Fooling the nervous system to make a temporary change

A fascinating video on how easy it is to trick the nervous system into making temporary changes - and how easy it is to trick ourselves into thinking these changes will last.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=441&v=mvW2lj194MQ

However, repeated exposure to stimuli, in the form of:

• treatments - including massage, physical therapy, or functional therapy given by a therapist or trainer,
• self-care, including self-massage and carrying out your exercise assignments from your therapist or trainer,

these can retrain and reset the nervous system to improve your functional movement and  reduce pain


This is a short clip showing a 75-year old tennis player who did not have surgery - the injury included a full-thickness tear of his shoulder joint and shoulder muscles  and joint fusion (glenoid humeral capsule, humeral head displacement supraspinatus + long head of biceps tendon, humeral space).

Two weeks after injury, he entered therapy--and 6 weeks later, was playing at 80% capacity.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8ir14-V-vs