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If you're reading this, then you're in pain or have been for a long time. Maybe you've tried NSAIDs or natural pain numbers. Maybe you've had heavy oil massages, stretched, or done yoga, only to have minimal improvements. You've got tons of inflammation and you don't want to live in physical misery because it hurts the rest of your life. I was in the same spot and my body was ready for something that treated the root of my problem: the fascia.
Fascia is the multi-layered Saran Wrap under your skin. It's a container for everything underneath it like fat, muscle, and bone. It holds your body together like a spider web. It helps you do all the things you like to do like walk, sit, carry children, and shoot pool. But when you get in a car crash, or hit a fence post with your knee on your horse like I did last summer, the fascia gets stretched or crunched. You compensate for those tears and kinks by other parts of fascia getting out of place. That's when your body, definitely mine, starts looking like a multi-train crash. It only gets worse if untreated.
Myofascial release is about getting the train cars straightened out and running smooth again. But it takes time because a good practitioner, like Michael, knows you can't just treat one part of the body. It might take months. It might take years. Everything depends on how long the rest of your body has been compensating for whatever the first injury was.
When Michael treated my knee last year, we also needed to treat above and below the injury. My hip and psoas needed slow and gentle stretching. My lower back needed help, too. After three sessions, the swelling was gone in my knee and my range of motion increased. After another two sessions, I was back on my horse and jumping logs again.
I also suffered from long covid and long mononucleosis this winter and spring of 2024. I had brain fog from all the waste building up in my lymph system. Guess what? Moving your fascia in you head, face, neck, and chest helps move your lymph. When Michael worked the fascia in those areas, it helped reduce my brain fog so my natural waste system could get the rest of the clogged stuff out.
You're going to have to try this. It's not magic, just a holistic view of anatomy and physiology. Have an open mind and give it a shot.