#40 - Inspirational Interview: FAI, Depression, Egg Retrieval & Barbell Training - Overcoming Negative Medical Narratives

The way doctors talk to their patients is oftentimes insensitive and without care for the person receiving the news. Doctors are in an authoritative position and the language and delivery they choose to use can unintentionally create negative narratives surrounding injuries, like femoroacetabular impingement and barbell training. Doctors may have you believe that surgery is your only option or questioning if you'll ever be able to barbell train pain free with FAI.   Our goal with bringing on some of our clients is to share their unique stories, experiences with barbell training, and how their training has impacted their lives positively despite the negative medical narratives and belief systems surrounding barbell strength training in hopes that it inspires even just one person out there.    In this series of interviews, each episode consists of a PRS client sharing their journey of overcoming injuries and illnesses, recovering from surgeries, and navigating changes in their lives and the role that barbell training has played throughout this process for each of them. These are just a handful of our clients that are truly inspiring and motivating and we hope that sharing their stories will inspire you, your patients or clients, or your family to incorporate barbell training into your life or continue barbell training during challenging times.   In this interview, we'll sit down and speak with PRS client Amber, a committed recreational strength athlete who loves powerlifting and olympic weight lifting. After experiencing severe hip pain with squatting she sought clinical counsel. However, the news about what was going on in her hip and the way the doctor treated her left her in tears.    Amber shares her story to help support you through the "I'll never be able to lift again," moments. She shows you it's possible to find support and work through your symptoms to help reshape the narrative around pain, injury, and barbell training.    You are not your MRI and you do not need to stand for the way medical doctors speak to you. Amber's resilience and determination to return to pain free barbell training without surgery despite FAI is truly an inspirational story that you must listen to and share. And she does all this while battling depression and going through hormone treatment to extract eggs to freeze for the future.    If you're enjoying our podcast, please leave us a review on Apple or Spotify.   Join our Facebook Community for free form checks, live Q&As & more: https://www.facebook.com/groups/PRS.Barbell.Mastery    Got questions or guests you'd like to hear on the show? Submit them here: https://forms.gle/7Vu2HmgHoeQY9xM59    Get in touch with the show! Web: https://www.progressiverehabandstrength.com Email: [email protected] Rori IG: @rorimegan_prs Alyssa IG: @alyssahope_prs