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EPISODE · Jul 15, 2025 · 54 MIN

181. Rehab & Training Through Injury and Pregnancy | Dr. Jessie Czarnecki

from The Code: A Guide to Health and Human Performance · host Dr. Andrew Fix

What if rehab wasn’t a step back but a smarter way forward, especially after injury, pregnancy, or both?   Dr. Andrew Fix sits down with Dr. Jessie Czarnecki, physical therapist, weightlifting coach, and fellow clinician at PhysioRoom, for a conversation about strength training through life’s most demanding seasons including injury recovery, pregnancy, and postpartum. Drawing from her own ACL injury and postpartum rehab experience, Jessie shares how her approach challenges outdated advice and fear-based restrictions around lifting, especially for women.   They discuss why strength training should be part of the rehab process, not something to avoid, and how Olympic lifting translates to everyday functional strength. Jessie also shares how she’s helping more clinicians and coaches integrate barbell movements into recovery plans through her Barbell Rehab Weightlifting Certification.   Quotes “It's not necessarily the training that is the bad thing. It's what our bodies are prepared for versus what our bodies are not prepared for.” (12:15 | Dr. Jessie Czarnecki) “Making sure that how they're approaching this new changes to their body, that they're doing it in a way that makes the most sense for their lifestyle, taking into account what their work is like, what their activity is like. Every single person is different, so there's not one blanket recommendation you can make for nutrition across the board.” (23:50 | Dr. Jessie Czarnecki) “It's more than just talking to them and telling them what I know. It's more about showing them how they can connect these changes to how they currently train and reconnecting with their body, feeling certain muscles in what they're doing, feeling certain movement patterns and building ownership of their movement with their own body.” (28:42 | Dr. Jessie Czarnecki) “Being pregnant or postpartum is hard, but being pregnant, postpartum and weak is harder.” (47:45 | Dr. Jessie Czarnecki)   Links Connect with Dr. Jessie Czarnecki: https://www.instagram.com/dr.jessie.dpt/?hl=en https://barbellrehab.com/brw-certification/   SideKick Tool: https://bit.ly/4a6CqJS   Movemate:
Award-Winning Active Standing Board https://shorturl.at/egkA1 Promo Code: DRA15 15% off   RAD Roller: http://radroller.refr.cc/drandrewfix   Revogreen https://revogreen.co/drandrewfix   HYDRAGUN
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