good coaches must be willing to rethink their methods as they gain new information.

Topics include:

- The original story behind the Joint-by-Joint Approach
- How a conversation between Mike Boyle and Gray Cook became a widely used training framework
- Mobility versus stability and why both matter
- The ankle, knee, hip, and lumbar spine relationship
- Why movement should be evaluated in function, not isolation
- Movement screening as a filter for identifying potential limitations
- Responding to criticism of the FMS and Joint-by-Joint Approach
- Why movement asymmetries deserve attention
- How Mike Boyle incorporates mobility and stability into programming
- Why single-leg training changed his approach to strength and conditioning
- Progressions from step-ups to split squats and single-leg exercises
- Functional anatomy, diagonal movement, and rotational patterns
- The role of stability, stiffness, and motor control in athletic performance
- How landing mechanics prepare athletes for more reactive movement
- The relationship between rehabilitation, load, and speed
- Why communication between clinicians and strength coaches is essential
- The importance of learning, adapting, and evolving as a professional

The key takeaway: The Joint-by-Joint Approach was never intended to be a rigid rule for every joint or every individual. It provides a practical way to think about common movement needs, recognize potential limitations, and make more informed training decisions.

And perhaps the most important lesson from this conversation is that great coaches and clinicians don't stop learning. They challenge their assumptions, refine their methods, and continue looking for better ways to help people move and perform.

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In this episode of the Movement Podcast, Gray Cook and Lee Burton sit down with Dr. Arianne Missimer, founder of The Movement Paradigm, to talk about movement, resilience, nervous system regulation, airway, sleep, functional medicine, and what it really means to treat the whole person.

Arianne’s story begins with a deep appreciation for movement and health after losing her brother to cancer. That experience helped shape her mission to help people stop taking their health and movement for granted. Later, after her own diagnosis with stage 3 liposarcoma, she adopted the motto “Challenge Accepted” and competed on American Ninja Warrior just months after treatment.

That personal and professional journey led her to build an integrative model of care that brings together movement, nutrition, physical therapy, functional medicine, nervous system regulation, and root cause thinking.

Gray, Lee, and Arianne discuss why health is not a hack, why resilience is not just about calming down, and why so many people need a better framework for understanding stress, recovery, breathing, sleep, pain, and movement.

They also explore the role of the vagus nerve, heart rate variability, chronic inflammation, airway screening, sleep apnea, broken sleep, and why movement professionals should understand when a client or patient may need a bigger team around them.

Topics include:
• Dr. Arianne Missimer’s background and personal health journey
• Why movement and health should never be taken for granted
• Resilience as adaptability, not just relaxation
• Nervous system regulation and chronic burnout
• Functional medicine, holistic physical therapy, and root cause care
• Why “health is not a hack”
• The vagus nerve and the gut-brain connection
• HRV, breathing, tone, and feedback loops
• How airway issues can affect sleep, recovery, pain, and movement
• Simple airway screening concepts
• Why sleep apnea and broken sleep are often overlooked
• The connection between inflammation, recovery, and musculoskeletal pain
• What comes after a reset
• Building capacity from surviving to thriving
• Team-based care and when to refer
• Why movement is freedom
• Health span, walking speed, and independence
• Helping patients build awareness without overwhelming them

The key takeaway: better health is not about chasing one magic solution. It is about understanding the person in front of you, identifying the biggest opportunity for change, and creating a realistic path that helps them move better, recover better, and live with more freedom.

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In this episode of the Movement Podcast, Gray Cook and Lee Burton sit down with Thomas Dewey to talk about data, wearables, movement health, and the future of human performance.

Thomas is an athletic trainer and strength coach by background, with experience across Functional Movement Systems, Naval Special Warfare, Sparta Science, and ŌURA. His career has focused on helping professionals turn complex human performance information into practical decisions.

The conversation explores one of the biggest challenges in health, fitness, sports medicine, tactical performance, and wearable technology:

We have more data than ever.

But what do we do with it?

Gray, Lee, and Thomas discuss how force plates, wearables, readiness scores, sleep data, balance, movement screens, and performance metrics can all help professionals better understand the person in front of them — but only if that information is organized, interpreted, and applied in a meaningful way.

They also explore why movement quality is still one of the missing pieces in the wearable technology conversation. Wearables can track a lot of movement quantity, recovery, sleep, heart rate variability, and physiological stress, but understanding how someone moves — their balance, symmetry, mobility, stability, and readiness to move — is still a major opportunity.

Topics include:

• Thomas Dewey’s background in athletic training, strength and conditioning, military human performance, Sparta Science, and ŌURA
• Why data needs to become actionable, not overwhelming
• How Sparta Science helped make force-plate data more useful
• Load, explode, and drive as simplified movement metrics
• Fast responders versus slow responders
• Movement quality versus movement quantity
• Why balance may become a future vital sign
• How wearables can support better sleep, recovery, and readiness decisions
• Why movement health still needs to be part of the data conversation
• How data can help create better feedback loops
• Why professionals need data literacy
• How AI, large language models, and integrated platforms may shape the future
• Why the best data should lead to better questions, better trials, and better decisions

The key takeaway: data alone is not the answer. The real opportunity is learning how to filter it, simplify it, and use it to help people move better, recover better, and make more informed decisions about their health and performance.

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What are the best exercises for low back pain?

Gray Cook says that may be the wrong first question.

In this episode of the Movement Podcast, Gray is joined by Dr. Kyle Kiesel, one of the leading researchers in rehabilitation and low back pain, for a deeper conversation about why low back pain is not always a simple weakness problem — and why “strengthen your core” does not always solve the issue.

Gray and Kyle discuss inhibition, the multifidus, high-threshold strategies, pain, inflammation, movement patterns, breathing, rolling, and the importance of individualizing care instead of handing every person the same low back pain exercise list.

The conversation starts with a common question: what are your three favorite exercises for low back pain?

But instead of giving a generic answer, Gray and Kyle explain why professionals need to ask better questions first:

What movement patterns are painful?
What movement patterns are dysfunctional?
Is this a mobility problem?
Is this a stability problem?
Is the person weak — or is something being inhibited?
Can the body roll, breathe, squat, touch the toes, and balance?
What needs to be protected before it can be corrected?

They also explore how the multifidus can be affected by pain, inflammation, trauma, compensation, and long-standing movement issues — and why restoring better movement is often about more than simply adding exercises.

This episode covers:

• Why low back pain is not always a weakness problem
• The difference between weakness and inhibition
• Why the multifidus matters
• How pain and inflammation can change muscle function
• High-threshold strategies and “planking your way through life”
• Why toe touch, squat, and single-leg stance matter in low back pain
• Breathing and rolling as key awareness tools
• Why movement patterns can reveal whether the back is ready
• How tape, touch, and position can provide useful feedback
• Why awareness and protection come before correction
• The difference between generic protocols and individualized care
• Why evidence-based care still needs to be personalized

The key takeaway: low back pain deserves more than a generic exercise list. The goal is to understand the person, identify the movement pattern, protect what needs protection, and build the right path back to better function.

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In this episode of the Movement Podcast, Gray Cook and Lee Burton explore what it really takes to become more than an exercise professional, clinician, coach, or practitioner who simply applies protocols.

The conversation begins with a question Gray has been reflecting on for years: what separates someone who works with movement from someone who has developed true movement expertise?

Gray and Lee discuss imposter syndrome, professional growth, mentorship, confirmation bias, movement screening, self-screening, corrective trials, protection, retesting, and the importance of building systems that help professionals check their own work.

They also outline a practical process for developing movement expertise:

Start with the big picture
Use filters before going specific
Look at lifestyle, recovery, breathing, pain, and previous injury history
Screen movement before prescribing exercise
Use trials to determine whether change happens quickly or slowly
Create awareness through experience
Clarify what needs protection
Vet the correction instead of simply issuing exercises
Build a development path that supports the person’s goals

The key message: movement expertise is not about knowing more exercises.

It is about knowing how to observe, filter, test, retest, protect, correct, and develop the person in front of you without missing the bigger picture.

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In this episode of the Movement Podcast, Gray Cook and Lee Burton answer some of the most common questions they have received about Functional Movement Systems, the Functional Movement Screen, movement assessment, research criticism, SFMA, corrective exercise, and where the future of movement screening is headed.

The conversation starts with a simple question:

What is the FMS?

Gray and Lee explain that the FMS is more than a set of movements. It is part of a systematic way of looking at movement so professionals can make better decisions. Like an eye chart for movement, the screen helps determine what a person can do, what they cannot do, and whether movement creates pain.

From there, they address some of the biggest misconceptions around the Functional Movement Screen, including the idea that it is only about finding problems, that it is too conservative, or that the research says it does not matter.

They also discuss why screening is not the same as assessment, how the SFMA helps professionals go deeper when pain is present, and why the goal is not to explain every test on the front end, but to create awareness and communicate the findings in a way that is personal and actionable.

This episode also looks ahead to the future of movement screening, including AI, computer vision, insurance reimbursement, wearable data, decision trees, and the need to avoid turning movement analysis into another generic exercise prescription.

Topics include:

What the FMS is and how to explain it
The “eye chart for movement” analogy
Screening, testing, and assessment
What the FMS can and cannot tell you
Common criticisms and misconceptions
Why the FMS is not just about red flags
How to communicate findings to clients and athletes
Why pain changes the decision tree
When to use the SFMA
How breakouts help identify the root of the problem
Why test/retest matters
How to build confidence using the system
The future of FMS, AI, computer vision, and decision support

The key takeaway: movement screening is not about labeling someone as broken. It is about identifying the most important movement information so the next recommendation is safer, smarter, and more specific to the person in front of you.

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In this episode of the Movement Podcast, Gray Cook and Lee Burton are joined by Dr. Todd Arnold, a board-certified sports medicine physician with more than two decades of experience caring for athletes at every level — from high school and collegiate sports to NCAA Championships, World Championships, and elite international competition.

Dr. Arnold serves as the medical officer for elite athlete healthcare for USA Track & Field, where his role is not simply to react to injuries, but to help athletes stay healthy enough to train, compete, and perform when it matters most.

This conversation explores how movement assessment fits into modern sports medicine and why runners need more than mileage, strength, or biomechanics alone. Dr. Arnold shares how he uses movement screening, Y Balance, table exams, biomechanics, recovery conversations, and individual baselines to better understand each athlete’s state of readiness.

The discussion covers:

Why sports medicine needs to move from reactive to proactive care
How Dr. Arnold applies movement systems with elite runners
Why every runner needs an individual baseline
The three things Dr. Arnold does not want to miss in runners
Ankle dorsiflexion asymmetry
Glute sequencing and timing
Thoracic extension
Why running is repetitive, predictable, and demanding
How movement screens help create athlete buy-in
Why table exams still matter
How Faber and Thomas testing relate to running mechanics
The relationship between movement readiness and wearable data
Why recovery may be the biggest mistake many runners make
How coaches, clinicians, sports psychologists, dietitians, and biomechanics teams can use movement as a shared language

The key takeaway: running performance is not just about training harder. It is about understanding whether the athlete is ready to absorb, adapt, and repeat the work.

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In this episode of the Movement Podcast, Gray Cook sits down with Jason McCarthy, founder and CEO of GORUCK, former Green Beret, and one of the leading voices behind the modern rucking movement.

Jason and Emily McCarthy started GORUCK in 2008 while Jason was serving in Special Forces and Emily was working with the CIA. Their original goal was to build a rucksack to life-or-death quality standards—gear capable of performing in demanding environments around the world.

What began as a rucksack company has grown into a larger movement built around gear, training, events, GORUCK Clubs, teamwork, service, and the belief that ordinary people are capable of extraordinary things.

In this conversation, Gray and Jason explore the deeper lessons behind rucking and military physical culture, including the difference between productive discomfort and unnecessary damage, why running has often been overemphasized in demanding training environments, and how readiness should guide the way we prepare for challenging work.

They also discuss:

• Jason’s path into Special Forces after September 11
• How GORUCK grew from an idea into a global rucking community
• The Green Beret mission of working by, with, and through others
• Why rucking is foundational to military preparation
• The difference between pain and productive discomfort
• Why overtraining can become an ego problem
• Tendon health, connective tissue, and sustainable strength
• The role of yoga, mobility, and breathing in high-intensity cultures
• Why risk and readiness should be evaluated separately
• How movement screening can reveal hidden physical vulnerabilities
• Rucking as a lifelong health and fitness practice
• Why children naturally run, jump, carry, and climb
• Health span, service, and staying capable for life

This conversation is about more than backpacks or workouts. It is about building a physical culture that challenges people while helping them stay capable, resilient, connected, and ready for the long term.

Learn more about the GORUCK story:
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Progressing an exercise sounds simple: make it harder, add load, increase reps, or move to a more challenging variation.

But in rehab, performance, and corrective exercise, progression is not always that straightforward.

In this episode of the Movement Podcast, Gray Cook and Lee Burton discuss how to think through exercise progression and regression using movement baselines, postural positions, neurodevelopmental sequencing, and real-time feedback.

They break down why a person may need to move backward before moving forward, how supported, suspended, stacked, and standing spine positions create a roadmap for exercise selection, and why the goal is not always to coach harder — sometimes it is to change the posture, reduce the task, and let the person become more aware.

This conversation also explores:

Why movement changes from day to day
How corrective exercise can become a personal “movement floss”
Why regression is often the key to better progression
How to use supported, quadruped, kneeling, and standing positions
Why bird dog, rolling, bridging, half kneeling, and get-ups matter
How to know when an exercise is too hard or too easy
Why fast responders and slow responders need different strategies
How to bake corrective work into a real training program

The key message: progression should not be random. It should be guided by the person’s movement baseline, their response to the exercise, and whether the drill creates a manageable friction point that helps them improve.

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Performance is not just about strength, power, conditioning, or sport-specific skill.

In this episode of the Movement Podcast, Gray Cook and Lee Burton revisit one of the foundational ideas behind Functional Movement Systems: the performance pyramid.

At the base is movement.
Above that is performance.
At the top is skill.

The conversation explores why performance cannot be understood by looking at one test, one lift, one movement, or one sport-specific task in isolation. Before asking how to improve power, speed, conditioning, or workload, we need to understand whether the body has the fundamental movement and capacity to support it.

Gray and Lee discuss the difference between movement screening and performance testing, why the overhead deep squat alone is not enough, and how capacity tests like motor control, carries, jumps, and impact control can help identify hidden energy leaks.

They also break down why athletes, workers, and active adults often chase the obvious goal — more power, more endurance, more strength — when the real opportunity may be found in movement quality, postural control, asymmetry, or foundational capacity.

This episode is a practical look at how to stop guessing, test more systematically, and make better recommendations for the person in front of you.

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Knee pain is one of the most common issues in sports, fitness, rehab, and everyday life — but the knee is rarely the only place to look.

In this episode of the Movement Podcast, Gray Cook and Lee Burton break down why knee pain is often driven by what is happening above and below the joint. From ankle dorsiflexion and foot control to hip mobility, core stability, tone, alignment, and movement strategy, this conversation takes a deeper look at the systems that influence how the knee behaves.

They discuss common knee issues in youth athletes, female athletes, ACL risk, patellar tracking, quad dominance, total knee replacement, and the importance of using movement screens to better understand the difference between symptoms and underlying dysfunction.

The key message: before assuming the knee needs more strength, more quad work, or more isolated treatment, we need to ask better questions.

Is the ankle moving well?
Is the hip doing its job?
Is the core providing stability?
Is the person using tone, compensation, or alignment strategies that keep irritating the knee?

Whether you work with athletes, active adults, rehab patients, or people trying to stay functional as they age, this episode offers a practical framework for looking at knee pain through a functional movement lens.

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In this episode of the Movement Podcast, Gray Cook sits down with Gina M. Schatz, clinician, educator, founder of The Schatz Method®, and creator of the Practitioner Mastery Program.

Gina trains manual and movement practitioners to move beyond protocols and develop the clinical reasoning required for complex orthopedic cases, hypermobility, and long-term practitioner mastery.

Together, Gray and Gina explore what separates protocol-driven care from true clinical reasoning. They discuss the importance of feedback loops, accurate assessment, root-cause thinking, and the ability to make clearer treatment decisions in real time.

This conversation also dives into hypermobility, practitioner burnout, movement behavior versus impairment, and why the best clinicians are not just applying techniques — they are constantly asking better questions.

For practitioners ready to elevate their work, this episode offers a deeper look at what it means to assess more accurately, think more critically, and develop the mastery needed for better long-term outcomes.

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Most people train their shoulders by chasing strength, but completely miss the foundation that creates durable, pain-free movement.

In this episode of the Movement Podcast, Gray Cook and Lee Burton break down why shoulder problems are so common, why shoulder pain is often more than “just a shoulder issue,” and how posture, spinal stability, reflexive control, and movement quality all influence shoulder health.

They dive into:

Rotator cuff function and shoulder stability
Why impingement happens long before tears
The importance of scapular control and posture
Closed-chain vs open-chain shoulder training
Why push-ups, pull-ups, carries, and Turkish get-ups matter
How the neck, spine, hips, and posture affect shoulder pain
The difference between strength and reflexive stability
Why functional training should prioritize movement quality first

If you work with athletes, rehab patients, or simply want healthier shoulders that last, this episode offers a practical framework you can apply immediately.

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Neck pain is one of the most common issues people deal with—but what if the neck isn’t actually the problem?

In this episode of the Movement Podcast, we break down why the neck acts as a “crossroads” in the body—and how issues with breathing, posture, mobility, and even lifestyle habits can all show up as neck pain.

You’ll learn why treating the symptom isn’t enough…
and what to look for if you actually want lasting results.

We cover:

Why the neck is a secondary problem more often than a primary one
How breathing, posture, and movement influence neck pain
The connection between the neck, shoulders, and low back
Why “fixing posture” alone often fails
Simple ways to screen your neck (and what it really tells you)
How lifestyle habits like sleep, stress, and work setup play a role

If you’ve ever had neck pain—or work with people who do—this episode will change how you think about it.

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Low back pain is one of the most common problems people deal with—but most people are still asking the wrong question.

Instead of only asking:
“What’s wrong with my back?”

This episode explores a better question:
“What am I doing that keeps this problem going?”

In this conversation, we break down why low back pain is rarely just about one body part—and why pain is often the result of a bigger mix of movement issues, lifestyle habits, stress, recovery, and accumulated risk factors.

In this episode, we cover:
Why low back pain is often more than an anatomy problem
The difference between acute vs chronic low back pain
Why medication may help symptoms—but not function
How sleep, stress, diet, inactivity, and body composition affect back pain
Why movement quality and lifestyle both matter
The difference between correlation and causation
How to think about low back pain through a functional wellness lens
Why consistency matters more than a “quick fix”

This episode is especially valuable for:
Physical therapists
Chiropractors
Athletic trainers
Strength coaches
Fitness professionals
Anyone dealing with recurring low back pain
Key takeaway:

Your back may be where the pain shows up…
…but it may not be where the real problem starts.

If you want to improve outcomes, reduce risk, and help people move better for the long term, you have to look beyond the symptom.

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In this episode, we sit down with Almir Maljević—FMS partner in Bosnia, educator, and instructor for FMS courses—who has built a thriving system by doing one thing differently:

He starts with the person, not the program.

From rebuilding his own path after injury…
to realizing strength and power weren’t the missing piece…
to going all-in on screening, systems, and education…

This is a real conversation about what actually works—and what most people get wrong.

You’ll learn:
• Why strength and power aren’t enough
• The moment he realized he needed to “empty the cup”
• How screening changed everything
• Why most coaches skip the most important step
• How to build trust before training
• The difference between being busy vs effective
• Why education—not exercise—is the real value
• How he built a business from zero clients to a scalable system

This isn’t theory.

This is what it looks like when you apply the principles—and stick to them.

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Your gait—how you walk—can reveal a lot about your health, movement quality, and even your risk for injury or falls.

In this episode of the Movement Podcast, Gray Cook and Lee Burton break down why gait analysis alone doesn’t tell the full story. Many people focus on the way someone walks, but the real problem often lies deeper in fundamental movement patterns like squatting, bending, rotating, balancing, and breathing.

As our population ages, gait problems are becoming a major predictor of falls, joint replacements, and loss of independence. But identifying poor gait is only the first step. The real question is: what is causing the gait problem in the first place?

In this conversation, we explore:

• Why gait deviations happen
• How compensations develop subconsciously
• Why muscle strengthening alone often fails
• The movement patterns that drive healthy walking
• How developmental patterns and breathing can restore movement
• Why functional movement matters more than isolated exercises

If you want to better understand how gait connects to movement health, injury prevention, and long-term mobility, this episode is a must-watch.

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In this episode of the Movement Podcast, Gray Cook and Lee Burton sit down with Ryan Como, CEO of Kinetisense, to talk about where movement screening is headed next.

Ryan shares how his background as a chiropractor—and as an injured D1 hockey athlete—pushed him beyond “treat the painful joint” toward multi-segment, 3D movement assessment. The conversation covers how objective scoring, population comparisons, and AI-driven recommendations can enhance—not replace—clinical expertise.

We dig into:

• Why FMS breakpoints hold up when compared to lab-grade systems
• Turning movement screening into trend data (0–100 scoring vs. only 0/1/2/3)
• Using data loops to learn what correctives work best for who
• Planar plasticity: why elite athletes move well in all three planes

The long game: movement epidemiology—catching risk before injury happens

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Asymmetries are normal — but not all asymmetries are created equal. In this episode of the Movement Podcast, Gray Cook and Lee Burton break down the difference between anatomical, functional, and developmental asymmetry, and explain when asymmetry becomes a slippery slope that impacts performance, durability, and injury risk.

They also discuss why the goal isn’t “perfect symmetry,” but keeping asymmetries from getting worse, and how movement screening helps coaches and clinicians make smarter training decisions.

In this episode:

• The 3 types of asymmetry: anatomical, functional, developmental
• When asymmetry becomes a risk factor (and when it’s just sport-specific)
• Why “don’t let it get worse” is the real goal
• Key impairment asymmetries to watch: ankle dorsiflexion + grip strength
• Why dynamic balance + functional patterns matter more than isolated measures
• Practical ways to “scrub the corners” and restore awareness

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In this episode of the Movement Podcast, Lisa Chase returns—this time as an author. Drawing from decades of work with professional athletes and everyday patients, Lisa dives deep into the importance of addressing the whole person in rehab, not just the symptoms.

She and Gray discuss:

• The inspiration behind her new book Be Responsible
• Why heart rate variability (HRV) is a game changer in patient care
• How nervous system regulation must come before movement
• Using technology like Newbie, BFR, and Oura Ring to guide interventions
• The five wellness pillars: nervous system regulation, sleep, biology, movement, and environment

Whether you're a clinician or someone navigating your own healing journey, this episode will change how you view recovery and patient outcomes.

-Lisa’s Book: Be Responsible — Because the System Isn’t: https://beresponsiblebook.com/home
-Learn more about Lisa and her clinic
-Tools Mentioned: HRV scanner, BFR, Newbie, New Calm, Oura Ring

More from the Movement Podcast: https://www.movementpod.com/

Functional Movement Systems

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