Centerville Therapeutic Massage

11/25/2025

We have some openings with Shannon on Wednesday and Saturday, book them here:
https://centervilletherapeuticmassage.janeapp.com/

11/21/2025

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CST is a gentle but potent way of working with the body using light touch. You can find a registered practitioner here - www.craniosacral.co.uk/practitioner-directory
Image credit - Karola En.art

11/20/2025

Many of my clients may start out as deep tissue clients but over time they find the lighter touch can often do much more ! Here’s a fun piece ;)

Mechanoreceptors are a remarkable part of the fascial system. They are the microscopic sensory “listening stations” embedded throughout fascia that constantly read pressure, stretch, tension, vibration, and movement. They allow the body to feel itself from the inside. Without mechanoreceptors, movement would be clumsy, uncoordinated, and disconnected. With them, movement becomes fluid, responsive, and intelligent.

Fascia is loaded with various types of mechanoreceptors, each communicating with the nervous system in its own unique way. Ruffini endings respond to slow, sustained pressure and create a parasympathetic calming effect. Pacinian corpuscles respond to vibration and rapid changes in pressure, helping the body coordinate sudden movements. Interstitial receptors monitor subtle stretches, tensions, and internal shifts; they comprise nearly eighty percent of fascial sensory input and directly influence pain perception. Golgi receptors, found near ligaments and tendon insertions, respond to deep stretch and help down-regulate muscular tension.

When a bodyworker touches fascia, these receptors are the very first structures to respond. Slow, sustained contact helps melt hypertonicity because Ruffini endings signal to the nervous system, “It’s safe to soften.” Deep or directional stretch activates Golgi receptors, signaling muscles to lengthen. Gentle vibration or oscillation stimulates Pacinian receptors, enhancing proprioception and enabling joints to move with greater confidence. Even the quietest technique, a still fascial hold, stimulates interstitial receptors, which can modulate pain and reduce sympathetic overdrive.

Altogether, mechanoreceptors weave the sensory intelligence of fascia. They are the reason the body can adapt, coordinate, stabilize, and move with fluid grace rather than mechanical force. They turn every subtle change in tension into information the brain uses to refine posture, balance, and movement patterns.

So when we work with fascia, we’re not just stretching tissue. We’re communicating with an enormous sensory network that shapes how someone moves, feels, and inhabits their body. Mechanoreceptors are part of the reason fascia is both biomechanical and deeply emotional.

11/20/2025

11/18/2025

Shannon has openings on Wednesday & Saturday, book here:

https://centervilletherapeuticmassage.janeapp.com/

11/16/2025

We had another successful training session today. Here’s just a small piece of our day. I just absolutely love this team we’ve created at CTM! I’m looking forward to many of the ideas we have for the future.

11/15/2025

** If you had to cancel due to the government shut down and would like to get back on my schedule, please reach out, I will open up time for you some where 😉 **

11/13/2025

Take it! I wish I could!!!
Text 937-732-2196 to book

11/12/2025

Step outside right now if you can!! You can see the lights without a camera tonight!