Unlocking Knee Pain Relief: Nervous System Retraining for a Harmonious Body

[@TaroIwamoto]

Are you tired of living with knee pain that holds you back from fully enjoying life? In this video, I'll reveal a groundbreaking perspective on knee pain relief. Say goodbye to temporary fixes and let's delve into the power of nervous system retraining and movement reeducation. Get ready to unlock your body's hidden potential and find lasting comfort, confidence, and authenticity in your knees! Let's begin the journey together!"

[@chloebelle4923]

Taro -- thank you SO VERY much for all of your wonderful videos --- you are so generous with your time and wisdom! 🥰

[@TaroIwamoto]

@@chloebelle4923 thank you:)

[@ThuLe-eh1xe]

This morning when I got out of bed, my knee hurt. Can't even walk. I tried in vain to massage it, to do some movements to get rid of the pain. But to no avail. I knew that I stacked pillows under my neck to sleep last night , and this cause knee pain. I decided to sit on my chair to do some feldenkrais taught by Taro to loosen the hips. After one minute, the pain is gone! And I can walk my dog to the park. Feldenkrais taught by Taro is magical. Thank you for your dedication, Taro. Your video has the energy, atmosphere of peace, serenity, calmness, kindness and sincerity.

[@TaroIwamoto]

thank you so much for sharing your direct experience with others here. It is so valuable for people to hear others experiences as it is such a paradigm shift to view our body functions from this perspective that focuses on improving interconnectedness.

[@ThuLe-eh1xe]

@@TaroIwamoto 😁😁

[@TaroIwamoto]

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[@bevh5317]

Fixed my hip and knee by combining this alignment for walking and slow movement video and it works!!!! Tried everything and nothing else worked. Major change in several days and no more pain in 2 weeks!!! Thank you so much!!! I will purchase your book tonight and hope this helps others like me. You are amazing ❤❤❤

[@TaroIwamoto]

So glad to hear that! Wonderful news! "Awareness Through Movement" is a great resource. I wish I could say I wrote that book :)

[@ThuLe-eh1xe]

Not many doctors tell us that the knees connect to the whole body. If you sleep with the wrong positions of the head, the neck on the wrong pillow ( head too low or too high than the body when rested on pillow), if you eat junk, wrong food, your knees pain increase. So make sure that you eat healthy and make sure that your neck is not crooked on the pillow. I like this video. Taro is the best. Taro, when we do the bridge, before we lift up our hips, do we have to roll our small of the back down to the floor, the tail bone toward the floor? Will our small of the back concave or convex? You did not mention about this. So i guess it is not important question. Thank you.

[@TaroIwamoto]

Thank you! When you push through your feet, naturally your tailbone starts to lift, which moves lumbar spine towards the floor as pelvis rolls upward. Yes I did not mention that part in this video as I did not want to give too many things to focus. Since this lesson focuses on helping you become aware of ankles, knees, hips, torso and clear transmission of movement/force through skeleton, I didn't mention about that part, which is important too.

[@ThuLe-eh1xe]

@@TaroIwamoto thank you. You look like your son.😁

[@TaroIwamoto]

@@ThuLe-eh1xe haha

[@ThuLe-eh1xe]

@@TaroIwamoto this does not mean that you are looking younger...Sorry... Well, at least your heart is getting younger, more joyful like your son everyday. 😊 😁😁

[@Noonoo3336]

Thank you Taroo . I get to the floor to do the exercise not because of knee pain but my whole back was cramby because of long time standing. I felt healing sensation from the heavy hear on the floor up to my shoulders to the back of my head. After repeating some times I felt the while body landed peacefully on the floor. I was very calm and my crumby back feels comfortable and flat. When I stand up and walk I felt my feet more flat and grounded. It's a fantastic exercise. Highly appreciated. Your practice is great as usual Taroo. Thank u❤.

[@TaroIwamoto]

thank you for watching this video and practicing this movement lesson and sharing your experience with me and others here!

[@frenykhory5158]

This video reminded me of one of your videos, 5 minutes morning excercise and have been doing it, which too has helped me. Thanks a ton, Taro for your videos.

[@jamesl.o.h.6000]

Thank you for this unique technique. I'm going to put in into practice .

[@emilyx8377]

Thanks, Taro! This is a great exercise, and I felt a noticeable difference afterward, even though I didn't have any knee pain to start with. Before doing the exercise, I walked slowly around my apartment, making note of how my stride felt. I tried to notice whether one leg moved differently than the other. After completing the exercise, I walked slowly around my apartment again, and this time I noticed that both legs moved in a very symmetrical, balanced manner. My neck and back posture were also much straighter, as if I were still pressing them against the floor. So I believe this exercise is a great preventive measure and worth doing even on days when your knees aren't bothering you. It reminds your brain how it feels to keep your knees in alignment with your ankles and hips, and it reminds the left and right halves of your torso to move in a coordinated manner with every step you take.

[@noscentsisgoodsense7069]

I like your comment, 'it reminds your brain how it feels...to be aligned'.. I have been out of alignment for so long, being in alignment is unfamiliar. I look forward to my body and brain remembering and maintaining better form and alignment.

[@TaroIwamoto]

you are welcome:! i love how you took your time to oberve your walking quality before and after!

[@bevh5317]

Thanks!

[@TaroIwamoto]

Thank you so much for your generous support!

[@noscentsisgoodsense7069]

Wow, this was interesting. I know my knee and ankle issues stem mostly from my hips, especially my right hip. I focused on being relaxed, pressing my heels,and my ankles and knees were fine but the nerves in the back of my hips started firing, especially my right side. I only did a few repetitions of each, I have to go slow and easy introducing new movements/stretches/exercises, but this simple movement seems to have touched all my problem areas. I notice, as I write this, my knees and ankles are starting to fire up now too, especially the nerve in my left knee that gives me the most trouble going up and down steps. I got up to walk around and my walking seems different and unfamiliar, but a bit easier and a bit more stable, strange. I will incorporate this one in my daily routine and see how this helps my walking and stability. Thank you, Taro.

[@TaroIwamoto]

my pleasure!

[@ChristinaChrisR]

Thank you for this, sharing with friends 👍🏼

[@TaroIwamoto]

My pleasure!

[@ChristinaChrisR]

@@TaroIwamoto ☺️

[@岩本新子]

ありがとうございます！

[@TaroIwamoto]

thank you!!

[@ลัดดาวัลย์มหารักษิต]

Love this exercise a lot, it's help me relief from knee pain.

[@TaroIwamoto]

great!

[@steffyjustin5108]

Thank you ! I've learned about Feldenkrais online. There are no practitioner in my country. I'm happy I've found your chanel. I was looking for a feldenkrais approach to my knees pain. Very interesting ! I'll practice that.

[@TaroIwamoto]

you're welcome:)

[@MM-th4zu]

Great exercise! Thank you very much!

[@KA-jo8vn]

Great! I wonder why it’s easier to do this movement on my left side that the right? I can hardly lift the right side?

[@TaroIwamoto]

that might be showing your habitual compensation pattern, which you carry in your daily activities including walking. maybe you use your left leg for pushing off. it might be fun to observe how you walk and difference between two sides.

[@KA-jo8vn]

@@TaroIwamoto thanks for replying! It’s very interesting, I’ve never thought abt this.

[@luzarsacdetoro903]

Top!

[@AmberSan]

Thanks for this video, I'll try it out. recently I'm having trouble straightening my left knee after sitting for more than 5-10 minutes. it hurts to walk at the beginning, only to be better after a few steps. Do you recommend other exercises besides this one to do to make this better?

[@Amir76fresno]

Hello mate, I just came across your channel by chance. Great channel indeed. Wishing you all Happiness prosperity. Cheers from SWEDEN P.S.Subbed2 🙌🏼

[@TaroIwamoto]

Welcome! Thank you for subscribing!

[@shirleychang2071]

I use to be able to do the Bridge or lift up my butt from floor easily until I fell & fractured my spine. Now I can only lift my butt 1/2 inch off the floor. It feels very weak when I try to lift. How can I regain the strength to be able to do that exercise and be able to lift myself as I once did? Thanks Taro! You’re wonderful!! 👍

[@TaroIwamoto]

It's very important to learn to use the ground force and initiate movement from your legs, not your back, which is what this lesson focuses on!

[@katgirlblue]

Question: When I do the single bent leg, and also the third one, each side separately, it causes pain or discomfort in my left hip flexor, which is the side of my problem knee. Does this mean I should modify something? Thank you in advance, I LOVE your videos and they have helped me so much!

[@TaroIwamoto]

Hi! so when you have your right leg straight and left leg bent, and push left heel into the floor to lift your left hip (pelvis rolls to right), you feel discomfort in your left hip flexor? Is it possible that you're overextending your hip/lower back? Is it also possible your left knee is moving inward/outward? This movement should inhibit your left hip flexors as you are initiating movement from left hip extensors, unless you are initiating this movement from your lumbar extensor, or overextending your hip (in which case you may be overstretching left hip flexors). I would pay closer attention to how you initiate this movement, and how movement and force are transmitted from heel to lower leg, upper leg, hip, spine. I would also reduce your effort by reducing speed and range of motion (at least by 50%). Let me know if this helps.

[@katgirlblue]

@@TaroIwamoto no, it's the opposite. When my left leg is bent and I do the lift on the left side, it's fine. But when my right leg is bent and the left leg is straight, ow! When I lift on the right side, I feel discomfort/pain in the left hip flexor, like a thin straight line starting at the front of my left hip and extending straight down toward my left knee.

[@TaroIwamoto]

@@katgirlblue ah, i see. my hunch is that initiating movement from your right hip extensors (gluts) is not your habitual pattern, so your left hip flexors and maybe your lumbar extensors are more dominant in this movement. when you do this movement, try reducing your effort and focus on initiating movement by pushing through right heel and allow your right hip to lift from the floor while paying attention to your lower back (let go of effort there) and your left leg (allow your left leg to turn outward). Left leg should naturally turn outward as you lift your right hip unless you are holding it in place, which is very common.

[@katgirlblue]

@@TaroIwamoto thank you!

[@TaroIwamoto]

@@katgirlblue my pleasure.

[@bb3b644]

I just discovered your channel. Have you made any videos on how to release chronic muscle tension in the stomach? Thanks

[@TaroIwamoto]

Hi. One thing I have learned from practicing and teaching movement is that body, mind, nervous system are all connected. There is really no specific muscle tension release like fixing individual mechanical parts. Body tension, neck, jaw, abdomen, groin, back, etc are all reflection of whats happing in the nervous system, so anything that can regulate the state of the nervous system can regulate muscle tension. My breath awareness lessons can probably help with chronic tension in your stomach.

[@bb3b644]

@@TaroIwamoto Thanks! How would I go about that? I should also mention that I had a " nervous breakdown" 9 years ago, and have the pretty much constant physical sensations of anxiety since that time. As Claire Weekes would say, my nervous system became "sensitized"

[@TaroIwamoto]

@@bb3b644 resetting the nervous system (more precisely down regulating sympathetic nervous system up regulating parasympathetic nervous system) will down regulate excessive muscular tension/activities. You can try this one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/noDIZ5ZpfNBsrdE

[@bb3b644]

@@TaroIwamoto Thanks! I'll give it a try.

[@TaroIwamoto]

@@bb3b644 Let me know how this works for you!

[@PLT1061]

I tried to do the first movement and hold position. But my Hamstring locked up so bad?

[@TaroIwamoto]

why did you hold position? this is not a strengthening or stretching exercise. This is to retrain your nervous system and movement patterns. You need to focus on sensing force transmitting through your heels, legs, hips, spine clearly. I would keep motion very slow and small so you can sense your body and movement more clearly.

[@PLT1061]

Please let me rephrase I said, “hold position” I meant to say slowly very slowly raise up ⬆️ and that’s when my hamstring locked up.