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What is fascia? 
What causes fascia to tighten?
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Fascia is the soft tissue component of the connective tissue system. It interpenetrates and surrounds muscles, organs, nerves, blood vessels and other structures. Fascia is an uninterrupted, three-dimensional web of tissue that extends from head to toe, from front to back, from interior to exterior. It is responsible for maintaining structural integrity, providing support and protection, and acts as a shock absorber.
Source: www.fasciacongress.org/2012/glossary-of-terms/ Trauma and stress responses create myofascial restrictions that can be the equivalent of approximately 2000 pounds per square inch on pain sensitive structures. This pressure becomes like a straight-jacket affecting muscles, nerves, bones, veins, arteries, etc. Producing symptoms of pain, decreased mobility, headaches, sciatic-like symptoms and so on. Myofascial Release allows the chronic inflammatory response to resolve and eradicates the enormous pressure, and pain people cope with on a day to day basis, allowing the body's natural healing capacity to function properly. Western approach treats by medicating to provide temporary results, but it does nothing to ease the effects of the straight-jacket. Through the John F. Barnes Myofascial Treatment approach not only is the straight jacket removed; both the cause and the symptom are treated, in order to ease the dysfunction and symptoms, therefore breaking the subconscious bracing pattern. Treating the entire myofascial complex eliminates the pressure. |
What is the John F. Barnes Myofascial Release?
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Myofascial Release is a gentle hands-on technique; where sustained pressure coupled with time is applied into the fascial system allowing areas of tightness and adhesion being treated to soften and let go. This phenomenon of piezoelectricity is what allows for these myofascial restrictions to soften, and melt away. This is the crucial tool that will help you address both the cause and the symptom of your body's aches, pains and dysfunctions. The old way was too quick and rough, thus resulting in temporary results at best. The JFB MFR approach is done directly on the skin, without the aid of tools or oils. Therefore, allowing the therapist to anchor on the fascial system, who is constantly palpating and working on areas that may feel hot, hard, tender or lack glide, these are restrictions that are unique to each Individual.
What sets the John F. Barnes MFR Approach apart from other forms of treatment?
The JFB MFR is a true whole body approach. We may treat the symptoms, but also look elsewhere for the cause. For example, many clients will seek treatment due to knee pain. A more traditional approach would focus solely on the affected knee, but we will scan the entire body. We may find that there is a torsion in the pelvis causing the body to be pulled out of alignment, the body’s compensation leads to pain in the knee in one client and yet in another client, it can be a completely different myofascial presentation responsible for the knee pain. Myofascial release truly allows for each treatment to be customized to your own body and its own journey to recovery as each person is a collection of different life events that lead to the pain, dysfunction, etc. that makes them seek therapy. If we were to treat only the knee and not look elsewhere for the cause, even if the knee symptoms were to improve, those improvements could only be temporary. |
How can I learn more about John F. Barnes?
John F. Barnes is an authority in Myofascial Release and there is a wealth of information at myofascialrelease.com It's highly recommended that you visit his website, read his books and articles to learn more and have an active role in your road to recovery. Sources:
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