How footballers can fix all injuries | Day 9: Injuries mean what you are doing is NOT working | 30 for 30
How many times have you felt pain before?
Did you know this isn’t normal?
and you shouldn’t constantly be stuck playing in pain…
Normal physios will tell you it’s normal.
The truth is that pain is a sign your body is not working correctly…
#1 - Understand that the pain is not the problem.
The pain is a reality check to you that something is not working correctly. The pain is merely a symptom. Simply “fixing the pain” will not solve anything. It will in fact rob you of the opportunity to actually upgrade yourself.
#2 - Check in with yourself
Sometimes injuries aren’t that complicated, and it’s simply your body forcing you to stop, rest, and reassess the situation. In this context, you need to have a hard look at your recovery, lifestyle, and nutrition to clean up any low-hanging fruit before moving on to the “fun stuff”. If you aren’t having amazing sleep every night then stop right now and fix that.
#3 - Do an adhesion diagnostic
Take a spike ball or tennis ball and roll out the ENTIRE body in all muscle groups looking for any spots of tenderness. When you find one, keep the ball there and don’t move it for 3-5 mins. After you’ve gone through plenty of spots, go for a walk or some form of movement.
#4 - Perform Spinal Hygiene
Your bodies ability to heal is obviously very important for sports injuries. Many people though have downright terrible mitochondrial function, slow metabolism, and poor sleep. The lymphatic system is vital for optimal blood flow and nerve supply. Spinal hygiene helps stimulate all the nerves from the brain stem down the whole spine to upregulate your ability to heal better and faster
#5 - Fix your foot functionality
The feet control athleticism. Pure and simple. They are the tires for your car. They decide how well the body absorbs force. Fix your foot functionality with our two starter exercises: Towel Retractions and Bird on a Branch. These two exercises awaken nerves in the toes and arch that are dormant in most people and lead to dysfunction elsewhere in the body.
#6 - Heat the body
The body heals injuries with swelling. Swelling is more nutrients, blood flow, and lymph into an area of injury. Swelling also prevents full ROM usually so you don’t continue to injure it. Do not use COLD with injuries unless you are in pain at rest. Cold on swelling creates scar tissue and prevents healing. Use a hot Epsom salt bath to accelerate healing.
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Injuries are the biggest pain for a footballer. The feeling of “what if” and “what could have been” plus not being able to simply do what you love on the pitch.
And it can be overwhelming to fix an injury because there are thousands of “experts” out there who want to sell something “to fix” your pain but ultimately keep you hurt in the long run (a healthy customer).
The only true solution I’ve found over 10+ years in elite football is working with the intrinsic design of the human body and helping your body do the work. This is what I call Working with Nature.
Everything I’ve listed above is basically free. If you DM me “baller”, I’ll send you The Modern Footballer Course to learn everything about Working With Nature almost FOR FREE 🫴 👀
