What If Your Sore Joint or Tight Muscle Isn't a Joint or Muscle Problem?
Flip your breakers back on with “The Sore Joint Solution” here: http://go.chasingstrength.com/sore-joint-solution-e / If you've been stretching, foam rolling, and resting a sore joint — and it keeps coming back — the problem was never the joint. The knee that barks going down the stairs. The shoulder that won't press overhead anymore. The hip locked up every morning. The low back that lights up the second you stand from your desk. You've tried fixing it. Stretching felt great for an hour — tight again the next day. Foam rolling hurt more than it helped. PT was better, but it never stuck. And the supplements stopped working the day you stopped buying them. That's not your fault. But here's what will tick you off: every one of those things was aimed at the wrong target. A stiff, achy, won't-cooperate joint isn't a joint problem. It's a nervous system problem. Sit at a desk for 20 years — or blow out a joint, or go under the knife — and your brain stops cal...