John George

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

That towel move is a real physical therapy technique called a self SNAG, and the speed of the relief tells you something most people never learn about their own neck. Muscle tissue takes weeks of loading to actually lengthen. So when stiffness vanishes in a few seconds, the muscle was never what changed.

What changed is the signal your brain was sending to it.

The small facet joints stacked down the back of your neck sit at roughly a 45 degree angle. When one of them gets irritated or stops gliding smoothly, your brain protects it by clamping down the surrounding muscles. That clamp is the stiffness you feel. The tissue underneath is usually fine, it's just being held under orders.

The towel edge hooks under one vertebra. When you pull forward and up along that 45 degree joint plane while turning your head, you glide the joint through the exact motion it was refusing, with support the whole way. Your brain gets live evidence the movement is safe and drops the clamp. Physical therapists do the same glide with their thumbs and call it a SNAG, short for sustained natural apophyseal glide. Brian Mulligan, the New Zealand physio who developed the method in the 1980s, designed the towel version specifically so patients could run it on themselves at home.

Which is why years of stretching can lose to thirty seconds with a towel. A stretch tries to overpower the brain's grip. A glide convinces it to let go.

[Smart Builds @Do_its_yourself]

A useful knot you’ll definitely need one day! 🪢

[John George @bygeorgethe3rd]

@Bigdaddy_alex76 Life

[Josh Barzon @JoshuaBarzon]

Brief Chart of Church History

How far back does your church and/or denomination go?

[Josh Barzon @JoshuaBarzon]

From one man called out of Ur, God built a nation. Abraham's family tree produced the twelve tribes of Israel, and from the tribe of Judah came the line that led to Christ. Ishmael, Esau, Moab, and Ammon also appear here. The genealogy of Abraham shaped the entire ancient Near East.

[John George @bygeorgethe3rd]

@RGIII @OuttaPocketRG3 Clearly Offensive — the referee who passively watched & didn’t stand for a proper call is pathetic!

[John George @bygeorgethe3rd]

Referees in the Monday Night Football game were pathetic

[The Economist @TheEconomist]

For months Saudi Arabia has talked up a possible new offensive against the Houthis. When the fight came, however, it was the Iran-backed rebels who delivered a surprise https://t.co/XWGQcKlf1z

[The Epoch Times - Bright @EpochInspired]

Why Grandparents Matter More Than Ever

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[NASA Marshall @NASA_Marshall]

☄️Night owls, meteor fans, and sky watching enthusiasts, this one's for you!

In just a few hours, we will be hosting a Perseids meteor shower watch party live on YouTube with imagery from our observatory.

Join us at 11 p.m. CT (12 a.m. ET) >> https://t.co/AouHNtnaAD

[Wonder of Science @wonderofscience]

The planet Mercury crossing the face of the Sun captured by the Solar Dynamics Observatory spacecraft during a transit in 2019.

📽: NASA SVS/SDO

[John George @bygeorgethe3rd]

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[NASA Science @NASAScience_]

On this day in 1969, Apollo 11 showed us what was possible.

Humanity’s first steps on the Moon opened the door to decades of discovery and inspired generations of explorers.

[PBLWorks @PBLWorks]

🌳 The Problem Tree is a powerful tool that helps students uncover the causes and effects of complex issues through a structured hierarchy.

Download your own template to get started! https://t.co/qSOhzvDS3n

[John George @bygeorgethe3rd]

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[NASA @NASA]

What's up for June?

The solstice brings summer to the Northern Hemisphere. Jupiter and Venus will appear close together in the night sky, and Mercury will join them soon after. The Moon will also pass in front of Venus on June 17. Learn more: https://t.co/Ujal0GZVJU

[John George @bygeorgethe3rd]

@WorkElizab 15

[Paws of Hope 🐾 @PawsOfHope4]

How many dots can you see?

[Spor & Motivasyon @sporrmotivasyon]

Bu egzersizi yatmadan önce 60 kez yapın, rahatlayacaksınız.

[John George @bygeorgethe3rd]

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