Dr. Dan Ginader: Your Glutes Don't Fire and Your Kegels Are Wrong - What Midlife Women Need to Know | #157

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Resting your pain away is not a strategy. It is how women lose strength, mobility, and years of active life.

I sat down with Dr. Dan Ginader, DPT and Clinic Director of Mims Method Physical Therapy in Manhattan, to unpack the real root causes behind common aches and why movement, not rest, is almost always the answer.

What we explore:

- How resting after injury creates the very weakness that leads to the next one

- Why pain is more often a signal of weakness than structural damage

- How the Musculoskeletal Syndrome of Menopause affects every tissue as estrogen declines

- Why frozen shoulder demands a stage-based approach; forcing it only backfires

- How glute weakness drives most "itises" in active women

- Why the pelvic floor is the hidden key to glute activation and pain-free movement

- Why it is never too late to start; it does require more consistency and patience

About Dr. Dan Ginader:
Dan Ginader is a Doctor of Physical Therapy based in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. He is widely recognized for his popular social media content, where he explains the common causes of aches and pains and offers simple, actionable ways to address them. With millions of followers across various platforms, Dan remains deeply committed to his in-person practice, where he treats a diverse range of patients, including professional dancers and Broadway performers. Over nearly a decade of experience, he has worked with manual laborers, corporate professionals, athletes, singers, and actors. This broad expertise enables Dan to connect with and provide effective care to people from all walks of life.

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Book: The Pain-Free Body: Simple Stretches and Exercises for Common Aches and Pains https://www.amazon.com/dp/1628606134

Timestamps

00:00 Intro: Why rest is rarely the answer to pain

01:46 The injury-rest-atrophy cycle explained

03:13 Rebuilding confidence through progressive movement

05:27 Injury pain vs. workout discomfort

09:41 Menopause and the musculoskeletal system

12:00 Osteoporosis, bone loss, and active women

15:02 How PT adapts for midlife women

20:26 Frozen shoulder: the two-phase approach

24:08 Glute tendonitis: weakness is the real culprit

30:47 Pelvic floor PT and why Kegels often backfire

33:33 The posture reset habit that actually works

40:00 Is it ever too late to start?

40:58 Myth-busting: foam rolling, stretching, heat vs. ice

44:10 Best recovery tool after heavy lifting

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