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- Опубліковано 15 жов 2019
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Fast Fascia Facts #5
1. Fasciacytes respond to a loaded (weighted) compression combined with a "shearing" effect to restore fascial gliding. HOW HEAVY DOES THAT LOAD NEED TO BE? (answer is below)
2. Fascial fibers need to be "sheared" to restore glide, and fasciacytes won't respond to compression and stretching, or manual manipulation that isn't weighted compression plus shearing. WHAT THE HECK IS SHEARING?
3. Your fascia is responsive to your nervous system, which governs SAFETY. The amount of weight you use will be determined by YOUR nervous system (not anyone else’s).
My answer is theoretical and anecdotal based on clinical experience in my practice as well as what I know does NOT work from personal and professional experience. On the lighter side I believe fascia (and fasciacytes) need at least 5lbs of compressive force, but I can tell you with certainty that they respond favorably to very heavy loads, as much as 200lbs! HOWEVER - and this is critical - if you don't feel safe, then the weight is too much. Also, the unhealthier your fascia the more dangerous it is to load it with that much weight because it's probably brittle and more prone to injury. Ideally you would build up to more and more weight until your fascia is fully optimized (which means it won't hurt AT ALL even with 200lbs on your IT Band for example! Promise). So the PERFECT amount of weight is as much as you can get or withstand while still feeling safe. For the record, you can feel really uncomfortable while feeling a lot of unpleasant sensation and still feel safe. You need to find your unique equation for this, and it may vary body part by body part.
This is bound to be somewhat controversial. I did massage therapy for a year and never got someone out of pain for good. They'd feel better for a day or so, then the pain would come back. As soon as I started loading the fascial adhesions with weighted compression and having my clients move their body to "shear" the fascial adhesions in order to break them up for good, my clients started getting out of pain in as little as one session and sometimes in a manner of minutes.
In order to "shear" fascial fibers effectively, you need to pin a dense area between two objects. One will be your bone (like your femur if you're working on quad fascia). The other object could be a foam roller, lacrosse ball, someone's elbow or a foot (like I use with Kinetix, my in person method of fascia release). It's critical that you don't pin or compress the fascia all the way to the floor (or wall or massage table)...you want to pin to the bone. Then, the person being worked on needs to conduct movement under the weighted compression in such a way that the two objects combined with the movement under those loads "shear" that fascial fibers crosswise. When I step on people I'm always putting my foot perpendicular to the area being worked to achieve the best results. You can do the same thing with whatever tool you're using. Doing fascia release this way is a LOT harder to do well than it looks, because you can't let the fascial adhesion slip out or simply flop around (which it will want to do, since it's swimming in a gel or glue like substance inside). Patience and practice and slowing down no matter what modality you're using will help you get it right. When you do - you'll notice a difference immediately.
I found this fascinating. We use similar techniques on fascia release for dogs (cats will not let you do it.) We use a variety of techniques based on the animals size, breed, and age to release. Since my clients are often as small as a newborn human and since they do not talk, I really have to be observant during sessions. A dog that has never had fascia release will often show the most improvement in mobility after just one session . I've had pet parents call me an hour after a session to ask what I did to their dog, as they tell me their older dog was moving as if it was years younger again. Fascia release is my secret more so than my Reiki work.
Every time. You fill in a lot of the good in my understanding of the workings of the myofascial system.
Thanks so much. Really
I love this! I feel a renewed sense of hope finding your work. While watching this series I've been doing your yoga block calf release, as well as standing on a golf ball.
I'm learning (and w experience) that fascia needs to be engaged and moving for change to occur, unlike a passive massage. So while standing on the golf ball barefooted, I've been doing slowmo squats as well as moving my arms a bit. I can feel changed in my body as this happens. The pain level is 7-8 and the safety level is 10.
My arches are like ropes, and even just the tiny change I experienced now gives me excitement for what a body with a larger portion of freer fascia finally feels like!
I do lots of myofascial work. Strengthening and rolling and intense stretching. I get lots of ideas from you. Ev
I finally understand shearing. Thank you.
Just making my way through your wonderful content. I am in awe.
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This is a great explanation. Thanks.
Very helpful ❤
Great info
Rhabdo subject: sorry could not wait, lol...in short..I'm a Caregiver, my only client is also my best friend&roommate. She is 65 yrs old, and has lived all her life on "a pill will fix it". I became her roommate because she flat out needed someone here or she would be dead. She was life flighted 3 years ago and that's when "Rhabdomylosis" entered my realm, so to speak...since then she has been hospitalized twice. I have found 1 person out of ??? In the medical field to actually discuss the subject with me. B4 I moved in with her she was so depressed she stayed in bed 24-7...My theory is her blood pooled thus causing the Rhabdo. There is so much more...she has had a unsurmountable amount trauma, shock, and more. She has compartmentalized her early childhood just for starters..Can you tell where to start or refer some one or something to start helping my dear friend. She battles me..
Finding a good trauma therapist she can get along with and who shows empathy changed my life. I also suggest one for you as the caregiver to make sure that your relationship stays healthy and does not end up traumatizing you.
Such a great explanation of the ‘shearing’ ... it really clicked and I wonder how that understanding may support me feeling it more and more on myself and others. Awesome, thank you!!
You're so welcome! Happy hunting 👣😉
I would like to hear your thoughts on other fascial release work like Structural Integration from Tom Meyers/Ida Rolf etc. In Structural Integration work you are sometimes compressing (but not with the amount of force you talk about in your work) and having client perform active movement. However in SI they also do a lot of stretching of the fascia. Also, there is the work of John Barnes with his Myofascial Release that uses extremely light touch that waits for the fascia to respond and lengthen or release. Obviously, in the case of John Barnes, he is doing the opposite of what you are saying. There is virtually no compression and instead an allowing of the response of the fascia and nervous system over the course of 2-3 minutes. And those practitioners get great results too without the painful compressive force. I'm a massage and movement therapist and really interested in these different modalities and thinking about which I would next like to study. I appreciate hearing your thoughts on those.
Also, my daughter is a ballet dancer and was having sciatic-type pain. I did your quad release on her opposite leg (she has very painful spots on her quads, where even slight pressure made her jump) as well as some of my own pin and movement work on her same-side piriformis (just saw your video warning people to stay away from glutes, so I will heed that next time) and it brought quite a bit of relief by the next day. Her symptoms aren't completely gone but it all seemed to help, and we plan on continuing with that. So, I appreciate you giving me new tools to use for my clients and my kids.
One more thing came up for me while watching your video where you are talking about the nervous system. I'm a cranial sacral therapy practitioner so I am particularly interested in how our nervous system and fascia interface since we work with both of those systems. Would you say, that if you have a client coming in that is having a chronic stress response in their nervous system that seems to be effecting their fascia, you would want to use modalities such as CST etc. to help reduce that stress response before you ever do something like Kinetix? I'm curious as to how you would approach a client that seems to have the Nervous System stress response as a root cause.
And last question/thought, will you be doing another certification in Kinetix anytime soon?
Thanks for your response.
And, I just watched your video on staying away from the glutes...so, next time, I will not work on the piriformis and we will stick to mapping and working on quads, adductors etc. and see how it goes.
Very informative!!
Just wondering how people in history achieved keeping healthy fascia...was the way they moved while working or eating or was it the lack of the kind of stress we experience in modern day or what kept it healthy in tribal or other peoples in history? (Hope this question makes sense.) I am loving all of your videos :)
Traci, this is a great question and one that I have often thought about and answered in various places with other people. My theory is based on a thorough observation of the differences not only in society and the modern environment, but also the evolutionary changes within human beings. In the last 150 years, humans have invented over 350,000 toxic chemicals that we breathe in, bathe in, wash clothing with etc. We wear plastic clothes. We eat food sprayed with pesticides, herbicides, fungicides etc.
Also in the last 150 years human beings invented microwave technology, creating powerful electrosmog around the world that has a massive impact on fascia. Fascia is peizoelectric, which means that when mechanical stress is applied to the body (with exercise, during a fall, or when doing fascia release for example), electricity is created in the body. Via the law of reciprocal inhibition, the opposite is also true: when electricity comes into the body, mechanical stress is triggered. Mechanical stress within the body translates to the possibility of deformation or physical injury.
And of course, the modern life is extremely stressful, in ways that differed greatly from just 150 years ago. In some ways it's a lot easier, too. But one thing is for sure: human beings prior to 150 years ago NEVER sent their children to sit in chairs at desks from age 5 all the way through early adulthood. We were MOVERS. We moved a lot, all day every day, before 150 years ago.
How do you know if you have "very brittle, dehydrated fascia?"
Hi Nina! You'll typically identify brittle/dehydrated fascia because you will feel it. If you're working on yourself, the compression will feel excruciating (usually) and the clunks will feel more like crushing rocks or plucking guitar strings than "thumping" over a semi-soft/semi-hard knot.
Any videos or ideas on how to reprogram your nervous system and fascia to be relaxed after lots of trauma?
Anyone had horrible problems with fascia....studied, tried allvtechniques and beat it?
5.5 years for me and it just moves around my torso. Sooo painful MD's and Phd's will never understand until they have it. So, i need hope....anyone???
So how do you do it if you want to do this with your abs?
Hello, have you worked with people with neuropathy or neuro-degenerative diseases? I would like to know if working with the fascia can help (stop atrophy of muscles for instance)
I do believe that working with fascia can help neurodegenerative diseases, though it probably requires a lot of commitment to learning the science of the body. Because in my experience with neurological conditions, there are underlying nervous system components that need to be understood fully as they get brought more into the experience of healing. Otherwise, those experiences or messages from the body/subconscious might feel scary. I have a lot of videos about the nervous system, and fascia's connection to aspects of the nervous system that control things like muscles. Processes like interoception, neuroception, proprioception are all good places to start to being to gain an understanding of the mind-body (fascia/nervous system) connection.
@@ElishaCeleste Do you know any practitioners in the New Orleans area you would recommend? My Dad has some conditions being treated by the VA, but I think they're not treating them well or getting to the source. He has a neurodegenerative disease caused by Agent Orange that is exacerbated by PTSD. I want to do some of the gut release on him, but don't want to cause more harm than good.
@@Bruh90000 - unfortunately I don't know anyone there. I'm so sorry to hear about your father and the agent orange 😞 I'll offer the following with the expectation that it's not taken as advice, just my perspective that could help you in making a decision: I believe the human body strives for health in everything it does. I also believe the human body gives us fairly instant feedback when something is the "right" thing or the "wrong" thing. And, having said that - pain is often a sign of the "right" thing (just think about the discomfort of detoxing which could involve vomiting, diarrhea, stomach pain, swollen lymph nodes etc). Our job as the owner of our body is to tune in and decipher the messages.
@@ElishaCeleste Thank you.
But how do you do it in the neck region, my neck seems to be the one with most adhesions, causing breathing difficulty
I have lots of neck fascia release techniques on the channel :)
Maximum weight for maximum sheer.....check. I hope someone in your class is 200+ with cool fish socks😀
Hahaha - I'll bring a scale next time just to be sure 🧐👣