{"id":19258,"date":"2023-04-26T09:37:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-26T16:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicalfitnessnetwork.org\/public\/?p=19258"},"modified":"2023-04-14T13:18:26","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T20:18:26","slug":"want-feel-better-move-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/all-mfn\/want-feel-better-move-better\/","title":{"rendered":"Want to Feel Better? Then Move Better"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Even after many years of working with clients, I\u2019m still continually astounded by what the body can do. People come in to see me not feeling very good. Some of them actually feel pretty bad and have been feeling that way for years. They\u2019ve usually tried everything out there to feel better. They medicate, get shots, use therapy, ice, tape, or surgery. They stretch, foam roll, try to loosen their fascia, undue an adhesion they were told about, find trigger points or maybe get something adjusted. And their last resort is surgery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While some things may have valid application, there is something else going on that is not being considered.\u00a0 This one fact sheds some light on it: about 70% of motor neurons lie within the cerebellum. That\u2019s right, the part of the brain that plays a huge roll in behavior, emotions, social interaction, and coordinating attention is loaded with neurons that control movement. The point here is that movement<\/a> is such a high priority to the human body that any compromise to the quality of that movement can have profound effects anywhere throughout the system.\u00a0 That means that things may be working well in one place and you don\u2019t feel so good in another.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Motor neurons are nerves that connect to muscle. That muscle is part of a muscle system including the brain, spine, nerves and sensor organs. The muscle system is the only thing in your entire body that can move you. When your muscle system quality isn\u2019t what it should be you don\u2019t move well. Not moving well, simply stated, means something\u2019s wrong. When you don\u2019t move well, some part of your body generally doesn\u2019t feel well. When the system isn\u2019t functioning right, it sends signs and signals out in many forms like pain, tightness, stiffness and\/or causes delayed healing. This means we might want to be focusing on how you move instead of what you feel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When we look at things this way we have an entirely new way to deal with bodes when they don\u2019t feel good. We need to identify aspects of the muscle system that function at a lower quality and then RESTORE that functionality. Once we find the positions and movements that the body cannot function in, we can then restore that function. With the muscle system working again you can move better.  When you move better you can feel better. You know that leg pain?  Maybe it\u2019s time to look at how that knee or hip or ankle moves instead of focusing on what hurts. Back stiff? Instead of stretching tight stuff, maybe it\u2019s time to look at the things that are responsible for moving your back. Move better to feel better and you\u2019ll be better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jay Weitzner<\/a>,\u00a0MS is a Certified Medical Exercise Specialist through the American Academy on Exercise (ACE); he holds a Bachelor\u2019s and a Master\u2019s in Exercise Science\/Human Performance with an emphasis on exercise physiology. Jay specializes in working with clients with musculoskeletal issues \u2014 his clients have problems or concerns about their quality of movement and their physical health.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Even after many years of working with clients, I\u2019m still continually astounded by what the body can do. People come in to see me not feeling very good. Some of them actually feel pretty bad and have been feeling that way for years. They\u2019ve usually tried everything out there to feel better. They medicate, get shots, use therapy, ice, tape, or surgery. They stretch, foam roll, try to loosen their fascia, undue an adhesion they were told about, find trigger points or maybe get something adjusted. And their last resort is surgery. While some things may have valid application, there is something else going on that is not being considered.\u00a0 This one fact sheds some light on it: about 70% of motor neurons lie within the cerebellum. That\u2019s right, the part of the brain that plays a huge roll in behavior, emotions, social interaction, and coordinating attention is loaded with neurons that control movement. The point here is that movement is such a high priority to the human body that any compromise to the quality of that movement can have profound effects anywhere throughout the system.\u00a0 That means that things may be working well in one place and you don\u2019t […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":167,"featured_media":33165,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[198,193],"class_list":["post-19258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-mfn","tag-fitness-professionals","tag-healthy-aging"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/167"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19258"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19258\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33170,"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19258\/revisions\/33170"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}