@caligirlian Oh I understand the costs. This is the worst year ever for out of pocket costs for medical care for myself and my husband and we have both hit the out of pocket maximum. The good thing about Myofascial Release is that once you understand how it works, you can do a lot of it yourself. Some things you can't do because you can only use your hands in ways and from angles that you can reach. You can also do a lot by laying on a ball or several of them. Stretching fascia is a shearing motion and you have to press and hold it and wait for it to release. A MFR therapist can train you how to do this and you will learn what it feels like when the release happens. There are also some books on fascial stretches written by physical therapists. They might be available on the MFR website. If not now, you could try MFR anytime. Bad habits or bad posture can add to fascial problems as time goes on because it create layers of tight tissue that you will need to work through in layers later on. Sometimes an early approach especially after surgery is better before a new pattern of tight scar tissue is set. There are also workshops taught for the public by therapists from Therapy on the Rocks (John Barne's practice, the guy who developed these techniques) usually once a year in various locations. You could also try a few sessions with a PT as an experiment and see if you think it will help, and then decide. If you do that, look for an "expert level" certified MFR therapist in the John Barne's methods. This is a highly skilled touch by the therapist who will be able to feel how the pattern of fascia tightness weaves through your body and where it will pull on something else. I have done this MFR work for several years and it has benefited me a lot. I do work on it at home and invent ways to stretch.