Live More. Hurt Less. - by Sean Pastuch (Paperback)

About the Book

If you're tired of hesitating in life because of chronic pain, no matter your age, activity level, or how long you've been struggling - Live More. Hurt Less. will help you finally enjoy the relief you've been craving.

Book Synopsis

Break free from pain. Trust your body again. Build a life you love.

The older you've gotten the more you've found yourself making decisions about how to live based on what hurts and what doesn't. You never thought you would be in this position, and you wonder what you could do differently. All of that can stop. Your life can once again be defined by what you choose instead of what is chosen for you.

After 20 years helping thousands of people, including himself, return to full participation in the lives they want to live, Dr. Sean Pastuch has turned his process into a simple guide to help you too. While we all experience pain, this unconventional approach respects that each person's experience is unique, and puts the power back in your hands. For the first time ever, Sean's comprehensive solution that ends chronic pain for good is available to you.

Through powerful and often funny story telling, evidence-based principles, and actionable tactics, in Live More. Hurt Less. you'll learn:

• How to know when pain is cause for concern and when it's not
• How to use movement and exercise to build a capable body
• How to calm your mind when pain is driving you crazy
• How to add activity back into your life so that you stop reinjuring yourself
• How to figure out who you want to be on the other side of pain

If you're tired of hesitating in life because of chronic pain, no matter your age, activity level, or how long you've been struggling-Live More. Hurt Less. will help you finally enjoy the relief you've been craving. It's time for you to get back to being care-free, to making big plans, and to squeezing every drop of juice life has to offer.

"If pain science, psychology, lifestyle medicine, and strength and conditioning had a baby, this book would be it." -DR. KELLY STARRETT, NYT bestselling author of Built to Move, Born to Run, and Becoming a Supple Leopard

Foreword by Dr Gabrielle Lyon, NYT best-selling author of Forever Strong and Forever Strong Playbook, founder of Strong Medical and Muscle-Centric Medicine

Over more than 20 years Dr. Sean Pastuch and the Active Life team have helped thousands of people reclaim the life pain has interrupted. This book is your roadmap developed through those decades of work.

Review Quotes

Dr. Sean has spent decades coaching elite athletes and helping everyday humans navigate the minefield of persistent pain. Along the way, he's recognized a hard truth: unless you get lucky enough to find a genius practitioner with the time and skill to untangle your beliefs, behaviors, fears, habits, and next steps, the modern healthcare system simply isn't built to meet the needs of someone struggling with chronic pain and injury.

That's why this book matters.

In many ways, this is the conversation most people never get to have. It is a roadmap for understanding pain, reclaiming agency, and making sense of what can often feel like a confusing and isolating experience. I'd go so far as to say that reading this book before you or someone you love develops persistent pain could save years of unnecessary suffering.

Dr. Sean has created the resource that fills in the blind spots for patients, families, coaches, and clinicians alike. This isn't just another pain book. It's the work you didn't know you needed until you realize it has been answering the questions you've been asking all along.

- Dr. Kelly Starrett, NYT bestselling author of "Built to Move", "Born to Run", and "Becoming a Supple Leopard"