Myofascial Release

WHAT EXACTLY IS FASICA?

'Fascia is the body’s network of fibrous connective tissue. You’ve seen it when you skin a chicken breast—the filmy layer between the skin and meat. Fascia forms a complex network that reaches everywhere in the body - it is all the soft connective tissue including fascial sheets such as the plantar fascia, the tendons, ligaments, bursae, the fascia in and around muscles, and the membranes around the brain, spinal cord and nerves.

WHAT DOES FASCIA DO?

If everything was removed from your body except fascia, the shape would still be recognizable as you. Fascia is what actually holds us up and together (not muscles and bones), so understanding fascia is essential to understanding movement—its most obvious job is to help body parts move together—wrapping around layers of muscle to slide easily as they contract and release (flex and extend). When trauma or stress occurs, the web of connective tissue changes to protect the injured area; it also holds emotions from trauma and shock. 

WHAT HAPPENS TO FASCIA TO MAKE ME UNWELL?

Life happens: trauma, repetitive stress, surgery, and gravity all play a part in limiting flexibility. These stressors compress the connective tissue to form adhesions, and flexibility is reduced. Fascia will hold that compression and restrict mobility as it protects the body by limiting movement. Over time, the restriction grows or small injuries combine, and often persist after the original cause has gone.

WHY DOES GENTLE FASCIA RELEASE MAKE A DIFFERENCE?

Think of the fascial network as a sweater that’s stretchy, and where you have a snag, the neighboring stitches are bunched together around a big loop, stuck in a clump, and not as stretchy as before. Being stuck is what fascia does when injured. If not released, it thickens over time. The good news is that fascia is living tissue, and it can heal. The process of release supports the living tissue to dump stored toxins and plump up as it re-hydrates and begins moving fluidly again.

At INHALE, I like to work with Fascia in combination with TRE, Flower Essences, Detox processes and QEC. They all work together beautifully to bring freshness to your body and emotions