What to expect in your first Myofascial session
What to expect in your first session
The therapeutic process originating from Myofascial release sessions is a multidimensional and continuous process. It begins with making the appointment and continues after the session. Let’s review each stage of the healing process.
Your first session:
When you make the initial phone call and schedule an appointment, you are making a statement that you are ready to take more responsibility for your health and your life; and that you are creating an opportunity for healing to occur.
During the initial session, a brief health history will be taken and treatment objectives will be discussed. Upon entering the room, you will be asked to disrobe to your level of comfort (if modesty is a concern, two piece bathing suits or bra and panties may be worn), and appropriated draping for your modesty, safety and comfort will be discussed.
The first touch that you experience will be an assessment of the movement the skin and the underlying tissue for muscle tone and fascial adhesions. A fascial adhesion is likened to a snag in a sweater, where the layers of tissue begin to bunch up. Once some adhesions have been identified, the technique changes to a gentle (moderate discomfort to mild pain) stretch of the tissue, much like gently pulling on the strands of a sweater snag, to release the fascial adhesion. As the restriction is released, the tissue may pull the stretch into another area of tension. The therapist will follow this natural release process. Often as tissue releases, other areas of tension/discomfort will become expressed, which is the initial experience of therapeutic pain.
Please make note of these areas and communicate them to the therapist, no matter how illogical and silly it may seem.
The fascia is a three-dimensional, continuous and illogical system permeating the entire body, even down to the cellular level. Subsequently, the session will probably not follow the orderly progression through the body that is usually experienced in most massage sessions.
