Niek Wulkea Health Podcast

A new paper studying pulmonary fibroblasts has uncovered some preliminary research that has the potential to halt fibrosis by targetting Fibroblasts in the lungs. Reverse engineering the mechanism Niek gives You practical interventions and preventative protocols depending on how tight Your body already is. Citizen Science at its finest.

The sequel to last weeks episode, today we cover the principles that allow You to train the fascia for power. With more tactics, resources and platforms to launch your journey from, this show has plenty of practical takeaways and foundational knowledge that will inform Your practice. Learn how to change Your training style to upgrade your athleticism. Knowledge will be dropped.

Cutting-Edge Science and Massive Breakthroughs in Cellular Communication are unravelling the potential of Fascia. Buckle up as this podcast dives into Michael Levin's Research on Cellular communication via Bioelectricity and how You can implement some of the simplest practices to begin leveraging this new level of understanding. Who knows, maybe You'll be the first to regrow a limb.

In this Episode Niek shares his Personal Experience on creating a change in his pelvic alignment through wiring with Felt Sense. The initial misalignment has bothered Niek since he could walk and progressively became worse. Alignment and how to achieve it has escaped him for Years. Until today. To date, this has been one of the most influential shifts in his Lifetime. Tune in to find out how You c...

While traditional training systems have remained in the spotlight, underground training methods have been secretly producing next-level athletes. Athletes that are maximizing power output, force production and sustainable speed. In this episode we crack into these methods of training, kibosh traditional strength training for power and help You unlock Your inner athlete.

There is a lot of loose and vague ideas on how to train fascia to support alignment. In this episode You will hear about a framework by which You can train Your fascia for change and plasticity. You will also go home with a handful of resources that will assist You in starting Your journey. Everything has been tried and tested, You're next.

Fully loaded with practical techniques, tactics and tantalizing takeaways this episode is piggybacking on last weeks show to help You achieve Ventral Vagus. Practice, partially periodized, You can walk away with a full training program plus all the background info to make up one of Your own. Join in, You are guaranteed to hear something You haven't heard before.

Your Body has an innate set of pre-programmed breathing patterns. Learn how to unlock them for any situation and every circumstance. Meet the demands of Your life dynamically by focussing on 3 key zones instead of Your Breath. Today we will be covering the power of the 3 arches, their impact on the 3 diaphragms and how to short-cut the solution to chronic pain.

Grab your snorkel and mask. We are exploring the depths of your lungs microbiome. Fibroblasts are a part of the immune system and they are rapidly programmed by the immune environment that lives in Your lungs. Besides balancing Your fascia, walk away with a full set of tools to take care of Your lungs, fascia and whole-body health.

Just drinking water to stay hydrated? Getting in Your salt? Fantastic. But hydrating Your Cells and Your Fascia is a whole other ball game. Today on this jam-packed episode we organize hydration into a 4-stage process that is filled with resources for You to level-up Your Hydration status and get serious abut Your biowater.

What if the posture that you were told was correct was actually completely wrong? In this episode we cover what true human alignment is and walk You through, step-by-step, on how to find it. Get ready to get Your feet wet and, to be honest, feel really weird.

Trauma is stuck in the fascia. For sure, but do You know how? Understanding its mechanism will reveal how it impacts Your movement, posture and alignment. Learn what trauma is (guaranteed you have some), how it impacts your movement and a wildly effective tactic to integrate your trauma.

The gut seems to have an axis with everything in the body, and the fascia is no exception. Uncover the link between Your gut and Your fascia and start applying solution sets to eliminate pain & tension and expand your mobility options. Plus, Batman makes a showing. More than once.

Accurately identify the state of Your Autonomic Nervous System at the snap of your fingers. Learn what state You are biologically designed to be in and how You can get there. This episode draws You up a roadmap for Your state of stress and gives You a handful of pins to drop so You can navigate this territory with ease.

Finishing off the rest of the Movement Cycle, today's episode reacquaints You with Your automated movement pathways. Central Pattern Generators (CPG's) are voluntary circuit boards hidden throughout Your Spine that automatically program and upgrade Your movement. Self-organizing systems they act like mini control boards, acting as the ultimate road to getting out of Your Body's way.

Hacking Movement requires understanding the Movement cycle. Learn the missing ingredient that elevates movement capacity and how You can leverage it to Your advantage. In this episode we unpack the psychology of movement, Body-led entry points and the precursors to embodiment and physical literacy.

Enter Part 2 of the Foundational Principles of Fascia. We round off the basics covering the importance of Gel, Mechanotransduction, Fibroblasts and Fascia's glory child,.. Movement.

Dive deep into the first 3 foundational pillars of fascia in Part One of this 2 part series. We cover the bare bone basics on what it means to have healthy, living, dynamic fascia. And yes,.. we go beyond what you have already heard.

Can a keto diet drive up inflammation in your fascia? In a bout of unexpected immersive journalism Niek stumbles on the mechanisms that drive muscular pain and fascial inflammation. On the show he covers the techniques he personally implemented to do a full recovery in 3 days.

Everybody has tried their hand at the modern day torture devices associated with Myofascial Release. Today we're unpacking an entirely new method of releasing trigger points, getting out of pain and increasing mobility. This episode learn how to upgrade your Body Work game with a new form of Myofascial Release.