Radical Health Rebel
Welcome to the Radical Health Rebel Podcast (soon to be called Beyond The Pain)—your go-to show for uncovering the real root causes of chronic pain and reclaiming a life without limitations. Hosted by Leigh Brandon, a Functional Medicine Practitioner, CHEK Practitioner & Faculty Instructor, Active Release Techniques® Therapist, Emotion Code Practitioner, and author with almost three decades of clinical experience.
Each week, Leigh dives deep into the often-overlooked physical, emotional, nutritional, and environmental factors behind persistent pain. Through expert interviews and thought-provoking solo episodes, you'll discover holistic strategies that go beyond symptom management—designed to heal, empower, and transform.
Whether you're a health professional, athlete, or someone who's tried everything and still lives in pain, this podcast offers insights, hope, and practical solutions that work when conventional approaches fall short.
Tune in to learn how to break free from chronic pain and take radical steps toward lasting health and vitality.
Radical Health Rebel
51 - Why Yoga & Stretching Is Causing Your Pain with Yogi Aaron
In this week's episode entitled, "Why Yoga & Stretching Is Causing Your Pain," Yogi Aaron and I discuss the important topics of stretching and yoga, why their concepts are often misunderstood and why in many cases they are used ineffectively, leading to physical pain and injury.
We both discuss our previous lower back injuries that were at least in part caused by yoga and the lessons we both learned.
We also discussed the technical aspects of when and why stretching and yoga can cause pain, and we discussed how Aaron adapts his yoga teachings so that yoga can be performed in the way it was originally intended, which is "to move with least effort" and in way that helps to reduce the likelihood of pain and injury.
We discussed:
2:12
Aaron's Yoga Journey
28:22
How Stretching Causes Harm to the Body
39:30
Muscle Activation Techniques®
53:21
A Healthy Way to Stretch
1:03:53
The Ultimate Goal of Yoga
1:08:40
The Future of Yoga
You can find Yogi Aaron @:
https://YogiAaron.com
https://youtube.com/c/YogiAaron
https://www.instagram.com/yogi_aaron/
https://www.facebook.com/yogi.aaron.yoga/
Yogi Aaron's pain-free series: http://smpl.ro/pain-free
Yogi Aaron's book: https://amzn.to/3xHJmMk
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You can find Leigh @:
Leigh's website - https://www.bodychek.co.uk/
Chronic Pain Breakthrough Blueprint - https://www.bodychek.co.uk/freepainguide/
Leigh's courses:
StickAbility - https://stickabilitycourse.com/
Mastering Client Transformation (professional course) - https://www.functionaldiagnosticnutrition.com/mastering-client-transformation/
