Myofascial Release Technique

“Fascia supports, protects, envelops, and becomes part of the muscles, bones, nerves, organs and blood vessels, from the largest structures right down to the cellular level. When all is well, the body functions harmoniously. When injuries occur, however, the fascia has the ability to reorganize along the lines of tension imposed on the body. Physical trauma from direct injury, accident, or unresolved restrictions from the birthing process all can cause the fascia to tighten down in an involuntary attempt to prevent the body from further harm.

Inflammation and infectious processes as well as structural imbalances from pelvic injury/rotation, dental misalignment, leg length changes, and osseous restrictions and/or bony mal-alignment all can create inappropriate fascia strain patterns.

Fascial strains slowly tighten, causing the body to lose its normal ability to act and react to its environment. This tightness, over time, spreads like a pull in a sweater, causing a reorganization of the fibers and twisting their shape. Flexibility and spontaneity of motion are lost, making the body vulnerable to even more trauma, pain and limitations of movement.

It has been estimated that Myofascial restrictions can create a tensile strength of up to 2,000 pounds per square inch! It is felt that this enormous and excessive pressure of the myofascial restrictions on pain-sensitive structures can produce many of the pains, headaches and other undesirable symptoms that most people suffer.

Myofascial release helps remove the straitjacket of pressure caused by restricted fascia, eliminating symptoms such as stiffness, pain, headaches, spasms, and fibromyalgia, as well as restoring range of motion.”