Why Most Chronic Pain Treatments Fail (And What Fascia Changes) | Thomas Myers
Staying Relevant: The Future of Rehab & Peformance by Tom Swales
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Most pain, tightness, posture problems, and movement limitations are not caused by a single muscle or isolated injury. They're often the result of compensation patterns, fascial restrictions, nervous system adaptations, and poor force transmission throughout the body. Understanding how fascia works changes the way clinicians, therapists, trainers, and athletes approach rehab, movement, performance, and chronic pain.
In this episode, Tom sits down with Thomas Myers — author of Anatomy Trains and one of the world’s leading voices on fascia, structural integration, and myofascial meridians. They break down how the body actually organizes tension, why fascia matters more than most people realize, how injuries truly happen, and what clinicians are still missing when treating pain and dysfunction.
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