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EPISODE · May 28, 2026 · 56 MIN

Stop Resting Your Injury (Do THIS Instead)

from The PTCH Podcast · host Kathy Lynch, DPT and Jason Young, DC

🚨 That "rest and take it easy" advice might be the reason you're still hurting.Dr. Jason Young and Dr. Kathy Lynch expose why the default prescription of rest is outdated, vague, and—for many people—genuinely making injuries worse. If you've ever rested an injury only to feel MORE broken afterward, this episode explains exactly what went wrong.**What You'll Learn:**• Why prolonged rest (beyond 48 hours) can actually cause MORE damage than the original injury• The psychological trap of rest: how fear of movement rewires your brain and creates chronic pain• How quickly deconditioning happens—and why "waiting it out" backfires• The critical difference between rest and recovery (they're NOT the same thing)• When rest IS appropriate—and exactly when to start moving again• Evidence-based recovery techniques that actually accelerate healing**Key Takeaway:**"The rest didn't help him recover. The rest WAS the injury." — Dr. Jason YoungThis isn't about pushing through pain recklessly. It's about understanding that your body was built to move, and strategic movement often heals faster than passive waiting.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━📢 THIS EPISODE IS SPONSORED BY:Brain.FMMusic for your brain! Your subscription helps the PTCH Podcast.🔗 https://brain.fm/ptchpodcastTry free for 30 days!━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━**About The PTCH Podcast:**What happens when a chiropractor and physical therapist actually like each other? Dr. Jason Young (evidence-based chiropractor) and Dr. Kathy Lynch (physical therapist) bring you no-BS conversations about health, fitness, pain, and recovery. Slightly edgy. Always evidence-based. Zero fluff.🔔 SUBSCRIBE & hit the bell so you never miss an episode!**Listen on your favorite platform:**🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4WRdMdsnRaWsAbaUBDrMtw?si=a7eErDsFSz-0oiB0AxJQpQ🎧 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-ptch-podcast/id1805086823🌐 Website: https://ptchpodcast.com📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/ptchpodcast🎵 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@ptchpodcast#painrecovery #physicaltherapy #chiropractic #backpain #injuryrecovery #healthpodcast

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