Dear Misfits

Special guest Nicole Gard, PTA joins us for an interview on pregnancy and pelvic health. With her background as a pelvic health therapist as well as being 38 weeks pregnant, Nicole enlightens listeners on both  therapeutic insights and first hand experiences. In this episode, the Dear Misfits team and Nicole discuss the weeks leading up to, during and after delivery.    If you have any more questi...

Special guest Nicole Gard, PTA joins us for an interview on pregnancy and pelvic health. With her background as a pelvic health therapist as well as being 38 weeks pregnant, Nicole enlightens listeners on both  therapeutic insights and first hand experiences. This episode will take us on a trip through the three trimesters of pregnancy.    If you have any more questions, or requests on topics for...

Isaiah and Amy discuss the importance of getting a little cardio and a little strength.  They offer you ways to incorporate both into your day.  You are already doing some of these things, to some extent, and don't even know it!   As always, if you have any questions or topics you would like us to cover please click here to let us know.  Thanks for listening and please share with someone you think...

Isaiah and Amy visit about how important is to stay stimulated after retirement. Also, there are more ways than you think to stimulate your brain. Tune in to find out!   As always, if you have any topics or questions you would like us to cover, please click here and submit them! 

Isaiah and Amy jump into the topic of why Red and Infrared Light is so amazing and how to use it.  They also shed some light on how it works and what devices to consider.   If you have any questions or topics you would like us to cover please send us a question by clicking this link .  We what to do episodes on topics important to you!

Isaiah and Amy talk about compensations patterns and how to consider that the area that hurts may not be what is initiating your pain.  Take a step back and find ways to look at your movement differently.  Ask friends, take a picture of yourself.  What do you see? How is your posture? Are you deskbound much of the day? Do you lean over a car engine much of your day?  Do you have a hard time seeing...

Isaiah and Amy take on the behemoth emotion of shame today. This episode discusses what shame really is, how prevalent it is in our lives and ways to create resiliency to shame. Hope you enjoy!   If you have questions or ideas you would like Isaiah and Amy to cover in an episode please click here and submit an email to let them know!  Thank you for listening. Please share the episode with a friend...

Isaiah And Amy go over some common foot/ankle pains.  They offer suggestions to work on improving those pains or inefficiencies.  Sometimes the issues in your foot have to do with the muscles in your calves or the restriction of your ankle.    If you have questions or ideas you would like Isaiah and Amy to cover in an episode please click here and submit an email to let them know!  Thank you for l...

Isaiah and Amy have a conversation with Bret Ford about his hip surgery. He and his wife, Shari, discuss what led to Bret needing hip surgery and the experience after hip surgery.   If you have questions or topics you would like Isaiah and Amy to cover, please click here to submit an email with your questions or topic!   Thank you for sharing this episode with a friend that may benefit! 

Isaiah and Amy sit down with Shari Ford and discuss advocating for your healthcare.  Shari is a Patient Coordinator and operates the front desk at one of the clinics Isaiah and Amy work at.  Her perspective, as someone working at the front desk, as well as someone who is managing her own healthcare is a simple and helpful offering to encourage advocating for your healthcare.   If you have question...

Isaiah and Amy have been inspired with their first snowfall of 2023 and decided to dive into some common seasonal health concerns. We will be discussing everything under the sun from shoveling to sunshine itself. Hope you enjoy this fun episode the Dear Misfits team has put together for you.   The Dear Misfits are so glad you are tuning in.  We want to make sure we are bringing you relevant inform...

Amy and Isaiah spend this episode discussing ways to help yourself by addressing some of the most common factors that can impact us in a negative way. The two biggest takeaways from this episode are to lean into the organization and to take a step forward, then do it again.   The Dear Misfits are so glad you are tuning in.  We want to make sure we are bringing you relevant information that you wou...

Isaiah and Amy love giving practical tools for you to be able to apply quickly or use at home.  This is a good episode talking about a handful of equipment and wearables that can help you take care of your self.  They are also great to help you feel better and build resiliency.  Biohacking is just a newer term used for this arena. It's a term used to "describe do-it-yourself biology. It involves p...

Join Isaiah and Amy as they do another episode of their 'Misconception Series'.  They discuss these MISCONCEPTIONS: Cracking knuckles is bad for me. I should stretch before exercise. My body will adapt to less sleep. Muscle turns to fat.  Sweating means I am working out hard.    If you have questions or episodes you would like us to go over, please        click here and let us know! We want to cov...

Today's episode discusses arthritis in two of its most common forms; Osteoarthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis. The Dear Misfits team will dive into these two pathologies specifically but there are many more out there so as always, please ask any questions that may arise!   If you are listening to us, we want to listen to you.  If you have a topic you want to ask, please click here and submit it to...

This episode is all about Amy and Isaiah answering each  other's questions so listeners can learn a little bit more about the people behind the podcast. We hope you enjoy!   If you are listening to us, we want to listen to you.  If you have a topic you want to ask, please click here and submit it to us.  We also can clear up questions you have about current episodes.   Thanks for listening and for...

Amy and Isaiah are talking about inflammation and reasons why it may be hard to get away from.  Why does it keep happening especially to a particular joint?   Please tune in here and check out what Isaiah and Amy have to say. They also have a previous episode in the Chronic Pain Series where they talk about Immunity and Inflammation.  This would be good if you have system inflammation or issues in...

One of the biggest drivers of back and knee pain is tight hips! It can cause a variety of issues.  Isaiah and Amy take the next almost hour to dive in to the common issues and aspects to consider in regard to your hips.  There is so much more they can talk about but it will give you a great heads up.    Click here to ask a question or to request an episode topic.  Thank you for sharing our podcast...

Today was a unique episode set up.  We decided that there was a resource that covered a topic so well that we just could not direct you right to that video.  Our goal was to try to reach those of you that are stuck in the middle of grief, sorrow, or trauma.  In doing that we wanted to have it discussed through the lens of the spirtual dimension of ourselves.  Sometimes, have cut so deep that we ce...

The Dear Misfits team breaks down another question submitted by one of our listeners today regarding chronic pain. The question is, "Can someone have chronic pain without having had an injury to start the process?" After listening to this episode, if you enjoyed the content, be sure to check out our other episodes on chronic pain for even more good information!   If you have any questions or topic...

This episode is inspired by a submitted question from one of our listeners. The Dear Misfits team discusses the importance of empowering your support system with understanding to help them be the rock they desire to be for you.    As always if you have any questions or topics you would like us to cover please click here and shoot Amy and Isaiah an email.  They look forward to your thoughts!

Fear of movement and provoking more pain is certainly a concern when you struggle with pain.  Graded movement is a process that can be used to work your way to natural movement and hopefully pain free movement.  There are three aspects of this process that Amy and Isaiah discuss.  The first is lateralization, next is mirror therapy and third is graded movement. Movement can indeed be medicine, and...

If you are struggling with chronic or persistent pain have no fear, there are many tools available to help reduce your pain.  Many times the tools don't even require a dollar spent or anything besides yourself and a quite spot to sit.   Reducing sympathetics is the term used to help restore balance in your nervous system and get you out of a "fight, flight, freeze" state.  This episode is almost a...

Isaiah and Amy dive into Chronic Pain to discuss how a dysfunctional or over reactive immune system can provoke an inflammatory response.  An over active inflammatory response creates pain. This reaction leads to persistent and chronic pain. There is a lot in this episode so grab a pen and paper or your favorite notes app and write some things down. We know there is a lot to try to unpack but you...

Amy flies solo with this episode as Isaiah takes a vacation down south.  It's the start of the chronic pain series.  The focus of this episode is to clarify the types of pain and some of what your brain is doing when you are managing chronic pain. Being an individual who manages chronic pain can be tough, and you want answers to questions that may not have great answers.  One of the most valuable...