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March 17, 2004

MFR Smoothes Away Pain

Television stations around the country today ran stories about Myofascial Release (MFR), a deep tissue therapy that smooths out fascia in the body to help clear up problems like old injuries, chronic fatigue, or stress-related tensions.

Fascia is very densely woven, covering and interpenetrating every muscle, bone, nerve, artery and vein as well as all of our internal organs including the heart, lungs, brain and spinal cord. The most interesting aspect of the fascial system is that it is not just a system of separate coverings. It is actually one structure that exists from head to foot without interruption. In this way you can begin to see that each part of the entire body is connected to every other part by the fascia, like the yarn in a sweater.

And like the yarn in a sweater, the idea goes, if you snag one area, it can snowball into a problem for the whole garment.

Posted by linda at March 17, 2004 11:16 PM