I wonder how often he has to check to see if his info is up to date, with all the new research being done it must be a never ending barrage of information! That being said, I’d imagine it’s a few at a time instead of major breakthroughs…….. if I’ve had a major breakthrough with one of my quad muscles you best call an ambulance since I just got hit by a car, and the femur is breaking through the quad! Maybe then I’d rock up to a physiotherapist a while later though haha
That is my dream, i think my whole body disbalansed i have fear to train now cuz everytime i start exercising it making worse, and everyone gives different information… im tired
I’ve got a client in the gym with a really tight hamstring issue! I’ll be trying this out to see if maybe it’s a factor. Thank you!! Edit : for those wondering, she just has tight hamstrings as I suspected, she never done sports and has insanely flexible hips being from south east Asia and she said grew up squatting down a lot. So she obviously never needed to use them as much. We’re making progress. 😊
@@RM-xq7gfhe’s not diagnosing if u would read he said he’ll see if this works meaning he’ll see if this helps him he’s not a doctor and never claimed to be
I've always struggled to touch my toes, no matter how much I stretch. I started training glutes for the first time, then I could touch the bottom of my foot within 3 days.
@@BabyDontHearnMeNoMorethe whole point is that it wasn’t the muscle in this guys case it was the nerve a nerve needs proper stimulation so while the muscle may be tired the nerves that irritated cause pain or mixed Signals is more in tune
@@MakaFanaTiko14 Nerves are supposed to slide a bit in their tract as you move, and don't like being stretched, but sometimes they can get stuck in the the connective tissue surrounding them so they stretch instead of sliding, which causes a feelings of pain and tightness and limits movement. The sciatic nerve runs from the base of the spine down the back of the leg and to the foot, so when the patient tried to touch their toes, the sciatic nerve was being stretched instead of sliding along its tract as it should. The activation exercises and glute workouts help it glide like it's supposed to.
Roughly 15% of people have their ass coatic nerve running through the piriformis. Underdeveloped hip muscles can also cause sciatic irritation because of this. Edit, just saw the typo here, ass coatic should be sciatic, but I think "ass coatic" is weirdly more descriptive.
In all fairness in the after, he bent his knees way more to reach the floor, not saying it didn’t work but probably could’ve gotta gotten a fairer after shot
I had this problem since I was a kid, and I came across a video that explained it, I found that nerve flossing and deadlifting both helped a lot. 6 months later I can touch my toes for the first time in my life
Same here mate. I had seen loads of "specialists" and physios. NONE OF them know what they are doing to be honest. All they want to do is cut me open and fuse my spine. Which I can do cause I've not long had a 2 year battle with bone poisoning cause they fused my big toe and it went septic. So I'm so glad I've found this channel with someone who actually knows their craft. Over here in Britain all they want to do is cut you open and operate. And physios don't have a clue what they're doing.
I have just finished university, field in strength and conditioning and I can't express how helpful these shorts and videos with all the great information are to me as a new coach. Keep up the great work.❤
Man i love this channel... great advices completely free of charge, huge educational value, good insights, all that jazz. This man is such a class act to release this stuff for free, i always learn so much watching these videos
This account is a lifesaver. I have chronic pain and extremely tight hamstrings, but I also love weightlifting, and these videos have really really helped with pain control for me, thank you!
This is my exact problem. I feel my nerves pull much before my hamstrings get tight. Nerve glides barely helped. I'll follow the advice given in this video.
I recently pulled my calf doing back extensions. I think I know why it happened, but I'm unsure of how to rehab it. Maybe you could do a video? This is a great clip, btw. Interesting how the muscular and nerve issues compounded in that way.
Ouch. Have been, and currently, there. E3 rehab has a great video for that. Tore my calf 8 weeks ago. Barely on phase 2. Whatever you do, DON’T aggressively stretch!
Good video : but illopsoas tightness can cause an anterior pelvic tilt that also keeps hamstrings tight ! Both need to be evaluated and RPR can decrease illopsoas tightness and activate them from sitting too much! A common cause of this imbalance! Just my guess from being a Physical Therapist Assistant for 30+ years !
In this case iliopsoas is very unlikely as a cause as neural glide actually improved range of movement. Infact id say psoas tightness is more likely to cause posterior tilt, due to tendon pushing pelvis backwards as it crosses the pubic bone. Iliopsoas can cause both anterior or posterior tilt, depending on which section is tighter; iliac section or psoas section.
I am not well versed on musculoskeletal system, but I am currently at higher marks than the last 2 RMT students in my sister’s class, based solely on the written quizzes/exams. But I did have a surgery that limited my arm movement, and I essentially went from my back looking natural, to my shoulders being so severely slumped that I almost looked like the top of a question mark. I couldn’t straighten without pulling sutures, and I was in so much back pain. A Physiotherapist helped me out and figured what I needed within a few minutes of just looking at me and listening to me. It was mainly looking to just figure out how to stretch without moving my arms, or laying on my front. 1x assisted bed stretch later, and an explanation as to what the illiopsoas is, and I was a CHANGED man. Took it from an 8 down to a 3.75 on my pain scale within 3 sets of stretches. Shout out to all y’all for making miracles happen with your depth of body knowledge!
This is exactly my problem and every “specialist” I go to’s first reaction is to stretch the heck out of it flaring me up even more. Thank you for the amazing content !
Dude you applied a distal modifier to a SLR stretch. This result is 100% expected, no semi-competent physio would miss this. The distal modifier applied a stretch on the gastroc, which attaches above the knee, essentially straightening the knee and applying more stretch to the hamstring. This EXACT movement is also a neural tension test, ITS DESIGNED TO APPLY TENSION TO THE SCIATIC NERVE. This is not new.
This. I thought I was losing my mind lmao. Dorsiflexion elongates the hamstrings so of course the result would be reaching maximal stretch of the muscle earlier. And plantarflexion does the opposite so of course it would allow further movement of the leg. His conclusion that the tightness “wasn’t coming from the hamstrings” truly makes zero sense
Wow. Thought I had the same problem as patient at first. But after reading your comments, of course that's gonna happen. When you flex your foot and put your hand behind your knee, you can even feel the tendon pulling on your hamstring. He made a pretty big mistake here. Granted, I can touch the floor with my full palms, do a pistol squat and can feel my butt when I single leg hip hinge.
I feel like I know a great deal from school and martial arts, and Im laughing at myself because THIS blows my mind. Theres always new information that keeps going its awesome. One day I hope we can just know all the body stuff. So the pains all goes away :)
I simply cannot express how grateful I am. I had the same problem and I did the exact same thing in the video for 2 days. Now I'm able to do all those movements without pain. Thank you so much! 🙏
From someone with extremely tight hamstrings and scoliosis, the two stretches you made him do to fix it made my lower back and hamstrings feel a million times better and more loose, and I only did 1 set of each. I’m definitely gonna start doing this daily
Omg i just touched my toes for the first time in over a decade just from doing this, thank you so much! I spent several years in a wheelchair because of severe epilepsy as a child but this is truly life changing!
Idk what all science and work was involved in this video but this presentation was perfect for me. The animation, science, and close ups were welled timed etc.
It likely wasn’t the neural tension you’re describing, it was the glute and core activation that caused him hamstrings to stop compensating. (Neural tension usually exists in a radiculopathy type pattern, and likely isn’t bilateral.) re-do the test with hip hinges, bridges etc. and re-test… you likely would have got the same result 👍
Genuinely the best, most useful and easily applicable information on the internet. Every athlete and every day person could highly benefit from your videos
If they want to convince themselves they have problems that never existed, sure. The habitual smearing of vague other professionals to make himself look good shows you what kind of person this is
I have been experiencing the same issue and despite trying several remedies, I haven't seen much improvement. However, after watching a video, it has given me hope that you might have the solution I have been searching for over the past several years. I am thrilled to inform you that I have scheduled an appointment with you on April 17th and can't wait to meet you.
I’m a yogi and enjoy your channel. I have tight hamstrings despite working on them DAILY. I’m a lot better than this guy but want to lay my chest on my thighs in forward fold. I’ll work on some of these. My hips are extremely flexible so I fight letting them take over for my hamstrings in yoga poses and consciously think about it.
I had lower back and leg pain for years. If I would massage my back I could feel the affect all the way down my back, leg and into my foot. Clearly a trapped nerve. Went to chiropractors and all sorts. Saw a video on yet about how it can be the nerve trapped and tight hamstrings and quads a few weeks ago and the penny dropped. I started doing quad and hamstring stretches and about a week ago I finally managed to “pop” something that wouldn’t pop for years. It was like someone fired a gun inside my skin from the lower back all the way down my leg into my heel. The sensation made me actually yell out in surprise. For the past week I have slept well every night. Sleeping well was something I haven’t done in I’d say 2-3 years since the issue started. Now my lower back does still ache a little but I’m pretty sure it’s just residual pain that will heal. Now when I massage my back I can no longer feel it all the way down my leg and positions and activities that were uncomfortable for me before now aren’t. It feels incredible to finally have some normality back. To not be in pain and be able to sleep. Bliss. Trapped nerves are a bitch.
Hooooly crap thank you. Tore and ripped my MCL and meniscus when I was young and it's lead to tight hamstrings, and as youve demonstrated, "tight hamstrings"
Aggressive stretching often leads to protective spasm. Glutes and Hams are both hip extensors and the relative tonal levels are important. You can also down down regulate the hams using antagonistic inhibition and the crossed extension reflex. But if ya bum is lazy strengthening is the key. Great vid.
NAH CAUSE I HAVE THESE PROBLEMS AND IVE BEEN TO A BUNCH OF PHYSIO AND THEY NEVER THOUGHT IT WAS MY SCIATIC NERVE AND NOW IM GUNNA DO THIS THANK YOU SO MUCH ❤❤
I've probe that in myself actually. After years of making many sports I started to go to the gym, and with just one months of training glutes(Hip trust and leg extensions) and rowing i did improve my flexibility and mobility so much. I learned a lot of skate tricks i thought impossible after that
very interesting, I also find that static toe-touching - 'forward bend standing' - allowing gravity to do the work is so gentle that three of those for a minute each time does the trick
Dr. Horschig’s official profession listed on his resume & business card is physical therapist. What it really should say is “magical body healer and fixer”
If you have nerve problems you might want to see an orthopaedic consultant just to be safe. I started of with pain on my ankles, diagnosed by a GP as tendinitis. Then when the pain spread they diagnosed it as the disc putting pressure on the sciatic nerve. Turned out there was a couple of bone weaknesses and they got properly broken during physio. A couple of scans with a decent consultant with have saved it ruining my life.
I want a personal trainer in Italy like you Doc ! I have alot of past injuries and can't recover well because my work is riding a car for like 10 hours a day so i can't move alot and i have a left shoulder really really impeachment due to steering every day . I bought TYR weightlifting shoes and before equip them for squat work i try Goblet Squat and after equip TYR weightlifting shoes i really squat really well . Thanks to all your video and shorts on this platform . Maybe one day i can thank you directly and maybe you can help me in some training session .❤
OH MAN THIS IS MY CASE! I've never figured it out until this video. I can't even lift and hold my right legs for more than a couple seconds! And I've had sciatica since my 20s. I'm now 57.
Bro! How in the actual fk did you figure this out? So I skipped the first few exercises and did the kickstand single legged squat on both sides and to my mf surprise, I was able to touch my damn toes. I mean there is still a little discomfort but it was happening at least 5 inches above my toe beforehand. Man I greatly appreciate your free instructional video advice. I sincerely you hope that your giving back to the people with this information brings you the happiness you deserve. Bravo bro. And again, Thank you!
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This guy is freaky smart. Genuinely love when his info comes across my feed.
Like he knows how every muscle works 😭
I’ve watched him so much he is my feed haha
I wonder how often he has to check to see if his info is up to date, with all the new research being done it must be a never ending barrage of information!
That being said, I’d imagine it’s a few at a time instead of major breakthroughs…….. if I’ve had a major breakthrough with one of my quad muscles you best call an ambulance since I just got hit by a car, and the femur is breaking through the quad!
Maybe then I’d rock up to a physiotherapist a while later though haha
He's more helpful than anyone I've seen for physical fitness so far.
Connor Harris goes even deeper in depth
I just want this guy to analyze me and tell me what parts of my body are fucked up
Right?!
Good news is that my analysis says your ears are good! Everything else? We're gonna need to cut some bits off 😊
Exactly man lmao
“Analyze me” what do you mean by that..?🗿
That is my dream, i think my whole body disbalansed i have fear to train now cuz everytime i start exercising it making worse, and everyone gives different information… im tired
I HAVE THIS EXACT PROBLEM HOLY SHIT THIS IS LIFE CHANGING
SAME WTF THIS IS FANTASTIC
The human body is 🗑 😂
Same lmao
The ankle detail is exactly how I feel. Plus when doing glute bridges and Deadlifts, I don't feel my glutes are activated. This solution is amazing.
I have this problem and have been doing these exercises for a while, definitely did not work for me
I’ve got a client in the gym with a really tight hamstring issue! I’ll be trying this out to see if maybe it’s a factor. Thank you!!
Edit : for those wondering, she just has tight hamstrings as I suspected, she never done sports and has insanely flexible hips being from south east Asia and she said grew up squatting down a lot. So she obviously never needed to use them as much. We’re making progress. 😊
Trying to diagnose a client off of a tiktok is crazy
@@RM-xq7gfhe’s diagnosing in person at his gym it seems; this is just an additional tool
@@RM-xq7gf🤣Fr but squat university is reputable
@@RM-xq7gfhe’s not diagnosing if u would read he said he’ll see if this works meaning he’ll see if this helps him he’s not a doctor and never claimed to be
@@RM-xq7gftrying to diagnose myself off a tiktok. Wish me luck!
This guy just diagnosed me from my couch better than a licensed PT, this is magic
*Friends, I did 14 one arm pull ups Please support me*
i doubt a good PT missed that, literally like a checklist of possible culprits
@@smashonlamez and how many good PTs are there?
@@YunisRajab thousands now that they have doctorate's degrees
@@smashonlamez😂
I've always struggled to touch my toes, no matter how much I stretch. I started training glutes for the first time, then I could touch the bottom of my foot within 3 days.
that doesn’t make sense at all because usually training a muscle makes it tighter
@@BabyDontHearnMeNoMoreexcept increased nerve stimulation and circulation resulting from strengthening exercises could make it easier to stretch.
@@BabyDontHearnMeNoMorethe whole point is that it wasn’t the muscle in this guys case it was the nerve a nerve needs proper stimulation so while the muscle may be tired the nerves that irritated cause pain or mixed Signals is more in tune
@@juanmoretime7558 well not for me apparently
@@MakaFanaTiko14 Nerves are supposed to slide a bit in their tract as you move, and don't like being stretched, but sometimes they can get stuck in the the connective tissue surrounding them so they stretch instead of sliding, which causes a feelings of pain and tightness and limits movement.
The sciatic nerve runs from the base of the spine down the back of the leg and to the foot, so when the patient tried to touch their toes, the sciatic nerve was being stretched instead of sliding along its tract as it should. The activation exercises and glute workouts help it glide like it's supposed to.
Roughly 15% of people have their ass coatic nerve running through the piriformis. Underdeveloped hip muscles can also cause sciatic irritation because of this.
Edit, just saw the typo here, ass coatic should be sciatic, but I think "ass coatic" is weirdly more descriptive.
In all fairness in the after, he bent his knees way more to reach the floor, not saying it didn’t work but probably could’ve gotta gotten a fairer after shot
I thought I was the only one who noticed that 😅
Yeahh I just made a comment about that. Looks like all he did was bend his back more as well
I'm glad I'm not alone in noticing.
I had this problem since I was a kid, and I came across a video that explained it, I found that nerve flossing and deadlifting both helped a lot. 6 months later I can touch my toes for the first time in my life
I thought you said never flossing 💀
@@lincolncloud446LMAO
What is nerve flossing
Man, I'm so glad I've discovered this channel
same
Same here mate.
I had seen loads of "specialists" and physios. NONE OF them know what they are doing to be honest.
All they want to do is cut me open and fuse my spine. Which I can do cause I've not long had a 2 year battle with bone poisoning cause they fused my big toe and it went septic.
So I'm so glad I've found this channel with someone who actually knows their craft.
Over here in Britain all they want to do is cut you open and operate. And physios don't have a clue what they're doing.
Another brilliant tip. Thank you so much for all the top tier content
I have just finished university, field in strength and conditioning and I can't express how helpful these shorts and videos with all the great information are to me as a new coach. Keep up the great work.❤
The main thing is to touch the toes without bending the knees.
Progress requires steps
Same thing I thought but I'll take it... I'm happy for the gentleman...
Why lock out thoughhhhhh
@@CutTheCrapAndKissMeI dunno, it maximizes gains or something
@CutTheCrapAndKissMe If I'm not wrong, it relaxes the hamstrings allowing it to stretch further.
WTF, this information is worth millions!!
Man i love this channel... great advices completely free of charge, huge educational value, good insights, all that jazz. This man is such a class act to release this stuff for free, i always learn so much watching these videos
Sometimes, when I watch your videos, you're like a magician with these kind of results. So good.
You are a legend my guy. Cheers for all the good work you are doing for the world.
I’m impressed by your knowledge and skills. Great work!
This man is a gift for humanity. I did a few of both exercises displayed at the end and I can touch the floor 😅 also my sciatica pain is gone.
This account is a lifesaver. I have chronic pain and extremely tight hamstrings, but I also love weightlifting, and these videos have really really helped with pain control for me, thank you!
It’s fake he was bending his knees less in the first one but more in the second one
I just don’t understand how this is science rather than magic lmao
Thank you for these videos! I may have to try these out
Magic is how we explain science before we understand it ;)
Weird comment. Most scientific video on the channel makes you think magic?
This is my exact problem. I feel my nerves pull much before my hamstrings get tight. Nerve glides barely helped. I'll follow the advice given in this video.
Dude i think honestly youre one of the few people that would have been able to help this man in the video
I recently pulled my calf doing back extensions. I think I know why it happened, but I'm unsure of how to rehab it. Maybe you could do a video?
This is a great clip, btw. Interesting how the muscular and nerve issues compounded in that way.
Ouch. Have been, and currently, there. E3 rehab has a great video for that. Tore my calf 8 weeks ago. Barely on phase 2. Whatever you do, DON’T aggressively stretch!
Should his knees be locked for the test lmao
No, dopey
Yes, your testing hamstring flexibility with knees fully extended.
True healer this guy. Absolute medicine man. 🙏
This literally blew my mind. Been struggling with exactly this for the last 10 months or so 😮
Good video : but illopsoas tightness can cause an anterior pelvic tilt that also keeps hamstrings tight !
Both need to be evaluated and RPR can decrease illopsoas tightness and activate them from sitting too much!
A common cause of this imbalance!
Just my guess from being a Physical Therapist Assistant for 30+ years !
I have both issues, lol
In this case iliopsoas is very unlikely as a cause as neural glide actually improved range of movement. Infact id say psoas tightness is more likely to cause posterior tilt, due to tendon pushing pelvis backwards as it crosses the pubic bone. Iliopsoas can cause both anterior or posterior tilt, depending on which section is tighter; iliac section or psoas section.
I am not well versed on musculoskeletal system, but I am currently at higher marks than the last 2 RMT students in my sister’s class, based solely on the written quizzes/exams.
But I did have a surgery that limited my arm movement, and I essentially went from my back looking natural, to my shoulders being so severely slumped that I almost looked like the top of a question mark. I couldn’t straighten without pulling sutures, and I was in so much back pain.
A Physiotherapist helped me out and figured what I needed within a few minutes of just looking at me and listening to me. It was mainly looking to just figure out how to stretch without moving my arms, or laying on my front.
1x assisted bed stretch later, and an explanation as to what the illiopsoas is, and I was a CHANGED man. Took it from an 8 down to a 3.75 on my pain scale within 3 sets of stretches. Shout out to all y’all for making miracles happen with your depth of body knowledge!
Yes, improvement, but he’s still bending his knees. Fexibility to me, is when you can touch the floor, or your toes, without bending your knees.
Exactly!
Agreed
Yeah, but I think you need timento achieve these results. This was a result of a quick fix.
Jesus Christ… you are a Goddamn genius
This is exactly my problem and every “specialist” I go to’s first reaction is to stretch the heck out of it flaring me up even more. Thank you for the amazing content !
Dude you applied a distal modifier to a SLR stretch. This result is 100% expected, no semi-competent physio would miss this.
The distal modifier applied a stretch on the gastroc, which attaches above the knee, essentially straightening the knee and applying more stretch to the hamstring.
This EXACT movement is also a neural tension test, ITS DESIGNED TO APPLY TENSION TO THE SCIATIC NERVE. This is not new.
This. I thought I was losing my mind lmao. Dorsiflexion elongates the hamstrings so of course the result would be reaching maximal stretch of the muscle earlier. And plantarflexion does the opposite so of course it would allow further movement of the leg. His conclusion that the tightness “wasn’t coming from the hamstrings” truly makes zero sense
Wow. Thought I had the same problem as patient at first. But after reading your comments, of course that's gonna happen. When you flex your foot and put your hand behind your knee, you can even feel the tendon pulling on your hamstring. He made a pretty big mistake here.
Granted, I can touch the floor with my full palms, do a pistol squat and can feel my butt when I single leg hip hinge.
As a guy with sciatica I appreciate this a lot
HOW DID HE LEARN THIS STUFF BRUH I feel like he always sees what no other medical professional does! Like he pinpoints it so easy
I feel like I know a great deal from school and martial arts, and Im laughing at myself because THIS blows my mind. Theres always new information that keeps going its awesome. One day I hope we can just know all the body stuff. So the pains all goes away :)
Thank you so much my back is always hurting and you have helped me god bless you sir
I wish they were people like you on every corner of the world and accessible to everyone. Our local PTs could never.
i need a pt like this guy everywhere else i go they give me the same bs as the previous pt
“Extremely unstable during the single leg squat “ 😂😂😂 . Oh come on now that ol beginners move 😮😂
Oh my! Dr. You completely guessed my current pain. Thanks a lot! Worked perfect inmediately. Specially relief with the nerve slide. Thanks again
I simply cannot express how grateful I am. I had the same problem and I did the exact same thing in the video for 2 days. Now I'm able to do all those movements without pain. Thank you so much! 🙏
From someone with extremely tight hamstrings and scoliosis, the two stretches you made him do to fix it made my lower back and hamstrings feel a million times better and more loose, and I only did 1 set of each. I’m definitely gonna start doing this daily
I’m so grateful I’ve found your channel!!!
Omg i just touched my toes for the first time in over a decade just from doing this, thank you so much! I spent several years in a wheelchair because of severe epilepsy as a child but this is truly life changing!
Idk what all science and work was involved in this video but this presentation was perfect for me. The animation, science, and close ups were welled timed etc.
Loved the subtlety in mentioning chiropractic adj and massage therapy didnt help in these last two vids 👹 ❤️
It likely wasn’t the neural tension you’re describing, it was the glute and core activation that caused him hamstrings to stop compensating. (Neural tension usually exists in a radiculopathy type pattern, and likely isn’t bilateral.) re-do the test with hip hinges, bridges etc. and re-test… you likely would have got the same result 👍
Exact same routine my physical therapy had me doing for my sciatic nerve. Your channel never lies.
Is ur sciatic issue cleared?
I’m extremely athletic and fit, but yet I have serious mobility/ flexibility problems. This seriously helps me! Great content!
Squat University is a national treasure. Get this man a regular spot on Good Morning America.
Great teacher!
Genuinely the best, most useful and easily applicable information on the internet. Every athlete and every day person could highly benefit from your videos
If they want to convince themselves they have problems that never existed, sure.
The habitual smearing of vague other professionals to make himself look good shows you what kind of person this is
You literally sort out every problem known to human muscles. Amazing ⭐️
You are so damn great for sharing your professional advice out for free… thank you so much!!!
Dang, this is me exactly - I always thought it was my legs from cycling as having zero flexibility in my legs
I have been experiencing the same issue and despite trying several remedies, I haven't seen much improvement. However, after watching a video, it has given me hope that you might have the solution I have been searching for over the past several years. I am thrilled to inform you that I have scheduled an appointment with you on April 17th and can't wait to meet you.
You are a genius 👏🏽 awesome work.
I’m a yogi and enjoy your channel. I have tight hamstrings despite working on them DAILY. I’m a lot better than this guy but want to lay my chest on my thighs in forward fold.
I’ll work on some of these.
My hips are extremely flexible so I fight letting them take over for my hamstrings in yoga poses and consciously think about it.
This man is cooking
As a former dancer, this is great stuff. Once you know about your sciatic nerve and to NOT work against it most stretches improve significantly.
Needed this!! I had a feeling it was my sciatica but couldn’t figure out how to make it better or get rid of the tightness. Thanks 🙏🏽
I had lower back and leg pain for years. If I would massage my back I could feel the affect all the way down my back, leg and into my foot. Clearly a trapped nerve. Went to chiropractors and all sorts. Saw a video on yet about how it can be the nerve trapped and tight hamstrings and quads a few weeks ago and the penny dropped.
I started doing quad and hamstring stretches and about a week ago I finally managed to “pop” something that wouldn’t pop for years. It was like someone fired a gun inside my skin from the lower back all the way down my leg into my heel. The sensation made me actually yell out in surprise.
For the past week I have slept well every night. Sleeping well was something I haven’t done in I’d say 2-3 years since the issue started. Now my lower back does still ache a little but I’m pretty sure it’s just residual pain that will heal. Now when I massage my back I can no longer feel it all the way down my leg and positions and activities that were uncomfortable for me before now aren’t.
It feels incredible to finally have some normality back. To not be in pain and be able to sleep. Bliss.
Trapped nerves are a bitch.
I love his content. Wish I could go see this modern day guru
i havent been able to do squats in the gym for 2 years and this video genuinely saved me
This is literally me, also God Loves You🙏🏻❤️
Great presentation.
Especially love it was brief the point. Also something I need & doable. TY very very much.
Hooooly crap thank you. Tore and ripped my MCL and meniscus when I was young and it's lead to tight hamstrings, and as youve demonstrated, "tight hamstrings"
I have this exact same problem, no stretch ever fixed it. Thank you, I'll definitely be trying that out
You do amazing work. Thank you for all your videos!
Aggressive stretching often leads to protective spasm. Glutes and Hams are both hip extensors and the relative tonal levels are important. You can also down down regulate the hams using antagonistic inhibition and the crossed extension reflex. But if ya bum is lazy strengthening is the key. Great vid.
NAH CAUSE I HAVE THESE PROBLEMS AND IVE BEEN TO A BUNCH OF PHYSIO AND THEY NEVER THOUGHT IT WAS MY SCIATIC NERVE AND NOW IM GUNNA DO THIS THANK YOU SO MUCH ❤❤
These are like awesome life changing detective stories, so cool! 💪
PE teacher that wants to be called 'doctor' - Physical Therapist
I have actually this exact problem, and after doing all steps once, it really worked. Will keep doing it!
this human muscular anatomy model had no business being that caked up
If i could show this video to every single person in the world i would. Really would. Thank you!
I've probe that in myself actually. After years of making many sports I started to go to the gym, and with just one months of training glutes(Hip trust and leg extensions) and rowing i did improve my flexibility and mobility so much. I learned a lot of skate tricks i thought impossible after that
very interesting, I also find that static toe-touching - 'forward bend standing' - allowing gravity to do the work is so gentle that three of those for a minute each time does the trick
Dr. Horschig’s official profession listed on his resume & business card is physical therapist. What it really should say is “magical body healer and fixer”
It's crazy how connected the body is. Usually an issue in one area is caused by something else you would never think of.
Been waiting for this video. Thank you men, that's why I follow you on tiktok and CZcams
bro got his muscles tattoo-ed. sick luv!!!
I don’t know much about mobility or PT but I’m pretty sure this Sciatic Nerve guy has been the main villain for a couple seasons by now 😂
nice, thank you for posting this important information, FOR FREE. You a diamond..❤and appreciated!!
You have taught me so much. I can’t thank you enough. ❤
If you have nerve problems you might want to see an orthopaedic consultant just to be safe. I started of with pain on my ankles, diagnosed by a GP as tendinitis. Then when the pain spread they diagnosed it as the disc putting pressure on the sciatic nerve. Turned out there was a couple of bone weaknesses and they got properly broken during physio. A couple of scans with a decent consultant with have saved it ruining my life.
Lovely how he can get his hands to the floor when bending his knees, while he could not do so before (with straight-ish legs).
Improvement indeed!
I want a personal trainer in Italy like you Doc !
I have alot of past injuries and can't recover well because my work is riding a car for like 10 hours a day so i can't move alot and i have a left shoulder really really impeachment due to steering every day .
I bought TYR weightlifting shoes and before equip them for squat work i try Goblet Squat and after equip TYR weightlifting shoes i really squat really well . Thanks to all your video and shorts on this platform . Maybe one day i can thank you directly and maybe you can help me in some training session .❤
Very important information 😊Thanks so much
OH MAN THIS IS MY CASE! I've never figured it out until this video. I can't even lift and hold my right legs for more than a couple seconds! And I've had sciatica since my 20s. I'm now 57.
Bro! How in the actual fk did you figure this out? So I skipped the first few exercises and did the kickstand single legged squat on both sides and to my mf surprise, I was able to touch my damn toes. I mean there is still a little discomfort but it was happening at least 5 inches above my toe beforehand. Man I greatly appreciate your free instructional video advice. I sincerely you hope that your giving back to the people with this information brings you the happiness you deserve. Bravo bro. And again, Thank you!
He moved his ass
I've had this problem since highschool. I'm now in 3rd year college. I don't think I'll remember to try the fix out though.
brother in christ, we all need a personal guy like you
Very good work. Healing is an Art not a procedure.
If you notice the individual trying to touch the ground, in the first cut he didn't crouch/bend his knees, but in the second he did a little....
Psshh " a little" ?!. A ton. Such a joke.
Thank you. This helped me too. In just 5 mins!
That model got me going GYATTTTTTTT
Also my exact use case. May hire this guy. Will research
perfect. i hate when people try to enlongate their hamstrings more when what they need turns do is strenghten their muscles