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I may have stayed too long at the online yoga party.

When I explained my situation to trainerDylan Elgas, he suggested I tryFunctional Range Conditioning(FRC).

Its proponents even say it may prevent injury and speed healing.

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These fibroblasts need to be told how to repair an injury.

We can talk to them through movement.

Moving through wonky ranges of motion is like giving your fibroblasts a bad blueprint.

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Dr. Broser warns that this can lead to repetitive loading of tissues and, over time, joint degeneration.

FRC works by sending the right message to fibroblastsa carefully calibrated dewonkification of movement patterns.

Sounds like it must be super-fancy right?

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Well…

Scrape your chin along your collarbone, Elgas instructed during my first FRC class.

Now imagine youre pouring water out of your ear onto your shoulder.

Trace the sky with your chin.

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Ear to shoulder, chin to chestget a good double-chin going.

Now retrace your steps.

I gotta be honest, my first thought was,…these are just neck circles.

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Actually, theyre Controlled Articular Rotations (CARs), a standard part of mobility training.

We moved down my spine, and then it was time for shoulders and scapulas.

I approached these CARs with cautious curiosity.

Putting on a shirt or accidentally rolling onto my left side while sleeping was enough to make me yelp.

How was I going to handle three straight minutes of CARs on my injured shoulder?

Elgas was way ahead of me.

He explained that CARs are intended to explore and define thepain-freerange of motion.

If it hurts, he told me, back off until it doesnt.

The fact that I could do FRC with an injury highlights its biggest strength: inclusivity.

After class ended, Elgas gave me my homework: Do CARs every day.

The goal of FRC is bodily control, but theres definitely a strong mentorship aspect as well.

After seven or so minutes, my muscles were shaking, and I ran out of energy.

Its been three weeks, and although my shoulder isnt 100 percent, its alotbetter.

Turns out mind-over-matter was the wrong attitude; mindismatter.

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