5 Treatment Areas That Consistently Improve Outcomes

After more than 20 years in practice, I’ve noticed there are certain treatment areas that consistently create change across a wide range of complaints. The key isn’t the technique but understanding why these areas matter and when to address them.

In this episode of the Unreal Results podcast, I share five treatment regions I find myself coming back to again and again across elite athletes, Navy SEAL candidates, and complex cases. These are high-payoff regions that consistently influence the body as a whole when addressed with intention.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• How nerve pathways and fascial relationships explain why these areas matter far beyond local pain
• Why sequencing matters more than the tool you’re using
• How to apply these concepts without overcomplicating your sessions

This episode isn’t about adding more techniques, it’s about sharpening your ability to recognize the areas that matter most in each session.

Resources & Links Mentioned In This Episode:
Episode 9: Left Side Sciatica or Right Side Shoulder Pain?
Episode 26: Sartorius B.I.G.
Episode 28: The Power Of The Trigeminal Nerve
Episode 70: How The Trigeminal Nerve Could Supercharge Your Practice
Episode 73: The Sartorius: It's More Powerful Than You Think
Episode 86: Decoding The Nervous System For Health Pros
Episode 142: The Most Overlooked Skill In Clinical Practice
Treatment Video: Superior Gluteal Nerve Glide
Treatment Video: Manual Technique For Superior Gluteal Nerve
Treatment Video: Neural Manipulation Technique For Superior Gluteal Nerve
Online Course: Go-To Treatments For The Viscera & Nervous System
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Transcript

Anna Hartman: Hey there and welcome. I'm Anna Hartman and this is Unreal Results, a podcast where I help you get better outcomes and gain the confidence that you can help anyone, even the most complex cases. Join me as I teach about the influence of the visceral organs in the nervous system on movement, pain and injuries, all while shifting the paradigm of what whole body assessment and treatment really looks like.

I'm glad you're here. Let's dive in.

Hello. Hello. Welcome back to another episode of the Unreal Results Podcast. Um, so this weekend, I think it's going to be February, and this is the first podcast episode. I've sat down and recorded since the beginning of the year. Wow. Didn't see that coming. Um. Didn't, didn't see that coming. I should know better.

January always hits the ground running. Um, and this January was no different. You know, traditionally my busy season is football season and so whereas most people are like, oh, it's a new year, new me, new everything, vibe that January brings, I'm like, I, it's not a new year until football season's over. And I don't know if football season's gonna be until the end of like December, beginning of January or the middle of February, because it all depends on if any of my athletes are in the playoffs or not, and if they go to the Super Bowl.

So that's a little bit of who always puts a weird energy on my January because it's like I can't fully commit. To stuff on the schedule. I can't commit to like, yeah, I just can't commit to a, a, a full schedule until I know that, because that becomes my priority. Um, my athletes are always my priority and so, um.

Yeah, like straight to the point, Anna, get to the point. Uh, my, one of my NFL athletes, um, is in the Super Bowl and it was, is so surreal. Really so surreal and I'm just so proud of him and so excited for him and I. Yeah, he, he invited me up for, um, the NFC championship game. Um, and so that was just so cool to be there.

And, um, I got like, I got unexpectedly emotional and I, I guess, like I should have thought that I would be emotional. Um. But yeah, I really wasn't expecting it. Like I expected to be like super stoked for him and super excited if they won and I expected to be like real bummed if they didn't. Um, but what I wasn't expecting it expecting is like tears.

And as soon as I went won, I just, it was like sweet relief, tears and just like. Proud tears. And I, I think like what I mean by sweet relief is like you don't realize sometimes like how much energy, emotional energy, physical energy, cognitive energy goes into preparing and like executing actions. Um, in the hope that it ends in that sort of situation, right?

Like in, in the hope that you make the goal, right? Like with athletics, like the goal is always to go to the Super Bowl and win the Super Bowl for football players to go to the championship and win the championship for, um, basketball players to go to World Series, win the World Series for the baseball players, right?

Like there was always this. Goal at the end of the season, whatever it may be, you know, with track and field it was like, not only to win your races, but like to ultimately make a national team and go to world champs or go to the Olympics and like win and it's just the emotionalness of it, either, you know, whether you end up.

Uh, achieving those goals or not? I mean, most of the time it's not gonna be not right. Like most of the time those are the goals you set out for, and they don't happen. And that's just life. Like, that's life. That's not just sports, that's life. Right. And, um, the enlist is just like a, a final cu cumulation.

Of realizing how much like relentless energy was spent in the pursuing of those goals, the pursuit of those goals. And um, I think too, like the, you know, ultimately like being proud of yourself. It's interesting, you know, um, it's interesting to me because. I know one of the reasons I love working with elite athletes is I also, I like thrive under high stress, high pressure environments.

And when you're working with athletes like that, that is the epitome of like high pressure, high stress environments. And so, um. I also know that, um, one of the things I love about everybody I work with is, um, the relationships I create and like the fact that if someone has a goal and I am like part of their team, their goal becomes my goal.

And I will do everything in my power to like make sure that I am carrying my weight. Um, and so even though it's like, yeah, ultimately they're gonna be the person who wins the Super Bowl, not me, um, you still feel like you're a part of it, right? You know, when you're not with the team, you're not gonna get a Super Bowl ring, you're not gonna get a bonus.

You're not, you don't necessarily gonna get recognized outside of like. Like your own little community, your own family and stuff like that. And it's like that's not even, and none of those things is even what it's about. It is just being a driven person who likes to take action and likes to be the best and like, loves press.

The, that high pressure envi environment and like being on somebody's team, like it, it that's like rewarding. It's in its reward. We're rewarding enough in itself. And so, um, yeah, so like I said, I shouldn't be surprised that I was emotional. Um, but yeah, when they won the game, I, yeah, teared up. I cried a little bit and it was just like, like it's just a good reflection point in a, a moment that you're like, huh, like so cool to put up for all those effort over the years and like, yeah.

Finally reach the goal because like I said, most of, most of the time you're not reaching those goals at all. And, um, anyways, obviously there's more work to be done than right. There's one more game to be won. There's more treatment to be delivered in the next two weeks to make sure my athlete is going into the game feeling physically and mentally the best and, um, you know, doing whatever I can to support him and support his family and make sure, um, you know. They're ready to go. So, um, yeah, super excited. But it, it does feel like finally, since I, well finally, it's like the first time since the end of December that I like actually know my schedule for the next few weeks, kind of, um, at least there is like an end point now.

So, um, on top of all that, I was not expecting. The first two months of the year to be so busy with my in-person clients here in San Diego, which the majority of them are all, um, Navy SEAL candidates, right? BUDS students, BUDS, BUDS participants, and, um, they just came off of their Christmas break and like everything's like getting back.

And so everybody was like high urgency, high, high. High needs. And um, I actually ended up like having to cancel some other, like one-off regular, um, clients. Um, just 'cause I did not, I barely had the capacity for the Navy guys and my athletes and then myself, and I was just like, I've got, I clearly have too many people.

My goal has never been to like, have a ton of clients while in San Diego, like usually when I'm in San Diego, I am in between travel trips. I'm taking care of myself, I'm, I'm doing stuff for Movement Rev, like education business. And so, um, the hard part is, is like I love treating people. Um, I love treating elite people.

Um, so it's like hard for me to say no to these, uh, buds candidate or Bud Skies, these Navy Seal candidates because they are. You know, very similar to those elite athletes. And so, you know, and, and then I've got other athletes reaching out to me now that it's like the off season for them, even though it's not the off season for me.

And so it's just a lot, um, a lot to navigate. And then too, like the first week of the year, I was also trying to like, take care of like some of my own goals that I wanted. Like I'm in Matt McInnes Watson's, um, plyo intensive course. And so I've been trying to like, carve out the time to one, attend the sessions and two, like do the plyo workouts in my own body.

And then I like had, had this itch to start running again. So I was like trying to do a return to running program and, you know, take care of my body and, um, make that a priority too. And, and so it's just like, yeah, tough been, been tough. Um. I counted up, um, the other day. I counted up how many patient sessions I've had in the last couple weeks, and it was like 57 patient sessions, which is wild, like, absolutely wild.

So 57 patients sessions, weekly trips to Seattle for my NFL athlete, and then. I also participated in my business Masterminds, um, like in-person Mastermind, which is like a two and a half day thing. Um, luckily they hosted it in San Diego this year, so at least didn't have to travel for that, which was really nice.

But yeah, it's just, ooh, a lot. Excuse my yawns. Um, so. This week I was actually supposed to go on my annual vacation to, um, Hawaii for, um, with the cotton whale watching crew. Um, who's the, which is the whale watching boat here in San Diego that I am like a crew member on. Every year we go to Hawaii for like one or two weeks for humpback breeding season and charter a boat with, um, Maui Ocean Adventures.

And it is like. One of the coolest things, and I have, I'm so sad slash have so much FOMO for missing this week, but I just was like with needing to be available to help my athlete prepare for the Super Bowl and just like also like be ready to like. Take the time for that, like whenever I need to, if it's I go back up to Seattle or just meet them in San Francisco for the Super Bowl next week, it's like, um, I need, you know, there was a lot of stuff that I needed to get done and I also didn't want to be away from a few of the, um, Navy guys for that long of a period of time because, um.

One of 'em is going through first phase right now, and then another one of them is like at the end of a rehab I've been doing with him, and it's just bad timing for me to leave to go to Hawaii, which hurts my hair is sad a little bit, but also like I made that decision because even though it's like picking work over me.

That's what I actually want. Like that's my choice, is what I love. I would, I know that I would just hate not being here for all of those guys. So, um, and with that said, like, the whales are in Hawaii until, like, end of March, so I'm just gonna, I'm just gonna have to go on my own. So I'll still get to see the whales.

I just won't get to do it with, um. The gone whale watching crew and charter, uh, which is a bummer, but also like they understand, um, they know that it's a tough time of year with, for me with always having to sort of like wait to make a move till I figure out the Super Bowl stuff. Anyways, so anyways, so that's where I'm at, uh, this week.

Um, but I'm also like very dialing down on the patient. Um, appointments because I'm like, this is just not sustainable. And I am obviously neglecting a lot of movement, rev education stuff, which is reflected in the fact that I haven't had a podcast for the last four weeks, so we're back. So a long intro, but also like a valid one.

What else is going on? Oh, you know, the other thing too, and this might even be part of what I was like. Part of the emotionalness of the game on Sunday was, you know, Saturday before the game was the, was it Saturday, Friday, Saturday, whatever day that was leading up into the game. Um, when another American citizen was, well, it doesn't even matter if it was a citizen or not.

Another person in America was murdered by the ice, um, in Minnesota, and I was just very emotional about that. I'm still very emotional about that. Clearly. Um, it breaks my heart to see what's happening in our country right now and to, um, I, I think not only see what's happening, but like to like, see our government just blatantly lied to us.

Yeah, so very emotional about that. Just as anybody would, watching people, you know, multiple people now, um, have their lives taken from them for seemingly no reason. No good reason at all, is just unbelievable. Um, yeah. So it's just. Also too, it's like, yeah, I haven't wanted to really work and when I don't wanna work, it's like I just don't have the energy to be creative or feel like the inspiration to be creative because it's like, wow, how do you just sit down and like create content about like assessing and treating people when you're watching that happen And, uh.

You know, it just is like, man, it sucks. Um, but, uh, and that's also too, I think a little bit of, like, I tend to, when I wanna disengage from things, I tend to just like, yeah. See a bunch of people in person because I still feel like, well, it brings me joy. It makes me feel like I'm doing something. Um, and it's, it's easy work. Like it checks the box if I'm working.

Um, but it's way easier to treat people than it is to like hold space and be present and like be an educator, um, especially on social media podcasts when fucking shit like this is going down. So. Yeah. Heaviness anyways. Um, oh, like how do you transition into like, Hey, here's the podcast episode today. Like, we are living in a weird, weird reality, and I'm also like not naive enough to believe that this is a new thing.

It's just blatantly more in our face. And uh, like I said, a big part is like, not that it's happening, but that we're being lied to about it. And that is just tough. So anyways, here we are. I'm showing up anyhow and, um, wanna get. Back into the regular podcast episodes, and in the meantime, if you're on my email list, hopefully you're on my email list. If you're not, head to the link in the show notes and um, to the website and, and sign up to be on the email list.

Um, but if you're on my email list, you've been getting regular emails from me still minus last week. And, um, knowing that, uh, my podcast editor Joe, who's also my YouTube editor, shout out Doc, Doc Joe O He has been churning out great YouTube videos, um, over the last few weeks when I haven't been recording the podcast.

So there is not a lack of information being shared by me. Um, so super grateful for that. And, uh, yeah, I'm happy to be, um, you know, spending a little bit more time on the YouTube channel. We actually just met, um, last week and like, uh, brainstormed on like how we could continue to sort of grow that and put a little bit more effort into it to put some practical videos out there to help, um, clinicians and, um.

So, yeah, I look forward to that this year in 2026. And, um, yeah, and before, right now it will be ready, like close to the online ltap level one course, um, that's coming up here in April. So if you're not on the wait list for that, make sure you get on the wait list. You'll get first dibs, um, into that course.

And, uh, yeah, it's gonna be awesome. Um. Okay, so we'll just jump in 20 minutes into the podcast. We'll jump into the topic for today. I, um, I'm not sure how long this topic will be, but somebody recently asked me, I think one of the Navy guys asked me like, is there common treatments? Are there common treatments that I'm sort of doing on everyone?

And part of his question was like, because they're all training the same way. They're all like complaining of the same things. Like the majority of them when they come and see me, it's shin splints, um, knee pain, hip pain, a little bit, sometimes neck pain. But for the most part, shin splints and knee pain are probably the.

80% of what I see with them. Um, and it kind of got me thinking and I was like, actually, yeah, like everybody, even my athletes, even like, you know, a couple colleagues that I see here and there, like where I end up treating, there's very similar spots in the body that I end up treating. And so I do kind of have like, you know, lack, for lack of a better way to say it, like go-to treatments that I do over and over again because they work and they are high payoff spots.

High payoff treatment easy and like get the job done. And so I wanted to share those, um, on this podcast episode. And then, you know what it really boils down to too, and this is what I can't like stress enough, is, well first of all, if you do these treatments just blindly, because they're high payoff spots and easy to do, like, you're probably gonna feel.

Things change in your body, right? You're probably, if you're doing this on your patients, you're probably gonna see things change in your patients, right? You might see a change in core control, you might see a change in breathing. Mechanics, you might see a change in overall strength or mobility. Um, you know, changes in shoulder range of motion changes and hip and ankle range of motion.

All things that we really want and we know like support. Um, injuries and pains like a lot of the normal ones now, you know, the power in them is when to do them this correct sequence to which to do 'em right? And I always, and this happens a lot, sometimes my athletes will be like, Hey, why do you do treatment?

In similar spots with similar tools as like the athletic trainers or the physical therapists or whoever with my team or that I see in other areas. But like when you do it, I feel so much better. Like what's the difference? And the difference always comes down to the sequencing, right? And that comes down to having an assessment, like the locator test assessment protocol, the LTAP, because it's.

I, I give the example of like everybody, the only way to know what your body needs, the sequence of those treatments your body needs is. The only one that, the only person that knows is your body, and so you have to have an assessment that like asks the body where to start and asks the body where to go next.

That sequence that is then like created is your unique sequence that you need on that day. That unique sequence might not be the same as you need a month from now, but it is unique nonetheless, and your results are going to be better when you. Follow that and I'm like, it's like having the combina, it ha It's like having the combination or the numbers to a combination lock.

I can give you the three or five numbers of the combination lock. Right? Like I can tell you the numbers for this combination lock are 32, 27, 4 and 12. And if I don't tell you the sequence, you could, you could take. Literally forever to actually unlock the lock. Like you have, you have the, you have the tools, like you have all of the answers, but not the right sequence.

And there's so many possibilities for different sequences that it's like, you know, you're there for a while figuring it out. So I'm gonna offer these. Areas of common treatments because I do no matter the injury, a lot of the times, no matter the pain, a lot of the times I come back to these spots over and over again on literally everyone.

Um, but they're, the power of them being effective lies in Are you in the right spot? And I know I've talked about this on a ton of podcast episodes, so if there is, um. The one I can think of off the top of my head that I'll have Joe Link in the show notes is like talking about, um, the need for precision and specificity in your assessment, um, versus treatment, like a general treatment as more effective when you're more precise and specific with your assessment.

And so, um. I'll have Joe link that in the show notes. And if there's any other related, um, episodes that I talk about, this same concept, I'll make sure those are linked in the show notes too. So the top spots, I wrote them down on my phone the other day. Um. Number one oftentimes is actually in the lower leg.

It's the anterior compartment of the lower leg, specifically often the like mid shaft and below. And I think this is most associated with the extensor retina, rec ulu. That's a hard word to say. The extensor retinaculum. Um, of the lower leg. So the bands of like thicker, um, connected tissue around that lower, um, leg.

Uh, for some reason I am drawn to that area on a lot of people, whether they have shin splint. Hip, knee pain, hip pain, sometimes like completely unrelated things, uh, like up in their, you know, low back, mid back, neck, upper extremity. Like I've been directed to this area on so many people for so many different things.

And it also tends to mean an area that is like, ooh, very icky feeling. And also an area that is like. Yeah. Highly neglected in the, in the rest of like the treatment world. So my favorite tool to use in this area is cupping and then, and or self massage of the ball. Regular massage, um, Gua sha type tool assisted massage in this area works too.

All of the above. Um, stretching range of motion specifically in plantar flexion. So this area tends to really affect like the, um, mobility in both plantar flexion and dorsi flexion. Um, so I love to stretch into plantar flexion with like a, um, ZA sit, which is, um, za is, um, Japanese for like. Traditional sitting.

Um, so it's the, um, full knee with plantar flexion, basically any sort of variation to that. You can also do like a quadruple rocking version of that. Basically going into knee flexion and plantar flexion at the same time. You can add a massage ball with it. Um, you can cross your leg, other leg over the ankle to maintain.

A real neutral foot because the tendency often when there's this area is really tight, is as we rock back into more knee flexion and plantar affection, our ankle starts to, um, sickle or invert. Um, and so keeping it more neutral, everted will, will maximize the, the stretch and length across that, um, more anterior medial area, especially where the tibialis anterior comes and attaches to the midfoot.

So that's a big spot. Um, another big spot, um, is the really all along the Sartorious. Um, I have a whole episode about the Sartorious that I'll have Joe link in the show notes, um, because they talk about like a lot of facts about the sartorious. But, um, some, the most common area probably that I get directed to in the Sartorious area is like around the level of the adductor hiatus.

Um, and just a little bit above that, on the superior border of the Sartorius, there's an, uh, thing called the sub-sartorial plexus. It's a plexus of nerves that are branches of the femoral nerve that can get entrapped there. The saphenous nerve can get entrapped around that area as well. Um, but it is just really there.

So that area then down at its insertion, at Gertie's Tubercle. So from a, like a pes anserine, um, attachment standpoint, that's a really another powerful spot to work on it. And then up at the proximal attachment at the ASIS and um, again, some, my favorite treatment in this area tends to be cupping, but also I've been loving, um.

Stretching it. Um, I like to stretch the sartorious and prone and I'll free up hip ad deduction first. And, um, this really helps like to affect that, um, distal end of it, like, um, along with the attachment. Of the adductors at that pes anserine. I'll free that up first. So it really gets the medial pro, um, distal end of the sartorius.

And then I'll bring the leg back into a more neutral position. Go full knee flexion. You already feel after you do that hip abduction, open up that medial portion of it. Knee flexion will be easier. And then once you have more knee flexion, then you'll go into internal rotation. And I really actually assist the, um, thigh into that medial rotation.

Um, and. A lot of my athletes really do feel this up at the proximal attachment when I do that, and especially when I keep the full knee flexion. And, um, this is just a really great stretch for Sartorius and seems to help quite a bit. Um, sometimes even more than the cupping does if I'm being honest. And then I've been playing around too with giving them a rotator disc.

To put under their knee in a half kneeling position and have them do closed chain, um, pseudo closed chain 'cause it's the knee, not the foot, but closed chain internal rotation with like a hip flexion, hip flexor stretch. And that's really good, um, to mobilize the sartorious in full hip extension and internal rotation as well.

So, um. This one is huge. Uh, Sartorious, I'm like one of the most underrated for sure. Um, another common area, we'll keep it in the leg since we're here, um, is kind of the posterior hip where the superior gluteal nerve runs from. Um. The sacrum over to the side of the hip. So the su superior gluteal nerve.

It's kind of like a nerve that runs kind of almost horizontal to the ground. Um, so perpendicular to our leg and, um, it. Goes from the sacrum over and a, uh, innervates, the glute medias glute minimus in the TFL, so our lateral hip stabilizers, um, and our TFL. And so many people have, um. TLS that are like, quote unquote tight or hypertonic.

And treating the superior gluteal nerve can be huge to, to, um, improve the tone of the TFL. And that is just very powerful throughout the whole leg for hip flexion, knee hip flexion, hip extension, hip abduction. Like it's very powerful. Um, I love. To use the cup in this area. Um, I have a YouTube video. I believe that I'll have Joe link in the show notes, um, talking about this area too.

Um, you can do a skin stretch, you can do the dynamic cupping, you can do self massage or like any sort of massage. I wouldn't massage right on the nerve though. I kind of would go to the around it and you'll know you're right on the nerve, especially if the nerve is tight because it sort of creates a divot.

In the skin. Like it really like, like pulls the superficial fascia maybe and the skin sort of pulls it in when it's under tension. And so it's a really great, um, um, it's a really great way to know if that, um, needs to be targeted or not. And then, um.

Sorry, I was double checking that the, I got the muscles right. Yeah, I was correct. Um, anyways, so cupping sideline, typically I'll do, um, self massage. You can also do a like nerve glide version of it. A nerve glide version would be when you're lying on your side, and I have this. Might be in my Vimeo. I don't know if I actually have this on YouTube, but I'll find it and I'll have Joe link it in the show notes.

But, um, it's sideline and you're kind of like in a, you know, you can go into flexion, right? 'cause we're doing a nerve glide. So we want in the head and the trunk and a little bit of flexion to lengthen the central nervous system, part of the nervous system. And then remember that nerve runs horizontal and so you're going to take the leg.

And you're going to dip the knee down to like touch the floor. This is gonna bring the leg in, hip ad deduction and internal rotation, which is maxing, maximizing the length of that nerve. And then you can floss it by going tip the knee down and then lift the knee up. And it's interesting because years ago I saw this as an exercise.

Somebody posted for people with. SI joint pain. They're like, do this exercise for SI joint pain. And I was like, oh, this is actually really smart because this is affecting like, it's basically a superior neuro nerve glide. I don't think they emphasize it as the nerve glide, but me knowing. About it. I was like, it makes sense.

And then if we take a step back and we're like, well why would that affect the SI joint superior gluteal nerve is one of the five nerves that innervates the SI joint and so it can influence sensation of the SI joint quite a bit and often mobilize and SI joint that's not moving. So, um, that's a real common spot.

And then the last two real common spots are, um, different areas of the body, uh, the liver or diaphragm area. So like between T seven and T 12, really. Um, so thoraco lumbar junction area, if we're gonna call it liver, we're gonna bias the right side. The, the liver does cross over to the left side. But that whole area is, is very high payoff for a lot of things.

It can affect quite a bit in, um, the thoracic cavity, the abdominal cavity. There's a quite a bit of like nerve referrals that are gonna affect the upper extremity, can affect the lower extremity like sciatica feeling.. I have a whole podcast episode. I'll have Joe link in the show notes. It's called like Right Shoulder and Left sciatica is basically all about the liver. And so, um, that's a really common spot that I end up treating on everybody regardless of where the issues are. And the final spot is the cranium. And the cranium. Um, this is probably like an area that most clinicians are fairly not familiar with. Um, the cranium tends to be kind of owned by craniosacral therapists and, um great for them, but not great for our patients because central nervous system tension drives a lot of problems in the body. And like, why are we not good at understanding the central nervous system and understanding the cranium as more traditional, um, practitioners? And so, um, my. I am not trained in craniosacral, but I'm trained through the Barral Institute for, uh, in neural manipulation, which is very similar, um, but gives me some skills to be able to assess and treat the cranium, the central nervous system and the meninges, like all the pieces.

Um, but it doesn't even have to be that complicated. I have multiple episodes that I'll have Joe link in the show notes. Um, one like. About the central nervous system, the difference between central nervous system tension and the autonomic nervous system. I have an episode about the trigeminal nerve. The trigeminal nerve is um, a sensory nerve, but one of the things that it innervates.

From a sensory standpoint is the meninges and the meninges is the area in the cranium and the dura. That's like the dispensary ligaments to the brain. It is like the protector of the brain. And so we can actually influence the cranium mechanically quite a bit through understanding how we can facilitate trigeminal nerve, um, inputs.

And so, um. We, we do this often intuitively on our own when we have some central nervous system tension. Most commonly when we start are getting, starting to get a headache, you know, we like, kind of like massage our skull. We pull our hair. If we have hair to pull, we massage our scalp, we might rub our ears.

We might like rub our face, cover our eyes. We tend to do a lot of things, um, reflexively intuitively, that is changing the intracranial pressure via the meninges, via the, the trigeminal, um, nerve. So when you start to understand the anatomy, it starts to open up. Your treatment tools quite a bit for the cranium and understanding how easy it is to change central nervous system tension, and therefore really tension throughout the whole nervous system, right?

Because the peripheral nerves are coming off of the central nervous system. And so even often when you have symptoms via the peripheral nerves in the, in the arms, in the, in the torso, in the legs, in the feet, whatever it may be, um, it, it's often coming more from the cranium. And so, um, I believe I have a whole episode on the central nervous system tension patterns in the first place, and then like a lot of treatment episodes for it too.

So definitely check those out. But that, that's it. Those are like some, the five most common things that are coming up on everybody, regardless. Of what's going on. And um, I just think, you know, even if we don't have the LTAP to tell us the sequence of treatment, like focusing on these areas, not a bad idea.

Not a bad idea at all. And you know, like shameless plug too, like I have a hole. Low cost self-paced course called go to treatments for the viscera and the nervous system, and it includes these areas. It includes a lot of easy movement based interventions that are high payoff that I use over and over again in looking at it from a lens of view of treating the viscera in the nervous system.

So even these areas of the leg that I talked to you about. I maybe said a little bit about the nerves, but like these areas when you look at them of like what nerves are getting trapped, that's looking at things from a nervous system standpoint, from a visceral standpoint. And so, um. To the outside person, if they were to see me treating someone, they would not have any idea that I'm like treating a nerve versus just treating a muscle or a joint.

It all looks the same. It's the lens of view of how you're interpreting it and how you're even determining where and why and when to do it. So, um. If you haven't already gotten that course or checked it out, make sure you have, I'll have Joe link that in the show notes too. Um, it like, I, I think it's like $150 off or something like that, I forget, but, um, either way I'm sure you'll see it if you haven't already seen it on an ad on Instagram or Facebook.

Um, but yeah, it's great. And, and the, like the Navy guy who asked me the question of like. What are common treatments that you're doing on everybody like you? I'm like, yeah, it's actually kind of is that boring that I end up doing the same thing over and over again on multiple different people, but it's in different sequences and it always like changes different things in everybody's body.

And that's actually kind of like what makes it so fun. So, um, I think sometimes we have a tendency to make things too complicated and, um, hopefully this kind of boils it down to some like key areas that you can give a try and. See what you think. So anyways, that's it for today. Um, thank you for being here.

Happy 2026. I hope it gets happier than it's kind of started in the world. Um, go Seahawks and uh, we'll see you next week.