Your Body Is Not Broken: Pain, Rehab & the Resurrection | Dr. Edgar Urilov, DPT

What if your body isn’t broken, but protecting you?In this episode of the Orthodox Health Podcast, Dr. Michael Christian & John continue the Post-Pascha Body Arc with Dr. Edgar Urilov, a physical therapist &Orthodox Christian, for a conversation on pain, fascia, rehab, stress, & the body that will be raised.After speaking with Buck Johnson about emergency care & Nicholas Cerean about strength & askesis, this episode asks the next necessary question: what happens when the body hurts?Dr. Edgar explains why pain is real, but not always a perfect measure of damage. The conversation moves through fascia as a sensory and stabilizing organ, chronic pain, nervous system sensitization, stress, myofascial release, rehab as askesis, & the deeper Orthodox question: Where is the wound?The episode also explores Mother Siluana Vlad’s God, Where Is the Wound?, the link between spiritual sickness & physical sickness, the danger of reducing grace to biology, &why Christian healing must involve the whole person: body, soul, mind, and spirit. In this episode:Why “your body is not broken” does not mean “your pain is fake”How chronic pain can lower the body’s threshold for threatWhy fascia is more than “saran wrap” around musclesHow stress can tighten the body & restrict movementWhy movement wins can calm the nervous systemHow spiritual sickness can affect the bodyWhy prayer, fasting, almsgiving, prayer are embodied practicesHow rehab can become a form of askesisWhy injury can become an invitation to humilityThe difference between body stewardship & body idolatrySound Bytes:“Pain is real, but pain is not always a perfect measure of damage.”“Your body is not broken. It may be trying to protect you.”“Fascia is more than just saran wrap.”“When we miss the mark, our body feels it too.”“Rehab is not like taking a pill. You have to work on it. You have to be diligent. You have to sacrifice.”“The body is not trash. But the body is also not God.”“Where is the wound?”Chapters:00:00 Coming Up00:39 Opener02:08 Pain, Rehab & the Body That Will Be Raised05:40 Meet Dr. Edgar Urilov, DPT08:25 Fascia, Pain & the Nervous System12:13 What to Tell Someone Who Feels Broken15:10 Is Chronic Pain Always Tissue Damage?19:03 Pain With a Normal MRI or X-Ray23:30 Rebuilding Trust After Injury24:20 Why Muscles Get Tight to Protect You26:36 Myofascial Release & Nervous System Regulation29:51 How Stress Shows Up in the Body33:10 Mother Siluana’s God, Where Is the Wound?34:46 Spiritual Sickness & Physical Health37:40 The Immune System, Sin & Stress41:31 Grace, Healing & the Nervous System46:02 Rehab as Askesis49:23 Trusting God During Injury Recovery51:13 When Christians Neglect the Body54:16 When Suffering Becomes Healing57:51 Red Flags You Should Not Ignore01:01:19 3 Simple Ways to Build a Resilient Body01:04:48 Overcoming Fear of Movement01:07:00 Hope for Chronic Pain01:08:51 OutroConnect with Dr. Edgar Urilov on Instagram: @panya.physioWork with ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Dr. Mike⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Signed Copies of Orthodoxy & The Medicine of the Future: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠OrthodoxHealth.com/book⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Order Orthodoxy & the Medicine of the Future on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Amazon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Donate to St. John the Theologian ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Support the Show⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ with a One-Time or Recurring donationIntro & Outro Music: St. John of Chicago Orthodox Church Choir (Arkansas) - Please support their building fund by buying the whole album ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Orthodox Health ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Telegram⁠