Re The Knee Pain Solution - it was pointed out to me that I connected the wrong link to the program. As a member of the Lab, you get a 50% discount off the course. The updated link is in the classroom and here: https://andreweaton.gumroad.com/l/uqymw/pkbib3m

I've added my new and updated Knee Pain Solution to the classroom. If you or your friends & family are tired of cranky knees, tired of thinking twice before that hike or playing pickleball or just climbing stairs, this is the program for you. And if you've already 'tried all the things' - stretching and foam rolling and ice and massage guns and physio therapy - and you still have pain, this is still the plan for you. You'll learn the missing link to the pain puzzle, and how to apply the information, drills and exercises to your own unique physiology, testing along the way to know what truly suits you. https://andreweaton.gumroad.com/l/uqymw

One of the most important things applied neuro taught me is that pain is an output of the nervous system - a symptom of how the brain is interpreting - or missing - input. When it comes to movement, the brain is always reviewing speed, range of motion, angle, load, etc., at every joint. That is a lot of information! Now, imagine if there were critical information missing? What happens to movement when there's a visual deficit? Vestibular? Poor proprioceptive / body awareness? The brain's first job is to keep us alive - protect the organism. If movement isn't safe, it will find ways to modify it. Tight muscles will minimize available speed and range of motion pretty effectively. Joint pain is even more effective at getting us to stop doing something perceived as unsafe. From a therapeutic perspective, the common error is to just look at the joint, and address it by trying to improve articulation and range of motion. From an athlete / exerciser perspective, the most common error is to presume pain can be fixed by manual means - foam rolling, massage guns, stretching, etc. If we look at tightness and pain as protective, though, trying to solve the issue this way may just make the problem worse. Example - how many people foam roll their quads and hamstrings before every exercise session because the tissues are tight? Many. If the tissues are tight because te nervous system is trying to maintain a protective movement spectrum, and we go mashing it with a roller to overide the protection, its common that the tissues get tighter over time, because the person doing the rolling isn't 'getting the point.' Two takeaways: One, our system is always trying to protect us. We need to be asking 'what is this (pain, tightness, etc.) a symptom of?' Two, we then need to ask, 'What information may be missing that would contribute?' What system(s) need to be effectively receiving and interpreting sensory information in order for safe movement to occur? We've got to look 'upstream' of the issue in order to find what's causing the symptom.