02/09/2026
❄️🚗 When Impact Gets Stored in the Body 🚗❄️
During the ice storm, many people experienced two things:
• Falls on the ice
• Auto accidents
Both create the same underlying issue: sudden force moving through the body.
When you slip and land on your tailbone, your spine is moving downward…
Then suddenly the tailbone stops while the upper body is still moving.
When you’re in a car accident, the vehicle stops…
But your body keeps moving forward until the seatbelt or steering wheel stops you.
Some parts of you are still moving forward
while other parts are being forced backward.
That force has to go somewhere.
At first, you may just feel sore.
You rest.
You soak.
You move carefully.
But fascia — the connective tissue that surrounds muscles, bones, nerves, and organs — can tighten and trap those impact patterns.
Weeks or months later it may show up as:
• Neck tightness
• Shoulder pain
• Mid-back stiffness
• Hip discomfort
• Pain that “doesn’t seem connected” to anything
Myofascial Release isn’t about cracking or forcing anything back into place.
It’s gentle, sustained work that helps the fascia soften and release stored tension so the body can unwind naturally.
If you fell during the ice storm…
Or were involved in one of the many wrecks…
It may be wise to address the tissue now before those patterns become long-term compensation.
Therapy Designed for You 🤍
LaVonna Gates, LMT
Gatesway Therapy & Wellness
Decatur, TX
Message me if you’d like to schedule.
