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Myofascial Release Therapy focuses on the optimal health of our muscular tissue (myo) and the fascial system, the supportive web of connective tissue throughout the body.
Through skillful and gentle pressure Myofascial Release Therapy can help with a number of conditions, including:
We at the McKay Center for Health and Healing consider emerging research regarding the fascial system as one of the most profound, paradigm-changing, cutting edges of medical science today (please see resource links below).
An elementary appreciation of the fascial system is, in our opinion, required for every person to understand how their body basically functions, as essential as basic nutrition. We consider this foundational, elementary education for those interested in pursuing and maintaining long term health.
Why is this so very important?
Through skillful and gentle pressure Myofascial Release Therapy can help with a number of conditions, including:
- Acute and chronic pain
- Headaches
- Stress-related disorders
We at the McKay Center for Health and Healing consider emerging research regarding the fascial system as one of the most profound, paradigm-changing, cutting edges of medical science today (please see resource links below).
An elementary appreciation of the fascial system is, in our opinion, required for every person to understand how their body basically functions, as essential as basic nutrition. We consider this foundational, elementary education for those interested in pursuing and maintaining long term health.
Why is this so very important?
The Fascial System is the fabric, the very structure, of which we are made. From the “leathery and harder” to the “thin and stretchy” tissues, it is literally the warp and woof of our human bodies.
Long neglected and overlooked by medical science as merely “connective tissue” it is now apparent that it is much more.
The Fascial System:
* Adjusts and transfers loads and forces throughout the body – dynamically remodeling itself in the process as needed.
* Responds to Wolfes Law by becoming stronger or weaker as increased or decreased demands are put on the body’s structure.
* Communicates within and throughout the fascial material matrix.
* Connects every tissue in the body with every other part. Fascia both surrounds and connects every bone, muscle fiber, entire muscle groups, blood cells and vessels, nerve fibers and organs.
* Supports and makes useful the body's musculoskeletal system that could not function without it.
Our bones are not wired together like the skeletons we may have seen in High School Biology class, they literally float in a sea of soft-tissue. (please read the link below on Tensegrity).
Research has recently exploded in an attempt to understand this most basic aspect of the human body.
Unlike the digestive system that has a discreet beginning and ending point, the fascial system is everywhere in the body and is made up of twenty eight types of collagen fibers, a substance called “ECM” or extra cellular matrix, chemically unique inter-fascial liquids – and much more.
Fascial System health is as important as the health of our Circulatory, Digestive, Endocrine and Nervous Systems and is fundamental to living a long life free of pain and restrictions.
Long neglected and overlooked by medical science as merely “connective tissue” it is now apparent that it is much more.
The Fascial System:
* Adjusts and transfers loads and forces throughout the body – dynamically remodeling itself in the process as needed.
* Responds to Wolfes Law by becoming stronger or weaker as increased or decreased demands are put on the body’s structure.
* Communicates within and throughout the fascial material matrix.
* Connects every tissue in the body with every other part. Fascia both surrounds and connects every bone, muscle fiber, entire muscle groups, blood cells and vessels, nerve fibers and organs.
* Supports and makes useful the body's musculoskeletal system that could not function without it.
Our bones are not wired together like the skeletons we may have seen in High School Biology class, they literally float in a sea of soft-tissue. (please read the link below on Tensegrity).
Research has recently exploded in an attempt to understand this most basic aspect of the human body.
Unlike the digestive system that has a discreet beginning and ending point, the fascial system is everywhere in the body and is made up of twenty eight types of collagen fibers, a substance called “ECM” or extra cellular matrix, chemically unique inter-fascial liquids – and much more.
Fascial System health is as important as the health of our Circulatory, Digestive, Endocrine and Nervous Systems and is fundamental to living a long life free of pain and restrictions.
When injury, inflammation, overuse or physical or emotional trauma occurs, the fascia can locally "crimp" or tighten.
This can create pain and/or restricted range of motion either at the site of injury or in places further away.
There are fascial sheets, or, as we will refer to them, “train tracks," that explain why a fascial restriction in the hip, leg, knee or foot, for example, can be the source problem of a referred pain up in the neck.
Blocks, strains or damage of the fascia can create distortions all over the body.
Furthermore, the body can adapt to these distortions that, unless corrected, can become permanent, contributing to chronic pain and long-term range of motion restrictions.
Myofascial Release Therapy aims to gently release tightened fascia and return it to a state of normalcy and balance. It can be a very useful tool in addressing a number of conditions.
To better understand the Fascial System we encourage everyone to watch the brief video below with Thomas Myers, LMT, the author of “Anatomy Trains," who is considered a premier educator and leading researcher in this field.
http://vimeo.com/87301772
This can create pain and/or restricted range of motion either at the site of injury or in places further away.
There are fascial sheets, or, as we will refer to them, “train tracks," that explain why a fascial restriction in the hip, leg, knee or foot, for example, can be the source problem of a referred pain up in the neck.
Blocks, strains or damage of the fascia can create distortions all over the body.
Furthermore, the body can adapt to these distortions that, unless corrected, can become permanent, contributing to chronic pain and long-term range of motion restrictions.
Myofascial Release Therapy aims to gently release tightened fascia and return it to a state of normalcy and balance. It can be a very useful tool in addressing a number of conditions.
To better understand the Fascial System we encourage everyone to watch the brief video below with Thomas Myers, LMT, the author of “Anatomy Trains," who is considered a premier educator and leading researcher in this field.
http://vimeo.com/87301772
Please also enjoy the important links that follow:
http://www.anatomytrains.com/fascia/
http://www.anatomytrains.com/fascia/tensegrity/
http://www.fasciacongress.org/2012/about.htm
http://www.ideafit.com/fitness-library/fascial-fitness
http://www.anatomytrains.com/fascia/
http://www.anatomytrains.com/fascia/tensegrity/
http://www.fasciacongress.org/2012/about.htm
http://www.ideafit.com/fitness-library/fascial-fitness