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I Was Constantly Injured... Until This Changed — Key Takeaways

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I Was Constantly Injured... Until This Changed

Making Moves Podcast26mJul 19, 2026

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Tendons don't heal from rest — they weaken; fix chronic tendonitis with ballistic pumping work and slow heavy end-range loading, progressively increasing volume using pain as the dosing dial.

Key takeaways

Hip flexor tightness is weakness guarding — stretching makes it worse, loading fixes it

Hip flexor tightness is weakness guarding — stretching makes it worse, loading fixes it

  • Tight hip flexors use tension as protection; years of stretching removes that protection without adding capacity.
  • Fix sequence: isometrics first → end-range loading → pelvis articulation → posterior chain strengthening → multi-plane hip work.

Tendons need loading, not rest — ballistic and end-range work rebuilds them

Tendons need loading, not rest — ballistic and end-range work rebuilds them

  • Tendons have minimal blood flow; rest calms irritation but degrades tissue, perpetuating flare-rest-return cycles.
  • Wushu-style ballistic bouncing pumps blood into tendons; slow heavy end-range loading builds strength where pain previously screamed.

Lumbar-dominant back bending causes disc issues; thoracic mobility distributes the load

Lumbar-dominant back bending causes disc issues; thoracic mobility distributes the load

  • One hypermobile region compensates for stiff neighbors — lower back absorbs everyone else's debt until it fails.
  • Fix: reintroduce spinal flexion/extension under load gradually, open thoracic spine, and build full-body mobility to reduce spinal load.

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In this video

  1. 1mThe injury history nobody expects
  2. 3mWhy this isn't luck or genetics
  3. 5mFrom martial arts and tennis to movement
  4. 6mTendons: why rest makes them weaker
  5. 13mFrozen shoulders: moving my way out
  6. 16mDisc issues: the scan that wasn't a destiny
  7. 22mHip flexors: tightness is weakness in disguise

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