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Why Most Chronic Pain Treatments Fail (And What Fascia Changes) | Thomas Myers
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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. In This Episode, You'll Learn * Why pain is often a compensation signal — not the root problem * How fascia influences posture, movement efficiency, injury, and chronic pain * The difference between muscular injuries vs fascial adaptations * Why mobility, stretching, and rehab sometimes fail to create lasting change * How the nervous system, fascia, and movement patterns interact together * What clinicians, trainers, and therapists still misunderstand about fascia This episode is for clinicians, rehab professionals, trainers, movement coaches, athletes, and anyone trying to better understand pain, performance, posture, and human movement. Timestamps 00:00 – Introduction to Thomas Myers & Anatomy Trains 01:15 – How fascia changed the understanding of anatomy 04:40 – Why early fascia research faced resistance 07:00 – The body as an interconnected system 10:25 – What most clinicians misunderstand about fascia 13:20 – Tear, repair, recovery & connective tissue adaptation 18:20 – Rebuilding movement after illness and injury 20:45 – What rehab and performance training still miss 26:20 – Why relationships matter more than isolated body parts 31:50 – Muscle injuries vs fascial injuries 36:30 – Can fascia hold memory? 38:00 – Trigger points, posture & chronic pain patterns 41:20 – Trauma, stress & movement compensation 46:30 – What Thomas Myers changed his mind about 49:10 – Misconceptions and overhyped claims about fascia 53:40 – How to assess fascial vs neurological problems 56:30 – The most humbling lesson the body teaches us Connect with Tom Myers: 📸 Instagram – @anatomytrainsofficial [https://www.instagram.com/anatomytrainsofficial?igsh=MWVhMjM4MDdpazE4dg==] ▶️ YouTube – @AnatomyTrains [https://www.youtube.com/@AnatomyTrains] 🌐 Website – www.anatomytrains.com [http://www.anatomytrains.com] 🎓 Sponsored by the Advanced Movement Therapist (AMT) Certification The Advanced Movement Therapist (AMT) System helps clinicians and performance coaches stop guessing, understand the nervous system and identify the root cause of pain so they can deliver more consistent results — faster. 👉 Learn more at https://www.amtcertified.ca/https://www.amtcertified.ca [https://www.amtcertified.ca] #Fascia #ChronicPain #Mobility #Rehab #Movement #Posture #AnatomyTrains #PhysicalTherapy #StrengthAndConditioning #SportsPerformance #MovementTherapy #ThomasMyers
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