The Sports Physical Therapy Academy Podcast · Dr. Chris Garcia
EP176: "Don't Focus On Impairments!"
·19 min·1 clip
Chris Garcia challenges why physical therapists focus on impairments when pain actually comes from physical stress in ADLs, work habits, and fitness routines.
As heard by us
A sharp case for looking past impairments and toward the load, work, sleep, and training patterns behind pain.
EP176 argues against treating impairments as the whole story. Chris Garcia keeps circling back to the harder question: what changed, what kept happening, and what finally pushed the body over the edge.
Why you'd press play
Press play if you keep finding the same impairment and still miss the real trigger.
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