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Myofascial release guide
What is myofascial release?
Myofascial release is a hands on technique that uses slow, sustained pressure to soften and lengthen the Fascia, the connective tissue that wraps every muscle.
Myofascial release guide
Myofascial release explained
Myo means muscle and fascial refers to Fascia. Myofascial release works on both together. The practitioner finds an area that feels restricted, applies gentle, sustained pressure or stretch, and holds it for one to five minutes while the tissue gradually softens.
Myofascial release guide
How it feels
Most people describe a slow stretching or melting sensation, sometimes warmth, and a sense of the area letting go. It is usually gentler than deep tissue massage and uses little or no oil so the hands can grip the tissue.
Myofascial release guide
Myofascial release research
Randomised trials have found myofascial release improves pain and disability in chronic low back pain, and pain, sleep and quality of life in fibromyalgia.
- Ajimsha and colleagues, Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies, 2015. A systematic review of randomised controlled trials, which found myofascial release gave positive results across a wide range of conditions
- Arguisuelas and colleagues, Spine, 2017. A randomised trial in chronic low back pain, which found myofascial release produced a significant improvement in both pain and disability
- Castro-Sánchez and colleagues, Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2011. A randomised trial of 74 people with fibromyalgia, which found improvements in pain, anxiety, sleep quality and physical function compared with a placebo group
Myofascial release guide
Myofascial release in Bristol
Sessions at Cavendish House, Clifton, last two hours with James Tyrell-Nestor, who has worked with Fascia for 25 years and uses the Anatomy Trains map to follow tension from where it is felt to where it starts.
Reviews
What is myofascial release? reviews
He explained with videos and proof exactly what was going on in my body. He told me all about fascia. I picked my right hip and thigh. Just after 20 minutes there was no pain and no stiffness.
He spent time analysing my posture, looking for the sources of my problems, explaining to me how they are all linked, then gradually working on releasing the fascia in every single part of me.
Google reviews of James Tyrell-Nestor's work.
Questions
What is myofascial release?: questions answered
How does myofascial release feel?
Gentle and slow, with a stretching or warming sensation as the tissue releases.
How is it different from massage?
It uses slow, held pressure on the Fascia rather than strokes on the muscle.
What does the research show?
Randomised trials have found myofascial release improves pain and disability in chronic low back pain, and pain, sleep and quality of life in fibromyalgia. The studies are linked on the myofascial release benefits page.
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