You don't realize how important your hip flexors are until you start training them. Your legs will feel substantially lighter as you pick them up to walk. It's easy to imagine how this translates to athleticism and injury prevention, among other things like digestion.

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There are plenty of ways you can add resistance, from ankle weights to tying dumbbells to your feet. However I prefer to use something like this to make it easier.

Bought my parents a Chromatorch recently. After a single session (~5 minutes) of shining it on the thyroid they noticed:

-Drastically reduced swelling in the neck (mom)
-A sense of invigoration similar to a cup of coffee (dad)

Since then they've been hooked and use it daily.

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Both of these experiences suggest improvements to the function of the thyroid. This is big because they didn't respond consistently to thyroid hormone supplementation in the past. Now all they need to do is shine a light on their neck.

If you don’t have the luxury of bathing in the tropical sun all day you’d probably benefit from supplemental light therapies. Which one(s) you should use depends on where you live, your circumstances, and your needs. Most people would benefit from several different types. ↓ Here is a breakdown of just some of the things that light does for you and why it is an absolute requirement for your life:

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Quarterback Matthew Stafford was dealing with a back injury that threatened his season. After utilizing the Ammortal Chamber he was not only able to recover but has put together an MVP quality season and arguably the best of his career. ↓
The Ammortal Chamber incorporates the following:

-Pulsed electromagnetic fields (PEMFs)
-Red & NIR light
-Vibroacoustic massage
-Molecular Hydrogen

These are some of the absolute basic ingredients for living organisms.

If your neck is compromised your brain will quite literally not be able to drain waste properly, backing up like a toilet. Instead of searching for yet another supplement (outside of the basics), look at the potentially limiting physical structures like the neck.

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The flow of blood, lymph, and cerebrospinal fluid can all be limited by the shape of the neck and the behavior of its muscles. When these limitations become habit, the health and function of the brain suffer greatly.

Often the target of cosmetic procedures, the lips are an important indicator of health and vitality. This is largely due to the orbicularis oris muscle facilitating nasal breathing, serving as a central hub for facial muscles, and acting as the gateway to the gut. The orbicularis oris (OOr) attaches to both the maxilla and mandible, encompassing the mouth. It contains several layers of semicircular fibers in both the top and lower halves. These fibers are interwoven with other nearby muscles such as the buccinator.

Dopamine is what allows you to ascend from your ape form while simultaneously infusing your life with effortless wonder and magic. Existence itself becomes beautiful and every moment in time feels like a gift. Here are some of my favorite ways to increase dopamine… Sunlight

Bright midday sun is irreplaceable for dopamine as UV light is involved in a number of dopaminergic adaptations. The sun is king but supplemental UV light during winter months can help provide a bit of a boost.

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Did your hair have its coffee this morning? Why not?

Put some instant coffee in a cup (with sugar), fill it up in the shower, and pour it over your head.

Easy way to get your hair some caffeine, vitamins, minerals, glucose, and antioxidative polyphenols. Some of the benefits of the different constituents:

-Caffeine: Metabolic stimulant, mild antioxidant
-B vitamins + minerals: Assist in numerous metabolic processes
-Sugar: Primary fuel source for hair follicles
-Polyphenols: Antioxidants for sensitive follicles

The vagus nerve allows for you to breathe, swallow, digest, and coordinates the happenings within your gut with the rest of your body. It goes beyond "anxiety" or "wellness", it is the central axis between the brain in your gut and the one in your head. open.substack.com/pub/vitaeaethe…

Weak and underactive facial muscles can contribute to an asymmetric or melting appearance of the face. Their role in expressing emotions implicates them in the state of your nervous system and metabolism. Occasional facial exercise can change how the face looks and how you feel. All of these muscles are connected, fascially. The tone or actions of one muscle, especially chronically, can shift how the soft tissues of the face, including the skin, wrap and move over bone. This can change one’s appearance but is not permanent, capable of change.

What did I say about third worlders stealing content? Literally just copy and pasted my own tweet, either forgot or was too dumb to swap out my title for his.

Why do you make this lie? @questmoosa

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More of the same third world behavior:

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The trapezius is one of the most influential, yet poorly understood muscles in the body. It connects the skull to the spine, arms, and hips while helping with respiration and movement of the cranial bones. Men and women alike would benefit from caring for it. The human trapezius originated from the cucullaris muscle in fish, which elevates the gills, flushing water over them. This muscle eventually split in two: the sternocleidomastoid and the trapezius.

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Single leg supine (lying) hip flexion is one of the best movements for the psoas muscles. The direction of resistance more closely resembles the natural action of the psoas: swinging the leg forward during gait. The psoas muscles primary responsibility is to help maintain lordoctic posture of the lumbar spine while flexing the hip to walk or run upright. This is why humans possess relatively large psoas muscles compared to apes.

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Hair follicles are so sensitive to oxidative stress that they run almost exclusively on (aerobic) glycolysis as opposed to mitochondrial respiration, despite the relative inefficiency in generating ATP. Hair then requires a steady supply of glucose in order to grow.
Mitochondrial metabolism, though far more efficient at generating ATP per glucose, also generates reactive oxygen species (ROS) as a byproduct. The rapidly-growing hair follicles cannot endure much oxidative stress, so aerobic glycolysis is favored instead.

The suboccipitals are deceptively small and weak but end up having a greater impact on your life than most other muscles. They can alter the shape of your face, your body, the state of the nervous system/brain and more.

Suboccipital megathread... These muscles first developed in land-dwelling vertebrates as heads separated from the rest of the torso forming dedicated necks. Supporting the weight of the skull while synchronizing its movement with the rest of the body was essential. This job fell to the suboccipitals.

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The obliquus capitis inferior contains the highest muscle spindle density in the body. It acts like a sensory organ, constantly coordinating rotation of the skull with both the eyes and inner ear.

This muscle needs integrated movement and training, not constant release.

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Skin cells and hair follicles are always in need of energy. Instead of fussing with expensive peptides why not give them what they need?

Topical creatine protects these cells from stress while also providing the energy they require to do just about everything.
In addition to skin health and appearance, creatine could also function as a means to calm and/or eliminate inflammatory skin conditions such as bug bites, rashes, eczema, etcetera. This again highlights the fundamental importance of energy in all aspects of biology.

Movement is driven by groups of muscles and fascia working as one. These “myofascial slings” are what allow for powerful yet beautifully efficient movement. Training with these in mind can enhance performance, reduce injuries, and lend to an aesthetically pleasing physique. The basis for the myofascial slings is the spinal engine; the spine being the axis for all movement in all three planes --not a stationary “stable” column. These slings help with the rotation and counterrotation characteristic of the human spine.

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Many issues of the jaw --pain, clicking, tightness, tinnitus-- can be traced back to weak and/or otherwise dysfunctional pterygoid muscles.

Here is an exercise that can help you turn on these muscles and restore proper function of the jaw:

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Take this exercise slow and feel your pterygoids contract as best you can while keeping the muscles beneath your tongue and in your neck somewhat relaxed.

As you get better you can try opening and closing your jaw in this same fashion.

Humming or singing is an easy way to stimulate your thyroid. The combination of the mechanical vibrations plus the shared vagal innervation of the vocal cords and thyroid improves blood flow to the gland increasing the synthesis and secretion of its hormones.
This study found that vibratory stimulation near that of the human voice achieved the following in thyroid epithelial cells:

↑Metabolic activity
↑Thyroglobulin, sodium-iodine transporter gene expression
↑ROS (from increased metabolic activity)

In all this would lead to increased synthesis and subsequent secretion of thyroid hormones.