@ The therapist will recommend how often they think you should be seen for MFR, and for me that was usually twice a week. Insurance doesn't want to pay for this and there must be a reason for the visits like difficulty breathing, so the therapist does a few other things to code the visit. I have not seen my MFR therapist in a long time and wish I could see her. It's because when you're on Medicare, the primary care doctor has to give you a script and they don't understand this like my spine surgeon does, and it requires an in person visit to get the script. The therapist also has lots of patients and I've been on the wait list, and other issues have come up keeping her out of the office. I've learned enough to be able to do some self treating to help myself, but I can't do everything because my hands can not physically reach everything she can do. Any stretching you can do to address tight muscles on your own can help as long as it is safe for you.

I do things like lay on my side, put a hand on my chest below the collar bone from the side I am laying on, and then roll my weight forward so the palm is pressing in and stretching the pectoral muscles. I let my body weight do the work. I also lay face down on small balls on tight areas of the chest. I also put them in front of my hip flexors or at base of rib cage and lay on several at once.

Did you find an MFR therapy provider that you wish to contact?