Fascia & The Mystery of Chronic Pain | Dana Sterling | LIFE TALK

The middle layer of the menges is also a web-like net. So are perineural nets surrounding some of our brain cells.
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As a layman, just wondering if there is a relationship to the fascia system since they seem to be similar in design.

I work and live in this world and this practitioner is irksome. My read between the lines is that you better come with your cash and be ready to part with it. Just a hunch.

started to notice stiffness around the scapula region while I was doing a fair bit of upper body exercises due to my leg issues, in Nov '22 this pain became persistent and has continued since then. Mostly identified weakness in the upper traps, going to the SCM and active trigger points (see photo attached marked by the backnobber).
-Sporadic burning sensation, acute pain with weights, repetitive motion such as hair drying, flossing my teeth
-Coincidentally I also had numbness in my last two fingers and was diagnosed with ulnar neuropathy in April '23; the numbness just went away
-Did a CT scan of the neck which did not identify anything major, went to the chiro who identified "mild arthritis, atlas misalignment etc etc". I went to an upper cervical chiro and he has just scared me; I believe a lot of people have structural issues but have no muscle related pain.
-I also started to become dizzy around the same time (Nov '22) and developed sound sensitivity (hyperacusis) and tinnitus in January '23
-I also went in the rabbit hole of identifying if I have any TMJ issues contributing to the neck pain , did a CBCT scan and also identified an open bite. After a few consultations, the advice given is that the TMJ should not be a major factor in my case contributing to the neck pain. Dr Stein is hesitant to do any major TMJ treatment and believes it will bring any noticeable difference.
-Pain most when I wake up, like everything feels heavy around the trigger point area and right behind my skull (marked in the images)
-I also went to a NKT practitioner who believes my motor controls are misinterpreting some of the signals.. again, this is another rabbit hole..
-Any exercise (push or pull) involving my traps / shoulder will automatically show weakness, it again feels like something is pulling it or not allowing to allow ot move it freely.. If i spend a day typing a lot , this also would trigger this unsual sensation


Been to physio’s, chiro’s, what not.. god this is painful . I feel everything is connected to my neck. Any help would be appreciated🙏🏽

A therapist manipulated my fascia at my lumbar areas and seemed to work.
1/2 hour later the fascia sprung back and pain came back right away. My back has several different problems but fascia is one major one I've had since I was a child. Whoopings with the vacuum cleaner cord did the most damage.

this woman gives me the heebie jeebies

Massage therapy is life.

Thanks for this! I am a John F. Barnes trained Myofascial Release Therapist. I will be using this video for educating my clients. Really great information!

What I’ve been looking for-healing without a knife or dope. This could be miraculous!

These physical elements simply transfer the signal which is comparable to electricity but not the same. The main problem in all biological psyence is that dead things are nothing like alive things.

That's why you need to dance!!!

That's why latinos don't have these problems... they are always dancing :::: JUST MOVE !

Wow what a discovery !!! haha It’s just shows how limited and disable western medicine is .. in Chinese Medicine it been known this forever 😅

Awesome class! How foolish they threw away fascia. How terribly ridiculous.. makes ya wonder who started this idea fascia was just cushion. Did they want us to not know so to help surgeons have more patients for money to the establishment l? Just an opinion. I’m not accusing but highly suspicious.

In the name science 😂🎉, Thanks Cody, appreciate your work ✔️👌🔍👍💯💪❤️

Ida Rolf knew about Fascia manipulation decades ago. I went through a ten-week Rolfing therapy 30 years ago for chronic back pain and have not had any back pain since its completion.

What and annoying sales pitch. I agree fascia is important but this lady is pressenting it like it more important than muscles. And she is quite pushy while doing it

Anyone who has ever butchered an animal has observed fascia.

I had an appendectomy 40 years ago which led to a lot of scar tissue. When I massage my scar, sometimes I feel pain in the lower portion of my neck. Could this be a fascia issue?

You lost me in the first minute after saying that " Facia is a brand new concept in medicine, 7-10 years old." I'm not in the profession at all BTW. So when i went to my doctors office in 1986 and had Rolfing sessions for a T1 compression fracture. I understand you want to demo your style of treatment, but please don't pretend and/or gloss over modalities that have been around for decades.

This is standard in the practices of CHI GUNG “Thousands of years old”

The Fascia layers protect your muscular system I learned this in 1990 practicing Shaolin Kung Fu Wushu and Chinese Kickboxing after reading texts from an old Taost Meditation manual.

It literally taught you how to pack air into the fascia system layout to protect your muscle’s from damage during the hard conditioning aspects of Kung Fu training.

Yoga and meditation practices also teach you how to maintain your fascia layout by keeping the rest of your system mobilised and clean so the air throughout the whole system can be therefore capitalised from your fascia layers to and within.

A smoker for example can render their protective layer stagnant because they’re lacking clean air flow throughout their whole system starting with their organ filtration systems filling it with hard chemicals and poisonous air bringing ailments and symptomatic pain leading to diseases.

Yes, amazing and great insight, yet confusing and difficult to pin point pain as manipulating fascia via foam roller, massage, dry needeling etc...

Thank you for your video. I'm wondering why there is no mention of Dr. Ida Rolf here?

I’m doing fascia face massages and it’s really one of the best kind of massage💆🏼‍♀️one of my favorite and my clients

Ida Rolf and those of us trained in her approach have been successfully treating musculoskeletal issues chronic and acute for 60 years. Rolfing Structural Integration is still the most effective method out there.

This therapist is pretty sexy

It’s really old back in Chinese medicine!

This explains what Rodney Mullen did to himself the hard way - and it worked

How do I find someone to help me with this. Everyone I've spoken to about pain is clueless

why didnt i get this recommended to me earlier

What are you talking about? Dr. Ida Rolf’s bodywork known as Rolfing was treating the fascia and her work goes all the way back to the 1940’s.

I played football and baseball many years when I was younger, then grew up and joined the marines and did MMA. By 20 I was riddled with fascia that I still can’t get rid of. I’m 29

You’re saying God didn’t create
Human peanut packing foam?

Great talk! That was a lifeless audience, geez, they didn't even clap when Samantha's amazing recovery was shown. Bravo, I say!

the pain from myofascial pain syndrome is absolutely horrifying Took ages to get fixed because no one knew what it was for awhile

I take care of my fascia practising yin yoga

Makes so much sense. I have nerve pain from disc and facet disease. But only treating that hasn’t helped my FM/CPS.

Where to get this treatment. I need this so bad. I’m tired of taking Lyrica and pains meds

is this snake oil? or glass oil? or stone oil?

I want to know 1 simple thing, what did you/she do, to fix her issues. That very relevant part, was missing.

Doctors always think surgery is the answer. So glad for those that know of better modalities that address the root causes of some of our pain.

What about osteoarthritis in hips with cartilage loss?

ow! my Fascia!

My 23 yo son really needs this. He was always very healthy and active as a child, and never sick a day in his life, but then suddenly became ill at 11yo and has been slowly deteriorating over the years.

The doctors have been absolutely useless and just diagnosed him with chronic pain syndrome and left him to suffer, while occasionally giving him strong pain killers which dont really help ease the pain, and always make him feel worse in other ways.

Do you know anyone in the UK who provides the type of treatment that will help him recover please? Or what is the name of the treatment so i can look it up? Thank you

What on earth made want to give a lecture half naked? Ugly dress anyway.

Due to breast cancer, I had a single mastectomy on my left side, immediate reconstruction and 26 rounds of radiation. The implant made me sooooo sick and lopsided. They told me it would get better but it only got worse. After finally getting it removed, my entire body has become a facia nightmare. I feel like I’m trapped in a glass prison for eternity. Cannabis helps me cope with the pain, but I honestly wish I died from cancer because I hate being in my body. I’m not living. I’m barely alive…This video demonstrates exactly what I felt was going on. Thanks for info.

after like 10 yeats of back pain, finally going to a physical therapist and learned about fascia,

Does help chronic fatigue

A structural therapist that uses high heels? yeah, sure...

This makes a lot of sense. I fell down a very steep embankment about 22 years ago. I did not have health insurance so I basically rubbed some dirt on my injuries and got back on with life. About 25 years later and many hours spent working on my feet, I was is so much pain I could not continue to perform my job on the sales floor. I thought my 10 year career was over. I had three nervous breakdown and lost my job. I found a new sales job, but the pain continued. After meeting the love of my life I was convinced I needed to see a chiropractor. I was shown my X-rays revealing a severe case of arthritis in my spine and hips. Both of my grandfathers had spent the majority of their declining years in easy chairs, not able to move about freely due to extensive arthritis. Thus began my dedication to chiropractic care. The chiropractic gave me a good deal of relief. Still, the pain lingered and I felt as though I was unwinding some other type of pressure. So I began to think about this now decades old injury and how it had unfolded. I did not tumble down the hill gracefully. I actually folded one ankle, lept off of that ankle sprung into the air and began a baseball pitch like long jump into a free fall that landed in a near split. My arm was moving so fast I still remember the crack of my wrist snapping like a whip. Because of a total lack of care and years working on my feet the injuries just compounded. I keep,up with chiropractic and have recently added some yoga to my morning stretching and self care routine. This has been a game changer for me. I am determined to heal my body and finish out my sales career as I do not have another marketable skill at this time. I would appreciate any tips on how to improve my flexibility.