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Why Your Fascia Requires (Long Overdue) Attention

What in the world is fascia?

Simply put, our fascial network is webbing / netting / scaffolding throughout the body.

It is the network of connective tissue that surrounds and includes your muscles. Look at a cross section of an orange – the sacs can be likened to our muscles, and the thin sheaths that separate the sacs can be likened to our fascia. Fascia separates as well as holds organs and muscles together. It is also involved in musculoskeletal well-being and proprioceptive capacity (body awareness, or knowing where you are in space). A third function is its influence on how signals of sensation (like pain) travel to your brain, as the body’s fascial network is rich in sensory nerve endings.

Why is this important? Your fascia is designed to slide and glide over one another during movement. However, due to injury or repetitive actions, areas of connective tissue can become stuck and/or inflamed and tug on the surrounding fascial network. (Think of it like a soft net. Pulling on one piece tugs on the whole net, affecting other areas). The result could be manifested into restrictions (in the form of scar tissue), tension, strain or pain – what we call “fascial adhesions”.

Our postural habits, stress and natural tendency to move mostly in the sagittal plane (mostly forward) can all be to blame. Sitting a lot make the hip muscles and hamstrings, tight and weak. Moving up the body, the space in our shoulder and chest areas become weak from our tendency to round the upper back. Our neck region is notorious for holding stress-induced tension, and have to work very hard to hold up our heads; such that tension can also get trapped in the base of the skull and sometimes send referral pain to other areas in the body.

Releasing fascial adhesions is like clearing out the cobwebs between the muscles, and eliminate toxins that are accumulated. By using balls (and many other tools) to promote the sliding and gliding of your tissues, it also hydrates them through the act of compressing and releasing, like a sponge.

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It’s been a long time since I came to the office. Pyrite tree and moss agate ‘pots’ looking pretty!