EP#426: Live More, Hurt Less: Why You're Still in Pain - Dr. Sean Pastuch

Most people wait until the pain goes away to start living again. Dr. Sean Pastuch says that's backwards — and that the pain was never the real problem.Sean is a chiropractor, the founder of Active Life, and the author of Live More. Hurt Less. He's spent 20 years getting people out of chronic pain without asking them to shrink their lives — from Olympians and CrossFit Games champions to people who couldn't make it up a flight of stairs without running out of breath. In this episode he breaks down why more than 20% of Americans live with chronic aches and pains, why "eat less, move more, don't do it if it hurts" is the worst advice you'll ever get, and the three identities that have to line up before anything actually changes.WHAT WE GET INTO:• Why compromise — not pain — is the real disease• The small, reasonable decisions that quietly shrink your life• Why nothing actually changes between age 39 and 40• The three identities you have to align for change• Setting floors instead of goals (and why five minutes counts)• What 20 years of clinical work taught him about "excuses"CONNECT WITH DR. SEAN PASTUCH:Book: Live More. Hurt Less.: The Practical Guide to Overcoming Chronic Pain and Living an Active Life - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H6T3RXPFInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/drseanpastuchWebsite: https://drseanpastuch.com