Why Be Resilient When You Can Be ANTI-FRAGILE – A Patient Story

Anti-fragility is the next level in resilience and creating robustness, it’s about not only bouncing back but bouncing back better and stronger. Rob and Dave explain the concept of anti-fragility and why it can make the difference for back pain with graded exposure to stressors helping you to develop better adaptation to the unknown stressors we all face each day and brings growth on the other side of stress. This look at a philosophical concept is a great reminder about the importance of both the mental and physical aspects of recovery.   KEY TAKEAWAYS Improving resilience is about improving your response to stress You need to develop more resilience and become more adaptable You get stronger when you stress your muscles during exercise If resilience is about your ability to resist stressors  and being able to remain the same in response to stress Anti-fragility is the ability to get better in response to stress The daily stressors that we face are unknown so we need to get better at adapting to them Anti-fragility is about growing and getting better through adaptation to stressors It’s about growing on the other side of the stress If responses to stress make us stronger then the opposite is true with a lack of stressors meaning we get weaker Graded exposure to stressors is vital in becoming stronger Your adaptation doesn’t just have to be cellular it can be mental as well Graded exposure to pain through repeated movement can be very helpful The mental model of anti-fragile can be applied across all areas of life It’s about moving better and being able to bounce back better and stronger   BEST MOMENTS ‘The back pain podcast is sneaking in some philosophy’ ‘The mental side is as important and sometimes more important than the physicality’   VALUABLE RESOURCES The Back Pain Podcast The Back Pain Podcast website The Back Pain Podcast recommended products affiliate link Our Rode Mixer https://amzn.to/3waU8bx Our Microphones https://amzn.to/3rzSZ9Z Second Microphone https://amzn.to/2ObKMeA XLR Cable https://amzn.to/3rBL8ZB Studio Headphones https://amzn.to/3u082LE Laptophttps://amzn.to/3dhfafT Our webcam https://amzn.to/31uUefQ  Antifragile: Things that Gain from Disorder - Nassim Nicholas Taleb     ABOUT THE HOSTS Dave Elliot Dave is the owner of Advanced Chiropractic, a chain of Chiropractic and massage therapy clinics in Essex, UK. Dave still sees patients during the week but has been working hard to talk to as many experts in the field of back pain as possible to help distil all the information and bring it to you in this awesome podcast. You can find Dave on any of the Advanced Chiropractic social media platforms, or you can contact him at [email protected] if you have any questions for him. -Instagram   Rob Beaven Rob owns and runs a multidisciplinary clinic, The Dyer St Clinic in Cirencester Gloucestershire. His team of Chiropractors, Physiotherapists, Osteopaths, Doctors and podiatrists all collaborate on thousands of back pain patients every year. Alongside Dave, he has worked hard to bring to the table experts across all industries to give you the low down on back pain, with steps you can implement today to start feeling better. -Instagram -Twitter   CONTACT METHOD Instagram Twitter Facebook [email protected]                        Support the show: https://thebackpainpodcast.com