Pain Free Better Me

You were made to move. Born to move.
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Humankind survived until now through a variety of evolutionary traits.
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Our bipedalism allowed us to rise above the various forage that other animals couldn’t see. It gave us the ability to tower over our prey, and pinpoint predators from a distance.
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Our large brains, with increased surface areas allowed for us to make complex relationships with ourselves and the world around us. Intuitively figuring out problems by taking advantage of our surroundings, forethought and hindsight, communicating with others, and so much more.
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And movement. We were given movement. Hairless descendants of our ape-cousins that soared above the animal kingdom to become the apex predator – this came from not just our brains, but also from our ability to move.
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We hunted, stalked prey, endlessly, tirelessly, trekking through marathons upon marathons of hunting grounds to take down beasts of all sizes to survive.
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We gathered, carefully inspected the various flora that nature left for us to bask in. Sitting and picking, wandering and searching – climbing and exploring.
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This was our heritage – our history.
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Then we came up with the idea of farming – instead of searching for food, why not just make our own?
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We ended our endless nomadic journey as hunter-gatherers and began an agricultural society.
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Temporary shelters became homes, groups became communities.
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We stayed put whether there was sunshine and warmth, monsoon and storm or drought and famine.
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We invented the chair.
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Factories next.
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Offices.
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And here we are.
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Modern society.
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Confined in cubicles, a third of our day chained to sedentation, how our ancestors would scoff at our unwillingness to use what our body was made to do.
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Then back to the safety of our shelters, binge-watching, laying in the comfort of our beds, staring endlessly into a screen meant to keep us there.
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But we were made to move.
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We were made to explore.
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To wander.
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Even if just a little more than yesterday, even a micron more – we need to start moving again.
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How different wiuld you feel everyday if you moved just a little more than yesterday?
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We were made to move. Born to move.

Yay another blog post 🤗 With all this quarantining and self-isolating – I get a bit more time to work on this stuff. Sort of.
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🎯 This week’s topic is on thoracic outlet syndrome. If you’ve never heard of it before, I wouldn’t blame you – it’s not that common of a disease compared to carpal tunnel syndrome, but it’s still worthwhile talking about.
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Here’s a little bit of a summary 📖
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Thoracic outlet syndrome occurs when there’s some sort of compression 🗜 of your brachial nerves, or your subclavian artery or vein.
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The background photo 🖼 of this post has a visual (not entirely accurate however) depiction of the brachial vasculature.
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🎯When this area gets compressed, depending on if it’s the nerve, vein or artery, will give you some nasty 🤕 symptoms like: Numbness, Pain during rest or during exercise, paresthesia, cyanotic 🥶discolouration and more.
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🎯Most of the time, conservative therapy involving 🤸‍♂️ exercise, postural/habitual corrections and the like are enough to help with thoracic outlet syndrome.
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🎯However, some cases require surgical intervention (failure of physical therapy, or more serious cases involving compression of the subclavian vein or artery).
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If you want to learn more – make sure to visit the 🚨link in my bio 🚨 to check out my most recent posts
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Stay safe and healthy!
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