Fascia is a strong, stretchy tissue that forms a web throughout your body. It connects everything—muscles, bones, and organs—and helps your body stay balanced and stable, like the cables on a sailboat. It also plays a key role in sensing movement and tension due to a rich abundance of nerve endings.

When part of this web gets tight—often from injury or stress—it can pull on other areas and cause pain or dysfunction far from the original problem. Many treatments focus on where it hurts, but the real issue is often somewhere else, like pressing a garden hose harder instead of just removing the kink.

Because there are so many nerves embedded in the myofascia, it tends to store “muscle memory” where old injuries can cause the body to stay in protective, restrictive patterns. Over time, this leads to more strain and imbalance.

Myofascial Release helps gently release those restrictions —without triggering stress responses. While the work itself may seem subtle, the effects are lasting and can greatly improve the effects of strengthening and stretching approaches.