Slawomir Rybak LMT, CPT is an expert level Myofascial Release Therapist who studied with John F. Barnes, the founder of Myofascial Release. He is a Nationally Certified Massage Therapist with over 25 years of experience in many different massage modalities; including Swedish Massage, Deep Tissue Massage, Sport Massage,Neuromuscular Therapy, Orthopedic Massage, Muscle Release Technique, Active Isolated Stretching, Trigger Point Therapy, Reflexology and Oriental Massage. He is also a Certified Personal Trainer and former weightlifting gold medalist at the Junior Teams Polish National Championship and has a special interest in Health, Fitness and Nutrition.
WHAT CAN YOU FEEL AFTER THE TREATMENT?
Myofascial release is different from other types of bodywork that you have experienced. Because it addresses restrictions and habitual patterns deep within the fascial system of the body, the treatment does not end once you get up off the treatment table. Your fascial system may continue to unravel and release for hours or even days after you leave. This is normal. Continue to tune into your body. You may feel exhilarated or energized, calm and quiet, relaxed or exhausted, moody and emotional or anywhere in between. I encourage you to listen to you body and flow with whatever is coming up. Be gentle with yourself. Most people feel better immediately, although some may feel sore or temporarily stirred up. This is called the healing crisis. In other words, you may get worse before you get better. As restrictions are released, your body may be shifting its alignment, so you may feel achy in unfamiliar areas. In rare instances, you may experience soreness all over. This may be your body asking for more attention as deeper layer of restrictions are uncovered. Gently stretch these areas. In most cases, soreness will dissipate within a couple dates and then you will feel freer within your body. It’s best to drink lots of water. After treatment its is important to re-hydrate and flush toxins out of areas that were restricted. Healingis not an event. It is a process. Your restrictions did not show up overnight. Myofascial release is an authentic healing approach that can help you reduce pain, enhance inner tranquility and improve the quality of your life.
WHAT IS FASCIA?
Fascia is a tough connective tissue which spreads through the body in a three-dimensional Web from head to toe without interruption. Facia roll is to support, stabilize and cushion. It provides a sliding and gliding environment for muscles, suspends organs in the proper place, transmits movement from muscles to the bones, they are attached to, and provides a supportive, movable, wrapping for nerves and blood vessels, as they pass through in between muscles. Fascia also surrounds and separates every muscle, bone, nerve, blood vessel, brain, spinal cord and organ all the way down to cellular level. Imagine it is a three dimensional spider web or a yarn in “sweater “ that connects and influences your entire physical structure. The facial system influences, and is influenced by every other system and function in the body, and is full of life, emotions, memories, and consciousness. And the normal healthy state of the fascia is fully open, relaxed, flexible, wavy, and has the ability to stretch and move without Restriction. In this state, your whole structure is aligned, balanced, mobile and able to function at its optimal capacity. . In this state, your whole structure is aligned, balanced, mobile and able to function at its optimal capacity. There’s a picture of.
WHAT IS FASICA RESTRICTION?
physical/emotional trauma, repetitive motion, poor posture, surgical procedures, scarring and inflammation, dehydrates, the ground substance parentheses the fluid component of the facial system, parentheses. The facia loses its pliability, shortens, and thickens, and binds down, pulling the sweater out of its relaxed and balanced state. These restrictions can produce pressure of up to 200 pounds per square inch on pain, sensitive structures and act like a straight jacket, causing your body to be out of optimal alignment, not allowing it to work properly and freely that overtime causes lack of mobility, dysfunction and pain. Facial restrictions do not show up on standard test such as x-ray, MRIs, or CAT scan.
WHAT IS MYOFASCIAL RELEASE?
Myofascial release is a safe and very effective hand on technique that involves applying gentle, sustained pressure into the myofascial connective going to tissue restrictions to eliminate pain and restore motion. Traditional medicine treats symptoms, not the root cause. Traditional and alternative therapies release only the elastic and muscular component of the myofascial complex resulting in temporary changes. And John F Barnes, myofascial release Massad restrictions are held at the barrier for 3 to 5 minutes or longer. This essential “time element “have to do with the viscous flow, and piezoelectric phenomenon: a load low ( gentle pressure ) applied, slowly, will allow a viscoelastic medium (fascia) to elongate “melt “and unravel myofascial restrictions, essentially removing the “straight jacket” from the system, and open up channels of communication.
WHAT IS MYOFASCIAL UNWINDING?
Myofascial unwinding is a spontaneous movement of the body via the mind. It is inherent self-correcting process that helps bring back bracing/holding patterns, memories, emotions, or sensations into the conscious awareness and release them. All those represent past trauma, and the process will allow the body in mind and nervous system to learn, shift, and to heal, enabling integration and wholeness. Myofascial unwinding is a wonderful way for the body-mind complex to face and correct itself and create space for healthier and positive changes.
BENEFITS OF MFR:
- Improved structural and postural alignment
- Increased, flexibility and strength
- Decrease pain
- Increase body awareness
- Increase is of movement
- Increase energy
- Enhance quality of life
- Feeling more balance, physically, emotionally and mentally
HANDS-ON TREATMENT
Each myofascial treatment session is performed directly on skin without oils or creams. This enables a therapist to accurately detect facial restrictions and apply the appropriate amount of sustained pressure to facilitate release of the fascia.
