Your body won’t move.
Stretching isn’t working.
Massage keeps failing.
& no matter what you try… the stiffness never goes away.
It’s not your muscles. It’s not your age. It’s your FASCIA.
Here’s how this “wet suit” controls your mobility (& how to reverse the damage):🧵
Stretching isn’t working.
Massage keeps failing.
& no matter what you try… the stiffness never goes away.
It’s not your muscles. It’s not your age. It’s your FASCIA.
Here’s how this “wet suit” controls your mobility (& how to reverse the damage):🧵
What Is Fascia?
Think of a wet suit that wraps your entire body - that's fascia.
It's a connective tissue network that's completely interconnected.
When healthy, it's dynamic, movable, and flexible.
When damaged, it becomes your prison:
Think of a wet suit that wraps your entire body - that's fascia.
It's a connective tissue network that's completely interconnected.
When healthy, it's dynamic, movable, and flexible.
When damaged, it becomes your prison:
Researcher Helen Langevin made a shocking discovery while learning acupuncture.
When she inserted needles, something was "grabbing and pulling" at them.
MRI revealed: collagen fibers were winding around the needle like spaghetti on a fork:
When she inserted needles, something was "grabbing and pulling" at them.
MRI revealed: collagen fibers were winding around the needle like spaghetti on a fork:
The fibroblasts in fascia send chemical signals to surrounding tissue.
They respond up to several centimeters away from stimulation.
This causes tissue to expand and relax.
The research is clear: fascia needs to MOVE to stay healthy:
They respond up to several centimeters away from stimulation.
This causes tissue to expand and relax.
The research is clear: fascia needs to MOVE to stay healthy:
If you're sedentary and haven't touched your toes in years...
If body parts haven't been through full range of motion...
Your fascia develops scar tissue and the layers get "stuck together like glue."
If body parts haven't been through full range of motion...
Your fascia develops scar tissue and the layers get "stuck together like glue."
Sitting all day creates the worst-case scenario for fascia.
The connective tissue literally grows in that position.
You become frozen in poor posture - forward head, rounded shoulders.
Eventually, it becomes impossible to undo...
The connective tissue literally grows in that position.
You become frozen in poor posture - forward head, rounded shoulders.
Eventually, it becomes impossible to undo...
Most people think: "My muscle is tight, so I need to stretch."
WRONG.
It's not your muscle that's tight - it's your fascia that's stuck.
Stretching muscles won't fix fascial adhesions...
WRONG.
It's not your muscle that's tight - it's your fascia that's stuck.
Stretching muscles won't fix fascial adhesions...
The Right Way vs Wrong Way to Stretch?
WRONG: Two-dimensional stretches (just touching your toes)
RIGHT: Multi-dimensional elongation of fascial lines
You need to stretch fascia through multiple planes of movement.
The more you can elongate tissue, the better.
WRONG: Two-dimensional stretches (just touching your toes)
RIGHT: Multi-dimensional elongation of fascial lines
You need to stretch fascia through multiple planes of movement.
The more you can elongate tissue, the better.
→ The Essential Daily Stretches
Stretch 1: Band behind back (reverses forward head posture)
Stretch 2: Lateral bending (loosens shoulders and side body)
Stretch 1: Band behind back (reverses forward head posture)
Stretch 2: Lateral bending (loosens shoulders and side body)
Stretch 3: Psoas stretch (counters sitting all day)
Stretch 4: Double psoas stretch (''wrings out" the spine)
Stretch 5: Kneeling backbend with band (releases entire body)
Stretch 4: Double psoas stretch (''wrings out" the spine)
Stretch 5: Kneeling backbend with band (releases entire body)
Fascia doesn't just hold physical tension - it holds emotional trauma.
Injuries create "triggers" that can activate 20+ years later.
Rain, laughter, certain smells can trigger unexplained pain.
This explains mysterious body problems and phobias:
Injuries create "triggers" that can activate 20+ years later.
Rain, laughter, certain smells can trigger unexplained pain.
This explains mysterious body problems and phobias:
When you injure yourself, fascia goes into "protect mode."
It creates restrictions to prevent further damage.
But these restrictions often outlast the original injury.
Your body becomes stuck in a defensive pattern.
It creates restrictions to prevent further damage.
But these restrictions often outlast the original injury.
Your body becomes stuck in a defensive pattern.
We all get stiffer as we age (but it's not inevitable)
You must actively and aggressively prevent this.
Daily stretching is the ultimate prevention.
Start now, or accept being frozen later.
You must actively and aggressively prevent this.
Daily stretching is the ultimate prevention.
Start now, or accept being frozen later.
Your body is designed to move through full ranges of motion daily.
Sitting, repetitive postures, and lack of movement create fascial restrictions.
These restrictions compound over time until you're literally stuck.
Sitting, repetitive postures, and lack of movement create fascial restrictions.
These restrictions compound over time until you're literally stuck.
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