More Than Sweat
More Than Sweat is a natural extension of Brook Benten's 2024 book, "Sweat with Brook Benten." In both, Brook encourages movement and emboldens humans to go at hard things with gumption.
With every word of every episode and every page of the book, she guides her audience to a world of well-being where worth has nothing to do with a workout.
She encourages listeners to walk as they tune in to episodes. In season one, every episode is synchronized to music to guide a walking pace.
But the message is always more than sweat.
This podcast exists to guide growth.
"You had the power all along, my dear." -Glenda the Good Witch
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Brook Benten, M.Ed., is an exercise physiologist, life coach, and personal trainer in Austin, Texas. @BrookBenten
More Than Sweat
Season 2, Episode 6: Injuries Happen When Load > Capacity
This episode starts with an announcement that I’m sharing first with you. Get excited, sweat squad! You have a place here.
Next, I share information on my two-year struggle with an injury at the tendon where the hamstrings insert into the glute (a pain in the butt, literally!).
I wish I had come across Brodie Sharpe’s “Overcoming Proximal Hamstring Tendinopathy” podcast sooner, but am so glad to have it now. Many physical therapists misunderstand PHT or misdiagnose it as piriformis syndrome, “lazy glute,” or sciatica. Sometimes, well-intending caregivers will suggest stretching (which is not beneficial for PHT- the tendon was overstretched, which fired up the horrible condition in the first place) or rest (which, alone, will not heal the condition). Brodie Sharpe has given me more help in 2024 than I’ve gotten in two years and thousands of dollars spent elsewhere.
The podcast linked above is eye-opening! Brodie Sharpe was kind enough to work with me— not even wincing at the Australian-to-USA time difference. He serves worldwide (have other running injuries? He can help). I will be spending the foreseeable future working on heavy deadlifts (in addition to some other strength exercises, but deadlifts reigning supreme) to improve the strength and function of the tendon.
The lesson applies to my injury, but it also applies to everything in life:
Injuries Happen When Load Exceeds Capacity.
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