Matt Wallden: Why You’re Not Broken, You’re Overloaded
In this episode of The Three Phase Podcast, Joe LaLeune sits down with Matt Wallden, one of the most respected educators and practitioners in osteopathy, rehabilitation, performance, and holistic health.
Matt has spent more than 25 years helping athletes, coaches, therapists, and everyday people understand the deeper causes of pain, injury, and performance limitations. As a long-time CHEK Faculty member, clinician, educator, and consultant, his work challenges many of the assumptions commonly made in rehabilitation and performance training.
Together, Joe and Matt explore why many injuries are not actually caused by the tissue that hurts, why recurring hamstring injuries continue to plague athletes despite modern rehabilitation approaches, how physiological load impacts performance and recovery, and why assessment remains the foundation of effective coaching and treatment.
Whether you’re a coach, therapist, athlete, or simply someone interested in understanding the body at a deeper level, this conversation will challenge the way you think about health, performance, pain, and recovery.
In This Episode
- Why “If you’re not assessing, you’re guessing” is more relevant than ever
- The Totem Pole Model and identifying the true driver of dysfunction
- Why hamstring injuries are often misunderstood
- The relationship between pain, injury, and tissue damage
- Why imaging findings don’t always correlate with symptoms
- Physiological load and the hidden stressors affecting recovery
- Lifestyle factors that influence injury risk and healing
- Lessons from elite sport and decades of clinical practice
- How to think more holistically about health and performance
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Website:
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Email:
enquiries@mattwallden.com
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