#17: Chronic inflammation could be why your muscles aren't growing (part three)
Fit Body, Happy Joints ®
English - July 15, 2021 18:00 - 35 minutes - 24.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 840 ratingsFitness Health & Fitness Education Self-Improvement Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
If you're choosing effective, early-phase loaded exercises, not over-training or under-training, and you're STILL not seeing muscle growth, chronic inflammation could be why.
Chronic inflammation can lead to muscle wasting, fatigue, pain, and more. It could be a reason why you're working out, but not seeing great results.
In this episode, Dr. Shannon discusses what contributes to chronic inflammation in the musculoskeletal system: stress, overuse, trauma, and dehydration/nutritional deficits.
She discusses why these four things can happen, and how to address them to ultimately see better results.
1:49 How Muscle Mass Can Decrease Your Chronic Inflammation
5:33 Acute Inflammation vs Chronic Inflammation
9:35 Natural Inflammation Cycle After Workouts
11:56 The Top 4 Inflammation Triggers
12:50 Stress
19:57 Overusing Your Muscles
24:23 Physical Trauma
24:52 Dehydration or Nutritional Deficits
25:45 Symptoms of Chronic Inflammation
26:37 Steps to Decrease Inflammation