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Do you have a link to the study? I'm investigating pharmacological methods of improving fascial health and would like to have it as reference material.
When my dad stopped working is when I noticed his decline. He became less strong. Walked slower. I mean this was a man that was always on the go. Same with my gma.
My son’s physical therapist told me that when she was in college, her professor told her that whatever she wanted to be able to do at 80 years old, she needed to do daily while she was still young. I’m so glad this video was in my recommendations because I am 47 and feeling it! 😅
Her: I'm sure most people watching this video do not have back pain because my audience is quite young.. Me: who's had back pain since age 12-25yo (right now, old or young depending on mentality of readers,even though i never felt mentally young) 😑🥲😅.. pretty sure back pain due to lack of movement doesn't just depend on age, but in todays day and age it depends on lifestyle due to professions and situations which is quite a common problem than people realize (she did acknowledge we're getting sedentary though). Albeit my back pain was caused by combo of bad posture & lack of specific movements & too much of specific repetitive movements and not just one thing.
@@soul2soul4well it's just a feeling to me that changes by circumstances (felt old "mentally" since 12) because just couldn't fit in with my age people, and more with older people. And being old/young can both have pros and cons. -i don't take being old as negative at times because I've been put down by people for "being young". - some people shame older people so it's a complicated war I stay away from,though different generations have their biases & some are constructive criticisms. -That Aside i may have felt Older than my parents physically with the amount of health issues I've had to fix this past decade, but that tells me i shouldn't consider being old a symbol of health issues. -then there's also social media that makes people feel any one older than 18-20 is old sooo, it's feeling all the different kinds of old.
I'm 60 and all my friends ask me how I can still work out like I did in my 20s and I tell them it's because I believe I can and I never stopped working out. I feel so sad when people 15 or 20 years younger say they're too old to do this or that. I tell myself I'm too young not to 😁
As a teenager who’s severely depressed, dehydrated and who’s back as hurt since they were 10 I think it’s a very important thing that I’ve found this video.
I STARTED working out at 30. The benefits of Stretching and upping your heart rate every day is… indescribable. I am still the slowest and weakest gym member at 32 years old but it’s not a fix, it’s my life.
As a person who has the habit of exercising, I totally know how awful my body feels when I don't move for a few days! Even a 15 minute stretching routine makes all the difference.
Yes! The 5 pounds of water weight sets in quickly and becomes very painful for me. I have permanent hypothyroidism since having my thyroid 17 years ago, and am resistant to treatment, so vigorous exercise is crucial in my daily life in order to significantly combat the symptoms of prolonged hypothyroidism. Funny thing is that I actually have MORE energy now that my TSH is higher than ever, yet I feel mostly fine at this point.
Okay, old guy here (nearly 62). You just helped me better understand why I feel so darn good. I started yoga in 2014, adding calisthenics in recent years. My biggest regret is that I didn’t start sooner.
Here OLD guy, is an acronym you reeeeally need to learn. OLD: Overcoming Ludicrous Delusions Aging and decreptitude are all in the mind. Don't believe the hype.
@@OhHapppyDaay lmao what stop being so afraid of aging. There are things that we can do to increase our quality of life in our older ages, this person is doing just that and thats great
@@melissabruner1224 We created Holy Yoking. This is highly superior to the pagan, foreign yoga. Created by Christian Europeans FOR Christian Europeans... ...or anybody that is interested. We practise with the Holy Spirit and breathe while meditating on Scripture and/or prayer in Jesus' name. Initially inspired by not having access to any therapist or coach or knowledge of yoga much less how it worked, as a young child seeking psychological solace and decompression. Vastly superior to the pagan stuff that also happens to be infiltrated by dark, unclean spirits the more you get into it. Anybody can do it anywhere, with the Lord as their instructor. No filthy lucre involved. Easy and effective for those without a dime to spend.
I am 28 and I'm starting to feel the effects of not stretching everyday. Today was my first night actually doing yoga. And I felt so good when I went to work! That motivated me enough to start stretching.
"I'm sure most people watching this don't have back pain because my audience is quite young" Me, 19, with the back of an 80 yr old man: Baby I'm not even here. I'm a hallucination.
I've just graduated massage therapy school and I have to say that over half of what we talked about was fascial adhesion, fascial release, and connective tissue strain. When we weren't discussing the functions of the body or the anatomy and structure of bones and muscles, everything we talked about was fascia and connective tissue. I won't say that your fascia is your one cure for everything, but my god does it help. Headaches, joint sprains, muscle tears, even a simple low range of motion, all of it can be traced back to connective tissue in one way or another. Exercise and stretching daily is a better medicine than any pill !!!
Are there online courses for that, or smaller scale courses? I'd like to 1. learn more about it and 2. get somewhat proficient as massages for myself and partner/friends/family.
It's a shame that we don't hear more about this. I've suffered from chronic pain for the last several years, and scans are always "normal." Do you know how frustrating it is to not be able to have a diagnosis and for your pain to be dismissed by doctors? Medical massage and acupuncture are the only things that have helped me. I first heard the word "fascia" from my massage therapist, and this is like the 3rd video I've seen on the topic. Why have doctors not considered this part of our body to be a part of our body for so long??
I was born with scoliosis & as l got older after having my 2nd son my problems with my back started to be worse, I did acupuncture have a chiropractor & use an exercise bike daily, doing my best at 69😊
@@lailas.3205I don't know if you've considered diet, but if not, look up the book "No Grain, No Pain." 10 years ago I went gluten-free for another reason and was amazed when my joint stiffness and swelling went away. It had been chronic for years.
@@YeahButCanISniffUrPantsFist yeah, most people don't know about it. I've been a Fascial Stretch Therapist for over a decade and, everytime I tell someone that's what I do, people ask what that means 🤣🤣🤣
Makes a ton of sense. I do yoga daily, sometimes high intensity vinyasas but also always extended stretching. I've been doing it for about five years and all of my previously pretty bad back, shoulder and neck problems have literally disappeared. This must be the reason!
I'm curious how you do the Swan Dive in Sun Salutation with bad back. Swan Dive is the reason why I stopped doing yoga because of the bending down, my back would always hurt so much after that and make my chronic low back pain much worse.
@@PupasAtPlay Hmm, good question. I don't have any issue swan diving now but I definitely remember having to be careful when I started. My bad back was mostly because of too loose ligaments in the shoulders and pelvis, which made me hyper flexible - so what I had to be careful of was overdoing the poses when I didn't yet have the muscle support to match my natural flexibility. I'm sure the approach would vary depending on what kind of back problem you have (I'm sure yoga isn't the answer to everything and might even make certain problems worse), but for me, very carefully and mindfully building my core and low back muscles (through the dog poses, the warrior poses, supported bridge, etc) in the end helped support my overly weak joints and resulted in the disappearance of my back pain. I can't say for sure yoga would be good for you, but maybe you can discuss it with your doctor/chiropractor/whoever you go to to treat your back?
Absolutely not. That's way better explained by your muscles getting trained. I don't understand why people insert this fascia nonsense into stuff that's obviously controlled by muscles. Your muscles move your back, shoulders and neck. When you get a sore back, that's because you're basically doing a lift that's too hard to for you.
^^ science has been behind on this. The video even mentions she didn’t discover this until doing acupuncture. Acupuncture has been around for centuries and people in the west are just now deciding to study it? Odd.
Most people feel if they leave a doctor without a prescription they wasted their time. I asked my doc what I could do outside of medication, he looked at me like my head just did a 360 Its a long road to change that :(
They gotta make money off of you being unhealthy they just give you the medication that doesn’t work or screws you up even more so that they can get the big money when you are older more screwed up and more likely able to pay because you made all that money over the years
@@quinnydanny2060 I'm from the UK so that isn't the case, however there is still an incentive to reduce costs it's just from a different perspective since there is no cost to the individual.
Where do doctors say that lol?? A doctor is supposed to help a problem, not short term solution it.... To all the doctors ive been, none of them ever suggested medicine...they all suggest exercise, walking, caution to how i live and healthy food intake.
@@justinnaarden9290 Unfortunately it depends on what part of the world you live in. I live in South Africa, everytime I've went to the hospital I've gotten prescriptions of around 3 to 5 medicines. Just last month, I was suffering from severe constipation (as a result of a sedentary lifestyle, hence why I'm watching this video) and when I went to the hospital the doctor prescribed me 4 laxative medications and he said I should take them everyday. I asked him if that was safe and wouldn't I become dependent on laxatives, and he said well that's just something you'll have to live with for the rest of your life. So not all doctors have your best interests at heart
An exercise program that focuses on fascia is called Essentrics. It focuses on slow continuous movement rather than fast to work the fascia and connective tissue. Most of their videos are around 30 minutes which makes it easy to get into my schedule every day. Every workout stretches and strengthens every muscle and every joint in the body!
My friend's grandma was 98, walked unassisted however slipped one day in the garden and was in the hospital for a week. She went from walking unassisted to wheelchair bound because her body just stopped maintaining her legs due to lack of use for that short time. Sadly her grandma passed away a few months later. Things turn so quickly when you're older. Use it or lose it.
@ant when I was getting a health check, the lady told me that. She felt that I had muscle. She said continue doing what I’m doing bc that muscle protects the bones like cushion. I’m going to continue doing that.
Yeah I worked in 2 nursing homes for 7 years& all the nurses know once a resident falls& break anything that results in them being bed bound that it's all pretty much downhill from there. Not to mention a lot of times they end up w pneumonia from being in bed so much. It's really sad.& that after your older like that, falling can be your death sentence.
These "healthy habits" videos are a brilliant idea. I find when I have a deeper understanding of how something impacts the way I feel, I'm more likely to stick with the habits that make me feel healthier. Knowledge is power. Thank you for a well-thought-out and inspiring video!
I'm chronically depressed but thanks to videos like this I seem to be motivated to keep moving and stretching despite having no mental energy for anything else, since I tend to get "body anxiety" if I feel I don't care for it enough 😂
Oh boy at 20 you should be pain free and enjoying life. Sorry to hear. I was as pain free as can be during my 20s but now that I'm in my mid 30s, my body is falling apart 😂. I recommend getting a check up ASAP because it only gets worse. DO NOT wait! You will be missing alot of things once your back pain is in 'full effect'. Even stretching wrong can end up miserable. Happened to me. Get it professionally checked
I’m 23 and 2 back surgeries in, suffering from chronic back pain daily due to being depressed and sedentary, and this was the “strong case” that I needed to get moving and understand my pain better. Thank you so much ❤
I’m a physician and one of the most challenging conditions to treat is chronic low back pain. The absolute BEST thing you can do is move. Find a physiotherapist who you’re comfortable with and can help you progress over time. Some pain will always be there - the right practitioner can help guide you through safe vs unsafe pain. The more you move now, the less your pain will be in 6 months. Best of luck!
Firstly, look into inflammation causing things in your life and joint repair, both using proper nutrition. Secondly, do lower back exercises to strengthen the muscles in that area, if the muscles are not developed or used you can injure the area very easily and you essentially have almost no support for your joints. Thirdly, avoid sitting in bad positions where your lower back is strained. With the above three, guarantee it will at least improve. an option i recommend which also worked for me and people i know. Carnivore diet, that fucking makes all joint pain and soreness disappear (0 inflammatory foods and all the proteine and amino acids your body could ever need for repair and maintenance), but the restrictive nature of the diet is hard for some people so its not for everyone.
Stop counting on doctors. They are worthless. I can't believe you already had 2 surgeries at 23. That should be illegal. As the other commenter who's a doctor wrote, it's Nearly impossible for them to treat. (Yet they will aprove a surgery which will do nothing but potentially hurt you more)
As a massage therapist who deals with fascia every single day... Yes! Yes! That's also why you need to move as quickly as healthy after surgery or injury. Fascia also hold trauma to protect you in the future. The faster you can teach it everything is OK you can mitigate long term damage and pain
i’m happy i didn’t stay off my feet after injuring my ankle last year i think that’s the reason it’s doing so well now. but now i’m dealing with topfoot pain from wearing mules
I wonder if fibromyalgia is what happens when you don't get back to moving quickly enough. No one told 14yo me how to fix my sore neck, nor to hurry back to movement. Now I'm 38 and have had chronic pain ever since, and not just in my neck - everywhere.
I've been telling my parents for years that If you keep moving, you will stay moving. You will have a better range of movement into your old age if you regularly exercise and stretch. I should show them this video.
It would be good if you can share it with people. However, you also gotta reconcile the old saying "You can bring a horse to water, but you can't make it drink". If they continue to choose to live unhealthily even after being informed, that is unfortunately their right.
My mom stays in bed all day everyday and complains about how her body hurts and she can't move. I'm always trying to get her to at least try to move around! It hurts now, but after time it will get better! I'm sending this to her, but I know it won't change her ways.
@@OktoberVanderslice you can frame it in a fun way, find something she likes to do outside the home then incorporate a little bit of exercise, slowly at first so she doesn't realize it, then you can build up the intensity when she gets more mobile
this confirms what my body already knew, whenever im sedentary for too long i feel lethargic, n now that im going to the gym 4x a week i feel more energized during the day, less anxious, n fall asleep super easily,, n i thought that itd be extremely tiring to exercise so often,, yall gonna catch me when im 65 lifting weights at the gym lmaoo
Oof, I need to start moving again but it feels so daunting as i'm feeling so tired and worn out and don't think i'd have the energy to go out and exercise
Same. My body was shutti g down and now I'm feeling better. The worse thing is to be on computer and cell phone for too long and also not getting vitamin D.
@@fhsjdjskkshi also search for that fun movement which is specific to you (dancing, hiking, biking, swimming, kayaking)! That will make it more motivating when doing the stuff thats not necessarily enjoyable (strength training: body-weight bearing, lifting weights, H.I.I.T. etc.) Just make sure you are going through your body's full range of motion (along with every plane of motion) in your exercise regimen.
This inspired me to actively stretch for the first time in years. I'm only 23 but was unable to touch my toes. Mindfully stretching and breathing for just 10 minutes, while uncomfortable, made it so I was able to touch them again! I'm on a self-improvement journey after neglecting myself in my teens up till about a year ago and this will definitely be added to the routine!
I'd love to see a video about the importance and the impact of sleep or lack thereof on the body. A lot of people underestimate it, and your videos are so good and easy to get.
I really appreciate how you don't use too much background music. It's not necessary and a little bit goes a long way. Thanks for a great video. I've been stuck lately. This should help.
This video came out just as I've decided to start stretching everyday. I'm not as flexible as I was when I was younger and I'm tired of aching when I haven't even hit 18, lol. Thank you for informing me (and many other people) why movement is a necessity.
Also, fascia can become very tight from hormones. So if you have other changes in sleep, skin, hair, weight, and mood, I'd ask your dr about hormone regulation or a naturopath about hormone testing
same, before quarantine i could point my feet really straight, i could hold my leg next to my head and i could almost do a full split, now i can’t even sit criss cross without my hamstrings hurting :/
I m almost 17 and i m a very flexible person. Since almost 3 years ago i was moving almost non stop. But when covid hit, my family moved and i didn t have where or with who to go out anymore. And since then everything started hirting more and more. I ve tried to get back into yoga but even a little strech can be incredibly painful. This made me realize why i should keep trying
Try yoga again but don't be sad if you can't do the whole move. Start it in your range of motion. It will get better with time as your fascia, muscles and ligaments get used to a new range of motion the more you move. It just takes some time to get to the old range of motion.
“Very flexible” could mean a connective tissue disorder called Ehlers-Danlos which needs carefully managed because movement can be a catch 22 one you start to get out of shape.
@@Busybeemiss i ve searched up the symptoms and i don t think i have it. I ve never dislocated anything and i am not double jointed or znything. But thank you
This. If you work in an office environment or don't move certain muscles for a long time this definitely happens in "healthy" individuals. You can also thicken your fascia with repeated overtraining while not stretching enough.
@@ANTSEMUT1 I would suggest stretching before AND after a workout, precisely like you do if you go for a run (before and after). If you lift weights the stretching will significantly help you when it comes to blood flow and muscle shortening while also stopping the thickening of the fascia as well.
@@ANTSEMUT1 Difference between static and dynamic stretching. Dynamic stretching is recommended before a workout and static stretching is recommended after a workout.
But because it isn't an immediately visible thing, you get ridiculed and vilified for trying to use this as an explanation. You're the crazy one, the stupid one, the lazy one the (derogatory title here one)
I want to ask we know massage can helps body, but people doing massage as a job most of it was from see it and practice from the Other Massager Teacher. All of this information about fascia is brand new. so it was like medical and theoretical finally able to explain traditional practices do you feel validatedyo ? Also with the medical and theoretical finally catch up we can probably refined the massage techniques with technology imagine you can scan your patients fascia and then it give you better insight how to handle your clients with the right technique and had a prove it give better results. So the possibility is open to discover, did it was excited for you?
Yes. This explains why I like getting the massage that makes me feel like I got beat up. I found it made me less stiff later, but felt kind of stupid trying to explain why I did this.
Massage is all about muscles / the nervous system and not about fascia. There's very little evidence that fascia have anything to do with anything we do in exercise.
Unlike your other viewers (lol) I have back pain and slipped disc and people have been telling me get massages and do yoga and exercise regularly. I did all those things and my pain lessen significantly, but no one can explain clearly why. Your video is legit the first time I've heard of fascia and made me understand why stretching and massages helped with the pain. Great work as usual, Kiana!
I have 2 herniated discs. I've done chiropractic treatment and acupuncture. Noticed that despite been outside about 6 hours daily mostly walking in NYC during a weekend I didn't get any pain. I was really surprised but this video helped me to understand why. I'm a health articles junkie and never heard of fascia before.
It isn't always good to stretch and exercise when you have pain. Pain is a warning sign that tells you something is wrong. It is your body's way of communicating and trying to make you slow down. I ruptured a disc in my lower back and I was in agony. Many people suggested exercise, physical therapy, etc.. but it was the wrong thing for me. I did as they suggested and even went to a physical therapist. My ruptured disc got much worse and the material inside the disc leaked out and onto my sciatic nerve. I lost feeling in parts of my foot and calf. The nerve damage was permanent. I was then told I needed immediate surgery and they had to fuse my spine where the rupture happened. Instead, I decided to do what my body was telling me, which was to stop moving and let it heal. It took months to heal, but it eventually did, and I don't have pain from that injury anymore. Now when I get any pain that is beyond mild, I rest my body and do no exercise until it heals. For many people exercise may help pain, but resting after an injury is crucial when your body is trying to heheal from a major injury. If i hadn't done the physical therapy and exercise, i wouldnt have the nerve damage I have. Sometimes we just need to slow down and rest.
@@benjaminroman916 be careful. Herniated discs can rupture with too much exercise. I left a comment just above this one about what happened to me. Listen to your body. As long as there's no pain, it's OK to exercise, but if it hurts, rest and let your body heal.
@@mygirldarby I am sorry for your experience and thank you for sharing. I am very careful. The only exercise I am doing is walking. Nothing extreme. But I was pleasantly surprised to be able to walk and be active for a few days while exploring NYC w/o pain during and the day after. How do you deal with the rupture disc? Are you in pain?
I'm a manual therapist, in practice now almost 30 years. Fascia is where it's at!! SO MANY health problems are linked to the fascia, from chronic pain, to emotional trauma, lymphatic disorders and even to cancer formation. It appears that it is the link between the mind and body in ways we don't fully understand, and that emotional stress sends signals to the fascia to "tense up", as I've seen working with it professionally for a long time, like normal jello going to dried out, tough jello. The mind is that powerful! This is why people with no x-ray or MRI findings of problems can develop intense, debilitating pain and lack of mobility-the fascia is TEMPORARILY non-flexible. The good news is that this is easy to remedy when we address the whole person-spirit, mind AND body. I am amazed the healing miracles that can happen when we focus on the health of our fascia!
I used to think the mind/body thing was woo woo. Now it seemd just plain obvious that the idea the mind and body are in any way separable is just ridiculous.
i had really bad back pain for as long as i can remember, but since i’ve started doing yoga on a daily basis, it disappeared. good to know the science behind it
That happened to me too! Daily yoga has been so much more helpful in preventing back pain than chiropractic care. For me, anyway. I think yoga made me a lot more mindful of my posture, and that has helped.
@bina nocht that’s so interesting! It can be so hard to get all your tasks and to do‘s done in one day and the thought of having to fit in 1 hour of exercise can be overwhelming. 10 minutes or 20 minutes sounds very reasonable. Amazing that it helps so much!
Fasci(a)nating stuff. Daily yoga since the beginning of this year has completely changed the way my body feels (except for the tendonitus in my shoulder! Gotta go easy on those downwards dogs... it’s all about balance, right?).
How can I bring myself to do yoga and stretching? I like fitness workouts in general, but for some reason yoga just seems so boring and slow, even though I understand it's good for the body
@@PG-qn8od Try DDP Yoga, very motivating and little less meditation and more working on stuff like this. DDP says stuff like ‘break up that scar tissue’ when it’s really breaking down this disordered fascia and letting it reorder itself.
Not all your audience is "quite young." I am a 63 year old male who finds your videos well researched, reliable and nicely produced. Keep up the good work!👍
“Motion is lotion” you’d be surprised how many muscle aches can be helped by stretching, yoga and just making yourself go through the full range of motion
I know how you guys feel! I am going through a depressive dip right now and lost all kinds of motivation (trying to lose 30 pounds). I am part lazy part unmotivated and part depressed (diagnosed at 13). This video actually does help me get re-motivated!
I'm the same I did it like 4 years ago then I had 2 kids and yoga was right in the back burner. I was feeling terrible stiff and low energy I did one beginner yoga session for 30 minutes I fucking feel like a different person it's unbelievable
Please research the true meaning of the yoga poses, it is a RELIGION. Some people that practiced it too intently were overcome with demons. Just do normal stretches, not yoga poses which worship Hindu gods.
My physiotherapist told me fascia is important if it goes to scars too. As a kid I had few surgeries that left scars and apparently these scars underneath my skin glued surrounding muscles and in result limit my movement. I was shocked, never thought that scars could be anything more than esthetic concern.
Scar tissue is a thicker version of what you see on the surface, imagine your body trying to inperfectly sew itself back together. I've got a bunch in both eyebrows I can even feel and move the tissue around Fingers crossed you don't have any nerve damage, that's the worse
I’ve gotten into a super unhealthy mindset where as long as I stick to a very low calorie intake in the day, I don’t have to exercise. Well… I can tell you now that shit is NOT working for my weight loss goals. Not one bit. Back to the gym I go! 😔
I’m a highly active 38 year old female with chronic low back pain. Even without the research, I can attest that stretching, foam rolling, and massage have made it easier to live with. It’s great there’s now research on fascia. Thanks for sharing!
@@tiffanyfett1159 not really sure what “38 is not young” has to do with anything. I am definitely not young. I eat right, do resistance training, cardio, etc., hence I am “highly active”. The comment was just meant that working the fascia can help improve pain and discomfort.
@@differentone_p you can do a simple yoga routine for 20 minutes, dress for it in 5 minutes, and change back into regular clothes in another 5 = 30mins a day. That's longer than an average scrolling session we have on bed or a youtube watching session sitting at our desk. There's definitely time for 30 minutes to take care of our health in a day
Fascia is so underrated. I've been lifting weights for YEARS and cannot stress enough how much fascia can help recover and grow muscle tissue. Also vitally important to prevent injury. I personally use stretching and foam rolling after workouts to prevent DOMS (delayed onset muscle soreness) because if you workout, that fascial tissue grows along with muscle tissue, if I don't my muscles get WAY TOO TIGHT! If your fascia is too tight, it compresses muscle tissue and gives it no room to grow or repair from microtears. Loved the video
About 20 years ago I was studying Chinese medicine and massage and I was struck by the realization that the meridian system used in acupuncture perfectly traced the outlines of the major bands of fasciae throughout the body. I searched for years to find confirmation of this as a wider understanding in both eastern and western scientific literature but was ultimately disappointed to find nothing on the subject. Needless to say I'm moved and grateful to see your video today, both validating and adding to my original theory. I believe your comments regarding the other amazing attributes of myofascial health and tension release can be more fully understood in the context of acupuncture and acupressure, should you find it rewarding to study more in-depth.
This is awesome, i had a massage therapist who told me about this guy who discovered fasia decades ago but wasn’t taken seriously because there weren’t studies. Goes to show that ancient medicine was practiced for a reason!
There are many medicines, or practices in traditional chinese medicine that work very well and are now being researched as alternatives to modern medicine, however their explanations are almost always wrong, not due to lack of intelligence, arguably the chinese doctors were better than the ones we have now, but due to not being able to analyze our biology with technology. So keep that in mind. Most of their ideas about biology revolve around mythical ideas like magic and stuff like that, so it's just humbug. If you think about it; now we have doctors, pharmacists, chemists, biologists working together to understand how to heal illnesses and it doesn't work very well, most people in our society get sick. Back in the day, they had healers, healers that would basically empirically logically derive ways that work to heal illnesses like certain plants, certain diets, acupuncture or something similar, nowadays most of the meds, and methods of traditional chinese medicine has been proven to work, like the two herbal formulas, Yueju pill and Chaihu-jia-Longgu-Muli-tang for example.
@@royce6485 We've known about fascia for thousands of years, bro. He just wanted to be special. You literally see tons of it when dissecting cadavers and that's what our medicine is based on. I mean literally, the birth of modern medicine was basically taking animal corpses apart. We just don't completely understand fascia and everyone who claims otherwise is a fraud.
@@soez_strg6166 I half-way agree with you, but to just write off the classical energetic descriptions as mysticism is a painful misunderstanding of what they were doing and what they accomplished. It demonstrates an ignorance of the elegance of the lost history that the arrogance of modernity seeks to censor. But for somebody who has struggled with medical incompetence for over half a century there are certain facts I cannot even conceive to disregard. The part in your statement that I agree with is the criticism that the language doesn't fit well with our modern reductionist scientific medical language. I'm confident time and diligence would remedy that should we survive our arrogance as a civilization and develop a more fluid approach to language that deconstructs the inherent dogmatic authoritarian mindset of western civilization, a mindset so toxic and useless in the philosophy of TCM... despite its necessity in the marketplace. The holistic theory that 20th century political activists sought to eliminate in both geographic cultures, that foundation of healing, has validating practical applications in diagnosis and treatment... whereas the modern milieu has done great harm in terms of understanding the patient's deeper needs beyond surface phenomena, especially in appreciating the emotional, dietary and cyclical constituents of physical disease as inseparable causal relationships. Modern doctors seem to have zero comprehension of the distinctions that need to be made in diagnosis, in part because they have rejected the reading of the pulses and other forms of physiognomy necessary for quick palpation in order to perform routine treatments, which simply do not exist in this regime. If treating disease were so simple, to this mindset, there would be no profit. This is why somebody with chronic illness such as myself can afford weekly treatments in a TCM clinic and eventually see progress, whereas it takes me over six months to be seen by a conventional western doctor, only to typically be forced to reject their treatment and diagnosis because I've already experienced the identical incompetence of the last doctor and realized that this rejection is key to my survival. If I come to these conventional doctors with a specific complaint, I have learned that this will be the last thing they ever consider exploring and honestly it's shocking just how dumb and fumbling these "esteemed practitioners" have presented their so-called abilities. Sorry if this seems like exaggerated hyperbole, but I can tell you from the many people I have interviewed, my experiences are only unique in my willingness to keep trying to work under these conditions, because that's what insurance covers, (and because I'm desperate to believe I'm wrong, maybe?) Medicine for profit at the scale it's being performed today has no rival in terms of human suffering and malignant outcomes. At least wars are somewhat transparent in their evil ideologies. With this medicine it's difficult to discern if what we are seeing is pandemic ignorance or mass psychopathy because it's so difficult to believe either potential cause is even possible at this scale. This modern medical establishment has little in the way of any formal critique, not since the political writings of Dr. Benjamin Rush which were so prescient. It should be no surprise that the current establishment, embracing profit, has mastered sophistry to such an ugly degree that we are prone to dismiss its failures so easily given the blindness acquired from the last century of institutionalized gaslighting. But that's the thing about mass manipulation, the ubiquity of a widely accepted narrative, enforced by threats of violence, will warp reality around the mind of the indoctrinated to push out any other perspectives. We are just so loyal as a species, to our own demise, when the widely available economic and philosophical discourse offers no other way of thinking. Elite capture and creative reframing of the concept of socialism over the course of 150 years is a perfect example of this in political conversations. Another decade of internet communications might change all that, I'm hoping, if we can survive any of the looming extinction events that have been engineered by our leaders' idiocy (or genocidal whims). I know this critique is rarely taken with any seriousness by those who have not shared my experiences and research, but I still feel morally obligated to explain them, in depth.
I was hospitalized for two weeks and in bed recovering for a month. This was back in 2019 and still today it’s difficult for me to stretch. I started walking more and stretching and slowly getting back to being more limber but noticed that if I don’t stretch for a few day, my body get stiff again. I’m glad stumbled on to this video and I’m definitely going to stretch and move more every day. Thanks for sharing this!
This is seriously the best channel on youtube. Well researched, beautifully presented, masterfully edited, no hyperbole, no exaggerated non-sense. Just excellent health information supported by real science. I learn something new every time a watch these videos. Thank you
I’m 45, obese, but super flexible and active. I have zero body pain and do yoga for 15 minutes every day. I tell everyone who will listen that stretching is one of the most important things you can do for yourself. Now I just have to lay off the doughnuts and do cardio 30 minutes a day. Thanks for the random video in my suggestions!
Try power yoga! I started doing it whit a 30 day challange (empawered by Travis Elliot) and now i’m addicted. I’ts a fast paced practice but it combine strenghtening and stretching.
My husband is a PE teacher and does teach this. But he's the first to admit he's the only PE teacher he knows that does. He doesn't do a unit without explaining the parts of the body and what's happening in the body when performing a specific exercise or sport.
@@pigpjs Tbf all my PE teachers were like that. Also you learn about this in biology, PE and anatomy. It's just that most people don't pay attention. I may have gotten lucky with my PE teachers and I had more classes about these things because I went for science in school. But at a basic level it should be taught everywhere. At least in my country (Spain) My country also has the best healthcare system in the world so Spain is probably a best case scenario rather than the norm 😅
I was regularly exercising most of my life but totally stopped it for 3 years since the pandemic started. My body feels terrible. Aches everywhere, increased in resting heart rate etc. I thought it was me just getting older (38 this year) but I guess it's due to this Fascia thing too. I'm gonna start stretching daily too. So glad youtube recommended this video
OMG the same here. I am 34 and was in a good shape before pandemic, regular cardio and exercising. Now I also have a higher heart rate snd cannot do cardio 😭. Started thinking to do yoga or stretching
I am over 40, and there was about 5 years ago, I stopped playing soccer. After that, I slowing was feeling the pains of "just getting older". Then I started yoga daily and working out more and drinking more water. Wow, I felt a huge difference right away! There was pain I didn't even know I had the just released. Just keep moving my friends!
@@ad2094 yeah but if you don’t know, you should want to change as few things as possible if you’re wise. It should be self-explanatory really as to why the converse is imprudent. If I don’t know about cars but am using chewing gum to hopefully stop a leak in the gas tank should I start cutting wires and hoses willy-nilly while I’m at it?
@@samsungtelevision695 while I completely agree with you, that would be the intelligent approach. However.. a car comes with a manual, the designer/manufacturers explain the way it works. Human bodies never had a manual, and our creator isn't in the habit of talking back. So, as with anything, becomes trial and error - for the purpose of better understanding/knowledge. And because of that, the human body DOES have a 'manual' now-a-days (medical books) where doctors/surgeons understand it in great detail. Still, I probably wouldn't want to be the experiment where Dr is figuring stuff out lol
I’m 36 and developed chronic sciatic nerve pain as well as pain in the tissues of my lower back. What has REALLY helped is starting strength training followed by diff varieties of deep stretch yoga after every session. For some reason, Vit D+K supplements helped me too but my lower back is rarely in agony like it used to be and I LOVE half-butterfly forward folds to stretch my low back specifically on each side. It has helped IMMENSELY in the last year.
This is actually super interesting. I had a post operative wound and I was told not to exercise while it healed as it was in a really sensitive area. It didn't heal properly for 10 years. I finally said "nah, I'm not putting my life on hold anymore" started working out, the wound's so far healed and has stayed that way for 6 months. Maybe that's related!
I'm sorry it took so long! When I gave birth I was told to keep walking lightly and keep moving to help with healing, as well as of course washing the parts with water 4 x daily. Movement must be connected to healing, as I've heard similar advice given for c-section scars as well.
Why would they have disregarded the fascia before as something dead when it's in your body so obviously it's something that is very much alive and interconnected to everything else.
@Filthybaka & that's the oldest layer of skin ready to come off for the new layer Skin is still alive & breathing Don't they say it's the largest organ
Because they didn't see it as important Also they didn't know the purpose so since they didn't know what it was & what it was for they didn't consider it They pretty much disregarded it & didn't care for it so they decided to tell ppl its dead
It is passive tissue. You're almost certainly not improving any problem with your fascia with exercise and any problem you notice is almost certainly not due to fascia.
My mom says that drinking water upsets her stomach! She only drinks soda and surgery artificial juice drinks, even though she has kidney trouble and is pre-diabetic.
I’m so glad I found this video. A whole generation of us who've watched our elder family members suffer and struggle with health problems, and we are lucky enough to have all kinds of information available so that we don't have to have the same fate. What a time to be alive.
IM SO PASSIONATE ABOUT FASCIA. My massage therapist has trained under the guy that “discovered” it (basically made it popular in the modern world). For years and years he talked about its existence but people didn’t take him seriously because there were no medical studies backing it up. Doctors denied the existence of fascia because it is a vast network. I can’t talk about it without cautioning the depressive apathy of the medical world. Doctors just don’t seek out and listen to patients and anecdotal evidence. People have been talking about myofasial release since the 1980s at least. But it wasn’t “discovered” by science until the mid 2000s. Genuinely disappointing that the medical community is so far behind but this is an important reminder to listen to your body. And go see a massage therapist who does myofasial release! Edit: i have chronic pain because of anxiety and taking care of my fasia is the only thing that has brought me relief.
May I ask how anxiety leads to pain? I dont doubt it, I just wonder exactly what you mean. I have both(along w 75 other things), and I never really considered the connection aside from the fact that anxiety cripples me to the point that I dont move. It's such a vicious cycle...pain makes me not move, and not moving causes anxiety. And then anxiety causes me to move even less. Im a yoga teacher and do it daily, but I still have so much tightness and pain. If I didn't do yoga however, I wouldn't even be able to walk. I think my connective tissue disorder is my primary culprit bc since my joints don't work properly, my muscles have to overcompensate and are eternally tight or spasmed.
@@pocasanchez on top of what you already know you're dealing with in terms of your connective tissue disorder, yes anxiety can lead to pain. Chronic pain, breathing issues, long term health complications due to elevated cortisol levels (I think ?) I had a friend in hs who literally passed out from panic attacks. For a couple years I had vomiting episodes that lasted 12 hours every time, every few months. Nobody knew what was happening. Funny now that I am properly medicated for my mental illnesses I'm not having them. Yeah anxiety can contribute to your muscles tensing up, but it doesn't make much of a difference.... I don't mean that negatively it's just, if it's from anxiety or something else, as long as you've been tested for anything serious and cleared, it won't make much difference in how you choose to treat it. Yoga is good for anxiety and muscle tension, and a lot of things tend to benefit both our bodies and minds at the same time :) Good luck on your journey, this video has convinced me to try acupuncture.
Omg my friend (who is very athletic) has been AFTER me to start stretching before and after my walks. I never have bothered...and now not a week after her last lecture, this video appears. The universe is trying to tell me something here... (Great to see a new video from you!! I love your stuff so much, it's so well edited and put together and always educational!!)
Would love to know why some of us humans develop so much anxiety around beginning any sort of task we need to do, to the point of procrastinating for hours or even days until the very last minute! This is something that seems to be controlling my life and preventing me from doing things I really want to do.
When we procrastinate we tend to do it because we’re avoiding a feeling not the task itself. So maybe asking yourself what is the feeling you associate with all those tasks might help you understand yourself a bit. Also habits, if we’re used to be a certain way or prioritise certain stuff we find it difficult to see something else as urgent or important, it’s all about relearning and creating new patterns, in the end is behaviour so it modifiable ♥️
Many reasons, but here's a few commn reasons: 1. "It's going to be too hard" (This is also called "Low Frustration Tolerance") 2. "Even if I do it, it's not going to be satisfying or rewarding" 3. "If I can't do it perfectly, then I'd rather not do it at all"
I'm 21 and already suffer from back pain. I thought losing weight would help but the pain still persisted. I've now realized what the problem was. Thank you.
In acupuncture, this grabbing by the fascial fibers is called “attaining the Qi”, like a feeling of a fish on a fishing line, and is considered essential for therapeutic effect. Incidentally, the word 经络 jingluo, often translated as channels or meridians, comes from textile weaving on vertical looms. The 经 jing are the vertical threads and 络 luo are the horizontal threads. Acupuncture channels were never meant to describe mystical lines of magical energy, they were descriptions of the fabric-like fascial scaffolding that surrounds and holds everything in place.
As a massage therapist who’s been at it for almost a decade, I LOVE that fascia is starting to be understood and explored! I’ve been warning clients about moving for their fascia for so long! It’s so good to hear others talk about it! 3:35 I always liked reminding people that via their fascia their big toe is connected to the back of their eye.
I'm an overweight man, into his 30s and just started to become active again. I used to be able to do splits in my youths and I've restarted to be able to do the splits today after many months of stretching. Today I was just talking to my friend and wondered what benefits does being flexible have, and lo and behold I found this video accidentally. Now I'm really happy I was able to be flexible again.
I have been struggling with chronic pain, RUclips, doctors etc and your video really helped me understand about how fascia works. Thank you very much! This is a life changer🙏🏼 God bless you
*DANCEXERCISE* When none of the sports or disciplines you' ve tried motivates you enough but you refuse to give up and sit down. *You play 5 songs in a row (minimum, more is welcome, ovbiously) at home, dancing and singing like no tomorrow. Every single day* It may sound silly and/or uneffective. But just by going everywhere walking and 20 mins of daily movement and enjoyment makes THE difference. 🧛🏻♀️🖤
Dancing has been found to be one of the best ways to motivate yourself physically, AND, it's amazing for the brain as well. Social dance is the best for body and brain health.
this is so true. also i feel happier when dancing and it boosts my mood. im a horrible dancer lmao but i tried to stretch and then dance otherwise ljke my left side hurts
I’m not as consistent as I should be but I tell people that they should play 3 to 5 songs and just dance! There were some songs from back in the 80s that were about 10 minutes long😂 Depending on what you’re listening to, 3 songs could get it 😂 But the goal for me is 15 to 20 minutes🥰
The importance of regular exercise was illustrated to me when I heard the statement “ If all the benefits of exercise were accessible in a pill form, it would make millions” . Thanks for your fantastic presentation.
It is true, I just invested in a huge stretching book. Whenever I feel a tight area I immediately apply stretching to those areas. There is no doubt it is beneficial. Some online say stretching is great and then others say it is not. Now I have found out that stretching keeps me more flexible. As we all know, that is what we want as we age.
Well I'll tell ya what, I'm turning 33 tomorrow. I am not in the "young" category but I'm not old either and I suffer from extreme back pain! It's gotten worse this year and I think I know why now. I literally sit on a recliner and work from home 8 hours a day. Then when I log off I sit there till bedtime. I wake up super stiff and back gets sore from minor chores. I started stretching everyday for a month now due to the PT recommendation and it's been helping. I bet if I start moving even more maybe that will help the back pain! Thank you for doing this video and all the research, it definitely opens my eyes!
I had a lot of lower back surgery when I was your age. I found a yoga teacher who specialised in remediation stretching, after a few weeks I felt the scar adhesions break up and I started walking properly again. I would definitely recommend you find a professional who can guide you to stretch without adversely stressing your back to help reduce your pain levels. Good luck!
@@watchesfromedges Thank you for this! I was recommended yoga by three doctors so I guess I should start there! Glad it has helped you, are you still having pain or did it go away after surgery and yoga?
@@samanthawds I still have to be careful to pay attention to how I sit in chairs and turn in bed and that sort of thing but it becomes habit very quickly. I am normally pain free now as long as I keep my limitations in mind and don't over stress my back. Exercising within my limits to maintain my core strength, stretching and keeping my weight down play a big part in staying pain free these days.
Love the video. As someone with fibromyalgia I feel this on a very deep level. Doctors for years have told be I need to move and never let myself get too sedentary because it will only cause more pain
This is one of the best explanations of facia I’ve come across. This is why I started stretching every day. I came across something (an article, Which lead to videos) about facia and was determined to become more active again and lose weight, reverse what was possible and accept the rest… Then I broke my leg and fractured my ankle and could hardly move for weeks. I lost leg muscles I didn’t know I had. Once it was bearable to move at all, I began stretching what I could, until I could finally touch my toes and bend my knee again. My ankle was more stubborn. 7 months in and while I’ve improved a lot, I’m still trying to “untangle my facia” as well as heal from nerve damage that effects my foot. When I try to point my toes, I can almost feel the tight tangles that spread across the top of my foot from my ankle. It’s my biggest frustration. I keep on massaging and stretching, waiting for improvement. I sometimes picture that I’m smoothing out a wrinkled plastic bag when I do. I know it’ll never be perfect again, but I’m hopeful it’ll feel more normal someday.
I've been telling my mother to start going for her walks again. Been telling people who barely exercises to try to go for a 5km walk, if not 2 to get some movement.
Me too! My family can get pretty sedentary and even if I tell them to do some exercises with me, they either don't want to or stick with it for a few days then get back to not exercising and stretching. I have no idea what else to say to convince them to exercise
@@jennieshutup some you really just can't. Everyone has their ups and downs no doubt, but to have completely no interest in exercise is so foreign to me haha. It really is something they have to convince themselves to do.
@@badnipple *As someone who Isn't very interested in exercise (I am in a sense but it's so hard that I likely wouldn't go along) it just doesn't stick? Isn't fun?
@@prinxen1733 gotta find an exercise you like to do. For example; I didn't like yoga or slow paced exercises, they're boring for me. Then I tried boxing and I loved it! Just gotta try them out. Exercise really is one of the best feelings.
OMG When she mentioned the sensitivity being greater I thought of my step-mom. She has been in a recliner for 10 years and can't lie flat. The newly defined organ controlling our body's circuitry is facial tissue. Grounding helps too.
My best friend is in her 60s and she suffers from fibromyalgia and arthrosis. I've been begging her, almost every day, to be a lil' bit active as it can help improving her condition (even just walking or light stretching). She has restless legs syndrome, water retention, sore muscles and back pain everyday (she unfortunately doesn't have any efficient painkillers because of severe allergies). I also want to get back on track, so we'll certainly go for a walk everyday and do some stretches ! Thank you Kiana for offering us such well documented videos on health subjects, it's really informative and motivating ❤
♥️Could you consider making a video on "Supersize vs. Superskinny"? It was a show that was pretty popular here in the U.K where two people, one severely overweight and one severely underweight, are instructed to switch meals and eat them in front of each other. I would love to hear your input coming from a psychological standpoint.♥️
I'm middle aged, almost 40. I can tell you, after working office jobs, being laid up because of injuries, and just generally being a lazy person, movement is super important! Stretch as much as you can while you're young because it is harder when you start doing these things when you are older
40? Let me give you a gift: you aren't old. You might only be halfway through your life journey. (I am right there with you). Let's create new habits and restore your mind and body. Love this vid.
@@nyaxa 90% of people on RUclips are under 25. I'm 41 myself and in here, we're old. I'm a software engineer and I got my first job when I was 37. When I started, it was pretty hard. Try to not see yourself old when everybody around you is half your age. I dare you.
@@leoMC4384 I mean, but isn’t that subjective? If you’re a 16-year-oldcamp counselor and you’re responsible for a bunch of children, you’d be older, but it doesn’t necessarily mean you’re old.
@@leoMC4384 love this, I also work in a 'youth dominant' industry: retail beauty (tell me about obsession with youth). So I understand some of your anxiety. Keep your mind 'young' to learning, new ideas, training, ECT...that will serve you better than trying to 'be' young (which is impossible, anyway). Blessings on your journey.
@@LoveAndSnapple That's a ridiculous example: if you're in a higher hierarchy or different role ("responsible" is the keyword), then yes, nobody cares. It's like a young woman working in a nursing home. She obviously wouldn't see herself old. That's not what I'm talking about.
I workout a lot and I used to tell my friends and family that when I stop working out for a while it feels like my "bones" become constricted and I never really knew what that was!!! good to know now I was talking about fascia.
I have severe depression and have been bedbound for the most of several years~ I’ve finally been able to book a massage appointment and I’m so excited to be able to move again!!
Back pain is not an age pain, I’ve had back pain since I was 18. Took me years and many many doctors to tell me what’s wrong. Turned out my muscles were that spasmed. Stretching didn’t fix that actually but doing the right exercises for it did. Stretching is still great for other things, thanks for putting this together!
I spent the entire pandemic laying on my bed. Now, that I'm vaccinated, I got back to gym. I'm honestly scared after watching this video, I need to exercise my poor fascia
Vaccines contain graphene a highly toxic material. You are not immunet to covid by any means. The data is overwhelming on the this. All vaccinated have weakened immune systems.
@@sabine3769 this is the most ignorant thing I have ever read. Just because you don't understand how complicated the process of making an vaccine is, doesn't mean that the easy explanation you get in a random place on the internet is true. People fabricate easy narratives for people like you, with poor education, that don't actually understand the science behind a vaccine. It's easy to make you believe in something when it seems to make sense to you, that's manipulation 101.
I'd actually love to see more about stretching... there are many facets to it, but one for example: who gets to have an easier time with it? Does being male or female make a difference? Height? Weight? Etc.
from my exp in martial arts training, women have easier time stretching and far more flexible than men. but that only apply to those on healthy weight. height on the other hand don't really make that much differences from what i saw personally.
From my experience women are usually mlre flexible. I don't know why. If you want to be more flexible you should stretch more than 2x a week. Also in some stretches you think you're stretching one bodypart when you're stretching another. Also stretching helps with pain so highly reccomend I don't think height matters too much. Rather proportions. It's eadier to touch your toes if your arms are proportionally longer to your legs than if they'd be proportinally shorter. Same with length of your torso etc. Etc.
I mean, I’m only 22 but I was diagnosed with MS at 20, and it massively affected my back. It causes a lot of pain but like you said, the pain causes us to want to move less. But learning about all of this and about fascia has actually made me feel like maybe I can actually push through more and help to reduce the pain. Thank you for actually educating me, when my health are professionals won’t, this really has helped!!! 💛💛💛
I also have MS and I promised myself that I wouldn’t stop moving, especially working out and dancing 💃🏾 Have I had my moments? Yes! Relapses! Yes! But I don’t let them stop me at all! I was DX with MS when I was 41 I just turned 53! I celebrated my birthday by dancing! You got this!
I have ehlers-danlos sydrome (disorder where connective tissue is loose, floppy and fragile, causing all kinds of problems). It's a process learning which pain signals mean "stop and rest now" and which mean "keep moving, it'll help."
Also, with MS, strength training is vital. It cringe when I see MS patients either not exercise at all or only walk or do cardio… you need to build new muscles it’s hard but an MS Personal Trainer can help coach you through it.
Thanks for watching! Check out my other videos:
*The Disturbing Truth About Hydration* - ruclips.net/video/4xhzKuRLiRY/видео.html
*Disgusting Ticks Are Ruining My Life* - ruclips.net/video/4pWlRpW3ZR0/видео.html
Incredible video ❤
Can I eat your fascia?
Love this comment. 💃🕺
@8:12
Ha. I just threw your demographics into a tail spin. I'm 59 shh ; x
btw thx for this info bc
I hate HATE stretching but gotta
Do you have a link to the study? I'm investigating pharmacological methods of improving fascial health and would like to have it as reference material.
So literally; you don’t stop dancing because you grow old, you grow old because you stop dancing
Yes 👀👏👏👏 I teach ballet lessons and my career is built on the back of this
Wow
As the greats once said, if your friends don't dance, they're no friends of mine
@chubasco-dnube who knew dancing to Reeces Puffs would be the key to immortality 🎻🎉
No, you get old anyway. You can't dance because you stop dancing. 😜
To say that this video moved me is an understatement.
hahaha
Literally, I’m dancing around my room while listening to this because it’s making me paranoid
Same 😩
😂
I just did a wide array of calisthenics to get my body moving.
My uncle won’t retire because he always says “when you stop moving, you start dying “
Guess he was right-ish
My dad has always said this too.
Absolutely true. Both my parents declined dramatically after retiring and becoming sedentary.
That sounds like a fast and the furious line
I'm 38 and think exactly like your uncle. I have no plans on retiring. I have plans to cut back on my hours but will keep working.
When my dad stopped working is when I noticed his decline. He became less strong. Walked slower. I mean this was a man that was always on the go. Same with my gma.
My son’s physical therapist told me that when she was in college, her professor told her that whatever she wanted to be able to do at 80 years old, she needed to do daily while she was still young. I’m so glad this video was in my recommendations because I am 47 and feeling it! 😅
That's deep. I took a screenshot of your comment to remember later .Somehow it really moved me . Thanks ❤
Thank you. What you said makes a lot of sense
Her: I'm sure most people watching this video do not have back pain because my audience is quite young..
Me: who's had back pain since age 12-25yo (right now, old or young depending on mentality of readers,even though i never felt mentally young) 😑🥲😅.. pretty sure back pain due to lack of movement doesn't just depend on age, but in todays day and age it depends on lifestyle due to professions and situations which is quite a common problem than people realize (she did acknowledge we're getting sedentary though). Albeit my back pain was caused by combo of bad posture & lack of specific movements & too much of specific repetitive movements and not just one thing.
@@kizryuver 25 ain't old bro lol
@@soul2soul4well it's just a feeling to me that changes by circumstances (felt old "mentally" since 12) because just couldn't fit in with my age people, and more with older people. And being old/young can both have pros and cons.
-i don't take being old as negative at times because I've been put down by people for "being young".
- some people shame older people so it's a complicated war I stay away from,though different generations have their biases & some are constructive criticisms.
-That Aside i may have felt Older than my parents physically with the amount of health issues I've had to fix this past decade, but that tells me i shouldn't consider being old a symbol of health issues.
-then there's also social media that makes people feel any one older than 18-20 is old sooo, it's feeling all the different kinds of old.
Me after watching this: *stands up and starts stretching in panic*
😂
Same
If you change the word 'panic', count me in the tally. 😬🙏
😅😂👏👏👏👏
😂😂😂
I'm 60 and all my friends ask me how I can still work out like I did in my 20s and I tell them it's because I believe I can and I never stopped working out. I feel so sad when people 15 or 20 years younger say they're too old to do this or that. I tell myself I'm too young not to 😁
yesSs ! ! ! love your mind ✋🏼✨🤚🏼
Watching people I know that are your age but acting 90 is why I will never stop working out and moving my body.
Love it how I'm tryna be 😄
I love this comment.
Could you possibly tell us some of the exercises you do?
As a teenager who’s severely depressed, dehydrated and who’s back as hurt since they were 10 I think it’s a very important thing that I’ve found this video.
Fate!
*whose
And get to working out! You'll feel better! Exercise releases endorphins
🫂 you’re the coolest duck on the block and i hope one day life feels that way, coming from a depressed adult lol. we’re both figuring this shit out 😂
@@ASMRyouVEGANyet dancing exercise especially releases endorphins for me
You didn't go outside as a kid or do school PE?
I STARTED working out at 30. The benefits of Stretching and upping your heart rate every day is… indescribable. I am still the slowest and weakest gym member at 32 years old but it’s not a fix, it’s my life.
Awesome! Keep going at it
keep at it, the only way is up champ
We never know what others sacrifice to look or feel as fit as they do esp gyms. Don’t compare just focus on you.
You may be slowest in your gym, but better than anyone who doesn't go to the gym :)
Thanks for the kind words of encouragement
As a person who has the habit of exercising, I totally know how awful my body feels when I don't move for a few days! Even a 15 minute stretching routine makes all the difference.
Same!
Yes! The 5 pounds of water weight sets in quickly and becomes very painful for me. I have permanent hypothyroidism since having my thyroid 17 years ago, and am resistant to treatment, so vigorous exercise is crucial in my daily life in order to significantly combat the symptoms of prolonged hypothyroidism. Funny thing is that I actually have MORE energy now that my TSH is higher than ever, yet I feel mostly fine at this point.
as a couch potato I totally know how awful my body feels when I move for a few days 😂
@@wb3213 lol wb stopp
yes theres nothing like physical activity to motivate..! we are definitely Chemical beings.. movement triggers so much..!
Okay, old guy here (nearly 62). You just helped me better understand why I feel so darn good. I started yoga in 2014, adding calisthenics in recent years. My biggest regret is that I didn’t start sooner.
Here OLD guy, is an acronym you reeeeally need to learn. OLD: Overcoming Ludicrous Delusions
Aging and decreptitude are all in the mind. Don't believe the hype.
@@OhHapppyDaay lmao what stop being so afraid of aging. There are things that we can do to increase our quality of life in our older ages, this person is doing just that and thats great
Yes, yoga has really changed my life.
@@melissabruner1224
We created Holy Yoking.
This is highly superior to the pagan, foreign yoga.
Created by Christian Europeans FOR Christian Europeans...
...or anybody that is interested.
We practise with the Holy Spirit and breathe while meditating on Scripture and/or prayer in Jesus' name.
Initially inspired by not having access to any therapist or coach or knowledge of yoga much less how it worked, as a young child seeking psychological solace and decompression.
Vastly superior to the pagan stuff that also happens to be infiltrated by dark, unclean spirits the more you get into it.
Anybody can do it anywhere, with the Lord as their instructor.
No filthy lucre involved.
Easy and effective for those without a dime to spend.
I am 28 and I'm starting to feel the effects of not stretching everyday. Today was my first night actually doing yoga. And I felt so good when I went to work! That motivated me enough to start stretching.
"I'm sure most people watching this don't have back pain because my audience is quite young"
Me, 19, with the back of an 80 yr old man: Baby I'm not even here. I'm a hallucination.
💀
I feel you man
same, I even have osteoporosis since I was 16
Right near tailbone 17y once I literally fell backwards
Lol yah I’ve had back & neck pain since high school so I deffff feel ya
I've just graduated massage therapy school and I have to say that over half of what we talked about was fascial adhesion, fascial release, and connective tissue strain. When we weren't discussing the functions of the body or the anatomy and structure of bones and muscles, everything we talked about was fascia and connective tissue. I won't say that your fascia is your one cure for everything, but my god does it help. Headaches, joint sprains, muscle tears, even a simple low range of motion, all of it can be traced back to connective tissue in one way or another. Exercise and stretching daily is a better medicine than any pill !!!
Are there online courses for that, or smaller scale courses? I'd like to 1. learn more about it and 2. get somewhat proficient as massages for myself and partner/friends/family.
It's a shame that we don't hear more about this. I've suffered from chronic pain for the last several years, and scans are always "normal." Do you know how frustrating it is to not be able to have a diagnosis and for your pain to be dismissed by doctors? Medical massage and acupuncture are the only things that have helped me. I first heard the word "fascia" from my massage therapist, and this is like the 3rd video I've seen on the topic. Why have doctors not considered this part of our body to be a part of our body for so long??
I was born with scoliosis & as l got older after having my 2nd son my problems with my back started to be worse, I did acupuncture have a chiropractor & use an exercise bike daily, doing my best at 69😊
Super curious as to help headaches from issues with it!
@@lailas.3205I don't know if you've considered diet, but if not, look up the book "No Grain, No Pain." 10 years ago I went gluten-free for another reason and was amazed when my joint stiffness and swelling went away. It had been chronic for years.
The law of use: what you don't use, you lose. It's that simple
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. If you don't use it, it's going to rust.
Hahahah lamarck
Yep. Use it or lose it. Keep it moving baby.
Hmm if that ain't the truth
& this doesn't only apply for body parts function/mobility
And what you overuse will destroy
Sesame Street told me this over 45 years ago: there was a boy who didn’t move off the couch until he couldn’t move any more.
what episode
Taiwan is a country 🇹🇼 🇹🇼 🇹🇼
@@Polyglot_English I know
Where the side walk ends the poem about the boy who watched all the tv and turned into one.
😂😂😂 that sounds dark
It's nice that more people are starting to recognize the importance of fascia.
YES! Also this video was so fascinating! :D
didnt even fucking know about it until i got problems with it myself, lol
@@YeahButCanISniffUrPantsFist yeah, most people don't know about it. I've been a Fascial Stretch Therapist for over a decade and, everytime I tell someone that's what I do, people ask what that means 🤣🤣🤣
@@AW-kr2sn it's fascianating!
@@MartaDaydreamer haha OMG brilliant! :D
Makes a ton of sense. I do yoga daily, sometimes high intensity vinyasas but also always extended stretching. I've been doing it for about five years and all of my previously pretty bad back, shoulder and neck problems have literally disappeared. This must be the reason!
I'm curious how you do the Swan Dive in Sun Salutation with bad back. Swan Dive is the reason why I stopped doing yoga because of the bending down, my back would always hurt so much after that and make my chronic low back pain much worse.
@@PupasAtPlay Hmm, good question. I don't have any issue swan diving now but I definitely remember having to be careful when I started. My bad back was mostly because of too loose ligaments in the shoulders and pelvis, which made me hyper flexible - so what I had to be careful of was overdoing the poses when I didn't yet have the muscle support to match my natural flexibility. I'm sure the approach would vary depending on what kind of back problem you have (I'm sure yoga isn't the answer to everything and might even make certain problems worse), but for me, very carefully and mindfully building my core and low back muscles (through the dog poses, the warrior poses, supported bridge, etc) in the end helped support my overly weak joints and resulted in the disappearance of my back pain. I can't say for sure yoga would be good for you, but maybe you can discuss it with your doctor/chiropractor/whoever you go to to treat your back?
Absolutely not.
That's way better explained by your muscles getting trained.
I don't understand why people insert this fascia nonsense into stuff that's obviously controlled by muscles. Your muscles move your back, shoulders and neck. When you get a sore back, that's because you're basically doing a lift that's too hard to for you.
So this is why people on my 600 lb life have to literally learn how to move again after being sedentary, sometimes bedridden, for years.
Also from atrophy
Imagine how their fascia looks like after laying down for 10 yrs.
@@MuttFitness whats atrophy? /Gen
@@storm3927 basically when you lose your muscle mass.
@@storm3927 Muscle atrophy is the wasting or loss of muscle tissue
As a therapeutic masseuse, I have been undoing fascia knots as my primary goal for 20 years. It's about time this was widely known. Thanks Kianna xxx
What kind of massage therapist would I go to so they can go mdp fascia knot?
Whilst I was watching this I was wondering if it was the fascia that caused the knots.
@@jessicabasurto9485 Deep tissue.
@@pearlhartney9 Yes and no.
^^ science has been behind on this. The video even mentions she didn’t discover this until doing acupuncture. Acupuncture has been around for centuries and people in the west are just now deciding to study it? Odd.
I wish doctors would explain this instead of just saying “take some meds”
Most people feel if they leave a doctor without a prescription they wasted their time.
I asked my doc what I could do outside of medication, he looked at me like my head just did a 360
Its a long road to change that :(
They gotta make money off of you being unhealthy they just give you the medication that doesn’t work or screws you up even more so that they can get the big money when you are older more screwed up and more likely able to pay because you made all that money over the years
@@quinnydanny2060 I'm from the UK so that isn't the case, however there is still an incentive to reduce costs it's just from a different perspective since there is no cost to the individual.
Where do doctors say that lol?? A doctor is supposed to help a problem, not short term solution it....
To all the doctors ive been, none of them ever suggested medicine...they all suggest exercise, walking, caution to how i live and healthy food intake.
@@justinnaarden9290 Unfortunately it depends on what part of the world you live in. I live in South Africa, everytime I've went to the hospital I've gotten prescriptions of around 3 to 5 medicines. Just last month, I was suffering from severe constipation (as a result of a sedentary lifestyle, hence why I'm watching this video) and when I went to the hospital the doctor prescribed me 4 laxative medications and he said I should take them everyday. I asked him if that was safe and wouldn't I become dependent on laxatives, and he said well that's just something you'll have to live with for the rest of your life. So not all doctors have your best interests at heart
An exercise program that focuses on fascia is called Essentrics. It focuses on slow continuous movement rather than fast to work the fascia and connective tissue. Most of their videos are around 30 minutes which makes it easy to get into my schedule every day. Every workout stretches and strengthens every muscle and every joint in the body!
Thank you so much for this comment. ❤
Thank you 🙂
Thank you!!
Thanks 😊for
My friend's grandma was 98, walked unassisted however slipped one day in the garden and was in the hospital for a week. She went from walking unassisted to wheelchair bound because her body just stopped maintaining her legs due to lack of use for that short time.
Sadly her grandma passed away a few months later. Things turn so quickly when you're older. Use it or lose it.
im sorry
@ant when I was getting a health check, the lady told me that. She felt that I had muscle. She said continue doing what I’m doing bc that muscle protects the bones like cushion. I’m going to continue doing that.
As sad as that sounds I’m glad she went out moving and doing something she hopefully loved. My grandpa is the same way at 99
I've seen this several times. After that, they refuse physical therapy, in pain
And give up. I have sympathy for your loss
Yeah I worked in 2 nursing homes for 7 years& all the nurses know once a resident falls& break anything that results in them being bed bound that it's all pretty much downhill from there. Not to mention a lot of times they end up w pneumonia from being in bed so much. It's really sad.& that after your older like that, falling can be your death sentence.
These "healthy habits" videos are a brilliant idea. I find when I have a deeper understanding of how something impacts the way I feel, I'm more likely to stick with the habits that make me feel healthier. Knowledge is power. Thank you for a well-thought-out and inspiring video!
i'm the exact same!!! and thank you very much!
Absolutely agree the more you know the more motivation you have!
Totally agreed
Exactly! I am so glad I've found this as I've started to be healthier
I'm chronically depressed but thanks to videos like this I seem to be motivated to keep moving and stretching despite having no mental energy for anything else, since I tend to get "body anxiety" if I feel I don't care for it enough 😂
As a 20 year old with back pain and pretty much every joint being stiff, this was super enlightening.
same
Oh boy at 20 you should be pain free and enjoying life. Sorry to hear. I was as pain free as can be during my 20s but now that I'm in my mid 30s, my body is falling apart 😂. I recommend getting a check up ASAP because it only gets worse. DO NOT wait! You will be missing alot of things once your back pain is in 'full effect'. Even stretching wrong can end up miserable. Happened to me. Get it professionally checked
@@D3L3T3 thats awesome cause im in my 20s and have a bunch of conditions 🤠
Bruh u gotta fix wtf ur doing. Go to the gym and stretch bro
@@adr3510 I do, it's chronic. chill
I’m 23 and 2 back surgeries in, suffering from chronic back pain daily due to being depressed and sedentary, and this was the “strong case” that I needed to get moving and understand my pain better. Thank you so much ❤
I’m a physician and one of the most challenging conditions to treat is chronic low back pain. The absolute BEST thing you can do is move. Find a physiotherapist who you’re comfortable with and can help you progress over time.
Some pain will always be there - the right practitioner can help guide you through safe vs unsafe pain.
The more you move now, the less your pain will be in 6 months. Best of luck!
I hope you’re doing better. Hang in there ❤
Also see a chiropractor
Firstly, look into inflammation causing things in your life and joint repair, both using proper nutrition.
Secondly, do lower back exercises to strengthen the muscles in that area, if the muscles are not developed or used you can injure the area very easily and you essentially have almost no support for your joints.
Thirdly, avoid sitting in bad positions where your lower back is strained.
With the above three, guarantee it will at least improve.
an option i recommend which also worked for me and people i know. Carnivore diet, that fucking makes all joint pain and soreness disappear (0 inflammatory foods and all the proteine and amino acids your body could ever need for repair and maintenance), but the restrictive nature of the diet is hard for some people so its not for everyone.
Stop counting on doctors. They are worthless. I can't believe you already had 2 surgeries at 23. That should be illegal. As the other commenter who's a doctor wrote, it's Nearly impossible for them to treat. (Yet they will aprove a surgery which will do nothing but potentially hurt you more)
As a massage therapist who deals with fascia every single day... Yes! Yes! That's also why you need to move as quickly as healthy after surgery or injury. Fascia also hold trauma to protect you in the future. The faster you can teach it everything is OK you can mitigate long term damage and pain
oooh this is so important I use to a caregiver for people recovering from bad injuries and you are so very right!! 👍
i’m happy i didn’t stay off my feet after injuring my ankle last year i think that’s the reason it’s doing so well now. but now i’m dealing with topfoot pain from wearing mules
What’s the difference between muscle knots and fascia knots?
Great comment, thank you!!
I wonder if fibromyalgia is what happens when you don't get back to moving quickly enough. No one told 14yo me how to fix my sore neck, nor to hurry back to movement. Now I'm 38 and have had chronic pain ever since, and not just in my neck - everywhere.
I've been telling my parents for years that If you keep moving, you will stay moving. You will have a better range of movement into your old age if you regularly exercise and stretch. I should show them this video.
It would be good if you can share it with people. However, you also gotta reconcile the old saying "You can bring a horse to water, but you can't make it drink". If they continue to choose to live unhealthily even after being informed, that is unfortunately their right.
My mom stays in bed all day everyday and complains about how her body hurts and she can't move. I'm always trying to get her to at least try to move around! It hurts now, but after time it will get better! I'm sending this to her, but I know it won't change her ways.
@@OktoberVanderslice you can frame it in a fun way, find something she likes to do outside the home then incorporate a little bit of exercise, slowly at first so she doesn't realize it, then you can build up the intensity when she gets more mobile
@Heloise O'Byrne this is the best advice ever
@@OktoberVanderslice good luck to you!
this confirms what my body already knew, whenever im sedentary for too long i feel lethargic, n now that im going to the gym 4x a week i feel more energized during the day, less anxious, n fall asleep super easily,, n i thought that itd be extremely tiring to exercise so often,, yall gonna catch me when im 65 lifting weights at the gym lmaoo
Oof, I need to start moving again but it feels so daunting as i'm feeling so tired and worn out and don't think i'd have the energy to go out and exercise
@@larbakatariina1912 start slow and it gets 'fun' exercising
Check out here on RUclips the women and men who are past 70 and still lifting weights and dancing and everything it's so inspiring
Same. My body was shutti g down and now I'm feeling better. The worse thing is to be on computer and cell phone for too long and also not getting vitamin D.
@@fhsjdjskkshi also search for that fun movement which is specific to you (dancing, hiking, biking, swimming, kayaking)! That will make it more motivating when doing the stuff thats not necessarily enjoyable (strength training: body-weight bearing, lifting weights, H.I.I.T. etc.) Just make sure you are going through your body's full range of motion (along with every plane of motion) in your exercise regimen.
This inspired me to actively stretch for the first time in years. I'm only 23 but was unable to touch my toes. Mindfully stretching and breathing for just 10 minutes, while uncomfortable, made it so I was able to touch them again! I'm on a self-improvement journey after neglecting myself in my teens up till about a year ago and this will definitely be added to the routine!
I'd love to see a video about the importance and the impact of sleep or lack thereof on the body. A lot of people underestimate it, and your videos are so good and easy to get.
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Yep. I’d like to see a video about this too. Even pulling an all nighter once can have a deep impact that can last for a week.
I find sleep a bit overrated but I'd like to see a vid on it
Yesss
Lmao I was writting this at 4am fml.
your video editing, voiceover and research of the topic is so on point as always. I fall in love with your content every time
I really appreciate how you don't use too much background music. It's not necessary and a little bit goes a long way. Thanks for a great video. I've been stuck lately. This should help.
Relachi!
Taiwan is a country 🇹🇼 🇹🇼
@@Polyglot_English indeed that is correct. thank you sherlock
@@smashypeople not to China, thats why he’s commenting that
This video came out just as I've decided to start stretching everyday. I'm not as flexible as I was when I was younger and I'm tired of aching when I haven't even hit 18, lol. Thank you for informing me (and many other people) why movement is a necessity.
Same 😔 but shoulder pain
Also, fascia can become very tight from hormones. So if you have other changes in sleep, skin, hair, weight, and mood, I'd ask your dr about hormone regulation or a naturopath about hormone testing
same, before quarantine i could point my feet really straight, i could hold my leg next to my head and i could almost do a full split, now i can’t even sit criss cross without my hamstrings hurting :/
Good for you! You might try the beginner stretching routines on the Madfit RUclips channel. I think they're excellent!
@@bkwrm85 I'll look into that, thank you!
I m almost 17 and i m a very flexible person. Since almost 3 years ago i was moving almost non stop. But when covid hit, my family moved and i didn t have where or with who to go out anymore. And since then everything started hirting more and more. I ve tried to get back into yoga but even a little strech can be incredibly painful. This made me realize why i should keep trying
but girls dont like stretching tho
@@jake9854 huh? what do you mean?
Try yoga again but don't be sad if you can't do the whole move. Start it in your range of motion. It will get better with time as your fascia, muscles and ligaments get used to a new range of motion the more you move. It just takes some time to get to the old range of motion.
“Very flexible” could mean a connective tissue disorder called Ehlers-Danlos which needs carefully managed because movement can be a catch 22 one you start to get out of shape.
@@Busybeemiss i ve searched up the symptoms and i don t think i have it. I ve never dislocated anything and i am not double jointed or znything. But thank you
See this is beyond obesity or even bad dieting, this can effect normal sized people.
This. If you work in an office environment or don't move certain muscles for a long time this definitely happens in "healthy" individuals. You can also thicken your fascia with repeated overtraining while not stretching enough.
@@readeh does it matter if you do the stretching before or after exercise.
@@ANTSEMUT1 I would suggest stretching before AND after a workout, precisely like you do if you go for a run (before and after). If you lift weights the stretching will significantly help you when it comes to blood flow and muscle shortening while also stopping the thickening of the fascia as well.
@@ANTSEMUT1 Difference between static and dynamic stretching. Dynamic stretching is recommended before a workout and static stretching is recommended after a workout.
But because it isn't an immediately visible thing, you get ridiculed and vilified for trying to use this as an explanation. You're the crazy one, the stupid one, the lazy one the (derogatory title here one)
I've been a massage therapist for 15 years and you explained all of this really well. I'll be sending my clients your video.
I want to ask we know massage can helps body, but people doing massage as a job most of it was from see it and practice from the Other Massager Teacher. All of this information about fascia is brand new. so it was like medical and theoretical finally able to explain traditional practices do you feel validatedyo ?
Also with the medical and theoretical finally catch up we can probably refined the massage techniques with technology imagine you can scan your patients fascia and then it give you better insight how to handle your clients with the right technique and had a prove it give better results. So the possibility is open to discover, did it was excited for you?
Yes. This explains why I like getting the massage that makes me feel like I got beat up. I found it made me less stiff later, but felt kind of stupid trying to explain why I did this.
Osteopath for five years here. Same!
Fellow MT here and this was one of my first thoughts lol I will be sending this to clients
Massage is all about muscles / the nervous system and not about fascia. There's very little evidence that fascia have anything to do with anything we do in exercise.
Unlike your other viewers (lol) I have back pain and slipped disc and people have been telling me get massages and do yoga and exercise regularly. I did all those things and my pain lessen significantly, but no one can explain clearly why. Your video is legit the first time I've heard of fascia and made me understand why stretching and massages helped with the pain. Great work as usual, Kiana!
Me being 21 when she said that got me stretching too
I have 2 herniated discs. I've done chiropractic treatment and acupuncture. Noticed that despite been outside about 6 hours daily mostly walking in NYC during a weekend I didn't get any pain. I was really surprised but this video helped me to understand why. I'm a health articles junkie and never heard of fascia before.
It isn't always good to stretch and exercise when you have pain. Pain is a warning sign that tells you something is wrong. It is your body's way of communicating and trying to make you slow down. I ruptured a disc in my lower back and I was in agony. Many people suggested exercise, physical therapy, etc.. but it was the wrong thing for me. I did as they suggested and even went to a physical therapist. My ruptured disc got much worse and the material inside the disc leaked out and onto my sciatic nerve. I lost feeling in parts of my foot and calf. The nerve damage was permanent.
I was then told I needed immediate surgery and they had to fuse my spine where the rupture happened. Instead, I decided to do what my body was telling me, which was to stop moving and let it heal. It took months to heal, but it eventually did, and I don't have pain from that injury anymore. Now when I get any pain that is beyond mild, I rest my body and do no exercise until it heals.
For many people exercise may help pain, but resting after an injury is crucial when your body is trying to heheal from a major injury. If i hadn't done the physical therapy and exercise, i wouldnt have the nerve damage I have. Sometimes we just need to slow down and rest.
@@benjaminroman916 be careful. Herniated discs can rupture with too much exercise. I left a comment just above this one about what happened to me. Listen to your body. As long as there's no pain, it's OK to exercise, but if it hurts, rest and let your body heal.
@@mygirldarby I am sorry for your experience and thank you for sharing. I am very careful. The only exercise I am doing is walking. Nothing extreme. But I was pleasantly surprised to be able to walk and be active for a few days while exploring NYC w/o pain during and the day after. How do you deal with the rupture disc? Are you in pain?
I'm a manual therapist, in practice now almost 30 years. Fascia is where it's at!! SO MANY health problems are linked to the fascia, from chronic pain, to emotional trauma, lymphatic disorders and even to cancer formation. It appears that it is the link between the mind and body in ways we don't fully understand, and that emotional stress sends signals to the fascia to "tense up", as I've seen working with it professionally for a long time, like normal jello going to dried out, tough jello. The mind is that powerful! This is why people with no x-ray or MRI findings of problems can develop intense, debilitating pain and lack of mobility-the fascia is TEMPORARILY non-flexible. The good news is that this is easy to remedy when we address the whole person-spirit, mind AND body. I am amazed the healing miracles that can happen when we focus on the health of our fascia!
this makes so much sense.... if you see this comment, please guide me to more info on breaking free from years of fascial overgrowth ❤
I used to think the mind/body thing was woo woo. Now it seemd just plain obvious that the idea the mind and body are in any way separable is just ridiculous.
I know right? 😊
Amazing ❤ ty..
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i had really bad back pain for as long as i can remember, but since i’ve started doing yoga on a daily basis, it disappeared.
good to know the science behind it
Literally going through the same thing now!
That happened to me too! Daily yoga has been so much more helpful in preventing back pain than chiropractic care. For me, anyway. I think yoga made me a lot more mindful of my posture, and that has helped.
@bina nocht that’s so interesting! It can be so hard to get all your tasks and to do‘s done in one day and the thought of having to fit in 1 hour of exercise can be overwhelming. 10 minutes or 20 minutes sounds very reasonable. Amazing that it helps so much!
Same here. Been doing yoga for over a year now daily. I no longer have any pain not related to exercise.
@@jsnel9185 do you go to yoga class? Or just do it from ideas off youtube? Thanks
Fasci(a)nating stuff. Daily yoga since the beginning of this year has completely changed the way my body feels (except for the tendonitus in my shoulder! Gotta go easy on those downwards dogs... it’s all about balance, right?).
Been doing yoga and other workouts since the beginning of the year too, it really makes a difference!
Aye, learning yoga during lockdown cured my back!
How can I bring myself to do yoga and stretching? I like fitness workouts in general, but for some reason yoga just seems so boring and slow, even though I understand it's good for the body
@@PG-qn8od Try DDP Yoga, very motivating and little less meditation and more working on stuff like this. DDP says stuff like ‘break up that scar tissue’ when it’s really breaking down this disordered fascia and letting it reorder itself.
@@TheCozywriter thank you Angelica, I will look it up 😺
"y'all can't have back pain y'all are young!!"
me, 23 with back pain due to my office job: 😅
24, back pain due to large breasts 🙋🏻♀️
I’m over 40 and I’ve had arthritis in my lower back and hips since I was in my 20s! 😭😭😭
20 here and yep I have back pain. It was even worse when I was in my teens thanks to stress.
21, checking in with back and joint pain
Back pain at 21 due to being in a car accident
Not all your audience is "quite young." I am a 63 year old male who finds your videos well researched, reliable and nicely produced. Keep up the good work!👍
“Motion is lotion” you’d be surprised how many muscle aches can be helped by stretching, yoga and just making yourself go through the full range of motion
😂😂😂
I motion every day but every part of me is stiff as wood. I'm not old either
i literally just got up and started doing squats because this just made me wanna MOVE baby. i had not done any squats in months. i feel invigorated
Stretch that psoas!
@@-astrangerontheinternet6687 🤣💀
I watched this while lying in bed and feel all kinds of guilt 😔
I almost didn’t click because i didn’t move properly for weeks now and felt so bad about what I’m about to hear 🥺
I know how you guys feel! I am going through a depressive dip right now and lost all kinds of motivation (trying to lose 30 pounds). I am part lazy part unmotivated and part depressed (diagnosed at 13). This video actually does help me get re-motivated!
You can still stretch even in bed 😉 Small steps guys, small steps!
@@rosxjun literally me! Been fighting depression for 4 years now and trying to lose 30 pounds for just as long 🥲
Good luck friend, we’ve got this!
@@Li_Tobler true! Thank you 😊
I really wanted to start yoga again but kept putting it off for weeks. After watch this I immediately went and did it. I feel so much better
I'm the same I did it like 4 years ago then I had 2 kids and yoga was right in the back burner.
I was feeling terrible stiff and low energy I did one beginner yoga session for 30 minutes I fucking feel like a different person it's unbelievable
Please research the true meaning of the yoga poses, it is a RELIGION. Some people that practiced it too intently were overcome with demons. Just do normal stretches, not yoga poses which worship Hindu gods.
@@mascara1777 without even knowing your name I know you are Muslim 😂. The pose by which you do azan in mosque is a yoga pose too😂.
@@mascara1777 I feel so sorry for you.
So would you say that everything about this subject is very “fascianating?”
hah.... haha....... no
Hahahahaha this is perfect especially with your picture 🤣🙈
Rob, no. Absolutely no…
Upon reading this comment I immediately wanted to die.
And also to give you a medal
🏅 🎖 🥇
Nooo, you just didn't.
My physiotherapist told me fascia is important if it goes to scars too. As a kid I had few surgeries that left scars and apparently these scars underneath my skin glued surrounding muscles and in result limit my movement. I was shocked, never thought that scars could be anything more than esthetic concern.
Scar tissue is a thicker version of what you see on the surface, imagine your body trying to inperfectly sew itself back together.
I've got a bunch in both eyebrows I can even feel and move the tissue around
Fingers crossed you don't have any nerve damage, that's the worse
I have fascia adhesions at my old gtube site
Thank you for sharing that!👍🏼
I’ve gotten into a super unhealthy mindset where as long as I stick to a very low calorie intake in the day, I don’t have to exercise. Well… I can tell you now that shit is NOT working for my weight loss goals. Not one bit. Back to the gym I go! 😔
Anna remember, still water becomes impure - flowing water runs clear.
@@Iksvomid love this!
omggggg same thing happened to me. I did keto, high veg, fat, protein, and lost a ton. Then I stopped and it took working out to progress further.
@@anikejulien7273 It means just keep moving. Physically it does You wonders, moving away from Your past mentally too does You wonders. Just move it.
@@Iksvomid also, motion is lotion
I’m a highly active 38 year old female with chronic low back pain. Even without the research, I can attest that stretching, foam rolling, and massage have made it easier to live with. It’s great there’s now research on fascia. Thanks for sharing!
Lower backpain, like fatigue, is a documented symptom of Vitamin D deficiency. Add a supplement or fortified foods to your regimen.
How do you define “highly active” and 38 is not that young.
@@tiffanyfett1159 not really sure what “38 is not young” has to do with anything. I am definitely not young. I eat right, do resistance training, cardio, etc., hence I am “highly active”. The comment was just meant that working the fascia can help improve pain and discomfort.
I’ve been doing daily yoga for 5 months. My back and legs stopped aching. I’ll continue this until I’m old
And keep doing after you're old!
how can you have time for everyday😭
@@differentone_p you can do a simple yoga routine for 20 minutes, dress for it in 5 minutes, and change back into regular clothes in another 5 = 30mins a day. That's longer than an average scrolling session we have on bed or a youtube watching session sitting at our desk. There's definitely time for 30 minutes to take care of our health in a day
I'll stop moving when I die
You mean “even after I’m old” 🙃😉
Fascia is so underrated. I've been lifting weights for YEARS and cannot stress enough how much fascia can help recover and grow muscle tissue. Also vitally important to prevent injury. I personally use stretching and foam rolling after workouts to prevent DOMS (delayed onset muscle soreness) because if you workout, that fascial tissue grows along with muscle tissue, if I don't my muscles get WAY TOO TIGHT! If your fascia is too tight, it compresses muscle tissue and gives it no room to grow or repair from microtears. Loved the video
About 20 years ago I was studying Chinese medicine and massage and I was struck by the realization that the meridian system used in acupuncture perfectly traced the outlines of the major bands of fasciae throughout the body. I searched for years to find confirmation of this as a wider understanding in both eastern and western scientific literature but was ultimately disappointed to find nothing on the subject. Needless to say I'm moved and grateful to see your video today, both validating and adding to my original theory.
I believe your comments regarding the other amazing attributes of myofascial health and tension release can be more fully understood in the context of acupuncture and acupressure, should you find it rewarding to study more in-depth.
This is awesome, i had a massage therapist who told me about this guy who discovered fasia decades ago but wasn’t taken seriously because there weren’t studies. Goes to show that ancient medicine was practiced for a reason!
There are many medicines, or practices in traditional chinese medicine that work very well and are now being researched as alternatives to modern medicine, however their explanations are almost always wrong, not due to lack of intelligence, arguably the chinese doctors were better than the ones we have now, but due to not being able to analyze our biology with technology. So keep that in mind. Most of their ideas about biology revolve around mythical ideas like magic and stuff like that, so it's just humbug.
If you think about it; now we have doctors, pharmacists, chemists, biologists working together to understand how to heal illnesses and it doesn't work very well, most people in our society get sick.
Back in the day, they had healers, healers that would basically empirically logically derive ways that work to heal illnesses like certain plants, certain diets, acupuncture or something similar, nowadays most of the meds, and methods of traditional chinese medicine has been proven to work, like the two herbal formulas, Yueju pill and Chaihu-jia-Longgu-Muli-tang for example.
@@royce6485 We've known about fascia for thousands of years, bro. He just wanted to be special. You literally see tons of it when dissecting cadavers and that's what our medicine is based on. I mean literally, the birth of modern medicine was basically taking animal corpses apart. We just don't completely understand fascia and everyone who claims otherwise is a fraud.
@@soez_strg6166 I half-way agree with you, but to just write off the classical energetic descriptions as mysticism is a painful misunderstanding of what they were doing and what they accomplished. It demonstrates an ignorance of the elegance of the lost history that the arrogance of modernity seeks to censor. But for somebody who has struggled with medical incompetence for over half a century there are certain facts I cannot even conceive to disregard.
The part in your statement that I agree with is the criticism that the language doesn't fit well with our modern reductionist scientific medical language. I'm confident time and diligence would remedy that should we survive our arrogance as a civilization and develop a more fluid approach to language that deconstructs the inherent dogmatic authoritarian mindset of western civilization, a mindset so toxic and useless in the philosophy of TCM... despite its necessity in the marketplace.
The holistic theory that 20th century political activists sought to eliminate in both geographic cultures, that foundation of healing, has validating practical applications in diagnosis and treatment... whereas the modern milieu has done great harm in terms of understanding the patient's deeper needs beyond surface phenomena, especially in appreciating the emotional, dietary and cyclical constituents of physical disease as inseparable causal relationships.
Modern doctors seem to have zero comprehension of the distinctions that need to be made in diagnosis, in part because they have rejected the reading of the pulses and other forms of physiognomy necessary for quick palpation in order to perform routine treatments, which simply do not exist in this regime.
If treating disease were so simple, to this mindset, there would be no profit. This is why somebody with chronic illness such as myself can afford weekly treatments in a TCM clinic and eventually see progress, whereas it takes me over six months to be seen by a conventional western doctor, only to typically be forced to reject their treatment and diagnosis because I've already experienced the identical incompetence of the last doctor and realized that this rejection is key to my survival. If I come to these conventional doctors with a specific complaint, I have learned that this will be the last thing they ever consider exploring and honestly it's shocking just how dumb and fumbling these "esteemed practitioners" have presented their so-called abilities.
Sorry if this seems like exaggerated hyperbole, but I can tell you from the many people I have interviewed, my experiences are only unique in my willingness to keep trying to work under these conditions, because that's what insurance covers, (and because I'm desperate to believe I'm wrong, maybe?)
Medicine for profit at the scale it's being performed today has no rival in terms of human suffering and malignant outcomes. At least wars are somewhat transparent in their evil ideologies. With this medicine it's difficult to discern if what we are seeing is pandemic ignorance or mass psychopathy because it's so difficult to believe either potential cause is even possible at this scale.
This modern medical establishment has little in the way of any formal critique, not since the political writings of Dr. Benjamin Rush which were so prescient. It should be no surprise that the current establishment, embracing profit, has mastered sophistry to such an ugly degree that we are prone to dismiss its failures so easily given the blindness acquired from the last century of institutionalized gaslighting.
But that's the thing about mass manipulation, the ubiquity of a widely accepted narrative, enforced by threats of violence, will warp reality around the mind of the indoctrinated to push out any other perspectives.
We are just so loyal as a species, to our own demise, when the widely available economic and philosophical discourse offers no other way of thinking. Elite capture and creative reframing of the concept of socialism over the course of 150 years is a perfect example of this in political conversations.
Another decade of internet communications might change all that, I'm hoping, if we can survive any of the looming extinction events that have been engineered by our leaders' idiocy (or genocidal whims).
I know this critique is rarely taken with any seriousness by those who have not shared my experiences and research, but I still feel morally obligated to explain them, in depth.
this was very interesting i never knew that. thanks for sharing! maybe make a video explaining it to people the deserve to know the truth!
I was hospitalized for two weeks and in bed recovering for a month. This was back in 2019 and still today it’s difficult for me to stretch. I started walking more and stretching and slowly getting back to being more limber but noticed that if I don’t stretch for a few day, my body get stiff again. I’m glad stumbled on to this video and I’m definitely going to stretch and move more every day. Thanks for sharing this!
" upright Health " off you tube...
This is seriously the best channel on youtube. Well researched, beautifully presented, masterfully edited, no hyperbole, no exaggerated non-sense. Just excellent health information supported by real science. I learn something new every time a watch these videos. Thank you
my face reading this comment 😌🥲🥰 thank you very much!
Well researched? You must be kidding. Absolutely needs more fact checking.
Idea of fascia adhesion is not a “real science” lol
I’m 45, obese, but super flexible and active. I have zero body pain and do yoga for 15 minutes every day. I tell everyone who will listen that stretching is one of the most important things you can do for yourself. Now I just have to lay off the doughnuts and do cardio 30 minutes a day. Thanks for the random video in my suggestions!
Since you’re already somewhat active I think eating healthy will greatly improve your health without the running.
Try Carnivore diet. It really works.
Try power yoga! I started doing it whit a 30 day challange (empawered by Travis Elliot) and now i’m addicted. I’ts a fast paced practice but it combine strenghtening and stretching.
Lifting weights is better than cardio for weight loss, it raises your resting metabolism. Good on you for moving your body!
wow love your attitude you are doing good in case no one mentions it today
Now this, this is what they need to be teaching in schools
My husband is a PE teacher and does teach this. But he's the first to admit he's the only PE teacher he knows that does. He doesn't do a unit without explaining the parts of the body and what's happening in the body when performing a specific exercise or sport.
Schools should teach well established knowledge, not speculation.
@@pigpjs Tbf all my PE teachers were like that. Also you learn about this in biology, PE and anatomy.
It's just that most people don't pay attention.
I may have gotten lucky with my PE teachers and I had more classes about these things because I went for science in school.
But at a basic level it should be taught everywhere. At least in my country (Spain)
My country also has the best healthcare system in the world so Spain is probably a best case scenario rather than the norm 😅
I was regularly exercising most of my life but totally stopped it for 3 years since the pandemic started. My body feels terrible. Aches everywhere, increased in resting heart rate etc. I thought it was me just getting older (38 this year) but I guess it's due to this Fascia thing too. I'm gonna start stretching daily too. So glad youtube recommended this video
It’s actually pronounced PLANdemic.
OMG the same here. I am 34 and was in a good shape before pandemic, regular cardio and exercising. Now I also have a higher heart rate snd cannot do cardio 😭. Started thinking to do yoga or stretching
Same 🙋🏻♀️😭
@@phantazm2012 When did you receive the vax?
@@ptrainingbytim I didn’t get vaccination. I had covid in a light form in mid 2020.
I am over 40, and there was about 5 years ago, I stopped playing soccer. After that, I slowing was feeling the pains of "just getting older". Then I started yoga daily and working out more and drinking more water. Wow, I felt a huge difference right away! There was pain I didn't even know I had the just released.
Just keep moving my friends!
That's how pain like that gets you, it sneaks up on you! It's always good to stay active! 💪
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@@differentone_p 💪😎👍
WELL DONE congratulations just happy for you
Is it just me or does anyone else think it’s kind of alarming that surgeons would just take out the fascia from patient’s bodies and toss it away???
Yes and no
I don't think it's alarming because they didn't know. People used to smoke while pregnant. We do differently when we know different.
@@ad2094 yeah but if you don’t know, you should want to change as few things as possible if you’re wise. It should be self-explanatory really as to why the converse is imprudent. If I don’t know about cars but am using chewing gum to hopefully stop a leak in the gas tank should I start cutting wires and hoses willy-nilly while I’m at it?
@@samsungtelevision695 while I completely agree with you, that would be the intelligent approach. However.. a car comes with a manual, the designer/manufacturers explain the way it works. Human bodies never had a manual, and our creator isn't in the habit of talking back. So, as with anything, becomes trial and error - for the purpose of better understanding/knowledge. And because of that, the human body DOES have a 'manual' now-a-days (medical books) where doctors/surgeons understand it in great detail.
Still, I probably wouldn't want to be the experiment where Dr is figuring stuff out lol
@@pepperT358agreed! no guinea pig for this
"I'm sure that most people watching this do not have back pain" ...I'm literally watching this because I had to lay down due to my backache 😭😬
I’m 36 and developed chronic sciatic nerve pain as well as pain in the tissues of my lower back. What has REALLY helped is starting strength training followed by diff varieties of deep stretch yoga after every session. For some reason, Vit D+K supplements helped me too but my lower back is rarely in agony like it used to be and I LOVE half-butterfly forward folds to stretch my low back specifically on each side. It has helped IMMENSELY in the last year.
This is actually super interesting. I had a post operative wound and I was told not to exercise while it healed as it was in a really sensitive area. It didn't heal properly for 10 years. I finally said "nah, I'm not putting my life on hold anymore" started working out, the wound's so far healed and has stayed that way for 6 months. Maybe that's related!
I'm sorry it took so long! When I gave birth I was told to keep walking lightly and keep moving to help with healing, as well as of course washing the parts with water 4 x daily. Movement must be connected to healing, as I've heard similar advice given for c-section scars as well.
Why would they have disregarded the fascia before as something dead when it's in your body so obviously it's something that is very much alive and interconnected to everything else.
@Filthybaka & that's the oldest layer of skin ready to come off for the new layer
Skin is still alive & breathing
Don't they say it's the largest organ
Because they didn't see it as important
Also they didn't know the purpose so since they didn't know what it was & what it was for they didn't consider it
They pretty much disregarded it & didn't care for it so they decided to tell ppl its dead
It is passive tissue. You're almost certainly not improving any problem with your fascia with exercise and any problem you notice is almost certainly not due to fascia.
Could you do a video on why it’s important to drink water??
thats actually the next one lol!
Bc our bodies are made up of water.
The End.
My mom says that drinking water upsets her stomach! She only drinks soda and surgery artificial juice drinks, even though she has kidney trouble and is pre-diabetic.
@@Maki-00 has she tried room temperature water?
@@Itsjanellealiyah She won’t drink it, no matter what the temperature. She just hates water!
I’m so glad I found this video. A whole generation of us who've watched our elder family members suffer and struggle with health problems, and we are lucky enough to have all kinds of information available so that we don't have to have the same fate. What a time to be alive.
IM SO PASSIONATE ABOUT FASCIA. My massage therapist has trained under the guy that “discovered” it (basically made it popular in the modern world). For years and years he talked about its existence but people didn’t take him seriously because there were no medical studies backing it up. Doctors denied the existence of fascia because it is a vast network. I can’t talk about it without cautioning the depressive apathy of the medical world. Doctors just don’t seek out and listen to patients and anecdotal evidence. People have been talking about myofasial release since the 1980s at least. But it wasn’t “discovered” by science until the mid 2000s. Genuinely disappointing that the medical community is so far behind but this is an important reminder to listen to your body. And go see a massage therapist who does myofasial release!
Edit: i have chronic pain because of anxiety and taking care of my fasia is the only thing that has brought me relief.
Best feeling in the world is a deep tissue massage after a hard week of working out. 😊
He trained under an ancient India yogi? Wow.
What kind of massage needed to unknot the fascia?
May I ask how anxiety leads to pain? I dont doubt it, I just wonder exactly what you mean. I have both(along w 75 other things), and I never really considered the connection aside from the fact that anxiety cripples me to the point that I dont move. It's such a vicious cycle...pain makes me not move, and not moving causes anxiety. And then anxiety causes me to move even less. Im a yoga teacher and do it daily, but I still have so much tightness and pain. If I didn't do yoga however, I wouldn't even be able to walk. I think my connective tissue disorder is my primary culprit bc since my joints don't work properly, my muscles have to overcompensate and are eternally tight or spasmed.
@@pocasanchez on top of what you already know you're dealing with in terms of your connective tissue disorder, yes anxiety can lead to pain. Chronic pain, breathing issues, long term health complications due to elevated cortisol levels (I think ?)
I had a friend in hs who literally passed out from panic attacks. For a couple years I had vomiting episodes that lasted 12 hours every time, every few months. Nobody knew what was happening. Funny now that I am properly medicated for my mental illnesses I'm not having them.
Yeah anxiety can contribute to your muscles tensing up, but it doesn't make much of a difference.... I don't mean that negatively it's just, if it's from anxiety or something else, as long as you've been tested for anything serious and cleared, it won't make much difference in how you choose to treat it. Yoga is good for anxiety and muscle tension, and a lot of things tend to benefit both our bodies and minds at the same time :)
Good luck on your journey, this video has convinced me to try acupuncture.
Omg my friend (who is very athletic) has been AFTER me to start stretching before and after my walks. I never have bothered...and now not a week after her last lecture, this video appears. The universe is trying to tell me something here... (Great to see a new video from you!! I love your stuff so much, it's so well edited and put together and always educational!!)
That's just old school superstitions that were handed down from 60s coaches.
Would love to know why some of us humans develop so much anxiety around beginning any sort of task we need to do, to the point of procrastinating for hours or even days until the very last minute! This is something that seems to be controlling my life and preventing me from doing things I really want to do.
oh man i get this too lol
currently going through it rn! its midnight where I am and still havent started my work I intended to do last week...
When we procrastinate we tend to do it because we’re avoiding a feeling not the task itself. So maybe asking yourself what is the feeling you associate with all those tasks might help you understand yourself a bit. Also habits, if we’re used to be a certain way or prioritise certain stuff we find it difficult to see something else as urgent or important, it’s all about relearning and creating new patterns, in the end is behaviour so it modifiable ♥️
Tell that to the creators of South Park lol
Many reasons, but here's a few commn reasons:
1. "It's going to be too hard" (This is also called "Low Frustration Tolerance")
2. "Even if I do it, it's not going to be satisfying or rewarding"
3. "If I can't do it perfectly, then I'd rather not do it at all"
I'm 21 and already suffer from back pain. I thought losing weight would help but the pain still persisted. I've now realized what the problem was. Thank you.
In acupuncture, this grabbing by the fascial fibers is called “attaining the Qi”, like a feeling of a fish on a fishing line, and is considered essential for therapeutic effect.
Incidentally, the word 经络 jingluo, often translated as channels or meridians, comes from textile weaving on vertical looms. The 经 jing are the vertical threads and 络 luo are the horizontal threads. Acupuncture channels were never meant to describe mystical lines of magical energy, they were descriptions of the fabric-like fascial scaffolding that surrounds and holds everything in place.
This is so interesting! You have any readings or sources you recommend to read more?
There's no "grabbing by the fascial fibers". The fascia enclose all of your muscles and organs. You can grab the muscle or organ.
As a massage therapist who’s been at it for almost a decade, I LOVE that fascia is starting to be understood and explored! I’ve been warning clients about moving for their fascia for so long! It’s so good to hear others talk about it!
3:35 I always liked reminding people that via their fascia their big toe is connected to the back of their eye.
So cool!
@@tonycamaj4560get your surgeon to have an mri.
I'm an overweight man, into his 30s and just started to become active again. I used to be able to do splits in my youths and I've restarted to be able to do the splits today after many months of stretching. Today I was just talking to my friend and wondered what benefits does being flexible have, and lo and behold I found this video accidentally. Now I'm really happy I was able to be flexible again.
Tipping my hat to you! That is a true acchievement! :)
(I used to be a gymnast, so i know how good it feels being flexible! :D)
Hi Neville how are your students at Hogwarts?
I have been struggling with chronic pain, RUclips, doctors etc and your video really helped me understand about how fascia works. Thank you very much! This is a life changer🙏🏼 God bless you
*DANCEXERCISE* When none of the sports or disciplines you' ve tried motivates you enough but you refuse to give up and sit down. *You play 5 songs in a row (minimum, more is welcome, ovbiously) at home, dancing and singing like no tomorrow. Every single day* It may sound silly and/or uneffective. But just by going everywhere walking and 20 mins of daily movement and enjoyment makes THE difference. 🧛🏻♀️🖤
Dancing has been found to be one of the best ways to motivate yourself physically, AND, it's amazing for the brain as well.
Social dance is the best for body and brain health.
this is so true. also i feel happier when dancing and it boosts my mood. im a horrible dancer lmao but i tried to stretch and then dance otherwise ljke my left side hurts
Like it
There's a lot to be said for moving for at least 20 minutes. More can be better, yet that 20 is essential
I’m not as consistent as I should be but I tell people that they should play 3 to 5 songs and just dance! There were some songs from back in the 80s that were about 10 minutes long😂 Depending on what you’re listening to, 3 songs could get it 😂 But the goal for me is 15 to 20 minutes🥰
Reminds me of the quote "A body in motion stays in motion, and a body at rest stays at rest"
That's not a quote, it's a law of physics, and even though applicable means something different.
The importance of regular exercise was illustrated to me when I heard the statement “ If all the benefits of exercise were accessible in a pill form, it would make millions” . Thanks for your fantastic presentation.
Not millions but billions
@@aderonkeawe7343 Not billions but trillions
Video starts ar 3:16
Hexabites of gazillions...😜
It is true, I just invested in a huge stretching book. Whenever I feel a tight area I immediately apply stretching to those areas. There is no doubt it is beneficial. Some online say stretching is great and then others say it is not. Now I have found out that stretching keeps me more flexible. As we all know, that is what we want as we age.
This has given me a tremendous amount of anxiety, stretching now…
Well I'll tell ya what, I'm turning 33 tomorrow. I am not in the "young" category but I'm not old either and I suffer from extreme back pain! It's gotten worse this year and I think I know why now. I literally sit on a recliner and work from home 8 hours a day. Then when I log off I sit there till bedtime. I wake up super stiff and back gets sore from minor chores. I started stretching everyday for a month now due to the PT recommendation and it's been helping. I bet if I start moving even more maybe that will help the back pain! Thank you for doing this video and all the research, it definitely opens my eyes!
I had a lot of lower back surgery when I was your age. I found a yoga teacher who specialised in remediation stretching, after a few weeks I felt the scar adhesions break up and I started walking properly again. I would definitely recommend you find a professional who can guide you to stretch without adversely stressing your back to help reduce your pain levels. Good luck!
Happy birthday!!! 🎉 🎂 I also turned 33 but my birthday was actually yesterday.
@@rosxjun Awe fun! Happy belated birthday!
@@watchesfromedges Thank you for this! I was recommended yoga by three doctors so I guess I should start there! Glad it has helped you, are you still having pain or did it go away after surgery and yoga?
@@samanthawds I still have to be careful to pay attention to how I sit in chairs and turn in bed and that sort of thing but it becomes habit very quickly. I am normally pain free now as long as I keep my limitations in mind and don't over stress my back. Exercising within my limits to maintain my core strength, stretching and keeping my weight down play a big part in staying pain free these days.
Love the video. As someone with fibromyalgia I feel this on a very deep level. Doctors for years have told be I need to move and never let myself get too sedentary because it will only cause more pain
This is one of the best explanations of facia I’ve come across.
This is why I started stretching every day. I came across something (an article, Which lead to videos) about facia and was determined to become more active again and lose weight, reverse what was possible and accept the rest…
Then I broke my leg and fractured my ankle and could hardly move for weeks. I lost leg muscles I didn’t know I had.
Once it was bearable to move at all, I began stretching what I could, until I could finally touch my toes and bend my knee again. My ankle was more stubborn.
7 months in and while I’ve improved a lot, I’m still trying to “untangle my facia” as well as heal from nerve damage that effects my foot. When I try to point my toes, I can almost feel the tight tangles that spread across the top of my foot from my ankle. It’s my biggest frustration. I keep on massaging and stretching, waiting for improvement. I sometimes picture that I’m smoothing out a wrinkled plastic bag when I do. I know it’ll never be perfect again, but I’m hopeful it’ll feel more normal someday.
"Move it or Lose It" makes a lot more sense now
I’m a simple girl: I get the Kiana has released a video notification, I click.
After working from home for over a year I'm scared to watch this..
Are your legs feeling better ?
I use an exercise ball chair when working at home. It's challenging for me to sit still in it.
@@Revz8bit That's actually such a great idea.. been working from home for a year and a half now and I can't believe I haven't thought of this :o
It's not like working a sedentary job from the office is much healthier.
@@verybarebones I'd argue it's healthier at home if you make your own food and workout mid-shift
Thanks. Very helpful. I'm 70 years old with chronic back pain. Older people watch your videos, too.
I've heard this touted by so many fitness people, but you put it in such understandable terms. Thnks!
I've been telling my mother to start going for her walks again. Been telling people who barely exercises to try to go for a 5km walk, if not 2 to get some movement.
Me too! My family can get pretty sedentary and even if I tell them to do some exercises with me, they either don't want to or stick with it for a few days then get back to not exercising and stretching. I have no idea what else to say to convince them to exercise
@@jennieshutup some you really just can't. Everyone has their ups and downs no doubt, but to have completely no interest in exercise is so foreign to me haha. It really is something they have to convince themselves to do.
@@badnipple *As someone who Isn't very interested in exercise (I am in a sense but it's so hard that I likely wouldn't go along) it just doesn't stick? Isn't fun?
@@prinxen1733 gotta find an exercise you like to do. For example; I didn't like yoga or slow paced exercises, they're boring for me. Then I tried boxing and I loved it! Just gotta try them out. Exercise really is one of the best feelings.
I bet this is going to lead to breakthroughs regarding fibromyalgia.
OMG When she mentioned the sensitivity being greater I thought of my step-mom. She has been in a recliner for 10 years and can't lie flat. The newly defined organ controlling our body's circuitry is facial tissue. Grounding helps too.
Yes! We don't move to avoid pain, which just makes it worse
LOL I wrote 'facial' pain but ya'll know what I meant.
@@bunnymags6201 "facial" caught my eye and I like where my imagination went with it thank you
My best friend is in her 60s and she suffers from fibromyalgia and arthrosis.
I've been begging her, almost every day, to be a lil' bit active as it can help improving her condition (even just walking or light stretching).
She has restless legs syndrome, water retention, sore muscles and back pain everyday (she unfortunately doesn't have any efficient painkillers because of severe allergies).
I also want to get back on track, so we'll certainly go for a walk everyday and do some stretches !
Thank you Kiana for offering us such well documented videos on health subjects, it's really informative and motivating ❤
♥️Could you consider making a video on "Supersize vs. Superskinny"? It was a show that was pretty popular here in the U.K where two people, one severely overweight and one severely underweight, are instructed to switch meals and eat them in front of each other. I would love to hear your input coming from a psychological standpoint.♥️
I'm middle aged, almost 40. I can tell you, after working office jobs, being laid up because of injuries, and just generally being a lazy person, movement is super important! Stretch as much as you can while you're young because it is harder when you start doing these things when you are older
40? Let me give you a gift: you aren't old. You might only be halfway through your life journey. (I am right there with you).
Let's create new habits and restore your mind and body. Love this vid.
@@nyaxa 90% of people on RUclips are under 25. I'm 41 myself and in here, we're old. I'm a software engineer and I got my first job when I was 37. When I started, it was pretty hard. Try to not see yourself old when everybody around you is half your age. I dare you.
@@leoMC4384 I mean, but isn’t that subjective? If you’re a 16-year-oldcamp counselor and you’re responsible for a bunch of children, you’d be older, but it doesn’t necessarily mean you’re old.
@@leoMC4384 love this, I also work in a 'youth dominant' industry: retail beauty (tell me about obsession with youth). So I understand some of your anxiety. Keep your mind 'young' to learning, new ideas, training, ECT...that will serve you better than trying to 'be' young (which is impossible, anyway).
Blessings on your journey.
@@LoveAndSnapple That's a ridiculous example: if you're in a higher hierarchy or different role ("responsible" is the keyword), then yes, nobody cares. It's like a young woman working in a nursing home. She obviously wouldn't see herself old. That's not what I'm talking about.
I workout a lot and I used to tell my friends and family that when I stop working out for a while it feels like my "bones" become constricted and I never really knew what that was!!! good to know now I was talking about fascia.
As a chronic pain doctor, I'd say there's no more important tissue to make sure is healthy in 30-60 year olds than fascia.
I have severe depression and have been bedbound for the most of several years~ I’ve finally been able to book a massage appointment and I’m so excited to be able to move again!!
Get well soon 🙏🙏🙏❤️
I’m 68 now and have been doing what I call intuitive stretching for decades. As I age I find it ever more important.
As a licensed massage therapist, I approve of your message. You got it!
Back pain is not an age pain, I’ve had back pain since I was 18. Took me years and many many doctors to tell me what’s wrong. Turned out my muscles were that spasmed. Stretching didn’t fix that actually but doing the right exercises for it did. Stretching is still great for other things, thanks for putting this together!
I spent the entire pandemic laying on my bed. Now, that I'm vaccinated, I got back to gym. I'm honestly scared after watching this video, I need to exercise my poor fascia
Vaccines contain graphene a highly toxic material. You are not immunet to covid by any means. The data is overwhelming on the this. All vaccinated have weakened immune systems.
@@sabine3769 this is the most ignorant thing I have ever read. Just because you don't understand how complicated the process of making an vaccine is, doesn't mean that the easy explanation you get in a random place on the internet is true. People fabricate easy narratives for people like you, with poor education, that don't actually understand the science behind a vaccine. It's easy to make you believe in something when it seems to make sense to you, that's manipulation 101.
@@sabine3769 that’s really what you focused on in this comment? lmfao
@@sabine3769 wow graphene is already being mass produced? thought it was still in the stage of creating a non expensive way to do so
@@sabine3769 It can't be highly toxic if I feel fine, there would be noticable side effects
I'd actually love to see more about stretching... there are many facets to it, but one for example: who gets to have an easier time with it? Does being male or female make a difference? Height? Weight? Etc.
from my exp in martial arts training, women have easier time stretching and far more flexible than men. but that only apply to those on healthy weight. height on the other hand don't really make that much differences from what i saw personally.
From my experience women are usually mlre flexible. I don't know why. If you want to be more flexible you should stretch more than 2x a week.
Also in some stretches you think you're stretching one bodypart when you're stretching another. Also stretching helps with pain so highly reccomend
I don't think height matters too much. Rather proportions. It's eadier to touch your toes if your arms are proportionally longer to your legs than if they'd be proportinally shorter. Same with length of your torso etc. Etc.
I mean, I’m only 22 but I was diagnosed with MS at 20, and it massively affected my back. It causes a lot of pain but like you said, the pain causes us to want to move less.
But learning about all of this and about fascia has actually made me feel like maybe I can actually push through more and help to reduce the pain.
Thank you for actually educating me, when my health are professionals won’t, this really has helped!!! 💛💛💛
I also have MS and I promised myself that I wouldn’t stop moving, especially working out and dancing 💃🏾 Have I had my moments? Yes! Relapses! Yes! But I don’t let them stop me at all! I was DX with MS when I was 41 I just turned 53! I celebrated my birthday by dancing! You got this!
I have ehlers-danlos sydrome (disorder where connective tissue is loose, floppy and fragile, causing all kinds of problems). It's a process learning which pain signals mean "stop and rest now" and which mean "keep moving, it'll help."
To anyone who have MS here, there was a breakthrough in MS research that came out this week about Keto Diet and improvement of symptoms. Look it up!
Also, with MS, strength training is vital. It cringe when I see MS patients either not exercise at all or only walk or do cardio… you need to build new muscles it’s hard but an MS Personal Trainer can help coach you through it.
Try Tai Chi!!!! It can cure a lot of things.