Functional Restoration Institute

Functional Restoration Institute Chiropractic Sports Medicine & Functional Medicine
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10/24/2025

Understand the difference between reduction and adjustment. Reduction puts a dislocated joint back in place. That’s a structural injury and it’s not a chiropractic case. Adjustment restores motion in a dysfunctional joint to fix biomechanics and pain. Different problems. Different solutions.

10/23/2025

Saunas feel great, but they’re not really detoxifying you. That job belongs to your liver and kidneys. Sweat does carry a little bit of stuff like metals and waste, but it’s tiny amounts and not enough to make a real difference. Exercise actually clears more waste product and toxins through sweat than sitting in a sauna.

10/21/2025

Your heart wrings itself like a towel each beat. Muscle fibers run in a spiral, so the apex twists one way and the base the other to squeeze blood out. On the release it untwists. That recoil creates suction that pulls blood in fast. Da Vinci figured this out over 500 years ago..

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10/17/2025

Not sure what those random blows were for… maybe part of the show. Lol but that looked like a ganglion cyst. They’re benign little fluid filled lumps that usually show up around the hand or wrist. You can pop or aspirate them, but studies say about half of them come back. If it keeps recurring, surgery is usually the go to.

Have you ever had a ganglion cyst? And popped it like this?

10/16/2025

Why are women about 2x more likely to get frozen shoulder? Estrogen usually keeps connective tissue in check. When levels drop in perimenopause and menopause, fibroblasts work harder and lay down extra collagen. The shoulder capsule start to thicken and get tight. This is part of the musculoskeletal syndrome of menopause and it drives adhesive capsulitis.

10/14/2025

Fascia isn’t just wrapping around muscles. It’s a key player in how we move. It links muscles together so movement feels smooth and connected instead of stiff and robotic. Humans actually have one of the most advanced fascial systems in the animal world, and that’s a big reason we can run, throw, climb, and move in such complex ways.

10/13/2025

Frozen shoulder isn’t just tight muscles. It’s a process deep inside the joint capsule where fibroblasts overproduce collagen from ongoing low-grade inflammation. The capsule thickens, stiffens, and shrinks, locking the shoulder down. It moves through three phases. Freezing, frozen, and thawing. Knowing where you are in that cycle helps guide recovery and set real expectations for healing.

10/10/2025

There isn’t a ton of research proving dead hangs fix shoulders, but when you look at the shoulder biomechanics, they make sense. Hanging helps keep the ball of the shoulder more centered and stretches out the tight tissue in the front. That can create more space within the joint and take pressure off. For some people it’s a great stability tool. For others, it can actually make pain worse. Like any exercise, it’s about the right shoulder and the right timing.

10/09/2025

I love this. Longevity isn’t about smashing a few workouts a week. It’s about moving all the time in little ways. That’s what the research on "Blue Zones" showed consistently. People who live the longest walk, lift, stretch, climb… every single day. Movement is built into life, not treated like a chore.

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10/07/2025

Pushing through pain isn’t always the smartest move. Pain isn’t just a number, it’s about how it impacts your function. Research shows ongoing pain can rewire how your muscles fire, throwing off stability and motor control. Even when pain fades, those patterns can linger and set you up for chronic issues. The sweet spot for rehab is when your pain is tolerable enough that you can move well without compensations. That’s when your body can actually relearn healthy movement.

10/03/2025

Most resistance training equipment keeps you working in straight lines. Up, down, forward, back. Bands open that up. They let you load the body at different angles and lines of pull, the same way fascia works.

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10/02/2025

Research shows headaches and neck pain are tied to fascia more than we thought. A 2023 study found people with tension headaches had inflammation in the fascia around their traps, and the worse it was, the more headaches they had. Fascia’s loaded with nerve endings, so when it gets irritated, nerves get extra sensitive. That’s why headaches and neck pain often show up together. Recent trials prove myofascial release and fascia-focused exercises cut pain and disability in tension headaches, cervicogenic headaches, and even migraines.

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