About this episode
We talk with Wendy Welpton about how a love of running turned into years of chronic pain, and why healing starts when we stop treating the body like separate parts. We dig into natural movement, movement variety, and the small daily changes that help runners rebuild confidence and move well for life.
• Wendy’s early relationship with exercise, outdoor time, and solo sports
• getting into running as a practical way to move around family life
• the sudden injury that ends running and triggers chronic pain
• gaps in diagnosis and why symptom-led rehab can miss root causes
• treating movement as a whole system, including alignment and patterns
• mindset, fear of flare-ups, and rebuilding trust in the body
• why “nothing wrong on a scan” can still leave real pain
• pain cycles, nervous system sensitivity, and constant pain checking
• natural movement as an antidote to modern sedentary habits
• adding variety beyond linear walking and running through everyday movement.
Below is a link to Wendy's Website where you can more information about her books, courses and memberships
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