What is John Barnes Myofascial Release?
Myofascial release (MFR) is a safe, gentle, and highly effective body-work therapy for treating chronic pain.
Chronic pain can be coming from any number of sources: stress, health conditions, new and old injuries, surgery, trauma, posture, holding patterns, overuse/misuse doing activities that you enjoy, or perhaps your chronic pain remains unexplained.
MFR is a hands-on technique that applies gentle, sustained pressure for several minutes in targeted areas of the body to facilitate the release of tension in your fascial system. Your fascial system supports and protects you, but restrictions in it can cause chronic pain and reduce the ability for movement.
MFR treatments are individualized for each person, and both the client and therapist are actively involved in the session.
Myofascial release first treats your symptoms to bring you some much-needed relief, but then seeks to find and release the cause of the pain - which might be in a different location of the body. We look beyond the immediate pain or diagnosis and over time clients get more effective results.
Hands-On Treatment
Each Myofascial Release Treatment session is performed directly on the skin without oils, creams, or machinery. This enables the therapist to accurately detect fascial restrictions and apply the appropriate amount of sustained pressure to facilitate the release of the fascia.
Eliminate pain, restore motion, and enhance your quality of life with Myofascial Release.
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Fascia is a specialized system of the body that has an appearance similar to a spider's web or a sweater. Fascia is very densely woven, covering and interpenetrating every muscle, bone, nerve, artery and vein, as well as, all of our internal organs including the heart, lungs, brain and spinal cord. The most interesting aspect of the fascial system is that it is not just a system of separate coverings. It is actually one continuous structure that exists from head to toe without interruption. In this way you can begin to see that each part of the entire body is connected to every other part by the fascia, like the yarn in a sweater.
Trauma, inflammatory responses, and/or surgical procedures create Myofascial restrictions that can produce tensile pressures of approximately 2,000 pounds per square inch on pain sensitive structures that do not show up in many of the standard tests (x-rays, myelograms, CAT scans, electromyography, etc.) A high percentage of people suffering with pain and/or lack of motion may be having fascial problems, but are not diagnosed.
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MFR is helpful for a variety of conditions. Here are a few of many conditions and diagnosis treated:
Headaches/Migraines
Neck pain
Back pain
Bulging discs
Arthritis
Fibromyalgia
Cervical and lumbar injuries
Concussions
Sacroiliac Joint pain
Nerve entrapment issues
TMJD
Piriformis Syndrome/Sciatic pain
Plantar fasciitis
Scars
Sleep difficulties
Stress
Trauma
