Jersey Shore Myofascial Release Center

I love working with children!    There is nothing like the innocence of a child as you begin to treat them with myofascial release. They instinctively know that this will make their body feel better. Children often will guide your hands to just the exact spot they need work on. They respond very quickly and allow their bodies to naturally unwind and heal. They do not hold back any emotional releases;if they want to cry,yell,or giggle, they will do just that and not worry what anyone would think!   I wonder what the world would be like, if as children, we released any restrictions that we came into this world with and we always listened to our bodies intuitive answers to heal itself?

There are many reasons why we treat children with myofascial release.  Birth trauma, falls, surgery with multiple scars, muscle imbalances,poor posture, muscle weakness, poor movement ability…all of these things can create imbalances in the body which make movement and overall function less efficient.   Research by Dr. Viola Fryman has shown that over 90% of newborns have some sort of distortion to their head or pelvis due to the birthing process. It was previously thought that these distortions would self-correct but more recent research proves this not to be true.   These distortions can create imbalances in the skeletal and fascial systems creating restrictions that can block physical and neurological development,setting the child up for problems later in life.

Myofascial release uses gentle techniques to produce changes in tissue and joint mobility,muscle length, bony alignment, muscle tone and sensory changes as well. It has also been shown to enhance social and language skills.  Myofascial release has been very effective in the treatment of children with:

• head injuries
• birth trauma
• cerebral palsy
• scoliosis
• movement dysfunction
• headaches
• trauma
• pain
• autistic spectrum disorders

Could myofascial release therapy be the missing link in your child’s treatment?

For questions about myofascial release for children or to learn more about myofascial release please visit our website www.jerseyshoremfr.com or contact us at Jersey Shore Myofascial Release Center  1 Robbins Pkwy Toms River , NJ 08753    732 223-9335

Women’s Health
Women tend to have a higher degree of problems in their pelvis, compared with men, due to the unique form of their anatomy and its function. The female pelvis is broader, which can make it become torqued or twisted more easily and the joint surfaces are flatter and can become sheared during a micro or major trauma.
Myofascial release is used for the treatment of menstrual pain or dysfunction, back and pelvic pain, endometriosis and other inflammatory disorders. It has been used successfully to alleviate pain during pregnancy and childbirth, recurrent bladder pain and dysfunction, painful intercourse, infertility, sexual dysfunction, elimination problems, and painful episiotomy and c-section scars. It has also been used for problematic breast implant/reduction scars and mastectomy pain.

During each menstrual cycle as inflammation occurs, combined with fascial restrictions and increasing internal pressure, cramping and muscles tightening; we can see how a woman would become more prone to trauma. If you were to envision the fascia like a powerful three dimensional net around the pelvis, tightening down and exerting 2000 pounds of pressure per square inch on the nerves, blood vessels, organs and internal structures, the potential for pain and/or malfunction is high.
This powerful three dimensional fascial web encases the entire body. During a trauma , and a thwarted inflammatory response, the fluidity of the fascial system becomes dehydrated and alters the shape, size and mobility of all of our cells.
Myofascial release can gently free the structures that are producing pain and also address the emotional pain associated with past unpleasant events or trauma that have been stored on the subconscious level. As Myofascial release opens the adhered tissue, the trapped emotions fade away and the person is returned to a sense of peace and a pain free active lifestyle.

Please let us know if either yourself or a woman in your life is suffering with any of the above conditions and the unnecessary pain associated with it.

It is our belief that Myofascial Release Therapy can improve the quality of life and daily activities for those struggling with Multiple Sclerosis by minimizing the effects of flare-ups. Common effects of Multiple Sclerosis flare-ups that can be addressed with Myofascial Release are:

• Muscle Weakness
• Fatigue
• Depression/Emotional Balance
• Muscle Spasticity
• Balance
• Pain
• Headaches
• Postural dysfunction
• Stress
• Muscular Tension

Myofascial Release is a bodywork technique that seeks to release tension and adhesions within the fascial tissue. The fascia is connective tissue that is continuous throughout the body; it is the web that holds and supports all the cells within the body. When the fascia is inflamed, as it becomes with an MS flare-up, it can exert tremendous pressure on surrounding tissue. Myofascial release, through its gentle, prolonged stretch of the tissue, releases the holding patterns and stored tension. Our focus in a myofascial release session is to individualize each treatment session to reduce the following effects of a MS flare-up:

• Spasticity

• Pain

• Muscle tension

• Restore emotional balance

As the suffers of fibromyalgia know, the disease can be devastating on one’s lifestyle.  The impact on the physical and mental health has profound effects on the ability to perform daily activities, meet professional and home demands, and interact socially.  One of the most frustrating aspects of the disease is the inability of the medical community to adequately diagnose, describe the progression, and develop an effective treatment plan for fibromyalgia.  Because of the systemic, whole body, effects of fibromyalgia, the most effective treatment plans are holistic and multidisciplinary, compromising of both traditional therapies and alternative therapies.  Massage therapy and specifically myofascial release is becoming, with increasing frequency, an integral part of the treatment for myofascial release.

Even though the precipitating factors and progression of fibromyalgia are not completely understood, a consensus of determining symptoms has been formulated.  Fibromyalgia has been characterized by the following symptoms:

• Widespread muscle pain with localized tenderness in 11 of 18 discreet points
• Anxiety/depression
• Chronic headaches
• General Fatigue
• Irritable Bowel Syndrome
• Morning stiffness
• Numbness, tingling
• Sleep disturbance
• Diminished blood flow to fingers and toes
• Sensitivity to weather/temperature, stress and physical activity
• Swelling in hand or feet without associated edema
• Extreme fatigue

The treatment of fibromyalgia with myofascial release takes the following perspective.  Regardless of the underlying cause, traumatic, pathogenic, or metabolic, the body’s response with fibromyalgia is both a hyperactivation of the immune system and hyperarousal of the body’s stress response.  Eventually over time, the body’s resources are depleted due to these heightened states of activity with the subsequent onset of exhaustion, lethargy and depression.  With decreased physical activity and postural changes or due to microtrauma to the muscles, the fascial system responds by shortening and tightening, further restricting the ease and ability to perform simple movements and tasks.  This chronic shortening and tightening results in localized areas of decreased circulation and metabolism.  Eventually, nerves and skeletal alignment will be affected, with the manifestation of pain.  And the cycle amplifies.  Myofascial release, through the application of deep and gentle stretches, works to release the constrictive shortening and tightening of the fascia system, breaking of adhesions and reorganizing the fascial layers.  With the relaxation of the fascial tissue, circulation is restored and cellular metabolism is normalized.  As the constrictive tightening and associated edema is released, localized pain disappears and range of motion begins to restore.  This enables the client to begin to resume exercise and other daily activities.  As the muscles regain normal tonus and flexibility, posture and skeletal alignment is restored.

The integration of myofascial release techniques with cranial sacral techniques supports the recovery of the mental and emotional wellbeing.  Cranial sacral techniques restore the circulation, metabolism and alignment of the central nervous system.  Often times the depression and sense of helplessness experienced with fibromyalgia will lift with the introduction of the cranial sacral therapy.