Dr. Kelly Starrett

And I want to point out sort of one of my research friends, Brent Brookbush. The Brookbush Institute has incredible summaries of musculoskeletal care. Brent is a genius. And if you go on his site, there's a little hourglass, and you can search, like, trigger points. And you'll see all of the deep dive research, analysis of the meta research. Like, you'll be like, okay, this is really excellent.

And I want to point out sort of one of my research friends, Brent Brookbush. The Brookbush Institute has incredible summaries of musculoskeletal care. Brent is a genius. And if you go on his site, there's a little hourglass, and you can search, like, trigger points. And you'll see all of the deep dive research, analysis of the meta research. Like, you'll be like, okay, this is really excellent.

And I want to point out sort of one of my research friends, Brent Brookbush. The Brookbush Institute has incredible summaries of musculoskeletal care. Brent is a genius. And if you go on his site, there's a little hourglass, and you can search, like, trigger points. And you'll see all of the deep dive research, analysis of the meta research. Like, you'll be like, okay, this is really excellent.

And it is tricky because, you know, what doesn't work for my body or wasn't a good use for time now is useless, and it's easy to shout on the Internet. So what's our goal? If I was in pain and I was about to exercise – a quick two or three minute intervention working on, let's call it desensitization of the tissues.

And it is tricky because, you know, what doesn't work for my body or wasn't a good use for time now is useless, and it's easy to shout on the Internet. So what's our goal? If I was in pain and I was about to exercise – a quick two or three minute intervention working on, let's call it desensitization of the tissues.

And it is tricky because, you know, what doesn't work for my body or wasn't a good use for time now is useless, and it's easy to shout on the Internet. So what's our goal? If I was in pain and I was about to exercise – a quick two or three minute intervention working on, let's call it desensitization of the tissues.

Let's be mechanism agnostic for a second and say that's a really low level into entry, safe, highly effective way for you to suddenly feel better. So we create a window of opportunity to move. That's really cool. I love that. No physical therapist in the room. No one went blind. You didn't dislocate, right? Yeah. So that could be a really excellent use of some soft tissue work.

Let's be mechanism agnostic for a second and say that's a really low level into entry, safe, highly effective way for you to suddenly feel better. So we create a window of opportunity to move. That's really cool. I love that. No physical therapist in the room. No one went blind. You didn't dislocate, right? Yeah. So that could be a really excellent use of some soft tissue work.

Let's be mechanism agnostic for a second and say that's a really low level into entry, safe, highly effective way for you to suddenly feel better. So we create a window of opportunity to move. That's really cool. I love that. No physical therapist in the room. No one went blind. You didn't dislocate, right? Yeah. So that could be a really excellent use of some soft tissue work.

The same way a boxer would go or an MMA fighter or the Olympic lifters in China. They have people who are giving non-threatening input to the body to tell the brain it's safe or to rehydrate something. Again, is it just stimulus so that the brain says it's safe? Sure. Are we restoring how the tissues slide and glide? Sure.

The same way a boxer would go or an MMA fighter or the Olympic lifters in China. They have people who are giving non-threatening input to the body to tell the brain it's safe or to rehydrate something. Again, is it just stimulus so that the brain says it's safe? Sure. Are we restoring how the tissues slide and glide? Sure.

The same way a boxer would go or an MMA fighter or the Olympic lifters in China. They have people who are giving non-threatening input to the body to tell the brain it's safe or to rehydrate something. Again, is it just stimulus so that the brain says it's safe? Sure. Are we restoring how the tissues slide and glide? Sure.

A lot of times I think if you look at any of the mobility work, I'll just put writ large, really comes down to just doing a couple things. Most of them are just isometrics. So we have a lot of isometrics, which everyone can agree is good stuff, and we do a lot of tempo work. It's really just moving slowly through range.

A lot of times I think if you look at any of the mobility work, I'll just put writ large, really comes down to just doing a couple things. Most of them are just isometrics. So we have a lot of isometrics, which everyone can agree is good stuff, and we do a lot of tempo work. It's really just moving slowly through range.

A lot of times I think if you look at any of the mobility work, I'll just put writ large, really comes down to just doing a couple things. Most of them are just isometrics. So we have a lot of isometrics, which everyone can agree is good stuff, and we do a lot of tempo work. It's really just moving slowly through range.

It just may be that I'm using a different tool to have that isometric stimulus or that tempo moving slowly stimulus. So we like to say, let's use mobilizations mobilizing the tissues, why are we doing it? What are we trying to do? Well, pain is a good reason. And again, multifactorial, highly subjective, why do I have pain?

It just may be that I'm using a different tool to have that isometric stimulus or that tempo moving slowly stimulus. So we like to say, let's use mobilizations mobilizing the tissues, why are we doing it? What are we trying to do? Well, pain is a good reason. And again, multifactorial, highly subjective, why do I have pain?

It just may be that I'm using a different tool to have that isometric stimulus or that tempo moving slowly stimulus. So we like to say, let's use mobilizations mobilizing the tissues, why are we doing it? What are we trying to do? Well, pain is a good reason. And again, multifactorial, highly subjective, why do I have pain?

Well, I got in a fight with my wife and I didn't eat and I twisted my knee back in Vietnam and who knows, right? But what are the inputs that I have to self-soothe and desensitize? And it turns out a ball and a roller is a really good one. So I can use those to help myself feel better. Did that solve the problem? Did that solve two weeks of shitty sleep?

Well, I got in a fight with my wife and I didn't eat and I twisted my knee back in Vietnam and who knows, right? But what are the inputs that I have to self-soothe and desensitize? And it turns out a ball and a roller is a really good one. So I can use those to help myself feel better. Did that solve the problem? Did that solve two weeks of shitty sleep?