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Myofascial Release Therapy

The John F. Barnes’ Myofascial Release Approach® provides safe, gentle and consistently effective therapy for fascial restrictions resulting from muscular imbalances due to inflammatory responses, surgical procedures, deeply held tensions, physical/emotional (subconscious or otherwise) traumas and poor posture.

Fascia is uninterrupted connective tissue from head to toe. It is all encompassing covering muscle fibers, bones, nerves, blood vessels and cells. Many of its local manifestations of distortion have distal effects on the body. Myofascial Release treats the entire mind/body system whereby, eliminating the pressure of the restricted connective tissue system, "the straightjacket", that causes pain related symptoms.

Visualize fascia as netting for your bones and organs, suspending and holding all of your internal body structures in place. It is a highly complex biological dense fabric that holds us together. There are approximately 70 trillion cells within this fibrous 3D weblike maze. Fascia houses nerves, blood vessels and cells which help to keep your body functioning properly. When fascia is tight or strained, it can feel like 2000 pounds per square inch of pressure pulling or squeezing around any given body system, immediately causing pain, discomfort and dysfunction. Sustained gentle MFR pressure helps to relieve these tight, guarded and painful restrictions. You will feel your bodymind go from resisting to releasing.

MFR is able to help reduce or eliminate symptoms from:

  • Arthritis & Joint Pain

  • Back Pain (Upper/Middle/Low)

  • Breathing Problems

  • Breast Care (Pre/Post Cancer)

  • Cancer Recovery

  • Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

  • Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

  • Chronic Pain

  • Digestive Pain/Discomfort

  • Elderly-Aging

  • Emotional Holding Patterns

  • Fibromyalgia/Myofascial Pain Syndrome

  • Frozen Shoulder

  • Headaches/Migraines

  • Menstrual Problems

  • Neck Pain

  • Pelvic Floor (external only)

  • Pelvic Girdle Problems/Pain

  • Plantar Fasciitis

  • Rotator Cuff Injuries

  • Scar Tissue Pain and/or Tightness

  • Sinus Conditions

  • Sciatica

  • Scoliosis

  • Shoulder Pain and/or Tightness

  • Sports Injuries

  • Thoracic Outlet Syndrome

  • TMJ Conditions

Myoskeletal Alignment Technique Therapy

Myoskeletal Alignment Technique Therapy is a type of bodywork developed by Erik Dalton PhD. of the Freedom From Pain Institute. It is a modality that detects and corrects long and short muscle lever imbalances that lead to distortions in the body’s framework. It integrates spinal biomechanics with deep tissue work with a gentler approach. MAT emphasizes on prevention of dysfunctional compensatory patterns with a focus on restoration and realignment. It recognizes the strain patterns that create most common neck and back imbalances. It corrects the strain patterns before they become pain patterns within the skeletal and muscle physiology. First, we must bring the body back into balance and, once achieved, we can then come from a place of preventing recurrences.

Myofascial Stretching

Myofascial stretching distills the principles of Myofascial Release into a unique self-treatment technique. It results in permanent lengthening of the body's connective tissue and can dramatically improve health and quality of life. The techniques employ sustained pressure and elongation into restrictions in the fascia in a gentle way.  Teaching retraining exercises and creating symmetry through proper alignment reinforces healthful changes. Let’s improve proper alignment so you can feel more freedom in your body.

Manual Lymphatic Drainage (Vodder Method)

MLD is a highly specialized bodywork technique designed to increase the movement of lymph and interstitial fluid. Gentle pumping pressure is applied and adapted to follow the anatomy and physiology of the lymphatic system. Please be advised that there are a variety of contraindications for this type of manual therapy, and therefore, requires your physician’s approval.

It can also be incorporated into any bodywork session to reduce sympathetic nervous system symptoms by inducing a soothing, analgesic, pain relieving response.

MLD can help with:

  • Acute and Chronic Stress

  • Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS)

  • Chronic Pain

  • Fibromyalgia

  • Headaches/Migraine/Sinus HA

  • Hematoma

  • Lymphedema

  • Oncology

  • Palliative/Hospice Care

  • Post Surgical and Post Traumatic Edema

  • Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)

  • Scleroderma

  • Sprains

  • Tinnitus

  • Whiplash