At the age of 25 I was debilitated by chronic back pain to the point that I could barely walk. Now, 21 years later and having used my foam roller 3 times a day for over 10 years, I am ranked as one of the best track & field athletes for my age in the World. The pain hasn’t gone completely, but it’s so much better than it was.
@melindaforrester12 Amazon. They come in different lengths, some are highly textured for trigger point releases, and also come in either closed-cell foam (hard!), or open-cell foam which is better IMO. I'm a physical rehab occupational therapist and I use the open cell rolls.
I recently met a man who fell 30 ft, landed on his side and broke his back. Complete paralysis from the waist down. Was diagnosed to never be able to walk again. Two full-body, fascia releasing massages later (sessions/body work/not sure on the exact details) and he made a complete recovery.
Oh wow! My son needed that. His spinal C5&6 were bruised. He did start walking with braces until he gave up. He was so depressed about it. He died 03/08/2013. #JustinBagwell
Can you go more into this? I have gone so deep into the exploration of my fascia I have spent the better part of my waking hours unwinding seeming 1000s of lumps of fascia surrounding my head tissue and I’ve slowly built a intuitive mastery of fascia without ever knowing what it was (found out last month ). So I’d love to know the energies within nature that seem to given me this intelligence.
@@oshofosho3900, you should look into the ancient Chinese art of Qigong. It is all about developing healthy fascia and cultivating Qi (energy) through exercises with breath, body, and spirit.
Chinese traditional massage may help with fascia, but I can't find any evidence that Chinese medicine anatomically identified the fascia as separate from the muscular and skeletal structure. Do you have any evidence of that?
@@kriskhaira There is an overlap between the Chinese Medical meridian system and the newly determined 'fascial network'.The ancient Chinese knew there was connective tissue (ie fascia) pathways throughout the entire body. Each meridian represents a myofascial plane. On the flip side, the fascial planes replicate specific meridians.
I'm so glad that fascia is receiving its fair due. I've worked as a massage therapist for 25 years , and have always incorporated, and addressed fascia restrictions. We'll done.
This is why massage therapists study fascia in incredible detail. Sometimes all you need is myofascial release instead of medication for chronic musculoskeletal pain.
Learned all about fascia and its importance 30 years ago studying to practice massage therapy. I was humiliated by several doctors over the years for my work. It was as if they wanted me to feel like an idiot and proceeded to denigrate the entire profession. Witnessed many clients experience massive relief from receiving Myofascial release. As well, I experienced this relief myself after an injury from a fall made it so painful to sit. I can sympathize with the other individuals here that are pissed for the lack of recognition for our profession. One does hope that this will change.
It's shameful oversight of your profession. Massage works wonders! I am extremely grateful for LMTs. Professions should work together at solutions instead of defending their "camp" to the detriment of suffering patients.
Massage is great. I am an LMT, and when covid hit, there was a person on a FB page who sold coiled up copper wire nose rings, saying that since copper kills covid on contact (she even cited a Smithsonian Magazine article for proof), HER handmade copper nose ring will replace the (dreaded) mask. THAT is why our profession is not taken seriously. THAT is what is shameful. We will never be taken seriously until the snake oil ppl are separated from the professionals.
I am waiting for the day when massage therapy will be covered by insurance. This is essential to healthcare, not a luxury service as some people believe.
You can't argue with success. All modalities should be covered by insurance & medicare. Allopaths have "0" success with chronic disease, pain & cancer. I'm tired of this horrible system. All pharmaceuticals & antibiotics cause a cascade of more problems, more drugs. At least these treatments do no harm. If it's hurting too much, stop. Find someone else. Just my opinion.♥️🤗
...Holy shit! This deserves front page coverage; teach it in elementary school or preschool. It cannot be overstated how underappreciated this topic is!
This is why I practice yoga everyday It’s the only exercise I have found that actually heals the FASCIA, which is the FASCIAnating foundation of healing our other body systems! Thank you, Yoga!
Check out FELDENKRAIS, it is EXTREMELY helpful in relieving--and avoiding-- chronic pain. Deals with fascia and all sorts of other things....totally. amazing and fabulous!
Yoga warms the muscles up it's awesome also I have sciatica n I pumped up on my outer thigh and I felt itching after a few hard times and I knew it was breaking up n healing nothing worked until I got these glass cupping I am not in any way a professional but I am saying this work's I couldn't walk much and at first it's like ugh but the pressure and you got to try or move the cups but as soon as id found the parts I bet it was like a few weeks and the healing is so what I am grateful for
So true. After multiple neck surgeries I suffer from chest, shoulder, neck and general body pain. It feels like a pulling tension and I can not stretch it out. I saw a woman who treated fascia and although the treatments were painful, she was able to release the tension and pain.
That’s amazing, I’m so pleased for you, my own experience is similar to yours. The pain is debilitating. Prior to surgery I developed ongoing congestion which couldn’t be attributed to a virus or bacteria. The pulling sensation you describe was constant however no one could explain it, other than my surgeon who suspected it could be a Tension Headache. After 14 months of persistent fatigue and cognitive issues I was referred to a Cranial Osteopath; immediately after the first treatment I started to expel phlegm which was something I was unable to do for over a year. After 3 treatments it feels like I can breathe again and I’m continuing to clear the congestion. The osteopath has explained this improvement as a fascia release, I’m hopeful I’m now on the right track and able to continue to make improvements🕊️
Dr. Rolf was publishing and studying this during her life, and created a well codified modality before she died in 1979. Maybe the medical community is unfamiliar with her work, hence your comment, but fascial workers are fantastic and have been realigning bodies for more than 50 years. I'm glad you have joined us.
"Fascia apologists are forever trying to convince me that their fetish for this tissue is evidence-based, clinically relevant, and intellectually mature, and yet I just keep hearing stories like this (paraphrased anecdote from a reader, who was horrified): "I nearly broke my hand, and I’ve been recovering from that injury. My physiotherapist was treating it with some massage. She described the technique as ‘fascial release,’ and warned me about a possible side effect: ‘You might feel sad, or even start to cry,’ she said. "Any health care may involve sadness and crying, but 'fascial release' is not emotional: being cared for, touched, and manipulated is emotional. Occasionally. But it’s probably not emotional for 99% of patients who just want some rehab help after a wrist sprain. Emphasizing sadness as 'side effect' of fascial release in that scenario requires a bizarre meltdown of clinical communication priorities. It wasn’t said because it mattered to the patient - it was pure marketing, a bullet point about the potency and specialness of fascial release." - from _Does Fascia Matter? A detailed critical analysis of the clinical relevance of fascia science and fascia properties_
@@ReflectedMilesemotions are directly linked to body sensations. Trauma, regardless of its cause, resides in the body. It’s not quackery or marketing. Also, you provided the name of the article but did not link to the journal or provide other information. This article could just as easily be an outlier as it is a well-respected and commonly acknowledged publication of research Also, most scientific publications do not « debunk » in such a manner. That’s a big hint to me as to whether I should take the article seriously. But even so, I wouldn’t discount it until I knew more about it.
@@msamantham It is an extensive critique, which a simple copy-and-paste Google search, from the title I gave, pulls up as the first result. The critique itself is anything but a peer-reviewed journal piece. It is a rant about what has / has not been established objectively. I quoted from a summary but the many references are in the piece itself. In my experience, YT disallows links from most sources. (It just ghosts posts that include them.)
I suffered from a superficial backline fascia retraction from between my eyes to the back of my head, and I can’t stop crying as I watch this because no one understands or even believes me I’ve been saying for a decade that somebody needs to study my body because I may one in 1 trillion case and I am not getting better and I’m suffering so badly that I’m literally crying watching someone talk about fascia. I’m not sure how to contact you. I looked it up on Twitter now called X and found nothing so I’m leaving this message. In hopes it’s someone important enough or understanding enough will read it and possibly reach out. Thank you for your time with us Dustin Gardner ❤
I've had severe neck pain at the right base of my skull for like six years, and it got even worse after a thyroidectomy three years ago to the point of causing nausea and dizziness. I started PT in January, and while other areas like my lower back and shoulders were significantly improving (which helped my trust in my PT), the neck pain would not go away no matter what we did even months later. My PT eventually pulled out her old textbooks lol and discovered fascial exercises that she tried. A week later I had like a 60% improvement in the pain. I could NOT believe it, but it made so much sense why NOTHING would alleviate the pain - not even Motrin, oxytocin, or muscle relaxants. This stuff is no joke and I'm so grateful for my PT's willingness to dig into her resources and unearth this gem of a find because it's literally changed my life. Thank you so much for the work you've done, the demonstration of the fascia suit was BRILLIANT, and I'm actually sending this to my PT's office because I think it will be incredibly useful.
I have severe neck pain in the same area from an automobile accident. It's been almost seven years and I'm still struggling daily to manage the pain. Could you share the fascial exercises that helped?
If the fascia release doesn’t last long, you probably have CCI (cranio cervical instability) like me, so you should look up my doctor at the Centeno Schulz Clinic. He has a procedure to strengthen the ligaments to cause the spine to have too much mobility which causes the fascia to restrict.
Incredible discovery that the Massage Community has been addressing for over 100 years. Great explanation and demonstration for the Doctors in that room.
Not all massage therapists know MFR techniques. It depends on where they went to school and if they haveva passion for elevating their skills through continuing education.
@@RnW9384 - That's what indoctrinated, white Marxissists say, being clueless about the entire world around them outside their political bubble. Now bugger off back to plebbit.
I am 25 yrs as LMT. I am a fascial specialist. I work with the kenetic energy from its weblike network and spiral chains. I have studied Lawrence Wood Neuro Resert Therapy, Fascial Release, myofascial release, fasciablasting, reiki, chi gong, emotional fascia release, your data is myopic and limited. I have done 30,000+ hands on therapy with great success and there are many ways for the body to heal- being well rounded in multiple modalities a therapist
This makes a lot of sense. I fell down a very steep embankment about 22 years ago. I did not have health insurance so I basically rubbed some dirt on my injuries and got back on with life. About 25 years later and many hours spent working on my feet, I was is so much pain I could not continue to perform my job on the sales floor. I thought my 10 year career was over. I had three nervous breakdown and lost my job. I found a new sales job, but the pain continued. After meeting the love of my life I was convinced I needed to see a chiropractor. I was shown my X-rays revealing a severe case of arthritis in my spine and hips. Both of my grandfathers had spent the majority of their declining years in easy chairs, not able to move about freely due to extensive arthritis. Thus began my dedication to chiropractic care. The chiropractic gave me a good deal of relief. Still, the pain lingered and I felt as though I was unwinding some other type of pressure. So I began to think about this now decades old injury and how it had unfolded. I did not tumble down the hill gracefully. I actually folded one ankle, lept off of that ankle sprung into the air and began a baseball pitch like long jump into a free fall that landed in a near split. My arm was moving so fast I still remember the crack of my wrist snapping like a whip. Because of a total lack of care and years working on my feet the injuries just compounded. I keep,up with chiropractic and have recently added some yoga to my morning stretching and self care routine. This has been a game changer for me. I am determined to heal my body and finish out my sales career as I do not have another marketable skill at this time. I would appreciate any tips on how to improve my flexibility.
I'm just learning about this. During the 10 years of pain every day, I've had all the tests, seen a load of consultants and only now has someone suggested it could be this. I'm hoping this will lead me to some relief.
God bless you 🙏 I hope you find relief , Soon as well !! Do you know about anti inflammatory diets ? Here's a great video ! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-szIUeYWRFN8.html
Look up Sonima Pete Egoscue. The simplest exercises, which, instead of trying to target and meddle with the obvious location of sensation simply cultivates spontaneously alignment no matter what your symptoms are. Most people overlook it because it's so simple and it works over the course of 2-4 weeks, but I have seen people going from pillar to post trying every therapy under the sun pain free in the space of only 2 weeks. Contact me if you want advice. I teach courses in 7th generation calibrated wellness.
So the Fascia is "shrink wrap". I have Fibromyalgia & this explains it so well. It's so hard to explain it to people. And yes it hurts every single day. It definitely feels like everything is tightening up. There are other symptoms that goes with it so everything just piles up & you go into pain overload.
I’m a mineral analysis practitioner fibro is a mineral issue look at sassyholistics online search in her page for chronic pain she has a great post. She’s also a mineral practitioner it’s pretty vital and mind blowing if o I’m so thankful I learned it
I have it too. I just started Cymbalta for it today. Wish me luck. I've had it for years. I explain it like this sometimes. We feel pain that isn't there and we feel pain that is there more severely.
@Missy Lee I hope it works for you. Cymbalta didn't help me but some people found relief. And some had side effects from Cymbalta but they said after 3-4 months they went away. You really just have to find what works for you. For me, a 12 hr pain medication, a muscle relaxer & medication for neuropathy made a big difference. But I also have back problems that add into my pain level . I wish you luck & good health !!
I am 10 years in and have become progressively more restricted in movement. This began for me following a couple of medical issues. It was difficult to describe what I sensed was happening inside my body. I remember telling someone that, something that is around the bones, isn't working. Now that I understand that there is an entire system (Fascia) working with the muscular & skeletal systems, I can move forward to research how to safely correct the damage.
Fascia therapist exist but good ones are rare because it’s little about physiological, and mainly about energy. I’m not talking about a vague hypothetical « energy » fairy tails. But about a extremely efficient energy flow that is known for thousands of years by Chinese médecine that they call CHI, or KI in Japanese, or PRANA in hindou, since all this thousands of years knowledge comes initially from India. A good fascia therapist works with extrême subtile micro moves of the neck for instance, and through this central gate, rebalance the entire fascia balance of the entire body, by energy balancing. It’s extremely subtile actions by the hands of the therapist, but creates extremely effective effects in the entire body, where needed. It can replace bones, take of pains in few minutes, remove fascial paralysis, heal a wound. I had a therapist with whom I’ve worked with for 15 years and was such an incredible healer. He was also a recognized kinesthesic therapist driving a school, an osteopath, but his main tool was fascia therapy with which he healed almost for free. With micro moves of the neck and the head, he healed the entire body. He sometime used a pendulum but I didn’t like the energy feeling, it was like to strong, to sharp, to « metallic ». I prefered when he only used his hands. But very rarely, when he had a doubt he used it to questioned. He was an extremely humble man. His energy was extremely pure. Like a bright white angel. I always felt this bright white energy surrounding him. It was like the presence of the Virgin. Whatever skills main stream médecine will achieve, it is only one of the two wings of Global Healing. It’s the RATIONAL part, and it lacks furiously of the SENSITIVE part, which is little about theory, pharmacy, etc, than about actual EXPERIENCE and PRAGMATIC SCIENCE AND ART, mainly done through the hands. No true Médecine will emerge until those two aspects are reunified in one Global Healing System Seek for such person. ❤
I have had back problems since I was in my 20’s. I used to go to a Chiropractor and get manipulation for my lower back. I now have a great Bowen Therapist who treats me head to toe using my fascia. It is much more effective.
For someone who studied Massage Therapy. Massage Therapist should have been mentioned more in this great talk. Fascia restrictions is a common occurrence for the clients of Massage Therapists. Massage Therapist use a technique that rolls the skin to help release fascia restrictions, it's my favorite modality.
Due to breast cancer, I had a single mastectomy on my left side, immediate reconstruction and 26 rounds of radiation. The implant made me sooooo sick and lopsided. They told me it would get better but it only got worse. After finally getting it removed, my entire body has become a facia nightmare. I feel like I’m trapped in a glass prison for eternity. Cannabis helps me cope with the pain, but I honestly wish I died from cancer because I hate being in my body. I’m not living. I’m barely alive…This video demonstrates exactly what I felt was going on. Thanks for info.
As an LMT and energy worker, I get more compliments from my clients in saying how years of prescription that never helped but seeing them less than a year, it changes for them.
I had plantar fasciitis for 5 years and it was excruciating. Finally free of it after “release” of tightness in calf,thigh and hip along with scraping of scar tissue in the foot. I feel like it took those 5 years of my life. Love that this Avenue of medicine is being explored more deeply.
@@tguevara5 look up the “Graston method” . They probably don’t recommend you doing yourself on this channel, but there’s a kid with a video that explains it perfectly using a large wrench( no joke) . Watch the video several times to make sure you fully understand so you don’t cause more damage.
Classical stretch program by Miranda Edmonde white stretches out your fascia and rebalancing your whole body it changed my life. She’s been on pbs for 30 years doing these exercises
Stretching will only affect connective tissue for a maximum of 24hrs. which is most probably why stretching is not effective for chronic pain treatment .
Ok, I was hoping she'd give away some exercises or tricks. I'm a results-driven massage therapist and I've known about fascia since the beginning of my body work studies 15 years ago. I talk to my clients about it all the time and educate them on how to keep their fascia happy and loose. One of the advices I give is "dance more!" It's all about movement. Do you work on a desk? Get up and go up and down the stairs a couple of times every 1 or 2 hours. Stretch every morning like animals do (they know!). Move it!
Been dealing with this for 10 years and I wojld tell my old PCP that I know its my fascia and she would just say well nothing shows on your MRI, Found a new PCP and she definitely believes my fascia has so much to do with my chronic pain because I am so tight and have to do trigger point injections. I'm grateful for my new dr in believing in homeopathic ways of healing along with western medicine.
Amazing presentation - still convinced that is my problem. As one ages, it gets worse but I am not convinced I have arthritis or my muscles are this sore. I even had an expensive muscle and nerve test which showed both my nerves and muscles were functioning just fine - but had some “pinched” nerves. Fascia release is key - and people need educated on this. Thank you for this great presentation.
I'm so glad I found this video. I'm 21, and have had chronic inflammation in my calves going on 6 years now. It's been a medical mystery as to why I walk like an old lady after exercise, have chronic shin splints, can't carry anything heavy, walk up a hill, stairs or any kind of incline. I've tried to go on with my life, college marching band, army ROTC, ect. It's proven to be very difficult. I've gone to Rochester to get all the testing. It's not compartment syndrome-I still have scars from the needle testing! I haven't ran or played tennis since high school, and those activities were very helpful for my emotional health. Since then, I haven't been the same mentally and developed 4 mental illnesses. Not being a doctor, I haven't been able to piece my symptoms and pain together that make sense. All I knew was that a fascia release gave me an incredible amount of relief, but it never stayed around. I did all the stretches I could to relieve the tightening, all the tennis ball, rolling pin massage stuff, but it made it more angry. I happened to sprain my ankle, and ended up talking with ortho doctor about my calve pain. He was able to piece things together. So, he believes that my very active lifestyle in high school was too much for my body. I was in tennis, gym, long shifts on a hard, greasy floor, and ran on my own time. He said there's cells that are over-reacting, and rush to my calves bc they think something needs to be repaired, and so they tighten to close the wound. In order to get ahead of this cycle, he gave more stretches to do, an anti inflammatory diet as well as antioxidant. I'm running out of options, so giving this 100 percent. I hope this is the answer, and thank you for letting me vent! It's been so frustrating and debilitating being this young with no medical answers. For anyone out there-keep going. Do your own research, ask questions. Drs are human, and can also make mistakes.
Oh my god, this makes so much sense! I was hit by a car at 90klms/p/hr in my left hip at 15 and have had chronic pain from that day, I am nearly 50 now. I have tried everything to no avail and not much has shown up on scans, now I know why. To watch this andhear you say this is where my pain may be coming from and not in my head as I'm sure many people have been told because the pain is in more than one place is so good to hear.
Also, Teasel is a herb which Dr. Patrick Jones in his utube video "herbal pain management" mentions. He says that it can inform the insulted cells in that body area to release their "memory" of having once been massively insulted.
Home grown herbalist UTUBE channel mentions that a herbal extract of TEASEL assists the insulted cells in releasing their insistence on holding onto the pain.
Osteopathy has also been working with fascia for quite awhile now as well. Working with stretches, exercises and treatments that respect this is vital. It is good that they are thinking in a more holistic view.
She’s not saying that Fascia was just discovered, she’s saying that the medical research only has about 15 years behind it. Yes this info is not new per se. I’m dealing with these issues myself at the moment. It’s fascinating
I have started excercising with free weights and squatting for a month now and have been feeling pain in my knees, specially the right knee. A gym coach showed me how to smr using theracane, a small ball and foam roller. Dang it helped so much with body pains and soooo happy I no longer have problem with my knee! I am so hopeful with the l5 to s1 protrusion and a mild narrowing. I'll keep doing this everyday now!
I have been getting fascia therapy for 2 years and my posture has changed so much for the better, I recommend this therapy for anyone who has back pain shoulder and neck pain!! I live in Orlando Florida. Joel is amazing 😉!
Physical therapy and yoga is helping my issues. I’m working on the diamond in my low back. So grateful there are options and people who understand this system!
I agree. My MRI came back with such grim news. The surgeons were itching to proceed. But I told them their ideas were like Medieval torture and I'll have none of it. It's years later and I'm still doing Yoga and Figure Skating. You just gotta do what feels right.
I am working on my Fascia and hoping I will not need the surgeries my Scans show I need. The way the suit was pulled on to show the tightness of the fascia is how I feel daily, I have lost so much range of motion in right arm and get migraines often. I'm grateful for my good PCP that very much believes its my fascia and doing everything to help get me better and to actually feel like a 38 years old.
"The point of my story is...." that this is just one long Advertisement...and we are not going to show you even one technique that you could do yourself to help yourself...but just sign up to 'SST'.... So, for those of you who wish to actually try something on your own: 'creative' stretching, i.e. finding stretches and movements that specifically stretch / tear the scar tissues in the fascia. As a former gymnast I long ago discovered that 'creative stretching' (my term) can alleviate injuries that seemed to be permanent and progressive, e.g. everything from Achilles tendon, to hips, to shoulders, elbows...and lower back (though with the back and the shoulders I also found that BioFlex laser and some chiropractic therapy were helpful). Your welcome.
thank you for your feedback :) this was absolutely intended as both education & promotion. The idea was to educate about Fascia, and promote SST, so that people are aware of just one of many effective alternatives to surgery and drugs that exist out there.
I am 65 and my hip was just getting worse...I started limping...it hurt to sit..to walk..everyone said.."your just getting old"..no way was I going to go down that dead end path...took a lot of research..(good for my mind)..and tried a whole bunch of stuff...took about 3 months of steady stretching, hot pads...massage...snd it worked...and now when my hip gets tight I know what to do...this is great for us all to watch..and fun
Sterling Structural Therapy Exactly. Feldenkrais is excellent help. As is yoga of course and there are different types. There are different types of massage as well. Then there’s osteopathy too. So there is a way to improve and you need only find and give a method that works for you a chance to do so. Unless one prefers to only complain, which is their right, I guess, though it’s a waste of energy, of theirs and others’. Cheers:)
in my early forties i compounded some TFL/hip issues with crosslegged sitting in the cold, and have taken my hip through a progressive series of conditions over several years to recover motion and reduce pain. i kind of figure i got a head start on aging, because the psoas and glutes become atrophied from sedentary lifestyles and i don't see any popular diagnosis of this. stretching, "child's position" in yoga, exercise, deep, painful massage, avoiding western medicine both conventional and flaky.. found a remarkably effective sciatica treatment at chinesefootreflexology, one minute of pressure, a year now of relief.. lavender oil is great for clearing skin and promoting growth of new tissue, also gives men breasts so avoid chest or prolonged use. (women looking for breast enlargement should use fenugreek (prolactin) not phytooestrogens.)
The fascial work is already existing since decades, not in the conventional medical field ( usually it takes a bit longer for the allopathic doctors and school to recognize that something non invasive can work 🤭). Have you hear of Rolfing?. I’m glad that finally they are paying attention to such an important system. Thanks for the way you pass the knowledge, very clear and illustrative.
This demonstrates what my body has been doing for three decades. This is exactly how I have been describing what I have experienced this whole time, but doctors don't think about the body this way. I've been working with a kinesiologist who has a better understanding, but this might help take it to the next level. I am more hopeful than ever that I might finally be pain-free and be able to do the things I want to do.
How refreshing to hear a woman with a voice in this space. I've been working with fascia for 50 nyears, and ALWAYS ready to learn from anyone who has a deeper knowledge. Do you offer training for healthcare professionals?
We appreciate the feedback, thank you 🙏 currently we only provide professional training to therapists with hire to work for Sterling structural therapy.
I'm delighted to see that this subject seems fascia-nable now. I was learning about this in 1990 with Frank Sills, a New Yorker in England. He'd learned from Frank Lake and others in the States perhaps 20 years before that.
I'm learning this as much as possible. I have IT band syndrome in my left knee. Couldn't walk down hill or stairs without intense pain. Xrays and mri showed nothing. My 3rd PT explained to me the issue with the fascia on my pelvis was the cause. Now im back to running trails and hiking. This knowledge is amazing and is only going to get better.
Bub77 ALL you needed was your PT to explain & you’re back running? Wow please provide their name 😉 Seriously though, what’s the secret? Clearly you did a lot of work? And what was the most successful?
@@sharonfreiburg8234 look up IT band specific stretches and do them.. multiple times a day. Voltaren gel is now over the counter and it helps alot. Use 3 to 4 times a day. A hard foam roller with full byody weight from hip to knee helps to elongate the fascia. Also, this product helped greatly: Pro-Tec Athletics IT Band Compression Wrap
And research. There needs to be quality research validating the properties of fascia and then effective treatment modalities if they exist. This should happen before any modality is practiced in the clinical setting, yet it is not the case with fascia.
Great to hear this. I was diagnosed with CRPS in 2017 and wouldn’t believe this was for life with no cure. I did all my research and had every holistic therapy I could including myofascia release treatment and Bowen Therapy and believe both jphelped me to heal
I can't help to think we're collectively on the verge of a breakout in thinking. There are so many people now willing to challenge root assumptions and clean-slate current paradigms. This is very cool, because faulty root assumptions can be useful to a point, but still be wrong. I had a very intelligent teacher make the statement "All models are wrong, but they can be useful". Clean-slate thinking, the willingness (humility) to admit our model, although useful, is flawed, is the beginning of new and better understanding. We now simply have to survive our psychopathic 'leaders', but that's another subject, not necessarily applicable here.
Thank you so much William... your comment has given me food for thought that reaches way beyond myofascial release.... accepting that our model is useful but flawed, rather than “my model is useful, therefore it is everything”. And regarding the psychopaths, I think that round 1 was badly planned but round 2 may not be.....
Most people don't grasp the structure/function relationship. So, they do not trust being treated via structural medicine. That will probably remain the domain of open-minded individuals and/or people with enough resources to explore it.
Ida Rolf began her work on the fascia in the 1940's. So the knowledge and the practice of structural interagration of the fascia, the muscles and bones has been practiced for many decades. Find a Rolfer in your community if you want to experience this integration process.
sean j Great point yes Ida Rolf pioneered Fascia way I had of her time... in this presentation my hope is to bring this kind of work more into the forefront ... I hope one day this is not considered an alternative treatment but simply a part of assessment evaluation and traditional treatment
stacey brown you are a brave one ;) and sooo knowledgeable, nothing like internet “anonymity” from which to throw rocks slings and arrows ;) have a great day
@@stephenpowstinger733 I had a massage teacher from Russia. She taught us Russian Massage. In Russia they use massage strokes to accomplish different things in the body. It was a blessing to learn under her. When doing massage you need to start strokes out gently at first or your body will tense up if you start out hard. It should not be a really painful experience if done correctly. You also need to drink lots of water because toxins may be released.
James Cyriax , Davis G. Simons, John Barnes and Janet Travell for decades were sounding the drum of Myofascial pain and dysfunction. Great video. Thank you.
30 years ago, I was kicked in the head at a martial arts tournament. My Chinese acupuncturist told me that in the future, I would develop symptoms that are "unexplainable " by Western Dr's. At 50, I developed tinnitus. One year later, I'm half the man I used to be. Tinnitus (severe version) won't let you sleep or allow you any peace. At my wits end, 3 months ago, I was ready to die. I asked God (not religious) to take me. Obviously, it's not happening. But, I took what I thought would be my last breath (hoping) and exhaled incredibly slow to savor this last final moment. Something happened. It was a relaxation that washed over me, a full acceptance of my suffering, and a realization that I have been resisting my life and its changes. Immediately after absorbing this experience, this womb-like softness, I fell asleep. Woke up, and the alarm bell in my brain (tinnitus) was barely a whisper. Through dedicated research, I can say it was a fascial release. There are still days where I go insane but 5 days out of 7, I can exist. I'm still learning to be softer in life, and it's much easier with the gift of a watch dog to remind me when my cup is full. Or my dogs bowl is empty. One of those. Yes, I do yin-yoga every night, prepare every meal from scratch, avoid sugar, alcohol etc. I'm lucky. I get to live each day as if it is my last and only two days a week, I wish it was. Bliss my friends.
Ida Rolf and those of us trained in her approach have been successfully treating musculoskeletal issues chronic and acute for 60 years. Rolfing Structural Integration is still the most effective method out there.
I love this explanation. As a small animal massage therapist, we were taught how to release fascia in animals. I've witnessed dogs with with back problems completely change their gait at the session, and dog owners report back a few days later that their dog was running around later as if they were younger. I worked on a dachshund for a couple of years and after the fascia release(along with some acupressure), the dog would go from scooting her hind legs along the floor to walking. At 3 minutes you talk about how our college anatomy/physiology classes called the fascia connective tissue a packaging-this is so true. In my vertebrate anatomy classes we dissected a variety of mammals, including humans, and we were told to cut it away. Now, I've learned that this connective tissue may even be part of the electrochemical communication system of the body, even explaining the magnetic vortexes in the chakra areas. Planning to share this video.
I literally just wrote in my journal, “Does forward head position cut us off from source by disturbing the electrical communications between mind/body/heart?” It is ALL about the fascia!!!
@@Hungryforpresence it's a fascinating subject. I was told about that book when I attended a Qi Going workshop. I think that you're right about the physical/spiritual connection.
The ultimate fascia release, when done correctly, can occur via acupuncture. One other name for acupuncture is the science of releasing fascia using needles to stimulate the fascia to relax. Really a wonderful thing for chronic pain, as well as those folks with pain and connective tissue diseases such as Ehlers Danlos. Thank you for starting this conversation about this little known major body organ.
This makes so much sense, it definitely needs bringing into schools a long side learning about the skeleton and muscles. Also have a lateral pelvic tilt and a torn medial meniscus and I will tell anybody that walking has been no treat for me
I've become fascianated ;) by fascia almost 2.5 yrs ago via Ashley Blacks Fascia Blaster.... I have 4 of her tools and they are amazing!!! I use the face blaster on my scalp (and face) and my hair has grown so much.
Thank you for making this video. Why in the world are doctors and therapists not talking about this to their patients?! And, including therapies for muscle pain that treat the root of the problem which stem from fascia? I tell ya why, they won’t be getting kickbacks from the pharmaceutical companies and neither will certain congressional members. Thanks for getting this out here. This is revolutionary!!
Embracing the body as a WHOLE is much more effective, as a massage therapist blending modalities of Cranio-sacral, lymphatic drainage, and myofascial techniques has resulted in amazing and interesting experiences, and since I'm already there I also introduce Reiki or Body Unwinding, the body can do corrections on IT'S Own if you just be there to allow the changes and listen to the body by following it's movements......
Totally. It's not rocket science. I've been doing manual therapy for 25 years (Advanced CST, Fascial stretch therapy level 2, Bowen therapy, myofascial release and a million years ago, massage school. I also utilize gua sha, cupping and percussive vibrational therapy). All that's necessary to do great work for people is knowledge of the anatomy, understanding fascial dynamics, assess and treat globally to release locally, patience and sensitive hands and a honed intuition doesn't hurt. It can help so many people. But not at $150+ an hour. Then it helps wealthy people. My only pet peeve with this industry. Egos and greed.
ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-nNhKqwDbyyo.html at minute 37 and 45 seconds, anatomy professor Siegfried Mense discovers the nerve endings in the fascial plane register more pain than the muscle through experimentation. The video is entitled "Fascia; Mystery Under the Skin"
As someone who is finally understanding i have a fascia disorder and has been goving me 20yrs of pain and feelijg gaslit by doctors, i really want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for this information
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I am experiencing this pain today, seeing a great chiropractor. You have explained what needs to happen to alleviate my extreme pain.. Thank you so much for clarifying this condition for me!
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8.5 years of debilitating chronic pain here. Every time I took double the dose of pain medication my thought was, "this will either kill or cure me, and I don't care which!" So thankful I finally needed a hysterectomy, which mysteriously ended the pain. 🥴
@@JA-jm8bk , ended up my uterus was fully attached to my abdominal wall with the right ovary sandwiched between. Loads of scar tissue from 3 c sections had done a number on me.
I’m a massage therapy student and I’m finishing up my second portion of anatomy and physiology. This video is amazing! Super helpful to help someone understand how everything is connected and if one thing is off, it can really mess with other things! Thank you for this.
Nice video explaining the myofascial system. You don't mention going to a massge therapist some of whom specialize in treating the myofascail system as well as the muscular system. The myofascial system has been ignored by western medicine, yes, but has been recognized by body workers for over 30 years ( massage therapists etc ). Please give credit where it is due and thank you for helping us to spread the word.
great point Patti :) many work with fascia... the issue i hope to overcome is getting Fascia addressed as a part of more traditional medicine and text books and rehab protocols... there are many practitioners doing great work... but i want to change the point of view that fascia is just "alternative/holistic" ... i want this info to be integrated into current musculoskeletal models of assessment and treatment, hope that makes sense :)
@patti moss Thats because they are a business promoting their own practice while attempting to educate. This wasn't an education but rather bringing awareness of fascia and that they help with fascial conditions. But while discriminators criticise their angle on their talk, its their segment and of course any right minded business will promote itself when given a chance... Nothing wrong with that! But it could have been educational if they had presented some exercise or a method. That would have completed the whole presentation.
I’m still learning about all of this and I must say, it has saved my life. I get discouraged when trying to explain to my loved ones the benefit of myofascial release therapy but they doubt the legitimacy.
I'm in the UK. Doctors here don't believe in fascia release. They don't even know what I'm talking about. They're happy to diagnose me with M.E and Fibromyalgia, but Myofascial problems? No it's all in my head.
@@shonamcwilliam4171 I get the same treatment. I’m sorry that those hacks don’t take you seriously 😒.I wish I could show the skeptics what I’ve seen and what I’ve felt. I feel 10 years younger, the function and appearance of my body has shifted drastically.
Good info, it's sad that it's been ignored. Myofacial Release has been around forever. It can be done by a Licensed Massage Therapist, Chiropractor, Physical Therapist, Occupational Therapist, etc. Either manually or with cupping. It's not "new." It's just not as promoted or known about... John F. Barns, PT, has been teaching seminars on MFR since 1970. Please keep spreading the word in this amazing work and don't underestimate the power of therapeutic massage/massage therapy. 💕
I've been having miofascial release for about 2 months to treat a very bad shoulder and scapula. I've had radiotherapy that also has complicated things. But I am now swimming 1km 3x a week, and the progress is phenomenal. It has changed my life.
Thank you for this very informative and amazingly educational video. I am in my late 40’s and have a very debilitating painful connective tissue disorder, Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, and have had an L-5 S-1 Laminectomy and a c-4 c-5 fusion. I had been considered like Gumby since a young age. I recall always being in pain and constantly from the earliest age of 6. No doctors ever cared or helped me because I just thought it was normal for everyone to be in pain, it had always been normal for me so how could I know it wasn’t for everyone else. Anyhow around 25 years old the constant pain weakness and exhaustion was excruciating and I was going to the doctor monthly trying to figure out what was wrong with me. At this point I had 3 children and worked full time and was told by doctors over and over that I was just depressed and stressed. Long story short it took until I was 41 to be diagnosed appropriately with EDS after my middle child was diagnosed. My youngest child, my son, has it the worst but we are struggling with sublaxing, pain, weakness, and literally no doctors that know what to do with us or how to help us. I just want to thank you for caring about this 3rd mostly ignored system. Ours is a mess. The best examples I use to describe it to people is 1. Our ligaments don’t hold our bones in place so our muscles are trying to do their job plus hold everything in place 2. Every person with Ehlers presents differently (ppl who live pretty normal lives to people unable to walk or function at all in any level) and so few doctors in the country but especially where I live in Ca have any understanding at all it’s like knowing all the things that you need but having no drs willing because they don’t understand and don’t want to learn. Obviously because of the damage this has not only done to my joints and muscles but also to many of my organs (since 85% of our bodies are connective tissue your organs too) I have many other medical issues now as a result. Anyhow this was really great and I just wanted to say that even though it wasn’t exactly an EDS talk it definitely was informative and helpful for us. Thank you so very much!
Wow, I have a cousin in Michigan who has EDS and has dealt with it for years, but only properly diagnosed a few years ago. It's very debilitating for her, as well. Since you're in CA, maybe Dr. John Bergman can help you. Best of luck.
Same think happens with a chronic mysterious knee pain evry report comes normal. But a constant pain 24*7 makes me depressed pain killers is last I got but now I have a jope that it would cure with fascia training
That demonstration was me! I have pain in my lumbar spine , knees, feet and upper back...I wake up bent over and it takes me hours to straighten up. My injuries are a combination of deep emotional trauma and PTSD compounded by a bad fall three yrs ago where I tore my lower back, meniscus, fractured my nose and broke my front teeth. Initially I saw a physiatrist who was trigger point injection crazy (didn't even have me unrobe & they did nothing for the pain (so expensive!). She gave me eufflexor shots (the most painful injections I ever had bec she didn't numb the area..,the last few shots, I brought my own novocaine bottle a nurse friend gave me bc she said the injections should never be given that way). I had facet joint injections for my lower back at Hosp for Special Surgery but had to be hospitalized for a hypertensive crisis after the shots. It didn't work either. I tried a physical therapist in my state who does the John Barnes method but it didn't help. Interestingly though she said I had a hip problem. I have no hip pain which confirms what you said about the source of the pain is not in the area where the pain is. Because of all the pain I am in, I can't exercise. It's caused me to gain weight which in turn has increased my blood pressure.... I wish you were located near me! Do you know anyone in CT?
Sofia Hepburn We are so sorry to hear about your situation 🙁 currently our method is only offered in Arizona. Please feel free to contact us. if traveling is not an option we will give you guidelines/help to find a qualified Fascia based therapist closer to you info@SterlingStructuralTherapy.com
I wrote here recently. You are going through my nightmare. I ask that you see my message. (@My Gully) my gully is my dog Gulliver btw. I believe massage therapy is so helpful for pain relief. Try your best to sit down properly stand properly and everything this life talk recommends. Bowen therapy helped my pain too. I hope you aren’t waiting for Workers comp. insurance to help you pay for treatments because I really believe that made my rehab get worse. Don’t what ever you do stop your massage therapy/ fascia treatments/ Bowen. Do as much by yourself in between. Vibrations I believe aren’t as effective. Good luck. I am facing a hip replacement now and don’t know if I should.. I am very similar to you. Many of my older friends and family have had excellent relief once they had their hips replaced. All the time I was injured no one looked at my hip. Now for the first time they did.
I’m a D.O. Family Physician and in osteopathy we study fascia. For over 100 years at least. I applaud you addressing this. OMT teaches myofascial technique.
I have a condition called Elhers Danlos Syndrome which is a connective tissue disorder - a genetic problem with the fascia! Thank you for introducing this concept! The pain for my condition is extreme and I have many multisystemic issues with my organs too requiring a feeding tube, suprapubic catheter etc.
We have worked with a few people with EDS, so far we have very good success with the more external orthopedic issues associated with EDS. We are so sorry you are going through this 😔 the internal effects of this condition are not for the faint of heart 😔😔💚
The Bowen technique, which Australian Tom Bowen (dec) created, after a plea to God to help heal his friends being hurt at war. The next morning he was gifted the ability to see into the body and Bowen was born.. A series of subtle moves performed over the body like plucking a guitar, working through the fascia to return the body back to the original blueprint it was born with. It cured my Crohns.. I learnt it.. and now I pay forward the gift. It is miraculous!! 😇👌🏻🧘♀️ Its that powerful, it can even reverse vasectomies!! 🙃
@@Life360Summit Would you please do a video on treating pain for those of us with EDS? I have been to specialists all over the country for 20 years and I have never had any pain relief that lasted. Our quality of life is so poor.
Check out TMS ime hypermobile.pain etc it's the fascia tightened threw stress and a larger amalgamia doing this there's someone on Dan pain free you eds cured
My niece sent me this YT video to watch due to my chronic pain I am experiencing from getting hit by a car 4 years ago. Looks like I will be giving them a call.
Holy crap, the first thing she did to monsieur fascia is almost exactly what I have. I have severe neck and shoulder pain for over 2 years by now. Never thought of the fascia because it literally never shows on MRIs!
My MRI showed thousand of stigmates. They show up as hypersignal. My physiotherapist/acupunturer says it's all the bonds that occured between fascias connections when inflammation is chronic.
@@cydneymetz yes, but not completely yet. The healing process will probably last my whole life considering where i'm coming from. Many factors, in both body and soul, are involved. But a quick list in order of magnitude would be: fasting, juicing/raw food, cold therapy/ derivative bath, deep tissue massaging, yoga/stretching, psilocybin micro dosing, RELAX!!!
Great video! Fascia has been known about in KALARIPPAYATTU (the martial and healing art of south India) for perhaps 5000 years. They called it MAMSA PESCHI and the martial and healing art was specifically designed around it. In fact every technique worked to condition the fascial web as a whole, and every martial application, utilised the entirety of the web, to launch a full body counter attack. It was understood, even then, that this kind of counter attacking technique would be the most effective, as gross body actions are more accessible to the organism when in a fight or flight state (bpm 160)
This video just came up on my "suggested videos" list and I figured I'd give it a watch. I have to say I was shocked when I looked at the date! 2018! For real? I'm a massage therapist of over 15 years and we learned the fascial system in school! We learned how to visualize, analyze, and yes, TREAT, myofascial restrictions. This is all that I do, and I've had tremendous success! I am shocked that the medical community is just finding out about this! And to echo the previous comments: Miss Ida Rolf, Tom Myers, John Barnes, Erik Dalton, etc etc.. all deserve so much credit for their DECADES of research and teaching on the subject. This comment isn't about just giving credit where credit is due, its more about asking the question: what the heck have you all been doing all this time? I understand that physicians need to choose a speciality, but wouldn't it benefit everyone to learn the ENTIRE body?
Once again, we are simply here to educate, because when it comes to allopathic medicine this concept has been ignored. And the “new” refers to actual “new” (10 yrs old by now) clinical research on connective tissue in a laboratory. The intention of this video is to try to help Fascia … come out of the “alternative closet”.
Rachel Mejia yeah, she makes it seem so simple with the visuals. The Doctors always want to inject you or shove pills down your throat & never explain anything & when asked specific questions, they say ‘I don’t know’, it is really appalling how much people suffer, when they could just explain this & point you in the right direction instead of trying to hack you up & get you addicted to opiates!
absolutely, Ida Rolf was brilliant and ahead of her time. However clinical research in the laboratory on Fascia is only about 10+ years old, the intention of our presentation was to inform on this kind of research, our hope is to one dayl add Fascia to more allopathic medicine's methods of pain diagnostics and treatment.
Diana Cummins That is a very valid question and in hindsight I absolutely should have mentioned her. I was more focused on the new emerging clinical research that was being done because I see it as a crucial piece to validate the work that has been done for decades. Hope that makes sense :)
I only found out that I have almost an extremely tight and dense facia after a therapist used rolfing on me 27 years ago. It was very intense but also the only way I found and can get relief. It is difficult to find a practioner so the only other relief came from continued deep yoga stretching.
Thanks for this! I am a John F. Barnes trained Myofascial Release Therapist. I will be using this video for educating my clients. Really great information!
Its great to see more alternative approaches towards treating chronic pain are gaining value year after year. Im sure these muscle fascia approach can help a lot of patients. Also, i would like to contribute more about this chronic pain issue. Firs of all, it is a COMPLEX problem involving many specialtists including physiatrist, psychologist, physical therapist, surgeon and alternative medicine practitioners. Considering this fact is important to have a broad perspective: muscle fascia can be considered one among many etiologies. See a specialist. Chronic pain is complex there may be A LOT more to uncover.
Thank you RU-vid algorithm for showing this video about fascia gave me a different eye to look at the 3rd missing system in the body that doesn’t show up in MRI or X-Ray.
I notice the comments concerning what’s new and not new. The thing is if you learned something it’s new to you. Not everyone knows about this topic so for them it’s, new.
Terribly annoyed when people say that this is a new concept. Eastern medicine, namely Traditional Chinese Medicine knew this for thousands of years. It is only now, Traditional western medical experts are taking notice the the herbs, plants, roots etc.. are key ingredients of pharmaceutical used in the last century. Acupuncture most specifically is what practitioners like to call dry needling today, regenerative medicine such as PrP is the extreme form of this age old practice. Mid-Eastern practitioners have long known the regenerative effects of micro trauma. Western Science are not the purveyors of thsi recent proliferation of mid- East Asian medicine
@@Life360Summit Terribly annoyed when people say that this is a new concept. Eastern medicine, namely Traditional Chinese Medicine knew this for thousands of years. It is only now, Traditional western medical experts are taking notice the the herbs, plants, roots etc.. are key ingredients of pharmaceutical used in the last century. Acupuncture most specifically is what practitioners like to call dry needling today, regenerative medicine such as PrP is the extreme form of this age old practice. Mid-Eastern practitioners have long known the regenerative effects of micro trauma. Western Science are not the purveyors of thsi recent proliferation of mid- East Asian medicine
@@Life360Summit the problem is that people should SAY new for me/you. Dana said specifically that it was NEW TO THE DISCIPLINE she's discussing and NOT that it is ancient over all and that THEY are just learning it.Please. You don't see the problem and implication of that? I see others don't either.
The hip example is my issue 100% , every morning I use a foot roller to loosen my calf & knee which ultimately loosens my back , but my upper left back is tight as hell , , my left shoulder as a result is very tight & clicky , my collar bone clicks & suppresses my ulnar nerve which hinders the flow of blood to my little finger & wedding ring finger on the left hand side! Coconut oil and deep trigger point fascial massage (it can be painful) in the muscle on my elbow joint (between the bicep & upper forearm) corrects and instantly relieves this issue. Fascial release & Trigger point therapy is amazing
I've been looking at anatomical and workout videos here on RU-vid for a while, but for some reason I'm only seeing videos about fascia very recently. I really didn't know about its existence until maybe a month ago. Such an underrated topic. Even the auto-generated caption keeps referring it as "facial" or "fashion". It's not yet recognized even though this is a 5 year old video.
It works..after a fall from a horse I was in knots and went to a guy in SA..absolutely amazing, it was like someone turned a key and released everything
