The Code: A Guide to Health and Human Performance

“Back pain is a lifestyle problem, not a medical problem,” declares Dr. Andrew Fix. In this episode, he discusses lower back pain and how it is a common issue affecting 88% of Americans at some point in their lives. As the leading cause of work disability, it results in an annual expenditure of $50 billion on pharmaceuticals. Dr. Fix challenges the conventional reliance on imaging and injections f...

“Most people are lying to themselves about themselves,” says Tiffany Cellura, a leadership development coach and consultant. While many people have awareness of their “competency” aspects, their task-based talents, the vast majority of people aren’t truly aware of their character aspects—both good and bad. On today’s episode of The Code, Tiffany explains how she uses Enneagram, a personality asses...

“Where did this concept come from, that in order to fix our pain, we just need to stretch more?” asks host Dr. Andrew Fix on this episode of The Code, after assessing a number of runners ahead of a major racing day in Colorado. Many athletes who experience joint pain mistakenly think that their problem is a lack of range of motion or tissue mobility—when actually, when they are assessed, they have...

“We’re going from a standpoint of structure and pain to more function and dysfunction, which is already a huge leap forward when it comes to chiropractic and really all healthcare,” says Dr. Tim Zittle, chiropractor and founder of TreeHive, which offers nervous system-based chiropractics. Having worked in both physical therapy and chiropractics, two worlds which were long at odds with each other,...

Unstructured play isn’t, and shouldn’t be, just for kids. “We need you, I want you, you need you to go play,” implores host Dr. Andrew Fix on today’s episode of The Code. When we’re little, he explains, we play freely, on a daily basis and, for the most part, without injury. As we get older, and start to play less, we begin to feel more stiff, more achy and less mobile as a result. In the United S...

“Just keep going forward,” says Dimity Davis who, as co-founder of community platform Another Mother Runner and co-author of “Run Like a Mother,” helps women maintain their passion and commitment to running while balancing work and family life. On today’s episode of The Code she’ll talk to host Dr. Andrew Fix about how to carve time out for yourself even when you’re being pulled in many directions...

“You don’t want to take a chance with your health,” says Dr. Andrew Fix about the importance of getting pain checked out. Of course, the type of pain you are experiencing should determine what kind of care you seek out. On today’s episode of The Code, Dr. Fix will break down two types of pain: acute and insidious and explain where you should go, whom you should see, and how you should treat each....

Heart Rate Variability (HRV) plays a role in nine out of the ten deadliest diseases in the United States. “They make it so much easier to become the CEO of your own health,” says Dr. Torkil Færø MD, of wearables such as WHOOP, Garmin and Apple Watch which measure this vital health metric . HRV is the variation in time between heartbeats, and its measure lets us know how much stress our system is u...

“Knowledge is power”—or is it? It’s a phrase we hear often, but never really question. On today’s episode of The Code, host Dr. Andrew Fix suggests that knowledge is not power, at least not unto itself. Knowledge becomes powerful only when we put it into action.    Dr. Fix cites his own experience using a tracking device to illustrate. He collected so much body data— heart rate variability, respir...

It all starts in the nose. Today’s guest, allergist Dr. Shuba Iyengar, explains that by the time we exhibit common allergy symptoms such as headache, itchy eyes and post-nasal drip, we’ve already been silently suffering. On today’s episode of The Code, Dr. Iyengar will explain the myriad reasons why over-the-counter allergy medications fail to work, and how her company Allermi, which concocts besp...

“Our medical system, here in the United States, is failing you, and failing me and failing us.” says Dr. Andrew Fix. Doctors’ appointments last less than ten minutes and patients leave feeling neglected and unheard. If specialists are able to offer any solutions to patients’ problems, they are often impractical and do not address root causes. Insurance companies do everything they can to deny cove...

Discover how a simple mineral transformed Robb Wolf's health, performance, and career.  Host Dr. Andrew Fix sits down with Robb, the co-founder of Drink LMNT. A former research biochemist and a leading expert in Paleolithic nutrition, Robb shares his personal health journey, highlighting his long-standing interest in health and human performance. Now, he dedicates his work to assisting people who...

If overeating were simply an emotional issue, Dr. Glenn Livingston, a veteran psychologist, would have been best prepared to access those emotions to overcome his own overeating. Yet, despite making great strides to address his own issues, he still found himself binging. As a consultant for “Big Food”, he also understood that food manufacturers create and advertise their products in ways that are...

“No feeling compares to what it feels like to see your child being born.”    Dr. Andrew Fix joins us on this solo episode of The Code to talk about priorities, as his have just made a tectonic shift: he and his wife just welcomed their first child, a baby boy. Instantly, he and his wife recognized how all-consuming the love—and responsibility—of having a child is, to the exclusion of almost everyt...

Dr. June Ashley, Licensed Psychologist and the Clinical Director of the Ellie Mental Health Clinic in the Denver Tech Center and military veteran joins Dr. Andrew Fix to talk about the bio-psycho-social aspects of chronic pain and trauma-based injury, and approaching wellness from a more well-rounded holistic point of view. By expanding on the connection between emotions, mental health and physica...

“Maybe you see a child run out into the road after a ball. You want your fight or flight response, your sympathetic nervous system to boost so you can quickly run out there, grab that child and get him out of the way of harm. You don’t want there to be a delay.”   In today’s solo episode of “The Code,” Dr. Andrew Fix talks to us about Heart Rate Variability (HRV) and how we can optimize it to perf...

“I’m not a physically talented athlete but I’ve worked my ass off to become a mentally talented athlete.” says Don Reichelt, who despite starting at age 29 with very little running experience in his background, quickly established himself as a champion ultrarunner. One’s mindset, and willingness to outwork your competition, can be more important than physical ability, he explains, and ultrarunning...

On this solo episode of The Code, Dr. Andrew Fix dives back into the topic of “controlling the controllables” (CTC), which is one of the five core values practiced and promoted at Physio Room. In other words, we can’t control the calls the ref makes, so we should instead focus on how we play the game.    Unsurprisingly, a big part of playing the game is the attitude we take. When an unexpected sit...

“Show me your calendar and I will show you your priorities,” says Dr. Roger St. Onge, physical therapist and owner of Move Athletics—Performance Rehab Authority. A Marine Corp veteran and former Crossfit trainer, Dr. St. Onge has seen the power of fitness and physical therapy to transform peoples’ health as well as their lives. Unfortunately, the healthcare industry–which he calls a sick care indu...

“Controlling temperature is something that is overlooked and undervalued in sports and just in life,” explains Dr. Kyle Sela, physical therapist, strength coach and founder of AVA Cooling Technology, who returns to The Code to talk more about the many benefits of palmar cooling. Thermoregulation is the body’s way of preventing heat-related injury. The hypothalamus sends local signals to the muscle...

We are busting myths for fitness over 50 in this episode! Dr. Andrew Fix disputes claims against exercises like pull-ups, push-ups, squats, and deadlifts being unsafe or inappropriate as we age. In fact, Dr. Fix advocates for exercise to combat muscle loss and keep up physical function in later years. He stresses the value of multi-joint movements and lifting heavy weights, essential for preservin...

Think arthritis means the end of an active life? Think again! In this episode, Dr. Andrew Fix is joined by Dr. Alyssa Kuhn, a physical therapist specializing in osteoarthritis. Dr. Kuhn, founder of Keep the Adventure Alive, sheds light on common misconceptions about arthritis and shares valuable insights into its effective management. Dr. Kuhn's expertise in osteoarthritis stems from her observati...

Feeling the aches of sitting too long at your desk? In this episode of The Code, Dr. Andrew Fix from Denver's Physio Room invites Sohail and Ali from Movemate to discuss an innovative solution to the sedentary lifestyle many face in today's work environment. This Canadian duo is breaking new ground with their active standing board, aimed at encouraging movement and enhancing well-being during the...

Think deep squats are a no-go for your knees? Think again! In this episode of The Code, Dr. Andrew Fix takes on the controversial debate surrounding deep squats and their impact on knee health. He dismantles the widespread notion that deep squats are detrimental, backing his stance with solid research findings. Dr. Fix argues that not only are deep squats safe, but they actually serve as a safegua...

Are you dealing with digestive issues, skin problems, or even autoimmune diseases? Well, it turns out that the key to solving these problems might lie in your gut. In this episode of "The Code," Dr. Andrew Fix interviews Hally Brooke, the founder and CEO of Live Nourished, a functional medicine and nutrition counseling organization. Hally shares her personal journey of overcoming gut health issues...