Dr. Kelly Starrett

We can look at the tendinous fascial connections. And again, do these tissues slide and glide the way they're supposed to slide and glide? And that's a much easier way to look at it. And I'm going to test and retest, not with subjective pain, but how is your range of motion and access to your range of motion?

I don't know if you know anyone in Naval Special Warfare, but they're so soft.

I don't know if you know anyone in Naval Special Warfare, but they're so soft.

I don't know if you know anyone in Naval Special Warfare, but they're so soft.

I didn't say that. Kelly said that. You know who you are, my friends.

I didn't say that. Kelly said that. You know who you are, my friends.

I didn't say that. Kelly said that. You know who you are, my friends.

Does it need to be painful?

Does it need to be painful?

Does it need to be painful?

So let's pull Rolfing outside because I'm not a rolfer. But let's just say that mobilizing your tissues doesn't have to be painful. In fact, it's likely that you'll experience some discomfort. But let's talk about a couple guideposts for you. Number one, you always have to be able to take a full breath.

So let's pull Rolfing outside because I'm not a rolfer. But let's just say that mobilizing your tissues doesn't have to be painful. In fact, it's likely that you'll experience some discomfort. But let's talk about a couple guideposts for you. Number one, you always have to be able to take a full breath.

So let's pull Rolfing outside because I'm not a rolfer. But let's just say that mobilizing your tissues doesn't have to be painful. In fact, it's likely that you'll experience some discomfort. But let's talk about a couple guideposts for you. Number one, you always have to be able to take a full breath.

So if I'm mobilizing you or you're mobilizing yourself and you suddenly stop breathing, you're going too deep. So an easy way for you is to say, hey, can I breathe here? Number two, I like to have volitional contraction. So if I'm mobilizing someone or someone's doing something, I should be able to flex them out. I should have control over that.

So if I'm mobilizing you or you're mobilizing yourself and you suddenly stop breathing, you're going too deep. So an easy way for you is to say, hey, can I breathe here? Number two, I like to have volitional contraction. So if I'm mobilizing someone or someone's doing something, I should be able to flex them out. I should have control over that.

So if I'm mobilizing you or you're mobilizing yourself and you suddenly stop breathing, you're going too deep. So an easy way for you is to say, hey, can I breathe here? Number two, I like to have volitional contraction. So if I'm mobilizing someone or someone's doing something, I should be able to flex them out. I should have control over that.

If the pain or depth or pressure is putting too much load on the system where I literally lose neuromuscular control, what am I doing? Right? And then those two pieces, can I take a breath here? Do I have control here? Those go a long way to keeping me in the bounds. And then we tend to not work on a tissue longer than five minutes, just because I wanna get the rest of it tomorrow.

If the pain or depth or pressure is putting too much load on the system where I literally lose neuromuscular control, what am I doing? Right? And then those two pieces, can I take a breath here? Do I have control here? Those go a long way to keeping me in the bounds. And then we tend to not work on a tissue longer than five minutes, just because I wanna get the rest of it tomorrow.

If the pain or depth or pressure is putting too much load on the system where I literally lose neuromuscular control, what am I doing? Right? And then those two pieces, can I take a breath here? Do I have control here? Those go a long way to keeping me in the bounds. And then we tend to not work on a tissue longer than five minutes, just because I wanna get the rest of it tomorrow.

And if you give me 10 minutes of work, That's incredible. We like to put the soft tissue work before we go to bed. And what we found was that we had better adherence. No one's doing anything productive in the 10 minutes before they go to the bedroom. Number two, like a child, when you put a child to bed, you're like, first we take a bath, then we read the book, and then we go to bed, right?