Dr. Peter Attia

Like my case.

Like my case.

I got nothing.

I got nothing.

That's the very important point that I think shouldn't be lost on this. Breaking the cycle isn't the cure. It sets you up to go after the cure. I mean, I had to go through two hours a day of rehab for six months. Yeah, wow. I mean, I had to learn how to move again correctly. I had to strengthen the muscles that were going to make up for doing what my spine would no longer do.

That's the very important point that I think shouldn't be lost on this. Breaking the cycle isn't the cure. It sets you up to go after the cure. I mean, I had to go through two hours a day of rehab for six months. Yeah, wow. I mean, I had to learn how to move again correctly. I had to strengthen the muscles that were going to make up for doing what my spine would no longer do.

But you couldn't do that if you were in pain. So you had to learn to do that and you had to be at least pain-free enough to do it, but not push yourself too hard that you would reactivate the injury. Like there was a balancing act and you'd be able to sleep, all these things. And you had to be able to clear your mind and get out of that catastrophizing loop.

But you couldn't do that if you were in pain. So you had to learn to do that and you had to be at least pain-free enough to do it, but not push yourself too hard that you would reactivate the injury. Like there was a balancing act and you'd be able to sleep, all these things. And you had to be able to clear your mind and get out of that catastrophizing loop.

Can't golf, can't garden, can't do anything.

Can't golf, can't garden, can't do anything.

Actually, I was going to say that I was somewhere recently where I was asked to define health span. And health span is squishy to define because there's like a medical definition that I've repeatedly said I think is insufficient. So the medical definition of health span is the period of time in which you're free of disability and disease. So not very helpful.

Actually, I was going to say that I was somewhere recently where I was asked to define health span. And health span is squishy to define because there's like a medical definition that I've repeatedly said I think is insufficient. So the medical definition of health span is the period of time in which you're free of disability and disease. So not very helpful.

And I prefer a more functional version of health span. And unfortunately, it's too long for me to rattle off. But one of the lines is freedom from pain. Yeah. Just as it's important to have strength, stability, aerobic efficiency, peak aerobic output, explosiveness. I mean, all of these things are going to reduce as you age, but the longer you preserve them, the better.

And I prefer a more functional version of health span. And unfortunately, it's too long for me to rattle off. But one of the lines is freedom from pain. Yeah. Just as it's important to have strength, stability, aerobic efficiency, peak aerobic output, explosiveness. I mean, all of these things are going to reduce as you age, but the longer you preserve them, the better.

One of them is freedom from pain.

One of them is freedom from pain.

Yeah, the listeners of this podcast are not strangers to those statistics.

Yeah, the listeners of this podcast are not strangers to those statistics.

But that particular one, it's so tragic.

But that particular one, it's so tragic.