Nick Smith PT, DPT

The future is bright in Cleveland 👀

The average person complains 15 to 30 times per day. Each one is a rep training your brain to stay in threat detection mode. Here’s the mechanism. When you complain, your hypothalamus activates the HPA axis, flooding your system with cortisol. Cortisol in short bursts is fine. Cortisol as a chronic baseline state is neurotoxic. Stanford research found that repeated complaining physically shrinks the hippocampus, the region responsible for memory consolidation and spatial reasoning. Even listening to someone complain for 30 minutes is enough to damage neurons there. The hippocampus has one of the highest concentrations of cortisol receptors in the entire brain, which means it takes the hit first and hardest. But the deeper problem is Hebbian. Neurons that fire together wire together. Every complaint shortens the synaptic gap between your negativity-associated neurons, making that circuit the path of least resistance. Your amygdala becomes hyperactive. Your prefrontal cortex, the part responsible for rational decision making and impulse control, goes quiet. You are literally building hardware for anxiety while dismantling hardware for problem solving. The loop looks like this: complaint → cortisol spike → amygdala activation → prefrontal suppression → reduced ability to reframe → more complaints. The intervention point is at the front of that loop. Gratitude journaling, deliberate reframing, and novel skill acquisition all stimulate new dendritic growth in the hippocampus and restore prefrontal activity. Physical exercise, specifically zone 2 cardio, lowers baseline cortisol more reliably than any cognitive technique alone. Your brain wires around what you repeat. Choose the reps carefully.

Myles Garrett flexes on Micah Parsons for 35 minutes 💀 WILD episode: youtu.be/ruuCl0vT9Qc?si…

I teamed up with @Liz_Bayley_Physio to create this progressive rehab programme for Plantar Heel Pain.  We've called it 'LiTHE' (Liz and Tom's Heel Exercises) and it's aimed at active and sporty patients. It's not a recipe though so it's best to adapt it to suit individual needs.

Coach Monken has led some elite offenses 🔥

How to get a jacked neck easy: Natural bodybuilder and two-time Jiu-Jitsu champion Nsima Inyang explains the importance of strengthening the neck, and how to do it safely & effectively:

Tibialis posterior exercise OPTIONS. Keep in mind that many individuals with tibialis posterior tendinopathy need less load, not more load (at least initially) and may benefit from other lifestyle and activity modifications instead.  Learn more: youtu.be/NKeQHV85QLc

The #Browns are naming QB Shedeur Sanders as their starting QB this week against the #49ers, sources say. After the rookie fifth-rounder impressed with a 209-yard passing day with a TD, he gets another start.

Shedeur looks this good after just 3 practices with the first team. Imagine if HE would’ve been the one getting those reps since May instead of throwing to water boys.

Andrew Huberman literally explained why effortless dopamine is destroying your life:

Please explain to me how Kevin is not the reason the browns lost that game in the last two minutes? You took two timeouts, giving the Vikings the chance to score……Defense is the best unit and you played your cards thinking your offense could win it @ultCLEsports

🧈 🧈 Jerry Jeudy #browns

Jerry Jeudy:

absolute cinema to end the game

@Gbush91 G Bush, make sure when you guys talk about the defense you check out that 2nd down stop from Swesinger. This man after 1st down gets up, limping over to his spot in obvious pain, then proceeds to fill the gap and blow up the next play. Dude is a DAWG

A 10-0 lead never seemed so BIG…It’s like a death blow when you see the Browns offense. #Browns

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@MoreForYou_CLE @HOMAGE 20-17 browns with late stop

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Forever cemented in our history books

Deshaun Watson: “I’m going to come back and prove everybody wrong.” Joe Flacco: