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Face-down positioning table (new inversion table) and foam rollers
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The foam-rolling industry isn’t a ghost town because nobody buys foam rollers.
It’s a ghost town because everybody keeps building another saloon on the same street.
More texture.
More density.
More knobs.
More vibration.
Different color.
Still a cylinder. Still roll back and forth.
And somewhere along the way, self-myofascial release became synonymous with foam rolling.
That’s backwards.
Foam rolling is one way to perform SMR.
SMR is the bigger idea.
Even the research talks about foam rollers, massage rollers, balls, and other tools under that larger umbrella.
I’ve spent years using all of it—soft rollers, PVC, balls, dumbbells, kettlebells, whatever gave me the pressure, position, and leverage I needed.
And that’s what keeps bothering me:
Why did we keep redesigning the roller instead of expanding what self-myofascial release could be?
Getting onto the floor. Changing positions. Supporting your weight. Creating leverage. Getting back up. Reassessing movement.
That alone makes SMR more than just lying there holding a pretty stretch for Instagram.
I’m not saying stretching or yoga are useless.
I’m saying movement is bigger than a pose, and SMR is bigger than a foam roller.
Forty years of cylinders was enough to prove the concept.
Now I want to see where the concept can actually go.
The market isn’t dead.
The imagination got comfortable.
#SelfMyofascialRelease #FoamRolling #RecoveryInnovation #Fascia #RecoveryEducation taken in Kingman, Arizona by @tummy_table_

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an hour ago

Nervous System 101: not every problem is a kink. Sometimes the problem is too much tension.
Take an arm bar.
As the elbow is pushed toward hyperextension, receptors in the joint capsule, ligaments, muscles, and surrounding tissues start reporting stretch, pressure, position, and threat.
Push far enough and the nervous system responds fast:
Pain increases.
Muscles guard.
Movement shuts down.
Proprioception can change.
A stretched or irritated nerve may create tingling, burning, or electric symptoms.
That’s the opposite side of the Fluid Integrity conversation.
A kink can alter signaling through compression.
Hyperextension can alter signaling through excessive tension and tissue strain.
Different mechanical problem. Same nervous system trying to protect you.
The goal isn’t maximum range.
The goal is useful range the entire system can control.
#FluidIntegrity #NervousSystem #BrazilianJiuJitsu #JointStability #Biomechanics taken in Kingman, Arizona by @tummy_table_

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The “ghost town” isn’t about whether inversion works. It’s about what happens when the tool evolves faster than the curriculum.
Teeter’s current guidance still tells beginners to start around 1–2 minutes and gradually work toward roughly 3–5 minute sessions, with relaxation and optional movement while inverted. That is a legitimate traction protocol—but after decades, I keep asking why that basic user experience remains the center of the category.
Meanwhile, I’ve bought roughly 10 used inversion tables while researching and prototyping—different brands, makes and models—and I never paid more than about $60 for one. Some were barely used and still had the manuals.
That secondary market fascinates me.
People clearly believe enough in traction to buy the equipment. The bigger question is why so many stop using it.
Accessories such as lumbar supports, cushions, heat and vibration can improve comfort or change the experience—and Teeter offers all of them. But accessories are not the same thing as building a deeper progression around traction itself.
My introductory Tummy Table session is 15 minutes. I already have older clients comfortably doing substantially longer sessions because the model is built around support, participation, progression and feedback—not simply seeing how long someone can tolerate hanging backward.
And what I post publicly is barely scratching the surface.
I don’t think traction therapy is dying.
I think the old curriculum around it is starving the category.
That’s the ghost town I’m talking about
#inversiontable #TummyTable #fascia #sportsmassage #raiders taken in Kingman, Arizona by @tummy_table_

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3 days ago

Teeter has been doing inversion since 1981 — and its current instructions still work people toward roughly 3–5 minute sessions.

That still blows my mind.

I told a patent attorney once: it’s basically a seesaw. There are only so many ways you can fall backward on one. 😂

And because Teeter became the Apple of inversion tables, most of the industry followed the same basic blueprint.

Meanwhile, my beginner Tummy Table session is 15 minutes.

Not 15 minutes of “hang there and hope.”

A structured session I can teach another qualified bodyworker to deliver as the Bailey Reset.

That’s the part people keep missing.

I’m not just building another inversion table.

I’m building curriculum, session structure, practitioner training, and a model that can scale beyond my own hands.

3–5 minutes became the industry norm.
15 minutes is my starting point.

And this is still only the beginning.

#TummyTable #InversionTherapy #TractionTherapy #RecoveryInnovation #inversiontable taken in Kingman, Arizona by @tummy_table_

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3 days ago

Circulatory System 101: what happens when a joint gets pushed too far?
We talk a lot about compression and “kinks,” but hyperextension creates the opposite problem:
too much stretch, too much tension, too much load.
Take an arm bar. As the elbow is forced past its normal range, the joint capsule, ligaments, tendons, and surrounding muscle can all take strain. If tissue fibers and small blood vessels are damaged, blood can leak into the surrounding tissue.
That’s where bruising and swelling can come from.
In more severe muscle or tendon tears, that bleeding can be larger and form a hematoma.
So yes — your instinct is right:
Hyperextension → tissue damage → vessel damage → bleeding → bruising/swelling.
That’s still Fluid Integrity.
Not every circulatory problem starts with a blockage.
Sometimes the system is dealing with too much length, too much force, and damaged tissue.
#CirculatorySystem #FluidIntegrity #Hyperextension #BrazilianJiuJitsu #SportsInjury taken in Kingman, Arizona by @tummy_table_

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4 days ago

Teeter has been doing inversion since 1981 — and its current instructions still work people toward roughly 3–5 minute sessions.

That still blows my mind.

I told a patent attorney once: it’s basically a seesaw. There are only so many ways you can fall backward on one. 😂

And because Teeter became the Apple of inversion tables, most of the industry followed the same basic blueprint.

Meanwhile, my beginner Tummy Table session is 15 minutes.

Not 15 minutes of “hang there and hope.”

A structured session I can teach another qualified bodyworker to deliver as the Bailey Reset.

That’s the part people keep missing.

I’m not just building another inversion table.

I’m building curriculum, session structure, practitioner training, and a model that can scale beyond my own hands.

3–5 minutes became the industry norm.
15 minutes is my starting point.

And this is still only the beginning.

#TummyTable #InversionTable #TractionTherapy #RecoveryInnovation #BaileyReset taken in Kingman, Arizona by @tummy_table_

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5 days ago

Body workers want to work on bodies but don't even know how their own body's work.🤦‍♂️
I’ve said this for years: massage therapists should train jiu-jitsu.
Not because therapists need to fight—but because jiu-jitsu forces you to learn something a massage table can’t fully teach:
How to work with another human body while that body is moving.
Balance. Base. Grip strength. Leverage. Weight transfer. Positioning. Adaptation. Knowing where another body can move—and where it can’t.
And yes, learning how to break a body gives you a pretty interesting education in how to reverse-engineer that knowledge toward protecting, moving, and working with one. 😂
So when the first clip ends with a therapist losing her balance during a stretch…and cuts to actual jiu-jitsu:
Maybe the answer isn’t another modality.
Maybe it’s learning how to move with another human outside the massage room.
Don’t just treat bodies. Understand them.
#MassageTherapy #BrazilianJiuJitsu #BodyMechanics #ManualTherapy #sportsmassage taken in Kingman, Arizona by @tummy_table_

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5 days ago

Fluid Integrity 101: what happens when a joint goes too far?
We talk a lot about kinks, compression, and restriction.
But the opposite matters too:
too much length, too much tension, too much joint excursion.
Take an arm bar.
As the elbow is driven into hyperextension, the problem is no longer “something is stuck.”
Now the system is being pulled past its comfortable mechanical range.
Ligaments and the joint capsule take more strain.
Muscles brace to protect the joint.
Nerves can become tensioned or irritated.
Local circulation and fluid behavior can change around stressed tissue.
That’s still Fluid Integrity.
Not every problem is compression.
Sometimes the body is protecting itself from excessive stretch and force.
Too little motion can create a problem.
Too much motion can create one too.
The goal is not maximum range.
The goal is controlled range the whole system can tolerate.
#FluidIntegrity #JointStability #Hyperextension #BrazilianJiuJitsu #Biomechanics taken in Kingman, Arizona by @tummy_table_

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6 days ago

You lean into the edge of a chair because the pressure lands on a spot that feels productive.
You hang part of your foot off a stair because the edge creates a more focused contact point.
In science terms, you’re changing contact area, pressure, leverage, and tissue load to alter sensory input and local tension.
That’s what makes SMR interesting:
The body often finds the angle before the person knows the terminology.
You don’t always need a complicated routine.
Sometimes your nervous system is already telling you:
“Right there. Stay there.”
#SelfMyofascialRelease #Fascia #Pressure #Mobility #RecoveryEducation taken in Kingman, Arizona by @tummy_table_

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9 days ago

One hit doesn’t stay in one place.
Trauma doesn’t ask which system it’s allowed to affect.
Fascia braces.
Nerves fire.
Circulation shifts.
Lymphatic cleanup changes.
Then the body compensates around all of it.
That’s Fluid Integrity.
Not four separate systems working side by side.
Four systems reacting to the same event, at the same time, inside the same body.
That’s why chasing one sore spot can miss the bigger problem.
One body. Four systems. One kink. Everything adapts.
For the deeper breakdown, check out Fight Fascia Like a Physicist and Four Systems, One Kink on Amazon.
#FluidIntegrity #Fascia #NervousSystem #LymphaticSystem #PainScience taken in Kingman, Arizona by @tummy_table_

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10 days ago

I believed in self-myofascial release before I ever had a product to sell.

My first real experience came after a Muay Thai fight when my leg was swollen, bruised, and barely bending. The options were basically a soft foam roller… or straight PVC pipe.

The soft roller helped.

So naturally, 22-year-old me thought:

“If soft helped, harder must help more.” 😂

The PVC hurt like hell—but when I stood up, I could move better again.

That moment shaped how I approached recovery from then on.

Dumbbells. Kettlebells. Soup cans. Balls. Rollers. Whatever gave me the pressure and leverage I was looking for, I experimented with it.

Then massage school pushed me even further toward deep tissue, trigger point, and sports work.

I’ve always been practical that way.

I want to feel the tissue change.
I want movement to change.
I want something I can test and reassess.

That’s where my SMR obsession started.

Long before the books. Long before the products.

#SelfMyofascialRelease #FoamRolling #DeepTissueMassage #SportsMassage #RecoveryEducation taken in Kingman, Arizona by @tummy_table_

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11 days ago