04/11/2023
This is a great post from Jean Francois Brabant:
Hi gang, I was asked the question today for the umpteenth time, what is the difference between MYOFASCIOLOGY vs FASCIATHERAPY.
I will try to answer it once again with the greatest neutrality possible without bias.
What must first be kept in mind is the objective of each of the therapies and especially each of the objectives while patients.
Which is in my opinion a great gap has so many on the therapists or patients side.
Often goals are badly defined and this can cause a lot of disagreements with the results of our goals.
Take the example of a person who doesn’t really have a pain problem and this is rather recent, their therapeutic objective will not be at all the same as someone who has been in chronic pain for years as people with fibromyalgia.
So the therapeutic approach will not be the same for both figure cases.
The first one can just take a Tylenol or advil and her problem will be solved in no time. Whereas for the person with chronic pain if they have the same therapeutic treatment or to seek advice for their problem, they will be disappointed because the purpose of advices is only to relieve temporary and not recurrent pain, while the person with chronic pains will take advice with no real relief and it will always be over.
That being said, each therapist with their respective disciplines should set their goals well defined and above all target their client according to their objectives. Above all else every therapist also needs to know the limits and the actual benefits of either therapy or therapy matters.
Knowing exactly what this or that type of therapy can or cannot do. This is what many are missing in the therapy environment and many do not know the reality of it.
A lot of people go into therapy not knowing very well the reality of the chosen therapy, therefore it is difficult to choose the target client and therefore often offer care that is not adapted to their clients, which is too broad without having defined it well at the beginning. The result is that many clients are disappointed and say that the therapy is not EFFECTIVE.
The problem is not that the therapy is not effective, the problem is that the therapist has not defined his therapeutic goals well and takes the first client who shows up to their clinic.
Therapy schools would all benefit from defining their goals before teaching students without knowing what their goals are.
So none of the therapies are effective, we all have their limits and it's important to know the reality of them. Knowing this, it is much easier to direct our target customer during our advertising and booking appointments.
When it comes to MYOFASCIOLOGY and FASCIATHERAPY, they don't have the same therapeutic objective at all and it's important to understand it before choosing either.
From what I know about fascia therapy according to my experience with a fascia therapist and my countless reading, fascia therapy aims to give back to the fascia with its extremely gentle maneuvers, an ultra attentive listening to the fascia, to return the natural movement of the fascia inside the body.
The purpose of this is to provide a better listening of one's own body and to ease the internal movement of our fascia.
Fasciotherapy has never been intended to relieve chronic pain that has persisted for years. So if a person consults for this purpose they will be very disappointed with the results because that’s not what Fascia therapy is for at all.
While someone wants to improve their overall health, working on their fascia to give them some flexibility is a sure sign.
The first person will find that fascia therapy is not effective at all, while the second will see its substantial benefits for herself and her goals.
Can u tell the difference
For fascia therapy to have a good reputation for being effective, therapists who practice it must know the limits and benefits and objectives of the therapy to choose and publish to their clients well so that they are always satisfied.
The objectives of Myofascialogy being to TRANSFORM the fascia by its technique and the objectives of Myo is to release the fascia from the enormous forces of tension causing restrictions on movement and in fact causing pain that can become chronic like fibromyalgia.
Objectives being well established Myofascialology targets people with chronic pain, not requiring surgery.
Myofascialogy also has it's limits and we know them very well.
Our clientele being very well chosen based on our therapeutic objectives means that clients are either looked after or referred to another type of therapy usually surgery.
Knowing exactly what we can and cannot work is what makes the customer very satisfied.
A client who would come to Myofascialogy only to relax all his muscles (whole body) at the same time during a session may be very disappointed because you can only do a few areas at a time.
When someone calls me and says they just want to relax, I refer them to a Swedish massage therapist and they will be much more satisfied than if they had come to Myofascialogy.
Can you understand my point ?
So knowing what we need as a patient makes it pertinent to find THE therapy that has the same goals to meet our need.
Myofascialology focuses on the loosening of the fascia, its transformation and release of emotional trauma. It's a fairly large audience because many suffer from chronic pain.
Whereas fascia therapy, even if it is called FASCIA, does not have the same objective at all.
So you can't tell which one is more effective because both are effective in their fields of action.
Same with new therapies that emerge with the word fascia in it, like fascia yoga or fascia pilates, their goal is to maintain a healthy fascia for as long as possible. And not treat someone with chronic pain because that same person is at risk of going out in pain worse than before they started.
In short, everyone has their limits and each has their strengths and each has their well-defined goals.
It is up to the therapists to know them to better target their client and above all better guide them if, the client's objectives did not agree with those of the therapy.
Also I would like to say that everyone has their own theory that applies to their therapy. What bothers me is when therapy takes someone else's theory and applies it to theirs. This is becoming a false representation.
Often fascia therapists share my posts on their pages and this does not apply to their therapy. This excites me because it is a false representation. I have to explain to them he doesn't understand and especially this causes clients to get confused when it comes time to choose the therapy that will meet their needs and goals.
So for those who want to help people with chronic pain, Myofascialogy is the place for them and their clients. For those whose goal is to help people in chronic pain but their therapy doesn't have the same objectives, Myofascialogy training is to be seen.
For those who only want to relax their client, Myofascialogy is not for you and your client, although we come out of a myo session a little dizzy because it is very relaxing, but that is not the goal.
Thank you for reading me, hoping to help patients better understand their objectives and thus choose the therapy that suits them.
Because all therapies are effective, only the objectives change.
Thank you 🙏
