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Hey, it's Dr. Perry from Stop Chasing Pain, the Lymph Doc, and I'm coming at you today with one of the most important anatomical and physiological places that you need to be working on to help your body heal from chronic pain, chronic inflammation, and chronic disease. And that spot is right here up top behind the angle of the jaw at cervical one, cervical two level below the lobe of the ear.
I'm going to show you why that spot is so important. And then if it is stagnated with lymphatics and poor vascular flow, you will have puffiness in the face, bags underneath the eyes, swelling and inflammation all up in this region, and then it will lead to neuroinflammation, brain fog, brain waste being stuck up here because it can't drain down past these lymph nodes here to go down towards the collarbone. And the collarbone is another major place that you should be working.
So, I'm going to put a video up here at the top, a link to that, and down in the comment section, if you look down here, it'll be pinned there, on our video showing you how to work the thoracic inlet/outlet. That's stuff coming into this region, primarily lymphatics and vein flow from the brain down. And then the outlet part of stuff going up this way of the blood flow to the brain itself. This is actually spot number one and spot number two of our big six lymphatic mojo reset program that I'm going to put a link to that up here as well and down below that you can go watch. If you do our big six every single day of your life, and you really pay a lot of attention to the collarbone, inlet, outlet, and number two, you can make a profound change in your life. I mean, absolutely change your life. These are non-negotiable places to work on.
So, let's zoom in here a little closer and show you why this area is so important. I'll make this a little bigger. This is a picture of like someone facing this way, right? Look at these green things here. Those are called lymph nodes. Lymph nodes are basically small little mini toilets, and you have many of them, and their job is to trap waste, kill waste. They're a biggest part of your immune system, and they help keep you not being dead, and they handle swelling and inflammation, so you don't get pain.
Now, you have about 700 lymph nodes in the body, a third of that number. Some people think even up to a half of that number are located in the neck region. So, I'm going to say that again. Think about that. 700 lymph nodes, and a third to half are located in the neck region. Now, I want you to think why that might be. Why would your body have a lot of these immune system lymph node toilets here? What sits up here that's really important for you to be able to function? Your brain. So, in my world, if you have clogged lymphatics in the neck, you have a clogged brain. That means neural inflammation and pain is headed your way.
But, look at this cluster. If you check this spot, right behind the angle of the jaw, below the lobe of the ear, cervical one, cervical two. So, this is spot number two of the big six, but it's also the largest gathering cluster of those lymph nodes. So, if that gets stagnated here, you have a lot of tightness or tension in that region. Tightness and tension restricts fluid flow of all types. The lymphatics, blood flow, arteries, veins, and the fluid that around the cells known as the interstitial fluid flow. So, we want to clear that out. And look, there's nerves. See these yellow things? Nerves going up, you can inflame those as well.
So, if I come over to this one, it's a great shot. This, if you look up top, that's the spot. They take a box shot and they make it bigger down here. So, at Stop Chasing Pain, we talk a lot about body systems. No system in the body ever works alone. So, if you have congestion here, you impact a few things. And let's take a look at these one by one.
What is this blue thing here? This is called the internal jugular vein. So, that's taking all the vein flow from here in the brain down towards the collarbone. So, it's going towards that spot one of the big six, and that inlet/outlet to go into what they call the sub clavian vein. Sub means below, clavian for clavicle. So, this flow is coming down that way. Now, what happens if you have a lot of stagnation there of the lymphatics, stuff is going to struggle to come down, so then it stays up here in this region.
Now, what about the red? The red is going to be blood flow coming this way up. And that's going to be, if you see here down and here, the carotid artery. That's actually the carotid sheath. Sits here, which is this this white thing here. That's a sheath, like a fascial sheath. Fascia is just connective tissue, like Saran wrap. And that's wrapping around all of that stuff. That's important to know because if you have an issue with one of these structures in the sheath, you have an issue with them all. So, issue with one is issue with them all.
Then, this is going to be the internal carotid artery. So, that's the flow now coming up from where? From the heart and the collarbone at the subclavian region to come up and go into the brain here. That's the primary route of blood flow going into the brain. Now, what if you have stagnation at spot number one and you have stagnation at spot number two, stuff is going to struggle to go up and then you have a brain that's got poor blood flow in, poor blood flow out. You're not going to have a happy brain.
Then, let's take a look here. We've already shown you the lymph clusters, right? Now, I'm going to show you some of the nerves that are here. You have the superior cervical ganglia. So, the superior cervical ganglia here is part of your sympathetic nervous system in the neck. And the sympathetic nervous system is very important because that's part of your fight or flight, hang on for dear life and don't die mode. But, this is one of the most important things you're ever going to learn in my work. The sympathetic nervous system controls blood flow. It controls lymphatic flow. It controls fluid flow. So, sympathetics control vasomotor tone. Vasomotor tone. What's tone? Tone is basically the size of the vessel that the fluid is traveling in. Vaso is for vascular. So, the sympathetics can constrict pipes. That means they make them smaller cuz tone increases and you go vasoconstriction. That will decrease flow because the pipes are getting smaller. And then you also have pipes that get bigger. It's called vasodilation. So, the tone goes down, pipes get bigger, and you have more flow. So, if you get inflammation in this region here, you can irritate the sympathetics which causes vasodilation. That decreases flow. So, you're going to decrease flow down, you're going to decrease flow up, and you're going to have stagnation on top of that. So, the sympathetics constrict the pipes. The lymphatics can get constricted, they stay stagnated, and then this gets all set off and that controls blood flow to the head, neck, face, and brain, which means you can get pain in here, you can get stuff on the face, you can get acne, you can get all sorts of different stuff up in here, okay? So, it's really, really important that you understand what is going on in this area anatomically.
Now, we've already had the lymphatics in there with the green from this picture over here. But, we have some other nerves called cranial nerves. Cranial nerves come off part of the brain stem in the back here that really huge powerhouse for healing and recovery. Check out some of our cranial nerve videos that we've done on the past. I'll pop another one up here that you can take a look at and start to learn more about cranial nerves. We'll have our cranial nerve mojo class coming back soon, but you got a few of them locked in through here. You've got number nine, number 10 and number 11.
So, 11 is the spinal accessory nerve or accessory nerve. That controls the trapezius muscle, so you'll be able to shrug your shoulders. So, it supplies the trap and the sternocleidomastoid muscle in the neck that gets really really tight on people that let you turn your head, flex your head, bend your head, and protrude the neck. That gets hit a lot with people who've had auto accidents or they live like this with a really forward head posture. Not to mention when you live like that, you trap off spot one, you trap off spot two with a forward neck carriage.
Then, you have cranial nerve number 10. That's the vagus nerve. The vagus nerve is the most important nerve in the body. It's part of your parasympathetic nervous system to help you heal and recover. It controls inflammation in the body and it's the nerve that goes down towards the gut. So, if you have gut issues, you have a vagus nerve issue. If you have stagnation at this area behind the angle of the jaw and in through here, that's the pathway of the vagus nerve. You irritate the vagus nerve there, and then you end up with gut issues down below that just doing nutrition and just doing supplements will be a big help, but if you hit a wall, it could be because of that vagus nerve. So, you'll work here and in here, and we teach you that in our gut mojo class as well.
And then you have number nine, the glossopharyngeal nerve. Glosso means tongue, pharyngeal for pharynx. That's a powerhouse nerve cuz that's going to have a lot to do with working with breathing, helps control the acid to alkaline balance in the body, the level of oxygen to CO2 in the body. That can change the environment around the cells that you live in for your pH levels. Huge amount to do with anybody who has chronic inflammation. So, if you're stagnated in here, you're getting hit with a ton of stuff. It's no joke. So, puffiness, swelling, tenderness, or inflammation in through here is a classic sign that this person's body needs a lot of work.
Now that we know about the collarbone, go back and watch that video. I'll show you what to do there. Then, spot number two here, which is number two of our big six, what can you do there? Well, awareness is the first part because you can't change something or control something until you become aware of it. So, this is your aha moment of holy smokes, doc. I never I never knew how much stuff was going on in this area.
Now, how do you change it? Well, many different ways. Rubbing it and massaging it is an awesome way to do it. You can rub that with anything. Uh let me give you a couple of options. Like, you can use just your hand. I'm going to come a little bit closer so you get a sense of how this works. All right. So, if I'm a little bit closer here and I turn, let me do this side cuz I got my mic. Use massage right here behind the angle of the jaw. Okay? Now, because this is going to drain the lymph down towards the collarbone, Make sure that you open up your collarbone regions first so the drain is open for this spot to come down, okay? Very, very important. You can rub that region like this. I always tell people it's circles, spirals, rotations, go up and down. You can just make balloon animal shapes. You can do hieroglyphics. It really doesn't matter. It's up to you.
I also like to take like gua sha tools, whatever kind you want. Uh this is our Mojo navel wand where this is our scraper end and this one goes around the belly button and the navel to release fascial tension around the navel. You would actually place that right here and then rub the same thing on this spot. That frees up the drain here and here so stuff can drain out of the face and especially get rid of the puffiness under those eyes or in the cheeks. And make sure you do both sides. When you do a gua sha tool, you can do it on dry skin. You can put some oil on there. Like whatever's more comfortable for you.
I also like to use vibration a lot. So this is our Mojo vibration ball. This is a small ball that vibrates at different speeds. So I would turn that on at speed one and I would place that right here behind that spot very gently and let that vibrate out. You can also combine that with the stuff that we show you how to do this at the collarbone in that video. Making sure you do both sides. Vibration is awesome for moving things.
And another option are our vagal rounds. Like these we had made these are pre-cut circular strips of kinesiology tape. So if I open this up, you can see like this. They come off pre-cut, pre-loaded, and then you'll put them on that sweet spot behind the angle of the jaw. You can also put them down here at the collarbone as well. I'll show you how to put those on in a moment. So, the vagal rounds here, these are only available in the United States if you want to get that from us. Otherwise, you're going to have to get some kinesiology tape, cut them into circulars or patterns to put on this region. My favorite is to use these at night when you sleep.
So, if you take one, you peel it off the back. Then, I come in. I find that space behind the angle of the jaw below the lobe of the ear, and I just press it right there, and I rub it to activate the adhesive. And one is usually enough, but if I want to put a second one, I can put it below it right here and cover a little bit more territory. Then, I would do the same thing on the other side. So, that would get that left vagus, left glossopharyngeal, left spinal accessory, left internal jugular, left internal carotid, and that sympathetics, right? Then, I'll go here like this on the other one, like that. Ah, oh man, already feels so great. It actually helps me get better with the called proprioceptive awareness of where my head is cuz the tape is giving some feedback.
But, when you sleep at night, this is really important, everybody. Your brain is supposed to power wash and drain out the toxins that's accumulated during the day from those neurons wiring and firing, and then it's got to clean out through the cerebrospinal fluid. That stuff has to drain down and go towards the and get through this stuff here. So, if you're trying to sleep and drain the brain, you have to make sure that the exit routes are open. Putting this on here and then going to sleep and or adding this one with the bagel rounds and massaging this spot here and this spot here and even doing the rest of our big six before you go to sleep, that's really awesome. Then, you can clean the brain, wake up nice and refreshed. I would take these off if you're going to go out during the day, but you could keep them on, too. Some people feel a little bit, you know, self-conscious maybe having these on the neck when they're moving around. But, I love them because it's like a conversation piece of, "Hey Doc, what is that on your neck right there?" And then I I conversation to explain to them, "Well, that's the largest lymph node cluster in the neck, helps clean your brain, helps the vagus nerve, helps inflammation, helps decrease stress, stress, so I can heal, recover, regenerate, go hashtag beast mode monster." And the person's going to say, "Holy, I would like some of that, please. Can you show me how to do it?" That's how it works. Right?
But, the most important thing for you to realize with this video here is where you choose to do some work to relieve the tension and stuff matters. Collarbone and here, two powerhouse places that I check on everybody, I open up on everybody, and I release on everybody. If you start to do this for yourself, you will make a difference and how you feel. You will make a difference in how you look in your face. You'll become less puffy, less swollen, you'll look younger, less wrinkles, because you get flow in, flow out, everything in through here can function better. No, it's absolute fantastic stuff to do, simple that you can easily implement in your life.
So, thank you so much everybody for tuning on in. Hope you enjoyed the video. Thank you for following us on Stop Chasing Pain and putting the comments on the videos. We love them. I watch them. I I try to reply to them as much as I can all the time. Thank you so much for following our page and sharing it out with the world. We hope to see you at one of our Mojo webinar workshops that we give every single month. Or you can join us in our membership site on you so much. Have a great one. We'll see you soon on the next video. Have fun with spot one and spot two.