Jill Miller

So when we exaggerate or tickle these proprioceptive nerve endings like Ruffini endings or Pacini corpuscles or muscle spindle or even Golgi, it has an enhancement of improving our sensory motor awareness but dampening down our pain perception.

So when we exaggerate or tickle these proprioceptive nerve endings like Ruffini endings or Pacini corpuscles or muscle spindle or even Golgi, it has an enhancement of improving our sensory motor awareness but dampening down our pain perception.

which is great because we have this analgesic effect and we have a window that we can train in in better coordination, offsetting or at least putting at a distance some of these pain signals. And that means that when we train, we can then train in a better position and over time optimize our physical body so that the pain doesn't have a place to sit in our body. Right?

which is great because we have this analgesic effect and we have a window that we can train in in better coordination, offsetting or at least putting at a distance some of these pain signals. And that means that when we train, we can then train in a better position and over time optimize our physical body so that the pain doesn't have a place to sit in our body. Right?

So when we, hopefully part of your pain management is having healthy muscles, helping healthy, strong movement patterns. And that is one way that doing the foam rolling or self myofascial release or self massage can be a boon to pain reduction. And there I got to include all these different nerve endings as well.

So when we, hopefully part of your pain management is having healthy muscles, helping healthy, strong movement patterns. And that is one way that doing the foam rolling or self myofascial release or self massage can be a boon to pain reduction. And there I got to include all these different nerve endings as well.

When we're in pain, we are not at our best in terms of our movement coordination. And that poor movement coordination tends to beget even more movement coordination and leads to accidents. And so we can use the tools like a self-myofascial release tool to essentially have a state change physically from the tissue, but also it helps to create this mental swipe.

When we're in pain, we are not at our best in terms of our movement coordination. And that poor movement coordination tends to beget even more movement coordination and leads to accidents. And so we can use the tools like a self-myofascial release tool to essentially have a state change physically from the tissue, but also it helps to create this mental swipe.

And the temporariness of that is, you know, in the research right now is showing that there are a lot of these acute changes and that these things can also happen in long term, but you have to do them again and again. You can't just do it once and hope for the best and it's all good. You need to have a self-rolling, foam rolling, as well as the corrective work.

And the temporariness of that is, you know, in the research right now is showing that there are a lot of these acute changes and that these things can also happen in long term, but you have to do them again and again. You can't just do it once and hope for the best and it's all good. You need to have a self-rolling, foam rolling, as well as the corrective work.

the foam rolling in and of itself is not going to take care of everything. You still have to change the body's behavior around why that pain set about in the first place, right? And so that is the physical management that comes along with proper exercise and whatever other things, nutrition, sleep, all of that.

the foam rolling in and of itself is not going to take care of everything. You still have to change the body's behavior around why that pain set about in the first place, right? And so that is the physical management that comes along with proper exercise and whatever other things, nutrition, sleep, all of that.

So one of the things that rolling on an area like the foot. So is there a morphological change when I roll my foot? Probably not. The research is showing that you're probably not actually changing the fascial tissues in and of themselves, even though. We can improve glide.

So one of the things that rolling on an area like the foot. So is there a morphological change when I roll my foot? Probably not. The research is showing that you're probably not actually changing the fascial tissues in and of themselves, even though. We can improve glide.

We can improve a relative glide amongst many different tissues, even in a pretty relatively short period of time, within 60 seconds to two minutes. But one of the things that the research is also saying is probably that one of the things that rolling is doing is it's adjusting your discomfort to stretch. So it's adjusting your pain pressure thresholds. to stretch. So there are these fluid changes.

We can improve a relative glide amongst many different tissues, even in a pretty relatively short period of time, within 60 seconds to two minutes. But one of the things that the research is also saying is probably that one of the things that rolling is doing is it's adjusting your discomfort to stretch. So it's adjusting your pain pressure thresholds. to stretch. So there are these fluid changes.

There's heat changes. But in a way, you're inoculating yourself to the discomfort of the forward bend. And so that is allowing for a little bit more movement. But there's also some of these neural changes, such as the rolling in is enhancing parasympathetic features. So perhaps there is less muscle bracing in your range of motion check afterwards. So there's a cascade of things that are happening.

There's heat changes. But in a way, you're inoculating yourself to the discomfort of the forward bend. And so that is allowing for a little bit more movement. But there's also some of these neural changes, such as the rolling in is enhancing parasympathetic features. So perhaps there is less muscle bracing in your range of motion check afterwards. So there's a cascade of things that are happening.

I don't think we can only say, oh, it's the fascia that's letting me get that extra range. It's a part of it, but I think there's a few other... things going on neurologically and in terms of fluid mechanics.

I don't think we can only say, oh, it's the fascia that's letting me get that extra range. It's a part of it, but I think there's a few other... things going on neurologically and in terms of fluid mechanics.