Kelsey Matichuk, RMT

11/12/2025

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This is so disappointing. 🙄

11/07/2025

11/02/2025

10/31/2025

happy halloween-eve!

10/27/2025

🚗 One Crash. Three Postures. Three Fates.
Most people don’t think about it — but the way you sit in a car can decide whether you walk away from an accident… or never walk again.
When an airbag deploys, it doesn’t gently inflate — it explodes outward at over 300 km/h.
If you’re sitting upright, seatbelt on, feet on the floor — that force is absorbed safely, exactly how the system was designed.
But if your feet are on the dashboard, everything changes.
That same explosion can drive your knees into your face, break your legs, or crush your hips in an instant.
Even crossing your legs or slouching can twist your body into positions your bones can’t survive when the impact hits.
We tell ourselves, “It’s just a short trip” or “I’m just relaxing for a second.”
But crashes don’t wait for you to sit right.
So next time you buckle up — remember this rule:
🦶 Feet down.
🔒 Seatbelt on.
💪 Back straight.
Because comfort lasts a moment — but safety lasts a lifetime. 🚦

10/27/2025

It looked impossible. A man once paralyzed from the waist down now stands on his own, not with machines or wires, but with science. In a world-first breakthrough, Japanese scientists have launched a stem cell trial that may redefine what it means to heal a broken body.

Researchers used induced pluripotent stem cells, reprogrammed from adult cells, to regenerate damaged spinal tissue. The procedure doesn’t just repair — it rebuilds. Early trials show remarkable nerve regeneration, restoring movement once thought permanently lost. What was once a distant dream for millions living with spinal injuries is now a living, breathing reality.

This isn’t fiction or futuristic hope; it’s medicine rewriting its own limits. The man’s first step was small, but it echoed louder than any scientific announcement. Each motion proved that human resilience, paired with innovation, can overcome even the harshest biological barriers.

Scientists believe this method could soon apply to stroke recovery and neurodegenerative diseases like ALS and Parkinson’s, giving new meaning to the word “cure.” The trial continues under strict monitoring, but its message is already clear: paralysis may no longer be permanent.

In Japan’s labs, science has turned despair into determination. It has shown that healing is not just about mending bones or nerves, but about restoring hope — step by step, cell by cell.

10/24/2025

10/22/2025

Two-footed plantar fasciitis is the WORST. Literally.

Plantar fasciitis — foot arch tendinitis — is known for being stubborn. Norwegian researchers, Røe et al., tracked what happens over a full year, the biggest study to date of the “natural history” of plantar fasciitis. [DOI: 10.1002/jfa2.70067]

What kind of patients did better and worse?

Their data was extracted from a separate trial (which I’ve written about before: “Shocking shockwave defeat,” see comments for link.) For most patients…

👉🏻 Pain during activity eased from 6.3 to 2.8, and pain at rest from 3.7 to 1.9 … good progress, and with no treatment mind you, and this despite the fact that almost half of them had already been in pain for more than a year.

👉🏻 Foot function scores also improved dramatically, and physical quality of life nudged upward toward normal population levels.

👉🏻 The biggest gains came in the first three months, but then plateaued. DESPITE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS almost no one was entirely better after a year.

And then there were the UN-lucky ones:

👉🏻 People with pain in BOTH feet, about 40% of the subjects, had a distinctly different “trajectory,” worse in every way.

👉🏻 Slow recovery was also more prevalent with lower education and unemployment — which is basically standard with all conditions.

👉🏻 The people who didn’t do as well had also done fewer heel-raises in the year. Interesting.

For most people, the healing trajectory looks like a long downhill walk: almost steep for a while, then slowly flattening for quite a long time. For those at the greatest risk, healing stalls entirely, and can even turn into an uphill battle again.

My plantar fasciitis book has been updated with this citation. I’ve used it to support THREE points, and have a couple more in mind. See the bibliography page for more detail.

~ Paul Ingraham, PainScience.com publisher