Discussing mobility longevity, connective tissue remodelling, and movement

This footage was taken at an Functional Range Release (FR)® Upper Limb certification seminar with the Chicago Cubs MLB medical staff. In it, Dr. Spina discusses various concepts pertaining to the long term histological remodelling of soft tissue structure and how soft tissue therapists should remember to focus on long term movement goals.
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[@bethwitrogen7091]

Just brilliant clarity! I had 2 back surgeries to remove tumors compressing spinal cord, and was told do not bend lift or twist for a year. A year later I can't bend lift or twist well, whereas I was an athlete & dancer much of my life. Been SO frustrated how to heal & get stronger. THIS EXPLAINS it. ThANK YOU if you see this, Dr. Spina, thank you!! Wish I could see you in person.

[@SirRado]

Love this. I hate when people in our field call us "healers". We're not healing anything, we're helping to increase function or hopefully decrease dysfunction or exacerbating factors.

[@matavidya]

Very illustrative and clear. Thank you!

[@ikhsanputraibrahim9748]

This is awesome. Clear and succinct.

[@milanstojkovich1503]

learned more in a couple of your videos than I did this whole semester at my school ... thanks a lot for this great information!

[@maydencan]

Awesome speech, When clients have injured an area. I am very adamant to them, to keep trying to do things the way they did before they were hurt. So that they are not compensating other muscles and tendons to doing other jobs. :)

[@clray123]

A regular dose of "fap" manual therapy can treat anything!

[@jimoffutt9156]

What happened with the guy with the "functionally fused" spine? Where do go with him? I mean ok, start an exercise program where you allow increasing ranges over time. How? Very clear and concise, but it's kind of circular. Where are we going? I guess I need to buy the program...

[@danielyazbek2393]

Awesome!!

[@Deus-tv2kt]

Yes, I have a question. I always had a mobile spine, could do the bridge, crocodile with a lot of range, etc. So I don't train it much because it's already good. Now my question: Assuming all my vertebrae are moving like nature inteded to, how much flexion, extension, rotation and lateral flexion and all of them combined is nececarry to keep pain in the back away and how much is the upper limit before pain occures?

[@worldwidewinter]

Walking up in the morning and explore range in not stretching..correct?

[@sk8erKing678]

very important information here

[@graciousflexy1465]

Very sensible. If you have it and don't use it. You will lose it

[@makhtar6769]

most if not all mobility issues keep coming back only short term heal is possible, i have treated 20 year old arthritis on an elderly person after first treatment huge improvement after 3rd treatment she didnt need to see me for atleast 2 years and had ease walking and in the winter. just by using cupping therapy.

[@beakf1]

Im 40 years old and spent a lot of money in the past trying to do the splits sideways. I find it hard to even cross my legs and i am very unflexable. Ive gotten back into it again and the book says if i can raise one leg to the side its not the bone or hips stopping me its muscle strength. Im wondering if my ligaments are fixed length at my age or with constant work i can actually do the split. (im very very far off from doing them btw)

[@dojajkox]

@Dr. Andreo Spina I would love to know that too

[@cholkymilkmirage4984]

fucking amazing video. wow!

[@DaveReddy]

If your body turns over "every single cell every 3 years", why don't people have to get new tattoos every 3 years? And don't neurons and brain tissue live longer, closer to 10 years? I love this idea and teaching point, but where is the specific research proving this statement? The 7-10 year tissue turnover rate is considered a wives tale in most places. Thanks.

[@sgttomas]

Because tattoos are ink between layers of cellular mass that is continually being laid down in the correct form and direction, but the spaces between the tissue remains constant and that's where the ink dwells.

[@rugby_jtizzle]

Altho you are “technically” correct, you only are cuz you have misinterpreted his statement. You are not a sports medicine professional therefore you don’t know the context. They know which cells he’s referring to and which ones he isn’t. You’re thinking he’s making a blanket statement about the body but he’s not, he’s speaking about a specific concepts in a specific field where they all know the science and what he’s referring to. He’s referring to all the cells in our body that are responsible for healing injuries and laying down repair, which have a turnover rate in less than 6 months. These cells do have a memory and are neurologically interconnected, he’s right: if you don’t use something your body will remove it. This is why training is a constant process or adaptation will halt. Regarding tattoos not turning over, it’s cuz the ink sits in the collagen of the skin. The top layers of skin cells turnover (they don’t have ink), but cuz the ink sits there so you still see it. The macrophages eat the ink but they don’t have a way to ingest it, so it stays put.

[@DaveReddy]

@@rugby_jtizzle I appreciate your point, and wow, this was my comment from 7 years ago ... I do not hear this talking point as much any more, as typically it requires a specific stressor to cause adaptation and tissue turnover, and those stressors come in many acute and chronic (short term/sudden and long term/aging or otherwise reps on a dysfunctional pattern maybe) forms to cause cellular turnover or regeneration. And while I respect and appreciate your comment, especially as a sports med professional, at least in part of my last professional life as a certified athletic trainer, I also asked about citing research that explains this phenomenon. I often used this idea in my own holistic coaching practice when stating, "you are what you eat ... therefore, with the constant turnover of tissue, what building blocks do you want to rebuild them from, yada yada." It works to make a point in coaching. And as you state here, it is usually said as a blanket statement with little context, left open for interpretation.

[@Drstephenstokes]

Get in front of the projector next time. Nice talk.

[@Zimloader]

So it’s all governed by neurology and movement patterns developed over a lifetime. It’s not magic. Injuries are always waiting to happen depending on the internal/external impact of the organism, it’s adaptability and fatiguability.

[@tango1305]

If you don't use it you loose it

[@askdrjohnbrowndc]

Yawn..