Episode #50. Understanding pain beyond the myths with Dr Tawny Kross
Is your pain alarm system overreacting?
We often think of pain as a sign of damage - something to fear, avoid or push through. But what if pain isn’t just about injury? What if, like an oversensitive smoke alarm, it sometimes goes off when there’s no real danger? In this episode, I talk to Dr. Tawny Kross, a Doctor of Physical Therapy and Pain Specialist, to explore the truth about pain, the biggest myths holding us back, and how movement can actually help, not harm.
If you’ve ever felt stuck in pain, unsure whether to rest or move, or frustrated by conflicting advice, this conversation is for you. Tune in to learn how to listen to your body more wisely, better understand and retrain pain responses and start moving with confidence again
Chapters
00:00 Understanding Pain: The Basics
04:10 Debunking Common Myths About Pain
08:33 The Role of Movement in Pain Recovery
12:11 The Importance of Gradual Movement
18:19 Visualization Techniques for Pain Management
22:54 Listening to Your Body: Signals of Pain
30:04 Preventing Pain Through Holistic Practices
About this week’s guest:
Dr. Tawny Kross
Dr. Tawny Kross is the founder of Ready, Set, Rewire (RSR), a program designed to help women break free from chronic pain, stress, and inflammation so they can thrive and live an active life they love.
She earned her Doctorate in Physical Therapy from Duke University in 2013 and spent nearly a decade at a Veteran’s Hospital, where she specialized in chronic pain. Working with Veterans’ many with complex histories and trauma’s led her to expand her expertise beyond traditional PT. Her approach integrates pain neuroscience, mindfulness, hypnosis, breathwork, guided imagery, and mind-body practices to address pain at its roots.
Outside of work, Tawny enjoys church, hiking with her husband and two kids, weightlifting, tennis, running, board games, and sci-fi fantasy books. She’s also on a mission to perfect the ultimate so-bad-they’re-good Mom jokes.
Connect here:
Website: https://www.drtawnykross.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr.tawny.kross
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More about your host, Wendy
Wendy (50) founded Reclaim Movement after a running injury at 40 turned into 4 years of chronic pain. In her search for answers and to reclaim her own movement again she discovered natural movement. The philosophy of training real life practical movements to be able to keep using them as we age, coupled with the benefit of using strengthening and mobilising whole-body movement patterns that are underused in today’s modern world made her realise she had found a way to move for life.
Wendy’s aim is to help people embrace a movement-rich life, at any age, to improve mobility, strength and confidence to keep moving well and doing the things they love for as long as they want.
MovNat Level 1 certified & Functional Range Conditioning certified, she coaches online group classes live & by replay in the Reclaim Movement membership as well as online and in-person private coaching in Oxford.
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