Interview with Dave Hedges: Cultivating Discipline and Taking Responsibility for our Bodies

Thanks for reading Movement Detectivery! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.Today’s interview is with the incredible Dave Hedges: Coach , martial artist, and injury management specialist.You can also listen here on Spotify: One of the reasons I wanted to speak with Dave is because of his intimate, complex, and thoughtful relationship with movement, his body, and how he works with other bodies. Dave has such a broad scope of thoughts, ideas, opinions, practical skill sets, and experiences, and I loved discussing his story, his key learnings, and his philosophy for helping people improve their performance and chronic pain.In this conversation we discuss:* His early movement life and getting into karate* The risk of identifying with a movement form* Working with people vs working on people* The importance of training both the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems and what meditation actually helps us with* What it means to cultivate discipline and take responsibility for your body, and why these are so important for getting out of pain* Dave’s experience with his back injury and how he worked with his own body to get through * Dave’s experience with Anatomy in Motion* Why injury prevention as a goal is unrealistic, and what to focus on instead* Training your “human animal”And more…I really appreciate Dave’s depth and honesty, and I found myself nodding along, resonating with what he was saying and how uncannily parallel our journeys were.I loved talking to Dave and can't wait for you to listen, too. Enjoy!A little more about Dave:Dave is a movement therapist and fitness / coach in Dungannon in the UK.Dave is fascinated by the human body's resilience, it's potential for strength, mobility and endurance. It’s ability to respond and adapt to incredible circumstances and how it can heal and recover if allowed the right stimulus.And that stimulus is usually movementFor the last 20 years Dave has helped innumerable people from all walks of life, from weekend warriors to semi-professional athletes, gym goers to full contact fighters, overcome injuries and realise their potential.Dave places an importance on carefully assessing movement and mindset through the medium of Anatomy In Motion (AiM) to work out what the body needs and then giving you the exercises to heal yourself.Through his adventures in martial arts, mountain sports and security work, he has walked the path of injury many times. Through first hand experience Dave understands the only way to truly heal and keep moving forward is to take personal responsibility and control of your own health & wellbeing.Find Dave here: https://www.davehedges.net/And follow him on Instagram: @dave_hedgesThanks for reading Movement Detectivery! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Get full access to Movement Detectivery at monvolkmar.substack.com/subscribe