Myofascial Release

Hi Susan,

You recently asked the following question regarding thwarted inflammatory processes.

“Hi John,
Just finished Myofascial Release Women’s Health (http://www.myofascialrelease.com/seminars/sem_women.asp), and STILL processing! All good! Could you further explain “thwarted inflammatory response”? In the Kinestheology world the psoas muscle is most affected by lack of hydration.

Thanks! Blessings,
Susan Simmons RN, LMT”

            I am glad that you enjoyed my Myofascial Release Women’s Health Seminar.  As you know, inflammation is an important part of the healing process.  The inflammatory response can be stopped or thwarted by physical and/or emotional trauma or anti-inflammatory drugs (iatrogenic or physician induced). This can stop complete healing.  Myofascial Release stimulates the completion of the inflammatory stage and allows for complete healing. 

            I am sure that most therapists realize that the psoas complex is in a chronically contracted and dehydrated state in too many people.  From a Myofascial perspective, the fascia, our body’s only whole body system, can become fibrous and dehydrated anywhere it has been traumatized.  The routines or protocols that we were taught are too generalized (one size fits all) to be meaningful.  Myofascial Release therapy is individualized to each patient, thereby allowing one to find the exact areas that are restricted in that person for maximal effectiveness.   

            For more information on thwarted inflammatory responses, you can go to John’s new Therapeutic Insight article on the Massage Magazine website.  Just click on the following link:

http://www.massagemag.com/News/massage-news.php?id=7057&catid=62&title=therapeutic-insight-the-myofascial-release-perspectivewhat-do-you-believe

In addition, if you have any questions, insights or comments, feel free to add them at the end of John’s “Therapeutic Insight” column.  Just scroll down below the article and click on the “post your comment” tab.  It is always interesting to hear others responses and experiences on this topic

Sincerely,

John F. Barnes, P.T., L.M.T., N.C.T.M.B.