Page 68 - ESCARPMENT MAGAZINE | Spring 2013

BY REBECCA DONALD
68 Escarpment Magazine Spring 2013
ESCARPMENT WELLNESS | make-overs from the inside out
MORE AND MORE people are curious about their health and are
searching for their own answers, motivated by their desire to heal themselves
or help their loved ones. The available options available are endless especially
with new therapies and healing modalities popping up every day. I have spent
my adult life, both personally and professionally, immersed in the search for ef-
fective therapeutic methods and true healing.
In 1998 I was involved in a high speed, head-on collision. Miraculously, I
walked away from the accident intact, never suspecting it would come back to
haunt me with a vengeance. A year later, while attending college, I developed
constant neck and shoulder pain, and chronic headaches. I became a less pro-
ductive person almost overnight. Physically, I was still able to do everything; so
fortunate really, considering what the consequences of such an accident could
have been. Nonetheless, my life was changed and resolving the aches, pains
and deep fatigue from my whiplash became an enduring quest. The irony of
the situation was that as I worked as a Massage Therapist helping others, I felt
I needed therapy more than many of my customers did.
I began a quest of seeking out better answers, reading extensively, taking health
related courses and personally trying all kinds of treatments, mainstream and
alternative. Finally in 2010, I tried a treatment calledMyofascial Release. It ac-
tually worked! Compelled by positive results, it wasn’t long before I took the
MRF course and later that year, opened my own MFR practice.
Myofascial Release, also called MFR, is a gentle, yet very deep reaching and
effective form of bodywork that blends manual techniques and energy work.
Through a series of sessions, it helps people resolve conditions of chronic pain
and imbalance in their bodies.
To understand how MFR works, it helps to have a basic understanding of the
fascial system and its role in the human body. Also called connective tissue, the
fascia exists as a three-dimensional web. At its most intricate level of organiza-
tion, it connects every single cell in the body. The fascia tubules are hollow and
form a highly sophisticated quantum communication network for the cells. No
other body tissue can make such claims. On a macroscopic level, the fascia sur-
rounds, supports, protects and separates every single organ, muscle, bone,
nerve and blood vessel in the body.
When a person incurs a trauma, for example an acute injury, a repetitive strain
injury or even an extreme emotional upset, the fascia in the affected area of the
body contracts protectively. In many cases it doesn’t relax off afterwards. Now
remember, as explained above, the fascia is infused into every single cell, tissue
and body system. Sustained contraction of the fascia results in abnormal ten-
sions on literally everything in that general area of the body.
Myofascial Release... a Catalyst for Change