Why Stretching Fails—And What Actually Fixes Chronic Pain with Butch Phelps
What if everything you've been told about stretching for pain relief is actually making things worse?
Butch Phelps is a functional massage therapist, award-winning author, and creator of the Stretch n' Release Technique. After surviving a head-on car accident at 18 that left him in a wheelchair, losing 135 pounds in his 30s, and overcoming debilitating back pain at 40, he spent more than two decades studying muscle mechanics to find what actually eliminates chronic pain.
In this episode, Butch explains why traditional stretching often makes chronic pain worse, why pain persists long after an…
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