“Know Pain Know Gain”

Only you know what is best for you, I can only guide you.

Be it a hands on treatment, or an exercise, I often have clients make comments like “No pain, no gain right?”

 Well… No. Not right.

 There may be a level of “pain” associated with treatment or exercise, but how do you know what level of pain and what type of pain is good? Or bad for that matter?

 My answer is not concrete. It may not even be the right answer, but it is the answer that I feel confident in giving to my clients, friends, and family.

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 Only you know what is best for you, I can only guide you.

 Ready for my answer?

First define what pain means to you.

Is it injury pain? Pain similar to and injury? Or is it muscle working pain? Or are you not sure?

If you are not sure, stop see how you feel. Are you okay with that feeling? Keep at it! If you are not okay, than stop.

What if that pain or discomfort is there during the treatment or exercise, but is not there after you are finished?

What do you think that means? Have you caused injury? Damage? If there is no pain after – than likely not.

What if you have no pain during the treatment or exercise, but you have pain after. What do you think that means? How do you feel about that level of pain or discomfort? Is it a “My muscles feel worked” kind of pain? An injury kind of pain? A discomfort?

Those are all questions you could ask yourself, and answer for yourself because some pain or discomfort could be that your body is just not used to that treatment or movement, and some pain could mean you have created irritation.

I hope that makes things a bit more clear on pain guidelines! Drop a comment down below if you have any questions!