Myo-Fascial Release Therapy
Myo – from the Greek root meaning muscle
Fascia – sheets or bands of fibrous tissue surrounding organs and vessels and basically joining and protecting the entire body.
Myo-Fascial Release Therapy has a very positive and profound long lasting effect on the body.
Myo-fascial pain presents many symptoms:
- Deep, aching pain in muscle
- Pain that persists and worsens without direct treatment
- Trigger points or laymen’s term “ knot” in a muscle
- Difficulty sleeping due to pain
Myofascial pain is caused by a continuous stimulus such as pressure, repetitive movement, poor posture, muscle injury, inflammation, stress and anxiety. Mayo Clinic suggests that stress and anxiety may be more likely to be a cause of Myofascial pain than a physical injury.
The goal of SFT is to help you to live a PAIN Free life.
Conditions treated with Myofascial Therapy
General Health Concerns:
- Back Pain
- Headaches – Migraines
- Neck Pain
- Hip Pain
- Whiplash – recent or chronic
- Disc pain
- Fibromyalgia
- Neurological Dysfunction
- TMJ
- Carpal Tunnel – treating the neck or root cause of disorder
- Scar therapy
- Sciatic Pain
Womens Health Problems:
- Mastectomy Pain and Restrictions
- Menstrual Problems
- Urinary Frequency
- Irritable Bowel
- Scar Reduction after Reconstruction Surgery or Breast Implants
- Infertility Problems
- Incontinence
- Lymphedema – complements Lymphatic Drainage Therapy
- Endometriosis
Myo-fascial work is mild and gentle stretching resulting in permanent change. This gentle approach has a profound and lasting effect on the body.
Gentle can be often the best approach when there is too much stress in the body. While deep tissue manipulation can rebound, myo-fascial’s gentle touch allows the tissue to release for long term results.
Pain
Where does the pain come from?
Finding the root cause can be a challenge for even the most experienced professional. You, as the patient just want the pain to go away and it is counter intuitive to think that the cause is somewhere else other than where the pain is coming from.
Fascia is estimated to have a tensile strength of as much as 2000 pounds per square inch. This incredible strength supports your structure- it is why you are standing. (Your skin is only the protective covering) This can be a positive trait or a negative one; when it is not freely functioning or flowing, that much pressure feel can feel like a vice gripping down on your body, reducing range of motion and creating pain.
According to Mayo Clinic and Dr. Janet Travel (the first female doctor appointed to the White House after treating JFK’s back pain, see my blog page for more information)
Understanding Movement
Every time you move your body it works as a congruent system. The muscles constantly interact with fascia and the fascia strongly affects the muscles. Normally a harmonious relationship until one structure is injured, changed, over worked or under worked. Various therapies directly or indirectly affect the relationship between muscle and fascia, every time you touch the body you are touching muscles and fascia.
Fascia is a continuous sheet of connective tissue that extends throughout the body. Imagine a nylon suit seamless with no beginning and no end extending from the front of your forehead to the bottom of your toes and intertwined throughout every organ, muscle and tissue. When fascia is injured along with the muscles, every region of the body is affected, not just the area presenting symptoms. Your body has changed every cell and every fiber has adjusted so you can keep functioning.
“Simone has that delicate ability to intuitively, yet aggressively, re-work the tissues of the body to achieve vast improvement in range of motion for professional and aging athletes, mitigate muscle tightness and tension and ease emotional and mental strain, in a professsional and caring manner. I highly recommend this exceptionally intelligent and gifted individual.”
“I am truly amazed at my golf game. I am 62 years old. I am pain free and playing better than I have in 20 years. A radiologist saw my MRI and stated that he can’t believe I am not in a wheel chair. I shot 68 today… the best score of my life. Simone’s treatments keep me walking, playing golf and winning. I am a true believer in her abilities. I will be on the maintenance program for life.”