Episode - 03 Summary: In this episode Craig and Scott interview Dr. Travis Jewett about what it means to move right and to be strong at the same time. Show Notes: 00:55 - About Dr. Travis Jewett -Dr. Jewett is a chiropractor, beast tamer, SFL and SFG. He teaches the mobility ------WOD courses and runs the StrongFirst for Clinicians course. -Runs a chiropractic practice in Cherokee, Iowa. 02:00 - About Dr. Travis’s background as a clinician -He’s been practicing for almost eleven years. -Graduated from Palmer College of Chiropractic. -Was an exercise physiology major at Iowa State. -He started training relatively young, since he was 12. -His goal with everything is to take what he’s learned through the years and make sense of how to apply all of it to the people he’s working with. 04:00 - How do you integrate moving a load into your clinic and with athletes? -Most of the people you work with are there for a reason. -A lot of issues can be traced back to strength capacity issues. -It has a lot to do with how they move about during their regular day. 04:32 - Is movement assessment different than clinical assessment? -You have to assess whether someone has the flexibility and mobility to do strength movements. -Most of his assessing people is based around how they’re moving and different ways he can block their behavior. 07:33 - What tools do you use in your assessments? -It depends on the person who’s there. -He uses whatever tools he needs to do an appropriate assessment. -A lot of people try to get too specific with what they’re doing. 09:44 - What would you say to a patient who is there for a supraspinatus tendonitis, do you avoid a diagnostic description? -From his standpoint, it’s difficult to make a hard-line diagnosis anyway - you need an imaging correlation. -All he can tell the person is what he sees in his evaluation. -Most injuries can be resolved through manual work and strengthening. 12:13 - In your practice are you doing more rehab or pre-habilitation? -People are in your office because the wheels have come off. -Once the fire is out, they can talk about what it takes to keep moving the needle the right way. 13:45 - Talk about common strength training applications in the clinic. -It all starts from the kettlebell, it’s approachable, the barbell is intimidating. -Most people he works with are not athletes and that’s not their goal. -Deadlifts are big, they do a lot of kettlebell deadlifts, and carries. -For shoulders - floor presses and isometrics. -A lot of people can’t load overhead, so they begin with isometrics and then arm bars and pieces of the get up to force them to manage the load. 16:50 - Talk about isometrics and explain what you’re doing. -The first part of the get up is laying on the ground and pressing the kettlebell up. -Isometrics are holding the joint in one position against some sort of external resistance. -Isometrics can be somewhat pain relieving. 20:15 - Explain more about deadlifts for back pain. -It’s likely that people have put themselves in a compromised position for a long time before they injured. -It teaches people how to brace around the load and get their whole body tight, you can start to activate and retrain deep reflexive muscles around the spine. -A lot of people are dealing with chronic or acute pain around the back. -Putting the spine together before it’s loaded keeps it from being irritated. -It shows people a better way. -When someone can hinge without pain, they can perform a deadlift. -You have to understand that you have to give them exercises and work to do that doesn’t bother them. 28:30 - What’s the purpose of bodybuilding flexing? -If nothing else, it’s fun and training should be enjoyable. -Flexing is a key component to maintaining muscular health. -The importance is learning to maintain