Built from Broken: A Science-Based Guide to Healing Painful Joints, Preventing Injuries, and Rebuilding Your Body

So my boyfriend has said I will be a doctor by the time I finish reading this book lol, primarily because I have been reading it so slow and intentionally.Between this book and cross-referencing my specifics with ChatGPT, I finally feel like I have definitive answers as to the cause over time of what appeared to be pain and injuries that came overnight. With a more detailed / science-based understanding of the why (as well as a new understanding of how the things I had been doing may be hindering), I can finally be hopeful that there is a real light at the end of the tunnel with consistent focus (hope that was non-existent after the fingerpointing and running around I've gotten from numerous doctors and specialists with no answers). Today will be Day 1 of me starting the Mobility routine and exercises, but I truly feel like this book has my answer and I don't have to accept the doom and gloom that had set in after being in ever increasing pain the past 3 years.

Since purchased in July 2021, I've returned to BFB numerous times for clarification, guidance and inspiration. It is an old friend that gives solid advice; it is more than a How To, it is a solid, safe attitude for using my marvelous and aging body. It is foundational. Thank you Mr Hogan.

Really good overall reference manual for the aging exercise buff. I think he puts far too much confidence in physical therapists; not all PTs are created equal. I've had more than my share of stinkers who do more harm than good.The book does a good job with most posture, muscle, and tendon issues. It's not comprehensive; there's no discussion on the neck or involvement of nerves (nerve dysfunction can impact both muscle function and mobility)

As a person who has suffered from knee issues for the last 10 years I have found working with a great PT that knows to focus on core and proper movement are key factors to better overall well being. This book is the icing on the cake that I hope leads to 100% knee recovery after decades of misuse.

The author gives very insightful advice on improving your body with science and common sense. The graphs and pictures were difficult to see in the e-book but the author did mention a better version of these files can be uploaded free on his website. Thus, that solved the only dislike I had when reading this ebook. I highly recommend this for anyone who wants to better themselves after recovery from an injury.

First off, kudos to the author for having the wisdom and initiative to take the road less traveled in the fitness world. Both his theoretical perspectives and his concrete applications deeply resonate with my own fitness journey, both as a client and a coach.I've been an athlete my whole life, starting ice hockey and soccer at age 5, playing through high school, getting immersed in endurance and outdoor sports during college, finding and falling deep into the CrossFit world in my early adult years, branching out into more focused gymnastics and mobility and movement-quality based paradigms and eventually transitioning from the hardcore dogma of "constantly varied functional movement at high intensity" to a more mellow, Daoist-like fitness philosophy. And, that philosophy cannot be better summarized than by the words of Lao Tzu himself:"Men are born soft and supple; dead they are stiff and hard. Plants are born tender and pliant; dead, they are brittle and dry. Thus whoever is stiff and inflexible is a disciple of death. Whoever is soft and yielding is a disciple of life. The hard and stiff will be broken. The soft and supple will prevail."Such words fly in the face of today's conventional fitness values that seem to always amount to an egotistical ambition to be 1) appealing to the opposite sex and 2) intimidating to one's own sex (assuming the athlete is heterosexual) and that the pursuit of these ambitions requires you to regularly endure PAIN, as in "no pain, no gain."What I like about Scott Hogan and others like him (Jerzy Gregorek, Tim Anderson, Dr Eric Goodman, Ben Patrick) is that they take ego out of the fitness equation by waking people up to a fundamental truth: you are not meant to be in pain. Pain, unlike what the ego tells you, is a sign that you're doing fitness wrong, not right. Hogan's book indeed takes this big picture approach and challenges readers to zoom out and reevaluate why they're really training in the first place. For that alone, I'd say it's worth a read.Another thing I really like about Hogan's work is his emphasis on joint health and range of motion as the non-negotiable foundation of all meaningful health and athleticism. Just stop to think for second: of what use is strength or muscle size if you're unable to simply occupy natural human positions? Any fitness paradigm that does not have mobility and movement quality as its foundation is a house of cards. Strength, power, and speed are all great, but when developed at the expense of natural range of motion, those "gains" eventually become "glitches." Kudos to Hogan for creating a program that will help exercisers of all stripes to repair and rebuild a solid foundation for pursuing their fitness goals. This is a great resource for anyone interested in staying supple and strong for life.

I picked up Built from Broken to help with stiff joints and long-term pain. The book offers a solid foundation on mobility and injury prevention, and I appreciated the focus on root causes rather than just short-term fixes.That said, it’s worth approaching the advice with some caution—especially if you're already injured. I found that trying things gradually and waiting a few days between new exercises helped me avoid flare-ups. Also, the book is a few years old now, and some of the information could use an update to reflect current research and practices.Personally, I did some Google and YouTube research on fascia hopping, and that technique made a big difference for my stiff joints—more than some of the methods covered in the book. So while the book is a decent resource, I’d suggest combining it with newer insights from other sources.

Has great insight to a very under used way of training. All the claims in the book are backed up with research and the training programs are amazing! This book is a must read for anyone who is in the realm of lifting. It doesn't matter if your an athlete, physical therapist, strength and conditioning coach, or just a everyday gym goer everyone can learn from this!