Musculoskeletal

How often and how long do I need to train my connective tissue to make a change/difference?

Transform Your Body with Just 10 Minutes a Day

I recommend spending a minimum of 10 minutes a day, at least three times a week focusing on your connective tissue specifically. But really, connective tissue adapts and morphs every single day. And as we age, I've never heard of anybody complaining about getting taller as they get older, right? We just lose space as we age. So if you adopt a self-care practice to tune into your body and identify some of the common imbalances that occur when connective tissue loses its stiff to elastic properties, leaving you inflexible as well as feeling like your joints are tight and compressed, your best bet is to spend about 10 minutes a day treating your body. And that's where the MELT Method can come into play. And you can check out the MELT Method YouTube channel and learn some techniques using just a basic towel to decompress your neck and low back and restore neurological stability and balance. Thanks.

Spend at least 10 minutes a day, 3 times a week focusing on your connective tissue with the Melt Method. This will help restore neurological stability and balance.

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To make a difference in your connective tissue, I recommend dedicating at least 10 minutes a day, three times a week to focus on it specifically. Connective tissue is constantly adapting and changing, even on a daily basis. As we age, we may notice a loss of space and flexibility, but by adopting a self-care practice and tuning into your body, you can address common imbalances that occur when connective tissue loses its elastic properties. This can help alleviate feelings of inflexibility and tightness in the joints. The MELT Method is a helpful resource for treating your body and restoring neurological stability and balance. You can find techniques on the MELT Method YouTube channel using just a basic towel to decompress your neck and lower back. By spending time regularly caring for your connective tissue, you can make a positive impact.

What is a lisfranc fracture? Is it serious?

Lisfranc Fracture: A Serious Foot Injury Requiring Care

So a Lisfranc fracture is a fracture of the foot. It's where your metatarsals meet your toes on the top of your foot. It tends to happen to a lot of dancers. And is it serious? I mean any broken bone is serious so you're definitely gonna have to go see a doctor for that. Most likely they will cast you and the recovery time is like any broken bone in your body. You've got about four to six weeks in a cast and then you might want to learn how to melt your feet because the problem is as your foot is casting it causes a ton of dehydration in the connective tissue and it can weaken the musculature of your feet. So treating your feet by using these small soft balls in the first onsets of repair when when you're when the bone has healed really important and while you are recovering I would highly recommend that you use the melt soft roller and melt your calves and the back of your thighs to improve the fluid state of the entire connective tissue system so that it minimizes the recovery time when the cast comes off and even if you're not casted the non weight-bearing time just creates atrophy in the muscles. So to minimize that make sure that you're working on your legs and keeping your connective tissue supple and supportive. Thanks!

A lisfranc fracture is a fracture of the foot. It is serious and requires medical attention. After the bone has healed, it is important to use soft balls to melt the feet and calves to minimize recovery time and maintain flexibility.

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A Lisfranc fracture is a foot fracture that occurs where the metatarsals meet the toes on the top of the foot. It is commonly seen in dancers. Any broken bone is considered serious, so it's important to seek medical attention for proper treatment. Typically, a doctor will cast the foot, and the recovery time is similar to other broken bones, lasting around four to six weeks. However, it's crucial to address the effects of casting on foot health. Casting can cause dehydration in the connective tissue and weaken the foot muscles. To counter this, using small soft balls for foot treatment during the healing process is recommended. Additionally, using a melt soft roller on the calves and back of thighs can improve fluidity in the entire connective tissue system and potentially minimize recovery time once the cast is removed. Even if not casted, non-weight bearing time can lead to muscle atrophy, so focusing on leg exercises and maintaining supple connective tissue is essential for support and recovery.

What are some signs in our body or tissues that tell us the body is overtrained or under recovered?

Recognizing the Signs of Overtraining: Stiffness, Soreness, and Risks

Hey guys, a lot of pain symptoms are caused by overuse, misuse, disuse, and aging. So this question about what are the signs in our body or our tissues that are telling us our body is over trained or under recovered. Look, if you're waking up in the morning feeling as stiff as a dried out sponge and even when you start to move around in the day, you kind of are feeling that stiffness lingers, that's oftentimes a sign of over training. Also, we know about DOMS, delayed onset muscle soreness, I like calling that DOFS, delayed onset fascial soreness. And after you exercise, you know 48 hours after, if your muscles kind of feel tight and achy, it's kind of a normal process of muscles rebuilding themselves and getting back to regulation. But if you're sore after a workout for three, four, or five days, you are over training and this can ultimately lead to connective tissue dehydration, meaning that the connective tissue's resilience is declining. And now you're increasing your chances of muscle strains, you're decreasing all of your short term gains in your overall athleticism, and you're definitely increasing your chances of having unnecessary tension and compression in your joints. Our nervous system is relying on figuring out where our joints are in relationship to gravity and if your joints are full of stuck stress because you're over training, you are going to pay the price over time. So think about that before you over train your body.

Signs of overtraining include waking up feeling stiff, having delayed onset muscle soreness for more than 48 hours, and experiencing connective tissue dehydration. These can lead to decreased athleticism, unnecessary tension and compression in the joints, and problems with the nervous system.

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Signs in our body or tissues that indicate overtraining or under-recovery include waking up feeling stiff and experiencing lingering stiffness throughout the day. Another sign is delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS), which can be considered delayed onset fascial soreness (DOFS) as well. It's normal to feel tight and achy in muscles for about 48 hours after exercise as they rebuild and regulate. However, if you remain sore for three, four, or five days after a workout, it indicates overtraining. This can lead to connective tissue dehydration, reducing resilience and increasing the risk of muscle strains. Overtraining also diminishes short-term gains in athleticism and introduces unnecessary tension and compression in joints. When joints are filled with stuck stress from overtraining, it affects the nervous system's ability to perceive joint position in relation to gravity. Considering these factors is crucial before subjecting the body to overtraining.

Accelerate ACL Recovery: Active Participation and MELT Techniques

It takes about eight to nine months to fully recover from an ACL tear. And if you have that type of a knee injury, the good news is that as you are recovering, you can actually improve the recovery process and ensure that you don't damage your knee again in the future. Most of the time with ACL tears, you know, it's usually done because of some sort of sports injury, that's when I usually see it, it's not just some happenstance issue. So while the recovery is happening, I always think a thing to mention, not only with that eight to nine months of recovery time, is when you're on crutches and the casting and everything else, the bracing that they have to do, it actually increases more tension in other areas of the body. Your hips get out of balance, being on crutches messes up your neck. So make sure that if you are recovering from ACL, you're not just sitting around on your couch watching television, but that you're actively participating in your own recovery. That's where MELT can really become your best ally. Keeping the hydration of your connective tissue very supple and moving so that you have a high quality repair is really important. And even after those eight months are done, improving your strength and stability in your hips is going to be an integral aspect of making sure that your repair is awesome and it doesn't return or become worse over time. I hope that helps you think about your recovery.

It takes eight to nine months to fully recover from an ACL tear. During this time, it is important to actively participate in your recovery by using techniques such as MELT, which can help keep your connective tissues hydrated and mobile. Additionally, after the eight to nine month recovery period, strengthening your hips will also help ensure a successful repair.

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Recovering from an ACL tear typically takes around eight to nine months. During this recovery period, it's possible to improve the process and prevent future knee damage. ACL tears often occur due to sports injuries rather than random incidents. It's important to note that while recovering, the use of crutches, casting, and bracing can create imbalances in other parts of the body. For example, being on crutches can affect the neck and cause hip imbalances. To actively participate in your recovery, it is recommended not to simply sit on the couch watching television but to engage in activities like MELT that keep the connective tissue hydrated and mobile for a high-quality repair. Even after the eight-month recovery period, focusing on strengthening and stabilizing the hips is crucial to ensure a successful repair and prevent future complications. I hope this information helps you consider your recovery process.

Revitalize Your Body's Fascia with Daily Movement

So I wouldn't say that you train your fascia. It's a good question how do you train fascia. You don't train it. Fascia is a three-dimensional fluid-based architectural matrix and from day to day this tissue adapts and it does so in a way of losing its stiff to elastic properties. So if you sit for long periods of time you get up you feel like you aged 40 years because your joints don't work as well when you get up as they did when you sat down. You're feeling the effects of this change and adaptation in your connective tissue known as fascia. But one thing that is important for fascia is to make sure that you move every day, focus on breathing, and I would highly suggest that you check out the MELT method and learn how to rehydrate your connective tissue, rebalance your nervous system, and ensure that your overall ability to maintain stability is available for you so that you can move with agility and skill.

Faccia cannot be trained, however it is important to move everyday and practice breathing exercises in order to ensure that the tissue is rehydrated and the nervous system is balanced. Additionally, one should explore the Melt Method as a way to further understand how to maintain stability.

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Training your fascia isn't really a thing. Fascia is a three-dimensional fluid-based architectural matrix that adapts daily, losing its stiffness and gaining elasticity. If you've been sitting for extended periods and then feel like your joints aren't working as well when you get up, you're experiencing the effects of fascial changes. However, it's important to move every day, focus on breathing, and consider exploring the MELT method to rehydrate your connective tissue, rebalance your nervous system, and enhance stability for agile and skillful movement.

How is the connective tissue and fascial makeup different in athletes that are hypermobile? And how would the MELT help?

Unlocking Hypermobility: How MELT Techniques Enhance Stability

Okay, so how is connective tissue in the fascial matrix different for athletes that are hypermobile? Well, first of all, it doesn't matter if you're an athlete or not. Hypermobility means that you have a stiff to elastic property issue in your connective tissue. So fascia possesses different types of material, and the goal here is to have a fine balance between the stiff to elastic properties. This is about fascia's ability to resist distortion when stress is applied, the elastic properties, how quick fascia can return to its ideal shape after stress is applied. So for people who are hypermobile, we definitely have a tone problem between those two components of fascia. And so how can melt help? Well, through the rehydrate techniques to help improve the fluid perfusion of melt and help improve the stiff to elastic properties of melt, certainly beneficial, but more importantly, the neuro strength techniques to try to establish better stabilization around your joints, your shoulder girdle, your pelvic girdle, and through the neuro core, very important, especially for athletes. If you can improve neurological stability, you're going to improve your overall mobility, agility, and your power output. So this is certainly for any athlete, but certainly if you are hypermobile, we want to improve your ability to find stability so that you can improve your stabilization and mobility. I hope that helps you.

Connective tissue in the fascial matrix is different for people who are hypermobile because their fascia has a stiff to elastic property issue. To help with this, myofascial release techniques such as rehydrate and neuro strength can be used to improve fluid perfusion and neurological stability, respectively. This can help improve overall mobility, agility, and power output.

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The difference in connective tissue and fascial makeup for athletes who are hypermobile is not specific to athletes alone. Hypermobility is characterized by an imbalance in the stiffness and elasticity of connective tissue, which is present in the fascial matrix. Fascia consists of different materials that should ideally maintain a balance between stiffness and elasticity. It involves the ability of fascia to resist distortion under stress (stiffness) and how quickly it can return to its original shape after stress (elasticity). Individuals with hypermobility struggle with maintaining the proper tone between these two components of fascia.

In terms of how MELT can help, the rehydrate techniques aim to improve fluid perfusion within the fascia, enhancing its stiffness and elasticity properties. This can be beneficial for individuals who are hypermobile. Additionally, the neuro strength techniques provided by MELT help establish better stabilization around joints, such as the shoulder girdle and pelvic girdle, as well as in the neuro core. This improved neurological stability can have positive impacts on overall mobility, agility, and power output, which are particularly important for athletes. Whether you're an athlete or not, MELT can assist in finding stability, improving joint stabilization, and enhancing mobility.

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