MYOFASCIAL RELEASE: Hands-on Clock Assessment Technique Massage Therapy Instructor Demonstration

 The word “Fascia” comes from Latin.  In Latin – Fascia Means: Band.

 Spine-health.com^[1] defines Fascia as:

“…a web of connective tissue that spreads throughout the body and surrounds every muscle, bone, nerve, blood vessel and organ to the cellular level…”

Fascial Fact: There is no such thing as “isolation” of a joint or muscle. Everything is connected - tension on one area will affect other areas. The entire body is connected through fascia.

FASCIA TISSUE TYPES

3 Types of Fascia

1. Deep Fascia which includes Myofascia
2. Superficial Fascia
3. Visceral Fascia (aka “Subserous Fascia”)

 The superficial and deep fascia is the fascia that we are trying to affect in our myofascial release bodywork.

Deep Fascia^[2]

• Layer of dense connective tissue surrounding muscles, bones, nerves and blood vessels and comprises mostly of collagen & elastin fibers
• Provides connection and communication
• Contracts, Relaxes, Has Movement, Can Increase its own Stiffness
• Mostly Avascular*
• Sensory/Nerve Rich*. Can detect:
  • Change of movement (proprioceptors)
  • Change of temperature (thermoreceptors)
  • Change in chemical (chemoreceptors)

 To learn more, please register for training at: https://ceinstitute.com/collections/myofascial-release

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^[1] Ganfield, Lisa. “Myofascial Release Therapy.” Spine, www.spine-health.com/treatment/physical-therapy/myofascial-release-therapy.

^[2] Rolf, Ida P. (1989). Rolfing. Rochester, VT: Healing Arts Press. p. 38. ISBN 0892813350.