Pain & Performance: The Revolutionary New Way to Use Training as Treatment for Pain and Injury [Audiobook]

What if everything you know about athletic pain is wrong? For starters, pain is not synonymous with being “injured.” Nor is it evidence that your biomechanics are “flawed” or your body is “imbalanced.” And most important, pain doesn’t always mean you have to see a doctor.

In Pain and Performance, Ryan Whited and Matt Fitzgerald present a radically new way to understand and manage sports-related pain that exposes the shocking lack of evidence for modern medicine’s approach to injury management. Based on recent advances in pain science, Whited’s revolutionary “Training as Treatment” method puts athletes in control of their pain experience with a unique strength-based system that is proven to result in less downtime, fewer visits to clinicians, less anxiety about pain and injury, less time and money wasted on treatments that don’t work. The end result is better performance and a more fulfilling athletic journey.

An elite boulderer and son of an often-injured professional horse jockey, Whited knows pain intimately, having spent decades guiding athletes from breakdowns to breakthroughs at Paragon Athletics. His gym in Flagstaff is a magnet for pain-affected runners, climbers, and other athletes and enthusiasts who’ve grown frustrated with the medical system. Pain and Performance makes Whited’s unparalleled knowledge and expertise available to all, offering inspiration and empowerment for anyone seeking to stay out of the doctor’s office and on track toward their goals and dreams.