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INFOCUS
INTUITIVE HANDS
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WRITTEN BY SHANNON E. ROESGEN PHOTOS BY ADRIEN MAPLES PHOTOGRAPHY
The touch of a hand during hands-on healing treatment can do one of three things: export energy from the therapist, import energy or information from the recipient, or both. It is one thing to have treatment when the therapist is merely following an impersonalized and routine protocol designed for the generic client—the therapist starts at the head, travels to the feet, and never notices any of your individualized pain and sensitivities.
It is quite another thing to have a healer lay hands on you. A healer’s hands listen to the energy your body is communicating. They feel your pain—not empathetically, but physically feel your pain—through touch. Their hands then migrate toward your pain to help you release it and let your body heal itself. This is what a true healer does, and it is what I experienced at Midwest Myofascial Release Center.
What Is Myofascial Release Therapy?
Myofascial release therapy is a safe and effective hands-on approach which involves applying gentle, sustained pressure into the myofascial connective tissue restrictions to eliminate pain and restore motion.
With myofascial release, one is looked at as a unique individual. One-on-one sessions are personalized, incorporating a wide range of therapeutic massage and movement techniques designed to restore healthy function.
“Myo” refers to muscle and “fascia” is the connective tissue surrounding each muscle, like a three-dimensional spider web. The fascia is the only part of the body that goes everywhere. Nerves end. Muscles end. But fascia exists everywhere in the body.
From a layman’s perspective, it is called myofascial release because physical and/or emotional pain and trauma can become trapped in the body in our fascia. We then carry that pain with us.
This unique therapy helps find that energy trapped in the fascia and release it, thus creating the opportunity for our bodies to restore themselves to health. We then have the freedom to live in a painfree body that is able to function at its optimal level of health and well-being.
Above: Myofascial Release Therapy
Getting Out of My Own Way
My 60-minute session was one of healing and synergy. The therapist observed my posture and my inflammation with her eyes and hands. She then took all of that information and let her hands travel to the parts of my body that needed healing and release. For me, that was my left side. Having had
Left: Myofascial Release Cupping Below: Power Plate PULSE™ Targeted Vibrational Therapy
ACL reconstruction on my left knee and ankle ligament reconstruction on my left ankle, my left leg was carrying the trauma of two surgeries, and needed attention.
She then worked on the left side of my upper back and shoulder. I have an area in my left shoulder blade which I call my “spot” because I always have pain there. My therapist’s hands found that spot immediately and worked on it. What relief!
The only negative part of my experience was that it had to end. I arose from the table feeling relaxed. I was breathing differently—more deeply, releasing bodily stresses with each exhale. I felt at peace. Energy that was once blocked was now flowing freely within me. Myofascial release therapy was truly a unique experience. There was a sincere synergy of communication between my therapist’s hands and the energy my body was conveying. This therapy helps the body remember that we have the power to heal ourselves; myofascial release therapy helps us get out of our own way and let the body heal itself.
An Ever-growing Team of Therapists at Midwest Myofascial Release Center
Jeff Dailey has a background in martial arts and personal training. He is a licensed massage therapist and is a medical massage practitioner. Dailey has a passion for serving communities in need. Stephanie Kindness Augello is a licensed massage therapist whose specialty is helping others who have experienced emotional trauma or stress. She is also the proud mother of four energetic boys. She has been a violinist since the age of seven and has performed with local orchestras.
Midwest Myofascial Release Center • 913.343.9042 • midwestmyofascialrelease.com • scheduling@midwestmyofascialrelease.com Overland Park Location / 7270 W. 98th Terrace, #220, Windmill Village Offices, Bldg. 7, Overland Park, KS Plaza Location / 1421 W. 47th St., Kansas City, MO SIMPLYkc Special: Mention this article and you will receive a FREE training session with purchase of the Power Plate PULSE™ (a portable deep tissue massager/$299.99).
