A New Approach To Optimising Human Movement | The Human Garage

Modern WisdomSep 12, 20181h 4m

Chris Williamson (host), Garry Lineham (guest)

Gary’s personal journey from chronic pain to founding The Human GarageAlternative model of the body: fascia, torque, and gravity over muscles and isolated jointsStanding, multi-practitioner fascial treatment and ‘untorquing’ methodsLimits of traditional medical modalities and the problem of fragmented careRole of energy, emotional load, and practitioner self-care (e.g., crystal beds)Plans for home-care programs and torque mechanic certificationsLarger cultural shift toward integrative, results-based wellness approaches

In this episode of Modern Wisdom, featuring Chris Williamson and Garry Lineham, A New Approach To Optimising Human Movement | The Human Garage explores rewiring Human Movement: Fascia, Torque, and Gravity at Work Former bodybuilder and tech entrepreneur Gary Lineham explains how his lifelong struggle with chronic pain led to the creation of The Human Garage, a multidisciplinary movement and wellness center in Venice, California. He challenges conventional views of anatomy by emphasizing fascia, joint torque, gravity, and atmospheric pressure as primary drivers of dysfunction and healing. Their method uses standing, multi-practitioner fascial work, “untorquing” joints, and energy-aware practices (like crystal beds) to let the body reorganize itself in gravity. The conversation also covers practitioner burnout, rapid client outcomes, plans for global training, and the broader shift toward more integrative, results-driven healthcare.

Rewiring Human Movement: Fascia, Torque, and Gravity at Work

Former bodybuilder and tech entrepreneur Gary Lineham explains how his lifelong struggle with chronic pain led to the creation of The Human Garage, a multidisciplinary movement and wellness center in Venice, California. He challenges conventional views of anatomy by emphasizing fascia, joint torque, gravity, and atmospheric pressure as primary drivers of dysfunction and healing. Their method uses standing, multi-practitioner fascial work, “untorquing” joints, and energy-aware practices (like crystal beds) to let the body reorganize itself in gravity. The conversation also covers practitioner burnout, rapid client outcomes, plans for global training, and the broader shift toward more integrative, results-driven healthcare.

Key Takeaways

Chronic pain is often a systems problem, not a local tissue problem.

Gary’s years of failed treatments led him to see that individual modalities (chiro, PT, Rolfing, etc. ...

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Fascia and torque patterns may drive more dysfunction than weak muscles.

The Human Garage focuses on fascia as a continuous, intelligent network and on ‘untorquing’ joints; when torque is removed, muscles often relax and fire correctly without heavy stretching, rolling, or activation drills.

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Treating people standing in gravity can accelerate real-world functional change.

Their sessions often involve multiple practitioners working on a standing client, because we live and move in gravity; giving fascial inputs in that state forces the body to reorganize under actual load rather than on a table.

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Conventional education can lock practitioners into outdated mental models.

Gary argues that letters after your name often correlate with rigid thinking; many clinicians struggle to adopt simpler, more effective methods because they’re tethered to how they were trained rather than to measurable outcomes.

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Practitioners need ways to clear emotional and energetic ‘load’ from clients.

Working daily with sick or traumatized people can accumulate as fatigue and illness in clinicians; The Human Garage uses methods like crystal-embedded tables and other clearing routines to reduce this burden and extend practitioner longevity.

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Simple joint torque corrections can quickly change pain and performance.

Gary demonstrates that changing rotational forces at the knee can instantly alter muscle tension from the foot to the hip and back; similar principles are used with pro athletes to restore speed and reduce the need for extensive stretching.

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There’s a growing demand for scalable, integrative movement solutions.

With long waitlists, many clinician-clients, and plans to certify ‘torque mechanics’ and release free home-care programs (including via Goop), The Human Garage is positioning its approach as part of a broader wave reshaping how we think about movement and healing.

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Notable Quotes

“The human body is designed to heal itself; our job is either to stimulate it to do something or to stop doing something and let it figure itself out.”
— Gary Lineham

“If the brain is really in charge, why does the heart beat before the brain is developed in a baby?”
— Gary Lineham

“We value in our society time and lineage more than we value results.”
— Gary Lineham

“We’re 75% water, so we’re basically an aquarium with legs.”
— Gary Lineham

“Not everybody buys into results. I had a surgeon out of pain for the first time in fifteen years in forty-five minutes, and he said he’d wait to see what science says.”
— Gary Lineham

Questions Answered in This Episode

How could traditional physiotherapy, chiropractic, and sports performance programs practically integrate ‘untorquing’ and fascia-first thinking without discarding their existing methods?

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What kind of objective testing or research would be needed to convince skeptical clinicians that fascia-driven, gravity-based approaches are valid and reproducible?

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If gravity and atmospheric pressure are such major forces on the body, how might training and recovery protocols differ for people living in different latitudes, altitudes, or environments?

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What ethical and practical guardrails should be in place when integrating more ‘energetic’ tools (like crystals or essential oils) into clinical practice?

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For practitioners already experiencing burnout or emotional overload from patients, what daily clearing or hygiene practices could they implement immediately, even without access to The Human Garage?

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Chris Williamson

(wind blowing) Hi, friends. Now, you may remember earlier on this year that I got to go away to LA and I got to see the guys from ROM WOD, which was really cool, got to record some routines with them. I also got to go and see the guys from the Human Garage. Now, the Human Garage is a wellness and movement specialist facility near Santa Monica, uh, just off LA's beach, and I first heard of them when Ben Greenfield mentioned them on his podcast. They have a very progressive, very forward-thinking, and different alternative view of human anatomy and wellness in general. I thought it would be interesting for me to pay them a visit, so I got in touch, and very kindly they let me go down and use the facility. It ended up being around about a two to two-and-a-half-hour procedure. We were supposed to sit down and podcast while I was out there, but then the guy who played Superman in the (laughs) 2005 movie came in, so he, uh, he took precedence. But this facility deals with NBA stars, NFL players, doctors, Hollywood movie stars. They literally have got one of the hottest spots in all of LA. I'm very, very fortunate to have been able to go and see them. I wanted to get Gary, who is the co-founder, on the podcast to just try and (laughs) explain where this very popular, very alternative thinking, um, success has come from, and I think he manages to do it today. So I'm not gonna take it any further. I'm going to let Gary speak for himself. One final thing, if you are in LA and you do want to check out the Human Garage, they haven't sponsored this episode at all, however, the waiting list is incredibly long if you want to see them. But if you mention Modern Wisdom when you book for your consultation application, they will bump you to the top of the list. I'm going to be really interested to hear some feedback about this one, so don't forget, get at me @chriswillex on Instagram, Twitter, wherever it is that you wanna get in touch or modernwisdompodcast@gmail.com. But for now, onto the show. (instrumental music plays) Gary, welcome to Modern Wisdom.

Garry Lineham

Hi, Chris, how you doing?

Chris Williamson

Very good, thank you, and yourself?

Garry Lineham

I'm doing fantastic. Sitting here in southern, uh, California, nice and sunny. We've been having a little bit of a heat wave out here.

Chris Williamson

Well, it's, uh, not too bad in the UK for once either actually. I'm, uh, I'm gonna guess, based on my experience when I was out with you guys-

Garry Lineham

Yeah.

Chris Williamson

... the weather is not going to be, uh, not going to be quite the same, but we'll take, we'll take what we can get in England at the moment.