@farmgirl57 Here is a provider search for therapists trained in the John Barnes methods. https://myofascialrelease.com/find-a-therapist/ If you don't find someone near you, you can also call Therapy on the Rocks in Sedona and ask for other therapists who have trained there. Some therapists don't pay to be listed on the website. http://therapyontherocks.net/

There are other methods of releasing fascia, but what is different about the John Barnes methods is it is gentle and slow, and you give the body time to reorganize the fascia. The problems with aggressive methods are that the body tries to protect itself by bracing and that the fascia can tear. This just compounds the problem by creating more scar tissue in the fascia and adhering tissue. The fascia needs to slide for proper movement and function and it changes from a semisolid to a liquid and back as it reorganizes. The fascia is a conductor of electricity in the body and helps remove waste products. All of that gets trapped in fascia when it doesn't move. Releasing layers of tight fascia is a slow process, and an expert PT can feel the path of the tightness through your body and adjust the direction of their pressure accordingly. In my experience, the muscles in my neck were solid as a rock and glued together, but after a few years of treating this with weekly sessions of MFR, individual muscles can now be felt and they function better. I still have some knots in some of the spinal muscles on one side, but much smaller and getting softer with treatment.

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