We said WHAT?!

CONFESSION TIME.

We were digging through some old RAPID posts and found this little gem from 2016.

And… yikes. 

We said…

“Adhesion acts like glue in the tissues of the body…”

Then we went on to say that reducing adhesions could restore range of motion and strength while slowing the progression of arthritis.

Oh, 2016 Sherry and Rob.

So confident. So certain. 

Would we say that today?

Nope.

Back then, like a lot of manual therapists, we thought about pain very differently.

If something hurt, there must be something wrong with the tissue.

If someone couldn’t move properly, something must be stuck.

If we treated an “adhesion” and suddenly they could move better, obviously we had released the adhesion.

It made perfect sense.

Except… that’s not really how pain works.

We know a LOT more now.

We know pain doesn’t necessarily equal tissue damage.

We know people can have some pretty impressive osteoarthritis on imaging and have little or no pain.

We know changes in pain and movement can happen incredibly quickly, far faster than we’d expect meaningful structural tissue changes to occur.

And that’s where things get really interesting.

Because the results we were seeing weren’t necessarily wrong.

Our explanation for them was.

Today, RAPID is much more focused on nociception, sensory input and the nervous system.

We still palpate for those incredibly sensitive, reactive areas.

We still treat them very specifically.

We still see some pretty wild changes in pain and movement.

But we don’t need a story about breaking up glue in the tissues to explain why someone feels and moves differently after treatment.

And we actually LOVE that RAPID has evolved this much.

Changing your mind when better information comes along isn’t embarrassing.

That’s science.

You’re supposed to question what you think you know.

You’re supposed to update your understanding.

And sometimes you’re supposed to stumble across something you confidently posted on Facebook ten years ago and think…

Well, shit. 

So we’re not hiding this one.

We’re owning it.

RAPID today isn’t the same RAPID we were thinking about in 2016.

We know more.

We ask better questions.

And we’re still learning.

Ten years from now, I hope we’re looking back at something we’re teaching today and saying…

“Well… we know better now.”

Because that’s the whole damn point.

Here’s to getting a little less wrong every year.Til next week…kudos to growth!

Sherry & Rob

RAPID NeuroFascial Reset