Category: General Health And Well Being
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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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John Barnes Myofascial Release Creates Space In The Body, Mind, And Being
When I work with new clients, some of the most frequently asked questions revolve around what exactly it is that I do. Even long standing clients have difficulty describing to friends, family, and loved ones what it is that happens in treatment sessions. How Does Myofascial Release Create Space In…
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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! I’m stuck in a fight or flight response!
We received a great question this week for our Q&A With A Myofascial Expert! My body has been stuck in a fight or flight response for a long time. Can working with a myofascial release therapist help? The short answer is, yes. Work with the right type of myofascial release…
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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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How To Help Back Pain When You Have A Desk Job
Or, How to Save Your Back From the Evils of Sitting My kids have heard me say for years that sitting is evil! It is one of the quickest ways for me to a head that aches and throbs and a low back that is stiff and sore. Sometimes, sitting…
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How Do You Do Self Myofascial Release At Home?
I am frequently asked this question, generally by clients wondering what I do for my own at home myofascial release treatment. I started to answer with the things I do on a regular basis. Legs up the wall at least once a week. Nightly lying on and softening over a…
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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…