Category: Myofascial Release
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Do You Know What “Survival Mode” Feels Like In Your Body?
Can you recognize when your body is in survival mode? Or, said differently, can you recognize the effects on your body when you have been in survival mode for a period of time? The answer is important. Like “fight or flight” (the instinctive response to danger each of us has…
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Some Of My Favorite Myofascial Release Self Treatment Tips!
A daily, consistent practice of effective at home myofascial release self treatment can make all the difference in how your body feels and moves. And the best part, it doesn’t have to be complicated! It’s all about creating space for tissues to heal and the body to begin to self…
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How Can I Tell If I Have Myofascial Restrictions?
A new client recently asked, how can I tell if I have myofascial restrictions that need myofascial release? It is an excellent question. Despite the many advances of modern medicine, dysfunctional fascia does NOT show up in any imaging or testing! Ironically, though, myofascial restrictions can actually be easy to…
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Can You Help [insert your issue here] Feel Better?
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I heard this question a LOT at a recent professional event I attended. It was the kind of event where I was asked frequently about my licensure as a massage therapist and what it is I do. Massage is not what I do. So What Is It I Do? I…
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Help! What Can I Do To Reduce Anxiety?
A client with anxiety and insomnia saw improvement through myofascial release therapy, which focused particularly on reducing strain on her body’s dural system. Myofascial restrictions that cause strain on the central and autonomic nervous systems can contribute to anxiety and disrupted sleep. Removing these restrictions can decrease the body’s “fight…
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Are You Addressing The Same Aches And Pains Over And Over In The Same Way?
I recently spent some time receiving a series of myofascial treatment sessions for myself. I wasn’t in crisis. Didn’t have anything seriously bothering me. But was aware of some nagging trouble that just never seems to resolve. How Aches And Pains Become “Normal” I refer to these as my “normal”…
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Daily Myofascial Self Treatment MUST match activity!
Perhaps you are familiar with the concept that when you work out, the type of stretching afterward must match the type of workout you have had. It hardly does any good to spend time stretching the calves when you have been doing biceps curls with heavy weights 🙂 What is…
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Improve Your Self Myofascial Release By 1%!
Several years ago, I learned about the 1% approach to improvement. It is drawn from the work Sir David Brailsford did with the British cycling team to take them from dead last in the world of competitive cycling to Olympic gold medal status. “The whole principle came from the idea…
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Does Myofascial Release Hurt?
I recently spent a week at John Barnes’ Myofascial Release Clinic, Therapy on the Rocks, in Sedona, AZ as a client receiving treatment. I learned a lot about how my body responds to pain signals and the meaning I take from them. I also learned a bit about how that…
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Anatomy Of A Headache – Part 2
Now that you have a bit more understanding of what is likely causing your headaches and migraines (See “Anatomy of a Headache, Part 1”), let’s take a look at what it will take to fully resolve what is causing your symptoms. It isn’t a complicated process to get the body…