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"MFR provides an opportunity for the client to function better with increased movement efficiency"
The aim of all manual therapy is to help our clients feel better. Through our own skill, experience and training we make every effort to provide the best clinical outcome that we can. This blog is a place where I ask you to consider and critically evaluate your current practice and what you've been taught in an effort to promote an evidence informed practice and career longevity.
Touch and the PIEZO ion channels - their role in pain
When a manual touch therapist places their hands on the skin of a client, a sophisticated chain of biological events begins. What may feel like heat, pressure, movement or stretching is detected by sp...
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Fascia - Rethinking the Missing Link
For years, fascia has been central to discussions about persistent pain, with many manual and movement therapists believing it holds the key to unlocking long term discomfort. The idea that pain can b...
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Does fascia hold memories?
Over 15 years ago I wrote an article called ‘If your tears could talk, what would they say?’ It was published in a national massage magazine at the time called Today’s Therapist.
This phrase is often...
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Unwinding. Is It All A Windup? - Fascia, Fact and Fiction
Over the last 25 years I have been a dedicated fascia addict.
While I still appreciate the immense value of understanding what fascia is, what it does, and how it seems to be involved in everything,...
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Does the brain and immune system influence frozen shoulder?
As a soft tissue therapist specialising in myofascial release (MFR), I've always been intrigued by the intricate interplay between the body's systems and how they manifest in conditions like frozen sh...
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Does Massage Spread Cancer?
Does Massage Spread Cancer?
Here we are again with this question, but it is a very important question that should be addressed. This has been prompted by the recent Thinking Practitioner Podcast with...
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Bridging the Gap: Fascia and Pain Science
This year marks my 25th year in this profession although I ‘dabbled’ for about 10 years previously jumping from course to course none of which had any formal structure or qualifications; they were sim...
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Self-Myofascial Release
I remember the day vividly. In fact, it was an entire 2-week trip that had such an influential impact not only on my personal life but my professional life. I had taken time away to attend a Myofascia...
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Fascia and Pain
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To be honest, this is a huge topic bearing in mind that pain science is complex and multifactorial on its own. As most fascia research is still very new, it is ...
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Fascia as a Sensory Organ
Fascia as a sensory organ; what does this mean to an MFR Therapist?
All of us were taught about the nervous system in our qualification training. But, often anatomy and physiology (A&P) were taught a...
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