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| Welcome to the MyofascialResource.com Home Page MyofascialResource.com is here for the thousands of Myofascial Release (MFR) and other related therapists around the country and beyond. Up until now, Myofascial Release support and information came from individual websites or chat lines, each one dedicated to only one of the many styles of Myofascial Release. MyofascialResource.com bridges that gap, allowing therapists a place to find resources as well as a highly effective and cost effective means of advertising. Whether Rolfing, Structural Integration, CranioSacral Therapy, Myofascial Release, or other, the many different forms of Myofascial Release have much to offer. They can come together here, on MyofascialResource.com. Having spent so many years as a Myofascial Release therapist and instructor, I've been able to adapt many of the techniques that I've learned, as well as develop more than a few of my own. I now have the opportunity to share what I've learned with others. In the "Tips" section, you'll find a sample of treatment and self-treatment techniques. Additional techniques and home program stretches are available by subscribing to my monthly MFRmail Newsletter (see below). Feedback from the issues thus far are fantastic, with many therapists immediately integrating the information into their practices. Subscribing is easy and costs nothing. Scroll down for information on how to sign up. Home program Tips are supplied in PDF format, to allow you to easily print them out on your own letterhead. All back issues of the MFRmail Newsletter and the related Treatment Tips can be found on the Newsletter Archives page. MyofascialResource.com also creates a central location for many of the treatment tools that myself and other therapists around the country utilize to enhance their practice as well as their patient's progress. I've also compiled a large number of books and music that are pertinent to your practice. Please, utilize the available links to check out a tool, book or music that you might be interested in. Clicking on the links does not obligate you to buy, so feel free to look around. |
| Are you looking for the latest word on new treatment tips, articles, treatment tools, books, and music? Sign up for my free MFRmail. You'll receive my monthly newsletter filled with useful information for your practice. If you're not happy, you can cancel your subscription. |
| Check out www.bodyworkonline.com to connect with a larger community of MFR practitioners, as well as a wide range of body workers. No hidden agenda, as demonstrated by other MFR sites. I am a frequent contributor there. Log on and say hello! www.BodyWorkOnline.com |
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| There are numerous Treatment Tools available, many of which are shown on the Tools page. Many MFR therapists choose to purchase treatment tools in bulk and re-sell the items to clients. When available, bulk pricing is noted. Other therapists do not wish to be bothered with keeping an inventory of stock and would prefer to be able send their patients to one central source for needed home treatment supplies. Others wish to remain separate from any ethical dilemmas associated with selling products directly to patients. Sending your patients directly to MyofascialResource.com allows them to quickly and easily find the products you wish them to use as a part of their therapy. Additionally, they can make a connection with the larger community of MFR themselves, through the many books and CD's. My goal is to make MyofascialResource.com a vital tool for our entire MFR community. Let me know if you have any favorite tools, books, or CDs that are not listed here, and we can share them with others. Finally, the Myofascial Release Practitioner Directory features Myofascial Release therapists from around the United States and Canada, located in one central location to make attracting clients easier. Your listing allows you to highlight your practice or facility. Potential clients will be able to find you from all of the major search engines and targeted advertising on Google assures that your name is seen by the right people. Give it a try. Google AdWord "clicks" send interested clients directly to the Practitioner Directory, which is only one of many different ways that people reach the Directory every day. |
| Foundations in Myofascial Release Seminars Foundations II: Head, Neck, and Upper Trunk Rochester, NY May 16-17, 2009 Foundations One Cape Cod August 14-15, 2009 |
"Strolling Under the Skin" is an excellent resource of information from Dr. JD Guimberteau. Here is a quote
from Tom Meyer's website: "This 25-minute video contains some of the most fascinating images of living fascia
ever developed. Dr. Jean Claude Guimberteau is a plastic and hand surgeon who has been researching the
body's 'sliding system' that allows fascial planes to move on each other. The beauty and excitement of this film is
that is is living fascia in a living person, and so beautifully filmed that no one -- lay or practitioner -- can see this
video unmoved. The sheer poetry of the images is enough, but you also learn how the collagen, ground
substance water and fat work together to make the 'sliding system' -- the body's interconnected system of loose
connective tissue." Check it out on Tom's website
from Tom Meyer's website: "This 25-minute video contains some of the most fascinating images of living fascia
ever developed. Dr. Jean Claude Guimberteau is a plastic and hand surgeon who has been researching the
body's 'sliding system' that allows fascial planes to move on each other. The beauty and excitement of this film is
that is is living fascia in a living person, and so beautifully filmed that no one -- lay or practitioner -- can see this
video unmoved. The sheer poetry of the images is enough, but you also learn how the collagen, ground
substance water and fat work together to make the 'sliding system' -- the body's interconnected system of loose
connective tissue." Check it out on Tom's website
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| Another website to consider is SomaSimple. While the members there are not exactly in the same mindset as most Myofascial Release therapists, disagreement and discussion can be educational. Explore neurobiological rationales for bodywork here. There is a rather monumental thread called "Myofascial Release; The Great Conversation". Check it out! www.SomaSimple.com |
| Here is an editorial that I wrote in my February 2009 MFRmail Newsletter "Real" Myofascial Release? When I was learning MFR, I heard a great deal about what was "real" MFR and what was not. What was "real" seemed to depend on who was teaching it, as each teacher felt that what they taught was the only genuine way to perform the work. The way I was taught, that method was only effective if done as taught. Period. All other ways were less effective. Today, I have the benefit of time and space away from the manner and teaching from which I learned. This all seems rather foolish. Effective work is just that; effective work. There are many modalities that have profound effects, as there are different ways in which one performs MFR. Why am I making this statement? It seems that ever since I left (actually was removed!) from the MFR community from which I both learned and instructed, I have been accused of teaching and practicing a different form of MFR; that I am taking it in another direction. Maybe I am. There have been criticisms regarding the home treatment stretches and releases that I have shared with you on my Myofascial Release Treatment Tips. The claim is that they are not "real" Myofascial Release". I leave that up to you to decide. My clients have benefited greatly from these and, based on the feedback I've gotten over the past few years, so have many of you. Claiming that only one form of MFR is real or the best, is one way to keep people loyal. You decide for yourself. |
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