The Fundamentals

Throughout each day we use almost every muscular aspect of our bodies. As we utilize our bodies, continuous “wear and tear”, acute injuries, chronic stress, physical holding patterns or natural aging can begin to manifest as pain and restriction in specific areas. When this occurs, our physical structure can be in need of outside support to help facilitate the healing process.
 
Restorative Body Therapy works primarily with myofascia, a specific type of connective tissue that surrounds all of our muscle fibers. Myofascia is tough, dense connective tissue composed of elastic and collagen fibers that help hold together our bodies physical structure. Healthy myofascia is supple and adaptable, but it can tighten in response to physical changes brought on by internal or external stressors. When this occurs, the myofascia can begin to thicken and become sticky—this “gluing together” creates a connective tissue adhesion. Over time an adhesion can worsen, causing the fascia to compress the muscle it surrounds. This can trigger pain responses by constricting the nerves and result in hard, tender knots in the muscle fibers known as “trigger points”. Movement can also become restricted in areas bound by adhesions. Fortunately, mysofascial tissue is flexible and resilient by design and responds extremely well to manual pressure, stretching and lengthening.

Restorative Body Therapy helps to alleviate myofascial discomfort, improve mobility and promote homeostasis in your body through integrating concepts and techniques of Ashiatsu, Myofascial Release, Neuromuscular Therapy, Structural Integration, Cupping, Breathwork and Yoga Therapy. All of these therapies provide distinct individual benefits, but combining different attributes from each to address specific issues in our bodies can create profound change.

Restorative Body Therapy works with myofascia in a very slow and deliberate manner to help calm the nervous system, which supports natural transitions working into deeper layers of the tissue to correct fascial dysfunction. As no two individuals are alike, no treatment session will be identical. Each of us experience bodywork differently and benefit immensely from
personalized care. 

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