CoreNature Massage & Myofascial Release

03/25/2024

A great personal and professional perspective from Dr. Ginevra, MD on the value of MFR for helping people suffering from fibromyalgia.

The most effective treatment for fibromyalgia pain is myofascial release, which is a manual therapy focused on breaking up fascial adhesions that cause pain...

02/10/2023

Interesting study confirming JFBarnes sustained release MFR increases blood flow to thoacolumbar fascia.

“ The MFR group received an MFR treatment protocol that included four previously described techniques [4,39,40,41], as follows: (1) Sustained manual pressure to the lateral raphe (Figure 2a), performed with the therapist’s fingertips 1–4. (2) Lateral stretching of the TLF (Figure 2b), performed with the therapist’s hands. (3) Longitudinal glide along the lumbar paravertebral muscles (Figure 2c), performed with the therapist’s open fist. (4) Longitudinal stretch of the TLF (Figure 2d), performed with the therapist’s hands. (5) Unilateral longitudinal stretch of the TLF (Figure 2e), performed with the therapist’s hands.”

JCM | Free Full-Text | Immediate Effects of Myofascial Release Treatment on Lumbar Microcirculation: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial

(1) Background: Inflammatory processes in the thoracolumbar fascia (TLF) lead to thickening, compaction, and fibrosis and are thought to contribute to the development of nonspecific low back pain (nLBP). The blood flow (BF) of fascial tissue may play a critical role in this process, as it may promot...

11/22/2022

Happy Day of Gratitude & Connection ❤️

Yes...The Livestreams continue...even on Thanksgiving Day! What a great way to start a day of Thanks, but with a morning session on Gratitude.

09/29/2022

Starting from within

07/30/2022

Hello all, CoreNature is moving! To 960 Harris Ave, Ste 203. A beautiful, peaceful space in Fairhaven, with temperature control (😉), excellent sound proofing, and ADA accessibility. Doors will open when I restart in September. Here's a photo from our recent trek in the Dolomites.

07/25/2022

Hello friends, welcome to summer. Here's a good question for every moment

04/30/2022

Here's a really great article about research on aging. Our attitudes and beliefs matter! Let us celebrate our gifts that come with age, and keep on moving!

Science shows the key to aging gracefully is all in your head, a new book reveals.

03/13/2022

Whole bodymind healing

Discussing some of the benefits myofascial release can offer your clients who are exhausted.

03/02/2022

This clip provides an excellent big picture look at the wholistic nature of the Myofascial Release work I do, as developed and taught by John F. Barnes and as presented here by Lori Zeltwanger. Not all myofascial release listed on websites encompasses this wholistic bodymind approach.
Lori Zeltwanger is a long-time teacher and practitioner of MFR.

02/08/2022

Yes

01/07/2022

Art:
No matter what has passed, we can begin again. We can only begin now, where we are, and it is this now that becomes the seed for all that lies ahead. In our relationships, in our community, on this earth, we may not live to see all the changes we work for—we are the planters of seeds.
Mindfulness and compassion are genuinely undertaken one step at a time, one person, one moment.

Excerpt: “After the Ecstasy, the Laundry”

01/07/2022

Why we wear our masks in public

12/18/2021

So right on

11/16/2021

Inflammation, the fascial system, and Myofascial Release

Inflammation is a normal and natural
response to injury.

However, chronic stress results in the inability of the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal (HPA) Axis to regulate the release of the stress hormone cortisol. Cortisol increases tissue inflammation resulting in persistent pain. An on-going release of cortisol in the bloodstream also hinders tissue healing.

Tissue inflammation also results in a decrease of fascial glide exacerbating the experience of pain.

The light and sustained touch of MFR improves tissue glide and helps to down regulate the stress response resulting in a reduction in the experience of pain.

Train with MFR UK.

10/12/2021

Orienting. Grounding.

09/17/2021

This looks like a wonderful, useful course. My friend Yarrow Pospisil is a highly-skilled facilitator.

UPCOMING COURSE starts October 10!

This course is about really embodying NVC, in a whole-hearted, mindful, and deep-in-your-bones sort of way.

Why? Because this is what I believe will seed the kind of transformation many of us are yearning for.

Check out details and join me! https://www.blueheronrelationships.com/current-offerings