Dear John:
I have been reading about the “new” science - the latest hypotheses concerning the effects of quantum physics on our mind/body - and I have come to recognize the central role that fascia plays in the process of health and healing and balance. What I have read from James Oschman’s work in Energy Medicine and Lynne McTaggert’s book, The Field, from a bioenergetic perspective, health is now being viewed as a balance of flows throughout the body that insures homeostasis through adequate immune response, endocrine function and other functions. According to Oschmsn,this balance seems to result from the flow of photons (sub atomic particles of light) all throughout the mind/body over the “living crystal matrix” of fascia. And fascia, the fascial web, actually is the superconductor of vibration, of energy flow. So it makes sense that myofascial release is the key to treating fascial restrictions that interfere with the conduction of the energy, the vibration of energy, of photons, that is responsible for health.
You say that, in proper treatment, myofascial release, by way of the piezoelectric effect from the pressure of the hands on the body, transforms potential energy into kinetic energy, and the polyglycoid ground substance of the fascia becomes less solid, more fluid. This hydrates the fascial cells, and the cells the fascia surrounds, so that they can vibrate once again for their own healing. So that they can conduct flow to the rest of the body/mind. Like taking your foot off the garden hose so the water can flow, the fascia “plumps up” again and the DNA of the cells it surrounds once again can vibrate off photons to regulate the cell it is within and also to communicate with other cells by way of photon or “light information” for the benefit of the entire being.
Fascia is central to the health of the living being, and myofascial release is the therapy that releases stuck fascia, and the energy that it has encapsulated, so that the person is free to move and think again without restrictions. This is a phenonmenal breakthrough in understanding the mechanism of action of the benefits of myofascial release. I have summarized this science in one chapter of the next edition (the third edition) of my book: Complementary Therapies in Rehabilitation, Evidence for Efficacy in Therapy, Prevention and Wellness. It is published by SLACK. Inc. and will be available mid 2008 from www.slackbooks.com. Janet Kahn, a well known leader in massage therapy, has a chapter on massage in it, and your chapter on myofascial release has the most updated research available.
John, here is my question — how does a myofascial release therapist best prepare oneself to do this work that is so critical for balance? Myofascial release is more than mechanical massage. As mfr therapists, we are vibrating for the health and balance of another, as well. How do we get our vibrations to be therapeutic for the good of our patients and clients?

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