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Myofascial Release
Myofascial Release is a safe and highly effective hands-on technique that applies gentle, sustained pressure to release restrictions in the myofascial connective tissue. This approach is designed to eliminate pain and restore motion.
You might wonder, "How can gentle pressure help me feel better?" While some situations call for traditional deep tissue techniques, there are times when the body benefits more from a gentler, slower compression. This method allows for a thorough exploration of each layer of fascia (the connective tissue), helping to dissolve deep adhesions—areas where tissues may be stuck together.
By applying slow, sustained pressure, we can gradually release these adhesions, leading to mobilized and more viscous fascia. This increased mobility allows for freer movement throughout the body and promotes a more relaxed nervous system.
If you're interested in experiencing the benefits of Myofascial Release, let's connect!
CranioSacral Therapy
CranioSacral Therapy is a gentle, hands-on approach that releases tension deep in the body to relieve pain and dysfunction and improve whole-body health and performance. With this technique, to release fascia, hands may be placed anywhere on the body, including on bands of fascia found in the head, neck, torso, and all joints, including the knees, wrists, and feet. The practitioners intention and hand placement emphasis may be on the top of the spine, the head/cranial bone, and the base of the spine, the sacral bone. The goal is to release fascial adhesions, the stuck tissue causing pain and dysfunction, to improve fluid flow and therefore improve electrical impulses to the muscles and nervous system. Once released, many pain related ailments such as sinus pressure, migraines, and deep muscular aching may resolve. Chronic and acute holding patterns throughout the body are able to release. Limbs, the spine, and the viscera (internal organs) begin to have more freedom, therefore may work optimally. New thought patterns arise. Your body may also respond by being able to sleep deeply.
Fascia
What is fascia? Fascia is a comprehensive, three-dimensional web of connective tissue that permeates the body. If all the structures in the body except fascia were removed, you would still see the outline of everything that has been taken away. Fascia surrounds every vein and capillary, envelops each muscle fiber, and forms the muscle bellies, such as the bicep in your arm. It also wraps around tendons and ligaments, integrating seamlessly into bone. Additionally, fascia protects your organs, wraps your eyeballs, and creates supportive structures like the sling that holds your liver against your ribs.
Because fascia contains sensory neurons, working with it allows the nervous system to relax, regenerate, and reboot. This process can help release outdated thought patterns that no longer serve you. Understanding that fascia is everywhere explains how pain in your elbow could stem from an incident as seemingly unrelated as stubbing your toe months ago. Every minor or major injury, surgery, thought, or trauma creates pulling patterns throughout the body. By releasing tension and creating slack in the fascial system, we can help reduce or eliminate these chronic and acute patterns of pulling that lead to pain.
By working slowly and deeply into the fascia’s ground substance, we can free adhesions, allowing you to move with greater ease and expression. Addressing fascial restrictions while soothing the nervous system opens the door to a pain-free, active lifestyle.
I truly love working with fascia. It has its own language, rhythm, and code. I find fascia fascinating, and I am passionate about my work!
Testimonial:
"Seeing Sarah is the best thing I've done for myself in a long time. Following treatment for lung cancer, I was left with an annoying scar which prevented me from sleeping in my right side. Sarah amazingly has been able thtrough her amazing talented touch to release the pulling sensation and discomfort I have been experiencing. Relaxing atmosphere and kind, knowledgeable practitioner. Thank you so much, Sarah." Karen P.
A Note from Sarah Ering, LMT
"I love my work and the opportunity to use energetic and scientific therapies to help clear old, unnecessary belief patterns in both the mind and fascia (connective tissue). The mind and body are intricately connected, rooted in this physical plane and aligned with the Cosmic plane—our Source.
Old belief patterns can create habitual "straight jacket" postural patterns that your body develops as a means of survival after injury or trauma. My aim is to facilitate positive changes in the fascia, reducing adhesions and helping the tissue unwind. Adhesions are layers of connective tissue that have become stuck together, which can limit your ability to move freely.
Unwinding refers to the fascia moving toward ease—essentially, the path of least resistance. This process ultimately frees both the body and mind from restrictive holding patterns that no longer serve you.
