- Today I have a chance to work with Dr. Leland Ferguson
and he's a chiropractor,
and he will be assessing my climbing muscle
weaknesses and strength.
- We wanna look at two things.
We wanna look at the overall neurological
or the electrical impacts from the brain to where
the muscle is to see if that works or to see if there's
some sort of biomechanical issue.
We wanna make sure we solve the problem,
not just stretching the muscle because the stretch
may have been the first thing that caused the injury.
So we're gonna go ahead and do some basic tests
and find the solution, correct the problem and retest
that and see how he climbs afterwards.
- Alright, let's go.
The first test was lateral raises, the max weight that
I could lift on that day is 15 pounds and it ties
my personal record.
The second test was pull ups.
The max rep I could do on that day is seven and my
personal record was 10.
The third test was climbing a difficult move
I was stuck at.
I tried this overhang dynamic move with an awkward pinch
at least 20 times in a few days but never made it.
- So first we're gonna look at abduction.
So abduction is lifting up.
So go and lift your arm up, now push up, push up, push up.
He's like really struggling to keep his arms up.
Over here, I'll lift, lift it up, straight,
push up to the sky, push up, push up.
So again, super weak.
He has the strength but it doesn't work, alright.
So we're gonna come to the front, this is for the
anterior deltoids, arms straight, push up to the sky,
push up.
So we're just doing basic tests, he can't perform
those tests, he's super super weak.
The brain sends signals down your neck into the
body part of the shoulders that's not working right.
So we have to find a muscle that actually does work.
Lift your right leg up, push up to the sky,
push up, push up, push up.
It doesn't work, it's hard.
Lift your left leg up,
up. - Okay.
- Push up, push up, okay.
You can see that you've got no problem whatsoever.
This muscle strength should be continuous.
That strength should happen all over the body,
not just that leg.
When you climb there should be no problem in your
strength when you turn your head, bend it backwards,
forwards and you bending it left and right.
Bend your head right.
Good. - Like that?
- Yep, lift your head up, leg up.
Hold it up, and that doesn't work.
Yep, bend your head to your left, up, hold it up.
Good, so both sides.
When you turn your head from side to side there ensues
the problem because you're putting strain on the nerve
system which has caused that muscle to not work anymore.
So if you're climbing where you have to turn your head
or tilt your head, your body's gonna go weak,
it's not gonna be as strong as it can be.
We detected two problems; a neurological dysfunction
inside the neck, also a biomechanical dysfunction
in the shoulders as well too.
So we're going to fix that.
This is a spring loaded instrument, sounds like a stapler.
(clicking sound)
okay, feel like this, no problem, easy right?
Easy, okay.
We're gonna do something called therapy localisation.
First we're gonna adjust right here, super easy.
Three clicks. (clicking sound)
Good.
Up, push up to the sky, push up.
Much better, good.
Lift up to the sky, push up to the sky, push up, push up.
Much easier, right?
- Are you using the same strength?
- Yep, same strength, yep, same strength, yep.
So we're gonna adjust right here, nice and easy.
(clicking sound)
- Good, up and push up, push up.
Better, good.
Look to your right.
Look right, push up, push up.
Good, still weak though.
I'm just gonna adjust you right here.
(clicking sound)
- Good, turn and push up, push up.
Much better, good.
Bend your head to your left, bend left, there you go.
Push up.
Still weak there, hand down.
(clicking sound)
- Up, push up, good.
We haven't even touched the hips.
Right hip was weak, left hip was strong.
Look what changed now.
Lift the right leg up, hold it up.
That was weak before, now it's strong.
You did a maximum of seven pulls right?
Let me have you turn, good.
Arm to your side, pull to your side, pull.
Okay, still super difficult there, yeah?
Same thing the other side, pull to your side, pull.
Okay, notice how that's weak.
Both sides are weak.
So we're gonna adjust this part here.
I gonna have you put your hands right behind your neck.
Big breath in, all the way out, lean back, lean back,
lean back, here we go.
Good, good, good, last one here.
One more time, good.
Now when we try to test, arms straight.
By your side, turn and pull, pull, pull.
A lot better, much better.
Arm to your side, pull to your side, pull, pull, pull.
Better.
We found out if it's gonna be a biomechanical problem
or a neurological problem, in which case you had both.
Those dysfunctions translated to a weak performance
inside the gym.
- So it's a one time thing?
- For today, yes.
It needs to be a repeated process so that the body
can relearn what it needs to be doing.
So let's go ahead and head back to the gym and find out
how you're now performing.
- Okay, I am very excited.
(laughter)
- [Dr. Leland] Do one set at a time,
so left and right side.
- Oh, what?
- [Dr. Leland] Yeah, you couldn't do that before.
Other side now.
Still a little trouble there but yeah, so it's better.
Ten!
30% improvement.
(background chatter and music)
(laughter)
That was crazy.
(laughter)
- What we did in the beginning, we tested you for
basic shoulder function and we determined that it was
both coming from biomechanical dysfunction of the neck
and of the upper back.
While all the dysfunction's going on inside the rest
of the body, the smaller muscle groups then have to
overwork so we adjusted the body for the bigger muscles
to work.
You had no pain before this but there was a dysfunction
that was already there that you weren't really aware of.
- Thank you so much for - You're welcome,
- Dr. Leland Ferguson. - That was a lot of fun.
- Actually let me extend the video a little bit.
I did some research about chiropractic treatment myself
after the session and then realize this is a
controversial topic.
I know some of you had the same doubts as I did like
you performed worse for the initial tests because you
were not fully warmed up or this is a placebo or you
simply just didn't try hard enough before.
But what seals the deal for me was after two days I was
able to get past the crux from my first V7
so something scientific must be happening here.
So, hey, just be open minded about trying new things,
especially when you are not progressing.
If it works, amazing.
If it doesn't, there's nothing to lose either.
I will continue to work with Leland and keep sharing
my experiences with all of you.
If you happen to be in San Diego, Dr. Leland actually
has an office in?
- Kearney Mesa. - Kearney Mesa,
so be sure to check him out.
Thanks for watching, and as always make sure to
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See ya in the next video.