What is Myofascial Release massage?

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Myofascial is referring to muscle (myo) and fascia. Fascia to muscles, is like the casing of a sausage. Each individual muscle and muscle group has fascia surrounding it. Sometimes if you only treat the muscle tissue, without releasing the fascia, the muscle can only release as much as the fascia will allow. If however, fascial tension is released, it allows the muscle to release a lot easier as there is no tightness or restriction around muscle. A lot of tension and pain in your body can stem from tightness, scarring and trauma in your fascia, and fascia is everywhere!

The largest piece of fascia runs from your toes, through your plantar fascia, up the backside of your whole body, and anchors into your eye socket near the eyebrows. 


Myofascial release techniques are aimed at anchoring one part of the fascia and stretching the fascia into the direction of restriction. As fascia is throughout the whole body, pressure differs depending on what level of fascia you are targeting. Superficial fascia is released through gentler techniques, or even the use of cupping. Deep fascia is worked through at a deeper level but is stretched slowly and gently. Fascia stretching can sometimes feel like a Chinese burn if there is a lot of restriction in the tissues, but as the fascia releases, the pain subsides. 

A) Many muscles attach into bones via fascia (biceps, lat dorsi etc.)
B) Compartments throughout the body are seperated by fascia
C) Fascia is made up of collagen and looks like a thick spiderweb

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