Radiance MFR

04/28/2026

Psoas work … every BODY needs this

The Psoas: Your Deep Core Survival Muscle

The psoas (pronounced so-az) is one of the most important muscles in the body, yet many people have never heard of it. It attaches from the lower spine through the pelvis to the top of the femur, connecting your spine to your legs. It helps you walk, lift your knees, stabilize your low back, support posture, and even influences how you breathe.

But the psoas is more than a movement muscle—it is often called the muscle of the soul because of its close relationship to the nervous system and emotional stress patterns.

When you experience stress, fear, trauma, or constant pressure, your body activates the fight, flight, or freeze response. The psoas contracts to prepare you to run, curl inward, brace, or protect yourself. This is a natural survival mechanism.

The problem is many people never fully discharge that stress. Instead, the body stays subtly guarded. Over time, the psoas can remain shortened, tight, or overactive.

This may contribute to:
✨ Low back pain
✨ Hip tightness
✨ Sciatica-like symptoms
✨ Shallow breathing
✨ Anxiety or feeling “on edge”
✨ Poor posture
✨ Pelvic tension
✨ Digestive discomfort
✨ Difficulty relaxing

Because the psoas sits deep near the diaphragm, kidneys, intestines, and solar plexus region, chronic tension there can feel physical and emotional.

Gentle positions like hanging one leg off the bed, supported stretching, diaphragmatic breathing, somatic work, and Myofascial Release can help the body feel safe enough to let go.

Healing the psoas is often not about forcing a stretch—it’s about signaling safety to the nervous system.

Sometimes low back pain is not just structural. Sometimes it’s the body still carrying yesterday’s stress.

When the psoas softens, many people feel grounded, calmer, taller, and more at peace.

04/05/2026

Happy Easter!

03/16/2026

May the Luck of the Irish follow you throughout the year!
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03/13/2026

Worth revisiting!

John has been asked to write an article about Myofascial Release and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Fibromyalgia for the January issue of Massage Mag, a national publication with 200,000 subscribers, and is available to read now. This informative and comprehensive article is titled “MYOFASCIAL RELEASE FOR FIBROMYALGIA & CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME”.

This is an excellent article to show your patients/clients suffering from fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome.

Below are a few excerpts from this informative, important article written by John……

“Fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome symptoms are remarkably similar. A person presenting with either condition can have pain throughout their body, headaches, joint tightness, limited range of motion, elimination problems, menstrual pain, depression, anxiety, exhaustion, sleep problems, mental lethargy and what has been called fibro fog or brain fog.”

“Most people with these diagnoses are exhausted, depressed and anxious. They have difficulty going to sleep and getting rest because of fascial restrictions that have not been recognized or properly treated.”

“The fascial system is a glide system, so you are always checking for glide or lack of glide. Wherever the motion is blocked is where they have fascial restrictions. This gives the therapist uncanny accuracy as to where to treat a client, and changes to motion will morph constantly.

We have close to 8 billion people in the world today; therefore, we have close to 8 billion unique fascial train patterns. This is why the protocols we learned have nothing to do with the person lying on the table.”

“Inflammation is an important part of the healing process, but when it becomes thwarted, it shuts the inflammatory process down and the ground substance of fascia, which is meant to be fluid, becomes increasingly viscous. Over time, the ground substance turns into hardened tissue with a crushing pressure on pain-sensitive structures.

Fascial restrictions can generate up to approximately 2,000 pounds of pressure per square inch. This crushing pressure does not show up on standard testing like X-rays, myelograms, CAT scans or bloodwork. Myofascial release is important for clients’ recovery because its sustained pressure will release interleukin 8, which mediates the body’s inflammatory response.”

Please click the following link to read the full article. https://myofascialrelease.com/resources/fascial-voice.aspx

Thanks!
Jeannine Rhoads
Seminar Director

02/13/2026

Love your Fascia
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01/01/2026

Happy New Year from Radiance MFR!
Book your 2026 appointment today!
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12/24/2025

12/20/2025

It is with a heavy heart I share the passing of John F. Barnes on December 19th, 2025.
The true father of Myofascial Release, a highly intuitive visionary, John not only transformed the lifes of countless people, he also trained an army … a tribe of practitioners to carry on this profound and truly life-changing work.
I am BLESSED to have had the privilege of sitting at the feet of this master to learn from the best, a GIFT.

Here is the song/artist John loved:

Traditional Christian hymn Amazing Grace being performed by a heavy metal singer.Song credits:All instruments and vocals arranged and recorded by Dan VascPro...

12/17/2025

The Pelvis and sphenoid are intrinsically linked. In MFR we get both functioning optimally!

The sphenoid and pelvis mirror each other more than most people realize.

Both have a central ‘body’ with wing-like expansions, both function as structural keystones, and both anchor major myofascial and ligamentous systems.

Because their shapes — and roles — parallel each other, rotation or tension in one region can echo through the dural, fascial, and CNS pathways to influence the other.

In PT, we don’t just treat what hurts. We treat the patterns — and these two structures often share the same story.

12/14/2025

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