Description

For this episode we interview Dr. Joe LaVacca, DPT and owner of Strength In Motion Physical Therapy based out of Manhattan, NY.  Together with his girlfriend,  Courtney Conley, Joe has recently started teaching a course all over the world called Top Down Bottoms Up! The course focuses on the importance of understanding function and assessment of the lower quarter of the body  followed by joint by joint treatment and different intervention strategies. Joe also teaches consistently for RockTape all while having his own practice in the city! Joe is also certified in Functional Range Conditioning and Functional Range Release Therapy.

On This Episode:

• Joe's Background
• Training smarter to be more efficient 
• What is pain? The emerging field of Pain Science
• How we can look at pain the same way we look at emotions
• Pain and psychology
• Pain and our past experiences
• People's expectations of pain
• Concept of "getting out of pain"
• People's pain coping mechanisms
• How pain can become a part of a persons identity
• Asking better questions related to pain
• Pain as a number on a pain scale
• Pain and the external environment
• Joe's humor! (he's top notch!)
• Top Down Bottom's Up Course
• Human's are complex- using more than one system to work with people
• Foot mapping technique
• Rocktape- using tools to assist your work and not the only aspect of the work
• Joe's bare minimum of movement daily!

Where you can find Joe:

https://www.strengthinmotionpt.com/

https://www.instagram.com/joelavapt/

https://www.instagram.com/strength.in.motion_pt/

Books on this Episode:

Sapiens: A Brief History of Human Kind- Yuval Noah Harari 

How Emotions Are Made- Lisa Feldman Barrett

Our Information:

MOVE YOUR BB Instagram

Aleena's Instagram

Aleena's Website

Meghan's Instagram

Meghan's Website

Email:  moveyourBB@gmail.com

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**The information on this podcast is intended to educate and inform. It is not meant to be a substitute of advice from your physician or medical provider.