22/05/2025
Morning coffee + reading about Fascia on a beautiful day at .cafe
Fascia is not one thing, but many types of connective tissue which help to connect our organs, muscles, joints, nerves and create our physical form.
It's a network that communicates, transports nutrients and waste, transmits kinetic energy and has a big role in our perception of our body and the impact of that perception on pain and performance.
The last pic is a simple framework that comes from the book (2nd pic) and are some avenues for us to work to improve the health of our fascial system.
1) Feel It: Practice body awareness exercises focused on experiencing your body and it's movements
-Short daily posture scans, Pilates/Yoga, Mobility practices.
2) Mobility: Practice exercises focused on joint range of motion, stability and coordination between joints/muscles.
-Warmups, circuits/series within workouts, daily home practice.
3) Stretch: Practice stretching and isometric exercises.
-Throughout day as breaks or when feel the need.
4) Energy: Use some elastic/ballistic stretches in your warmups or throughout day. Spring, swing, bounce and/or jump.
-Warmups, plyo workouts, group classes, trampoline, home practice.
5) Release: Practice rolling or trigger point release work with foam rollers, balls or other tools.
-Nightly bedtime routine w/stretching, mobility, breathing and/or meditation .
You may be doing some or all of the above. Sometimes it's about building a routine, but we can also benefit from perspective to understand why we are doing it which helps to shape our experience of the practice and our body itself.
