Join my email community, get free resources and exclusive trainings via email: www.mobilitymastery.com/free-resources Join my Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/149019862373956/ Link to back pain study: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8208267 One leg longer than the other video: https://mobilitymastery.com/one-leg-longer-than-the-other-or-restricted-fascia-causing-a-pelvic-imbalance/ If you’re willing to do a little research about pain science related to back pain, and then broaden the search to include contradictory scientific “conclusions”...you will discover, as I have, that there is no consensus in the medical community about the definitive cause of back pain. In this video I discuss specifically the all-too-common narrative from doctors who order MRI’s and tell patients that their herniated or bulging disc is causing their back or neck pain. Please remember I am NOT a doctor, nor am I trying to diagnose anyone with this commentary or video. I want to share my perspective and encourage you to do your own research, draw your own conclusions and ultimately question everyone (including me!) who tries to tell you what is “wrong” with you. There are millions of people living with herniated and bulging discs (in the lumbar, thoracic and cervical spine). Some of these people experience pain, while many have no pain and lead active lives. Then...there are millions of people with “idiopathic” back pain. People with no bulging or herniated discs, nothing that shows up on an MRI, for a doctor to point to as the cause of pain. There’s actually enough science out there for anyone to make complete sense of their pain, but few professionals have aggregated all that data and incorporate it into their practice. Pain is the perception of danger. That’s it. You may actually be in danger (if, say, your spine is at risk due to pelvic instability). Or, you may be perceiving you are in danger because of a stressful job, traumatic past or any number of “invisible” triggers that prompt your body to react as if something is really wrong. When it comes to back pain of any kind - whether low back pain, thoracic back pain or pain in the cervical spine or neck - I encourage you to do your own investigation and find the root cause. The cause may be purely physical, or it could be more subconscious/psychological, emotional or a combination. On the physical level, when it comes to low back pain - your best bet is to “map” your lower body fascia to find out where you are out of balance. If your leg fascia is unbalanced, your brain may perceive that your pelvis, organs and spine are in danger...and ping you with a pain signal. Pelvic instability can absolutely trigger a herniated or bulging disc, since your pelvis is t ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sH8Otaa2aqw

Get my Beginner’s Guide to Fascia Release PDF Download (FREE - it’s like a cheat sheet for mastering the basics of fascia release with hyperlinks to my top techniques!) Get your copy here ? https://mobilitymastery.mykajabi.com/beginners-guide-to-fascia-release Learn a free KINETIX PARTNER technique: www.mobilitymastery.com/free-resources We’re in a real pickle right now. I feel a worldwide acceleration towards the mindset that most pain we experience as human beings is bad, to be avoided and eventually eradicated from the planet and our lives. This idea that there is “good” pain (like working out or hustling for a career you care about) and “bad” pain (like a physical injury, anxiety, emotional pain, digestive discomfort etc) is, in my opinion, the real root cause of our current collective pain. Because of our collective instinct to run away from pain instead of turning towards it with curiosity, there are few people we can turn to for help; because the people we’re turning to for help also can’t tolerate the discomfort of pain (their own first and foremost, and because of that - ours). So they’re first instinct will also be to help us fix it right away, get rid of it as fast as possible or they may offer us a way out...that isn’t through the pain, but rather a circuitous path of avoidance. This could be unnecessary surgery, painkillers and even something as seemingly benevolent as herbs or dietary changes meant to eliminate our symptoms quickly. In fact, I see many holistic healthcare practitioners adopting the same mentality and strategies as western science, just clothed differently: we malign entire food groups and isolate single nutrients as either problematic or helpful; we suggest rigid diets that will eliminate our symptoms while considering this the cure, not stopping to consider that perhaps there’s a deeper issue here that could mean the difference between managing pain (such as digestive issues) and truly healing them. We’re good “managers” of pain. There are a million ways to manage pain, from numbing with food, drugs, alcohol, sex or distracting with social media, laughter, sarcasm or judgment; we manage pain with pills, splints, steroid shots and preventive (unnecessary) surgery as well as diet restrictions, supplements and therapy. What has to change for the paradigm to shift? We must each, individually, turn towards our own pain and make friends with it in all its manifestations: physical sensation, emotional disturbance, psycho-spiritual crises like not knowing your purpose or maybe even not knowing who you are. Pain will deliver to us messages that, when made fully conscious, allow us to move beyond this level of human development to the next...where we no longer need to confront that ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aEdeAreeEY