Ten things you need to know about pain and injury:

  1. Living involves constant cycles of stress and recovery; degeneration and regeneration

  2. Injury occurs when stress on a part of the body exceeds it’s load or recovery capacity

  3. Stressors and damage can be beneficial or detrimental - it is the dosage which matters

  4. There are no bad movements, just movements the body isn’t prepared to tolerate

  5. Pain shows us the nervous system perceives a threat of damage (not always damage)

  6. Whether an experience is labeled as threatening depends on our state of being

  7. We can have pain with no damage, no pain with damage, or pain with damage

  8. Pain should be seen as information with potential value, not useless experience

  9. We can change our mindset, dosage or technique concerning particular movements

  10. It is not permanent: your body is not a temple but a living, breathing thing that regenerates

Jack White