#17: Chronic inflammation could be why your muscles aren't growing (part three)

If you're choosing effective, early-phase loaded exercises, not over-training or under-training, and you're STILL not seeing muscle growth, chronic inflammation could be why.

Chronic inflammation can lead to muscle wasting, fatigue, pain, and more. It could be a reason why you're working out, but not seeing great results.

In this episode, Dr. Shannon discusses what contributes to chronic inflammation in the musculoskeletal system: stress, overuse, trauma, and dehydration/nutritional deficits.

She discusses why these four things can happen, and how to address them to ultimately see better results.

1:49 How Muscle Mass Can Decrease Your Chronic Inflammation

5:33 Acute Inflammation vs Chronic Inflammation

9:35 Natural Inflammation Cycle After Workouts

11:56 The Top 4 Inflammation Triggers

12:50 Stress

19:57 Overusing Your Muscles

24:23 Physical Trauma

24:52 Dehydration or Nutritional Deficits

25:45 Symptoms of Chronic Inflammation

26:37 Steps to Decrease Inflammation

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