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If you're ready to learn what works and what doesn't from leading experts, industry innovators, and respected clinicians across a wide range of specialties, you're in the right place, my friend. Let's dive in. There's a big difference between learning a technique and understanding a system. In today's episode, we're pulling back the curtain on the FAKTR rehab methodology. Not the marketing version, not the surface-level explanation, but the actual framework that drives how we assess, load, and progress patients. Because here's the truth: FAKTR is not a soft tissue technique. It's not just instruments, it's not just cupping, it's not just movement.

It's actually a progression model. And if you've ever wondered, why do we treat through painful movement? Or how do we decide when to progress a patient? If you've wondered, what does progressive overload actually mean in a rehab setting? And why do so many clinicians stop at function instead of— building performance? Well, then this episode is for you. In part 1 of this 2-part series, Dr. Todd Riddle, our Director of Education, breaks down the evolution of FAKTR from technique-based roots to a full rehabilitation continuum, why progressive overload is the missing link in most rehab programs. He'll also talk about the difference between treating a condition and treating a person, and how static, motion, resistance, function, and performance fit together inside the FAKTR system. You'll also hear why we believe pain during exercise isn't automatically the enemy and how to clinically differentiate between someone who's injured and simply having some sensitivity.

If you've taken a FAKTR course before, this will deepen your understanding. And if you haven't, this will give you a behind-the-scenes look at how the system actually works. Let's step inside.

The idea here is to give you a little bit of a background about what FAKTR is and the kinds of things that we're affecting with patients. We're going to be reviewing pain science and how it applies to FAKTR There's some nice symmetry between the current literature and the the concepts that we cover within a FAKTR course. We're going to discuss how FAKTR affects the musculoskeletal system and all of the things that apply there. So muscles, fascia, skin, uh, and we're also going to discuss how FAKTR

affects the nervous system. Again, some great symmetry between the two there. We're definitely going to be discussing a lot of information about progressive overload both here and in class because And at the end of the day, that's really what rehabilitation is about, is starting a patient where they're at as an individual and working them through progressive overload, managing their load so that we can make them more resilient to everyday life. And obviously we're gonna learn how to progress through the FAKTR concepts. First things first, we have to discuss what FAKTR is or the FAKTR system. Historically speaking, FAKTR was very much a course centered around soft tissue rehabilitation. Our co-founders, Dr. Hyde and Dr.