Welcome To Episode 2 of The Optimal Body Podcast
Why Mobility and Why Us?
What is mobility and WHY do I talk about it so much!? Learn all about it in this first PT Pearl. Stay tuned to learn all about who we are, how this partnership works, how we met and how we continue to grow in our relationship. We get real personal in this!
What You Will Learn:
PT Pearl 1: Mobility vs Flexibility
01:00 – What is the mobility method?
04:07 – A fun self-evaluation for your wrist extension. Check it out if you get pain with push-ups.
07:00 – You can help improve mobility in one muscle group by focusing on muscle groups
08:45 – How long do we stretch?
09:11 – Dr Andrea Spino and his functional range conditioning (FRC) method
12:58 – What to do after a passive stretch?
14:42 – The basis of mobility – finding the foundation in your own body
18:32 – Joint by Joint Method: Grey Cook
21:00 – Breath Methods
21:38 – Mobility Take-Away
To watch the PT Pearl on YouTube, click here: https://youtu.be/E_JdSY5wXCs
Who we are: Dr. Jen’s & Dr. Dom’s Story
22:30 – Diving into how Jen and I met and some of our personal stories
24:00 – How did we meet?
31:15 – We chat about the first talk and how it came from a place of openness, growth, values, why and how we treat patients and clients and purpose in our lives.
38:02 – Building our partnership based on continuing to communicating and standing in our truths
40:18 – Find out how openness about our “triggers” has been a cornerstone in our communication and relationship. Don’t take them on as your own, just be able to hold space and let your partner be heard.
45:03 – Stop apologizing for your baggage. Just understand that it will be something we get to be aware of as we move into a new relationship.
47:15 – Find out how we use these strategies that we use in our relationship with each other to most optimally work with patients and clients.
50:00 – One of Jen’s triggers came up. Find out what Dom did!
52:00 – Here you’ll find the real reason we are deciding to start the podcast.
53:08 – We wrap up by sharing a couple tools in unpacking ourselves and finding personal growth in our journey and health
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More about the hosts:
Dr. Jen Esquer
Jen Esquer, PT, DPT, is an internationally-renown physical therapist who specializes in helping people overcome chronic pain and maximize physical performance. As the founder of two transformative programs, “The Mobility Method” and “The Optimal Body,” she brings a unique, whole body approach to strength, mobility and pain-free living. In 2019, Jen was named one of the top 50 most influential healthcare professionals. Jen’s easily accessible approach has garnered her more than half a million followers on social media and more than more than 5 million views of her health and fitness videos. Jen has been featured in Shape Magazine, Self Magazine, Men’s Fitness and Muscle and Fitness and recently graced the cover of Oxygen Magazine. She’s also appeared on CBS, the RISE podcast with Rachel Hollis and more. When she’s not busy making videos, she’s doing breathwork or Acroyoga with her fiancé who is also a doctor of physical therapy. They live in Los Angeles, California
Dr. Dom Fraboni
Dr Dom is a MN native, born and raised Midwest, turned to California by the love of his life who just so happens to be the other host of this podcast! Dom was inspired to get his Doctorate in Physical Therapy at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN because he always has had a love of the amazing machine that is the human body, desire to be a lifelong learner, and desire to serve people through his profession. Dr Dom has found that the best way to serve people is by treating them as an entire person. As a college football athlete, Domenic was the Vice Chair in the NCAA Student Athlete Advisory Committee and helped create best practices for the “It’s on Us” campaign to bring awareness to stop sexual assault on Division IIII college campuses. He is also committed to devoting his time to influencing national policy in order to improve the quality of care for the people that we serve in this country as a medical profession. He has served on the Board of Directors of the American Physical Therapy Association’s Student Assembly and has helped them coordinate national events with Special Olympics. He has ambition to help shift the societal scales in health by helping to influence health policy and legislation, and he lobby’s yearly in Washington DC to make sure that we focus on long term solutions to the health disparities our country faces, not short term fixes. Dom is so excited to share The Optimal Body Podcast with you all and walk this journey alongside you to you optimal body!
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Items mentioned in this episode include:
The Mobility Method: https://www.docjenfit.com/mobility
The Free 7 Day Mobility Challenge: docjenfit.com/challenge
Jen’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/docjenfit
Dom’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drdomdpt/
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