Nsima Inyang

Whoa, whoa, dude, like what?

He's like, well, yeah, if I shot you in the head, your body has all the range of motion my body would have and more because your nervous system isn't guarding you in any of these positions, right?

Your nervous system pretty much tells your body what is safe and what is unsafe.

So you'll see people that build levels of flexibility.

Yes.

Changes happen in the tissue and the tendons and the muscles, but also their nervous system lets them know that I can now go into this position safely.

I can get into the split safely and come out.

And that's by relieving tension in certain areas.

And when you're dead, you have no tension.

So that's why even the buffest, thickest person, if shot in the head, could do the splits.

because now there's nothing guarding them from this movement.

There would be certain positions that like, yes, their tendons would be tight because of probably all of the things that they've done, but they'd have way more range of motion.

they would probably be able to get into the splits without causing crazy amounts of damage because there's nothing guarding them from those positions anymore.

And one of the things that guards people is excessive amounts of tension in certain tissues because they've never touched those tissues or brought pressure to it.

This is why when people go to, I don't know if we've got the specific term for those body workers.

It just said massage therapists.

I'm sorry, y'all.

I know you're not technically massage therapists, but that's what the internet calls you.

So right now I'm going to call you that.

Body worker, masseur, masseuse.