Kyler Brown

So with you, without getting your foot out, you have a very mobile foot. Your swimming background, swimmers have really great mobile feet. Show me a soccer player who had their foot strapped in cleats for 10, 20 years versus a swimmer. Very different setups. So it really speaks to how tissues adapt over time. So your feet have a ton of motion in them. They are not restricted.

So with you, without getting your foot out, you have a very mobile foot. Your swimming background, swimmers have really great mobile feet. Show me a soccer player who had their foot strapped in cleats for 10, 20 years versus a swimmer. Very different setups. So it really speaks to how tissues adapt over time. So your feet have a ton of motion in them. They are not restricted.

You also do a lot of barefoot work in the gym, which is helpful for you. Your feet are actually pretty strong too. If we test your big toe and your smaller toes, you don't test outside the normal limits for strength requirements, but your biggest gap is that multi-positional stiffness and that ability to create force absorption through your tissues.

You also do a lot of barefoot work in the gym, which is helpful for you. Your feet are actually pretty strong too. If we test your big toe and your smaller toes, you don't test outside the normal limits for strength requirements, but your biggest gap is that multi-positional stiffness and that ability to create force absorption through your tissues.

And you're actually set up for that because you can move so much. You don't find those end ranges, either the bony end ranges or those tendons can't grab because there's so much play in that pattern. So what you accidentally do all the time is you'll go on a ruck or you'll go on a hunt where you're off road and you're getting all these angles.

And you're actually set up for that because you can move so much. You don't find those end ranges, either the bony end ranges or those tendons can't grab because there's so much play in that pattern. So what you accidentally do all the time is you'll go on a ruck or you'll go on a hunt where you're off road and you're getting all these angles.

You'll slowly flare up a tendon and tendons are notorious for not hurting.

You'll slowly flare up a tendon and tendons are notorious for not hurting.

I'm just glad your feet not at the other end. So because your feet are so mobile. Tendons are notorious for, they don't really hurt at the time, but they hurt like crazy the next morning. And what you always routinely say, which is really common if you're plantar fasciitis or patellar tendonitis is when I first get up, it's really stiff and creaky and sore and hurts.

I'm just glad your feet not at the other end. So because your feet are so mobile. Tendons are notorious for, they don't really hurt at the time, but they hurt like crazy the next morning. And what you always routinely say, which is really common if you're plantar fasciitis or patellar tendonitis is when I first get up, it's really stiff and creaky and sore and hurts.

And that's because tendons love blood flow. They love movement and they love motion. And so all those chemicals that come with inflammation, if we're just sitting around or sleeping, that's the opportunity to get stiff and really sore and achy. With that kind of symptom pattern, you're not really lost on what it is because that's classic tendon. You can walk, we can load it. There's no failure.

And that's because tendons love blood flow. They love movement and they love motion. And so all those chemicals that come with inflammation, if we're just sitting around or sleeping, that's the opportunity to get stiff and really sore and achy. With that kind of symptom pattern, you're not really lost on what it is because that's classic tendon. You can walk, we can load it. There's no failure.

So we're not worried about a muscular strain or any other damage, but that tendon gets really hot and spicy, especially in the mornings, if you're not creating that stiffness.

So we're not worried about a muscular strain or any other damage, but that tendon gets really hot and spicy, especially in the mornings, if you're not creating that stiffness.

Well, tendons are one of the slowest things to heal. And I guarantee if we really zoomed in and looked at all of it, you probably have a little tendinopathy in those tendons, a little damage here and there that could be contributing to that irritation. But the most important thing is understanding that tendons take months to regenerate.

Well, tendons are one of the slowest things to heal. And I guarantee if we really zoomed in and looked at all of it, you probably have a little tendinopathy in those tendons, a little damage here and there that could be contributing to that irritation. But the most important thing is understanding that tendons take months to regenerate.

You and I have had a pretty consistent attack with it, but we finally got you on a really good rehab program you're doing yourself where we're loading the heck out of it with these isometrics and we're building the load more and more. And we're loading those isometrics in different positions. So one of the ones we do with you a lot is that front foot hover, but you're actually plantar flexing.

You and I have had a pretty consistent attack with it, but we finally got you on a really good rehab program you're doing yourself where we're loading the heck out of it with these isometrics and we're building the load more and more. And we're loading those isometrics in different positions. So one of the ones we do with you a lot is that front foot hover, but you're actually plantar flexing.

So where you're driving, you're doing as much of a calf raise as you can, in that split squat position. And then we make you hold that while you do that split squat. So it changes the whole angle and the relationship.

So where you're driving, you're doing as much of a calf raise as you can, in that split squat position. And then we make you hold that while you do that split squat. So it changes the whole angle and the relationship.