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The Body Nerd Show — 245 episodes

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245 How LED Light Therapy Works for Skin Health

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244 What the Lymphatic System Does (and how to keep it moving)

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243 What's the minimum exercise amount for optimum health?

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242 Why Pain Isn't Always the Problem with Dr. Tawny Kross, DPT

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241 Is Pain Just Part of Aging? Busting Fitness Myths That Keep You Stuck with Dana Jones

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240 Effective Habits to Reduce Inflammation and Boost Energy with Dr. Amy Behimer

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239 Living with Hypermobility with Dr. Melissa Koehl, PT, DPT

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238 Wellness on the Road with Hope Zvara

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237 I'm back! Grief and other things.

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236 Reversing Histamine Intolerance with Dr. Meg Mill

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235 Ozempic, Wegovy and Understanding Weight Science with Ragen Chastain

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234 You Don't Need to Lose Weight to Get Out of Pain

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233 Osteoporosis and Building Stronger Bones with Sarah Court

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232 Why I (still) Don't Drink Coffee

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231 Debunking Fitness Myths with Michael Ulloa

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230 Back Pain Recovery (without Surgery!)

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229 Building Sustainable Strength with Allison Tenney

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228 How Collagen Powder Works

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227 How Graston, Tissue Scraping, and IATSM Works

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226 Can Blue Light Blocker Glasses Prevent Migraines?

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225 Using Mouth Tape for Better Breathing

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224 How Does Dry Brushing Work?

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223 The Power of the Placebo Effect

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222 Why Asparagus Makes Your Pee Smell

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221 Surprising Benefits of Acetaminophen Beyond Pain Relief

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220 The Science of Building Strength

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219 Low Back Pain and Your Pelvic Floor (Rewind)

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218 Science of Cellulite (Rewind)

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217 Science of Snoring (Rewind)

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216 Hip Flexors and Back Pain (Rewind)

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215 Trigger Points + Knots (and how to get rid of them) (Rewind)

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214 Science of Hypermobility (Rewind)

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213 Shoulder Pain and the Rotator Cuff (Rewind)

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212 The Fascinating World of Anatomy and Cadavers

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211 Why Stretching and Ice Can't Fix Your Pain

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210 Are Blue Light Blocker Glasses Worth It?

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209 Habits I'm Still Doing (and Why)

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208 The Science of Hiccups

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207 Why You Sweat

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206 How to Get Rid of Shin Splints

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205 Frozen Shoulder and the Estrogen Connection

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204 The Best Type of Shoes for Foot Pain

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203 What to Expect After Surgery

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202 Hand and Wrist Pain Common Causes and Treatment

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201 Top 5 Things I've Learned in 200 Episodes of the Body Nerd Show

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200 Hip Flexor Tension

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199 How Long COVID Changes the Nervous System and Breathing

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198 Soleus Push Up - a Magic Metabolism Boost?

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197 Mobility Floss - the Best Fix for Joint Pain

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196 Standing desk vs sitting desk - which is better?

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195 Hormones and Headaches with Dr. Meg Mill

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194 What are electrolytes?

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193 Vagus Nerve & Relaxation

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192 Compensation Patterns and Injury Recovery with Holly Middleton

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191 Pronation vs. Supination - which is better?

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190 Help for TMJ Pain

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189 Why You Shouldn't Use Lacrosse Balls

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188 Inner Thigh + Groin Pain

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187 Why Your Big Toe is Important (and why it hurts)

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186 SI Joint + Low Back Pain

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185 Running While Injured with Brodie Sharpe, PT

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184 How Important is Good Posture While You Sleep?

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183 Stronger Hands for Healthy Shoulders

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182 Elbow pain

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181 Hormones, Menstruation, and Optimizing Performance with Dr. Alyssa Olenick

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180 Why Does My Lower Back Hurt When I Sneeze? (and other random ways to hurt yourself)

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179 Achilles Tendon Pain

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178 How Pain Works with Dr. Ashley Mak

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177 All About Bunions

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176 How Therapy Balls Work

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175 Pelvic Floor + Pain with Holly Middleton

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174 Pain isn't (always) Structural

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173 Hydration

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172 Labral Tears

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171 Sciatica with Dr. Ashley Mak

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170 What is Hypermobility?

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169 Gut Massage and Lymphatic Drainage

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168 How to Avoid Muscle Soreness with Jack Martin

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167 Scar Tissue

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166 Flexibility - is stretching the best option?

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165 Foot Pain with Holly Middleton

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164 Tension Headaches

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163 Tongue Ties, Frenectomy, and Better Breathing

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162 Cellulite

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161 Cold Showers with Christina Casey

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160 How Neck Pain & Eye Strain are Connected

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159 Should you wear a brace forever?

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158 Does ice work? with Dr. Sarah Court, DPT

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157 Snoring

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156 Piriformis Syndrome

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155 How to Return to Workouts Safely After Injury or a Break

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154 Kettlebell Beginner Basics with Damali Fraiser

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153 Low Back Pain and Pelvic Floor

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152 Hip Flexors and Back Pain

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151 Fact vs Fiction: Internet Edition - How to Spot BS on the Internet

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150 Do I need to meditate to relax?

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149 Shoulder Pain and the Rotator Cuff

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148 How to Breathe Better (and have less pain)

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147 The Best Shoes for Healthy Feet

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146 Joyful Movement with Barb Puzanovova: Why Weight Loss isn't the Best Reason to Exercise

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145 Why I Don't Do New Years Resolutions

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144 Your Brain & Pain with Natalie Moore

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143 Does losing weight help with pain?

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142 How to Learn Any New Skill with Mike Fitch

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141 The Best Workout Warm Up (that isn't stretching)

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140 Better Breathing with Patrick McKeown

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139 Trigger Points + Knots (and how to get rid of them)

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138 Getting into a mobility routine

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137 Yoga vs mobility - what's the difference?

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136 Pain-Free Desk Set Up

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135 Plantar Fasciitis Fixes

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134 Building better core strength

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133 Perfectionism & your health with Dr. Eddie O'Connor

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132 Why I'm Going to PT

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131 Do Weighted Blankets Work?

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130 Post Surgery Recovery with Dr. Sarah Court

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129 Does Posture Matter?

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128 Flat Feet

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127 Pelvic Health with Stephanie Prendergast PT

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126 How Massage Guns Work

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125 Knee Pain

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124 Rethink your Back Pain with Dr. Tracy John DPT

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123 How to Have More Energy

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122 Help for Achilles Tendonitis

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121 Core Strength + Breathing with Jill Zimmerman PT

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120 Best Sleep Set Up for Pain-Free Mornings

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119 3 Easy Ways to Optimize Your Health with Andy Krafft

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118 What is a pinched nerve?

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117 Are fasted workouts good for everyone?

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116 Are deadlifts bad for your back? (and other fitness myths) with Dr. Sarah Court

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115 The pros and cons of morning routines

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114 How facial massage, jade rollers, and gua sha works with Cybil Solyn

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113 No screens before bed - a super simple sleep experiment that works!

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112 Is being hangry a thing?

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111 How hormones affect your performance

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110 Do you really need more mobility?

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109 Anxiety and Your Brain With Dr. Giancarlo Licata

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108 3 Workout Mistakes You're Probably Making

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107 Why I Don't Eat Before I Workout

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106 Why I Stopped Drinking Coffee (and Sleep Better Than Before!)

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105 3 Fitness Myths that Need to be Busted with Sarah Court DPT

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104 What Is a Trigger Point?

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103 How to Make (or Break) Any Habit With Small Goals and Celebration

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102 Good Vs. Bad Pain: Is it Muscle Soreness or an Injury?

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101 Brodie Sharpe and Running Pain-Free

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100 All About Fascia

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099 Tension Headaches (and what to do for them)

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098 When should you go to physical therapy? With Dr. Sarah Court

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097 Raina LaGrand: How Emotions and Trauma Are Held in the Body

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096 The Best Post Workout Cool Down

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095 How Adaptogens Work with Samantha Attard

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094 What is Arthritis?

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093 What is Carpal Tunnel and is Surgery the Only Option?

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092 Why Stretching Doesn't Work

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091 Workout Consistency During the Holidays

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090 Mobility, Workouts, and the Journey to Pain-Free with Lisette

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089 How Does Muscle Memory Work?

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088 Should You Keep Your Lower Back Down for Ab Work?

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087 Why Your Calves Are So Tight

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086 What Happens to Your Brain When You Workout?

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085 Why I didn't go to PT School

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084 Amanda Thebe on Thriving During Menopause and the Best Types of Strength Training to Balance Your Hormones

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083 How to Squat without Knee Pain

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082 How I Use Journaling in My Mindfulness Practice

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081 6 Steps to Building Sustainable Strength

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080 The Step-by-Step Squat Assessment

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079 Becoming a Body Detective

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078 Learning a New Language of Movement with Monica Reinagel

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077 The BMI is BS

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076 Mindfulness Meditation for Beginners with Dawn Mauricio

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075 3 Mobility Mistakes That Are Wasting Your Time

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074 Is Peeing When You Sneeze Normal?

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073 Should I Roll the Same Area Every Day?

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072 Hip Mobility for Tight People

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071 How to Nap (without falling asleep for 4 hours)

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070 Why Your Core Isn't Getting Stronger With Crunches

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069 How to Run Pain-Free

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068 What is Sciatica and How to Fix It

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067 How to Get Started with Kettlebells and Strength Training

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066 How to Soothe Your Nervous System During a Crisis

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065 Why Do I Feel So Tight?

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064 Are Lunges Bad for Your Knees?

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063 You Can't Actually Stretch Your IT Band

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062 How Much Water Do You Actually Need to Stay Hydrated?

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061 Physiological Priming: The Best Way to Start Your Day

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060 What This Hip Flexor Has to Do With Your Lower Back Pain

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059 How to Add Mileage and Increase Workouts without Getting Hurt

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058 Help for Jaw and Neck Pain

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057 How to Get Your First Pull Up

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056 Workout at Home: Everything You Need to Get Started

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055 How to Stretch Your Obliques

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054 Why Better Posture is the Key to a Stronger Core

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053 How to Improve Your Vision and Ditch your Glasses with Claudia Muehlenweg

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052 Stress Relief for Busy Humans

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051 Stop Walking Like a Duck (and Why Turn Out Could Be Irritating Your Hips and Knees)

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050 How to Biohack Your Sleep for Better Health with Dr. Giancarlo Licata

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049 Why You Should Be Rolling Your Guts

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048 Strength or Flexibility - Which Is More Important?

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047 3 hip stretches to supercharge your hip mobility

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046 Why Calf Stretching Won't Help Your Plantar Fasciitis

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045 Why You Should Be Meditating (and how to do it)

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044 How to Get More Vegetables on Your Plate with Stephanie Dreyer

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043 Why You Don't Need to Stretch

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042 How CBD Works

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041 Willpower is a Lie

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040 Ceca Mijatovic on Living a life of Purpose

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039 How to (actually) Breathe

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038 All About Bodywork

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037 The Science of Happiness with Kim Strobel

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036 Why Your Lower Back Hurts

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035 Sitting - How to Have Better Posture and Sit Pain-free

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034 Why Thoughts Matter with Nicole Kaufman

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033 Why You Dont Need to Ice

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032 Wrist Pain

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031 Skincare with Cybil Solyn Your Skin Fitness Expert

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030 How to Build Consistency (that sticks!)

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029 Inflammation - All About -itises

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028 Why You Dont Need an MRI

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027 Strong and Bendy with Elizabeth Wipff

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026 Knee Pain

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025 Tension Headaches (and what to do)

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024 Can You Sweat Out Toxins?

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023 Why Your Hips Are So Tight

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022 What I've Learned from a Decade in the Fitness Industry

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021 Getting Crystal Clear with Devon Cajuste

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020 What to Do About Swelling

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019 Sleep

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018 Getting Older Is Unavoidable, Feeling Old Is Not

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017 What's Fascia Got to Do With It?

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016 Running Nerdy with Jason Fitzgerald

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015 Why I Quit Coffee (and You Should Too)

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014 Let's Talk About Neck Stretching

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013 Muscle Confusion is BS

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012 Avoiding Burnout

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011 Gadgets and Gizmos, Oh My!

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010 Ankles

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009 Gratitude [with my Mom!]

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008 Just Say No to Self-care

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007 Getting 10k Steps A Day (and Why You Should Care)

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006 Do you really need PT?

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005 Does Exercising Every Day Really Matter?

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004 Your Brain on Pain

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003 Does Epsom Salt Really Work?

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002 Five Myths about Being a Body Nerd

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001 Welcome to the Body Nerd Show