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I suppose that could be euphemistic. Excuse my previous terminology. You do not want to decompress your vertebrae, stretch the quadratus lumborum or the erector spinae to release tightness in the back. You are better off focusing on a bottom up approach with calves, hamstrings, glutes, and rarely directly stretch the areas around the spine.

A lot of back pain, regardless of where is is felt, stems from the large Bundling of nerves in the cervical spine and in the sciatic nerve bundles underneath your glute muscles.

Do not stretch your spine, as your structure is likely weak, and you can further damage your disks/vertebrae and the nerves therein by improperly applying changes to where the pain resides most frequently.

I suggest you look into foam rolling, and fasciae work in the glute/hamstring areas first. There are a lot of mobility youtubers that talk all about different techniques.

Also I have been studying the effects of LaJin (Traditional Chinese stretch series) and so far found the prolonged relaxation in the fascia to relieve chronic pain, and uncover structural improprieties that are the root cause.

Here is a long write-up over self healing with paida-lajin (拍打-拉筋 Basically slapping-stretching). http://www.dontow.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/P...

As for how long it takes to get better... growth and entropy are in opposition. It may relieve your pain day 1 but it may come back halfway through the next day, it may take 6 weeks to feel the deep relief. Your structural damage could be well beyond simple tissue degeneration and nerve pain, in which case self treatment is not advised. You should have an MRI taken if you believe yourself to be in later stage deterioration of the affected area.

Very cool. I love that your wife thought of the initial idea and you were able to turn it into this.

I see this being potentially huge.

Although it sounds like the removal of an enlightened state is actually means the absence of enlightenment. So essentially it means “nescience” or “a lack of knowing”.

I worked at a custom jewelry shop in college. I was told about the fantastic 10 year bonus when the carpets are torn out and incinerated.

Unfortunately I didn’t stay long enough to benefit, but I did find quite a few small diamonds when they would catch the light just right.

English is my first language, but I find that when I read in Mandarin, I can focus on intonations, personality, etc or leave it out as sort of monotone.

The intonations that give the characters their meaning are so engrained in the flow of the sentences it can feel monotone, as it is just the way it is said.

If I am reading a poem or idioms I usually like to over emphasize the tone like a classic theatrical reading because it’s fun and helps me remember what I read.

TLDR; listen, speak, write , and read as much as possible with the curiosity and faith of a child

disclaimer I study a lot of languages, can speak Russian, and have been trying to get deeper into Japanese without losing my other skills for the past year.

For Russian I would recommend familiarizing yourself with the Cyrillic alphabet to become faster at word recognition when glancing at material. Since Russian is written fairly standard for general use (as long as it isn’t cursive) which makes an app such as duolingo perfect for beginning in the language.

Japanese on the other hand is not as standardized in writing form. You have three parts to the alphabet, if you will, hiragana, katakana, and kanji. Kanji are Chinese characters that are blended with hiragana to form sentences. Katakana is used for the plethora of foreign loan words, onomatopoeia, or words being emphasized. I have heard people start on duolingo, but I’m not sure how well it works beyond the very basic. I’ve heard the key for Japanese is to diversify and amplify input.

To break down some general rules when starting a new language:

- familiarize yourself with as many aspects of the language as possible

- Consume as much media as your brain and schedule can permit for the language of your focus

- Copying down sentences and phrases and reading them under your breath while doing so is invaluable. (You’ll notice children doing this when learning to read and write)

- Use an app to measure progress visually and to keep you diligent whether it’s duolingo, AnkiApp, memrise, etc

- Use YouTube videos, radio, films to measure your listening comprehension

-* In private* Do your best to mimic, mock, even make fun of the accent and speech patterns you’re picking up as though you’re a cartoon. You can even switch between languages but keeping the accent. This will help entrain your mind to create more authentic sounding replication of the language at hand.

- Japanese workbooks are very helpful to get reading and writing down but the same can be done by making a friend and texting or emailing back and forth, or reading/writing comments on Japanese forums, chat rooms and the like.

- Overall don’t sweat the small things like vocabulary as long as you are studying new words and noticeably understanding new phrases then you’re on the right track and you’ll realize if you’ve heard or seen something more than once it’s in your brain forever.

It depends on the language and your intentions with using it. Can you elaborate more?

Server side rendering and testing pages through fetch-as-google to make sure they’re being picked up by bots. It’s not as big of a problem as people make it out to be. There are plenty of fixes but this combination is simple and effective.

Martial arts is a journey. You have to look in all areas of opportunity and it comes down to whether or not you get along with those around you. I have done judo, bjj, muay Thai, Silat and consistently practice qigong. I love all aspects of martial arts but the times I am happiest are when I am rolling or sparring with other passionate players with good attitudes that I know are looking out for the safety of everyone involved (an underrated mindset).

Getting started I’d say most importantly is to find a community of martial artists to be around. Usually this means joining a gym, which can also mean choosing one art. I will say don’t let choosing scare you off. Never be afraid to quit never be afraid to pivot. There is no replacement for a proper mentor, shifu, coach or what-have-you when you begin.

‘Foundations’ are drilled extensively no matter the route you take and you will be better off for every foundation you work on. That being said it is impossible to throw an 80kg partner 1000 times a day every day, so foundations include balance. To stay focused enough not to rush through your learning experience is a difficult task when you see how far you are from the upper bounds, but injuries and expectations will set you back much further than forcing what can only work optimally with fluidity.

Bodily recovery is extremely important when training intensely for extended periods of time. Stretching (Tissue work), sleeping, hydrating, and eating enough are all invaluable aspects to your training.

This is exactly what you have to worry about. There are innumerable amounts of spoil tips and gob piles across the world but purifying the waste for use is the real barrier to market leaving it ripe for exploitation by bad science and business practices.