My Great Invention

In 2012 I always had some kind of tightness around my shoulder blades and upper back. Laying on the ground I couldn’t quite get to the right spot. In order get the right angle, and dig in exactly where I wanted, I usually leaned up again the wall. The ball was pinned between my back and the wall. As you can imagine, I would drop the ball frequently.

One day, I had an idea. The mobility sock. I took one of the long socks I used to wear playing hockey. It would cover my whole shin and go up to my knee. I put a small, slightly squishy, baseball in there and the mobility sock was created. I was now able to hang on to the sock while leaning up against the wall and never drop the ball. This made it easier to manipulate the ball and hit all the right spots.

It was genius. Well, I thought it was at least. So much so that I felt like I needed to make this product and I needed someone to sell it because peopled needed it. Unfortunately for me, no one knew what mobility was back in 2012. Foam rolling wasn’t en vouge. You couldn’t walk into Walmart or TJ Max and find a section entirely dedicated to foam rollers, massage balls, stretching bands and the like. The massage gun was still years away from being invented!

In other words, the mobility sock was far ahead of its time. Had I known its time was coming, maybe I would have pursued product development a little harder. But it was hard and I was young, so I didn’t. I used the mobility sock for a couple years and got a lot of relief out of it. Since then, we’ve learned a lot better ways to mobilize soft tissues, and the mobility sock has been retired.

I’m telling you this story today because this weekend’s Mobility Class is all about the shoulders and thoracic spine, or upper back. If you work on a computer, text with your phone or ever get behind the wheel of a car, you need this class. Get involved HERE.

Justin Miner

@justinminergain