07/18/2022
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2501 Catherine Street, Suite 4
York, PA
17408
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| Tuesday | 10am - 6pm |
| Wednesday | 10am - 8pm |
| Thursday | 10am - 6pm |
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Myofascial Release
When I was in massage school back in the day...
Myofascial release was a collection of methods to release adhesions from soft tissue using friction, scraping, “j’ strokes and other tools that often resulted in painful and hard to tolerate therapeutic work. It seemed rather mindless to me, barbaric almost. One day we were introduced to something called the John Barnes Approach to Myofascial Release (MFR). I was much more interested in that work after hearing about it and seeing some techniques performed on fellow students. It was so fascinating that right after receiving my license I researched the courses and took my first class, MFR I. I was hooked...
It was funny because John covered each of the old fashioned techniques being taught, not just in massage schools, but also physical therapy programs. When we gathered in groups of 2 to practice what we had just learned in the lecture I began to question whether this was really what I wanted to pay the big bucks for, this painful stuff I wanted to get away from! Lo and behold, after we practiced on each other, which elicited many painful groans throughout the room, we dug into what his MFR was all about. WOW, what a difference!
Here is what John says: “Hold with pressure and shear (a cross hand position) at the fascial restriction barrier with mindful attention to the entire body/mind web for at least 5 minutes --this allows the mucopolysaccharide gel of the fascial web to literally "melt" or change into less solid, more fluid gel, thus allowing the collagen to unkink itself and the elastin to elongate back to its pre-shortened length, and when we release our hands, water flows out of the capillaries rehydrating the tissue and giving more room to the compressed area. This is in contrast to tearing the cross links of the fascia with fingers or tools, puncturing the cyst wall with a needle, kneading the tissue over and over, ripping, tearing, all increasing the inflammation that we are trying to undo with our gentle soft melting of the gel. After 3-5 minutes, interleukins, or messenger molecules are released that are anti-inflammatory, red blood cell formation and capillary opening -- all facilitating healing rather than increasing inflammation.”
