Our Mission


Our mission is to provide instruction and explore practical solutions which massage therapists may use to more effectively address soft tissue injury and trauma for the benefit of their clients.

Who we are.....

Philosophy

Fascial Massage is the new frontier of therapeutic massage.

By addressing the fascia directly and the body as a whole, clients often regain mobility lost months, years and even decades ago.  

As an alternative therapy or even as an additional therapeutic technique focusing on fascia rather than muscle tissue, Fascial Balancing Technique® (FBT) releases the fascial restrictions and allows the corresponding muscle tissue to relax.   

Different than Deep Swedish Massage, Fascial Massage is more than deep spa massage, being directly complimentary to Chiropractic, Physical Therapy, and Post-Surgery.

Be Fascia Friendly....The "How To" List

Be nice to your FASCIA, and it will be nice to you.

Rest....
while we sleep our fascia "opens" and allows healing.  I think about it like the night crew in an office building...while the work is on hold for the night the janitors come in and dump the trash, clean the floors, refill the paper towels, etc.

Exercise...
our bodies were MADE TO MOVE....
wiggling is great for fascia.  So Wiggle!!!

Stretching....
the fascia tends to get more contracted and more contracted without our help....so to balance this trend and stay mobile we need to stretch our fascia.

Water....
staying hydrated keeps our bodies more pliable, less crispy.  Think about water in your body like oil in your car.  Without low oil pressure the sliding and gliding parts in the engine create more friction and heat and if the oil pressure gets low enough - they just grind together to a halt.  When you are thirsty, it is the equivalent of the oil light being lit up on your car dashboard....it is a critical condition.

Massage, especially massage techniques which address fascia.....breaks up adhesions, allows the fluid present to enter and nourish tissue, and removes waste products that have pooled and stagnated.

What we do.....

Fascial Balancing Technique®

...........a type of massage therapy and bodywork involving the strategic balancing of and along three-dimensional fascial planes and the
corresponding muscle tissue by following, releasing and balancing lines of soft tissue tension in order to relieve physical and emotional
tension, improve posture and increase soft tissue mobility and vitality.

Why we do it.....

To provide instruction and explore practical solutions which massage therapists may use to more effectively address soft tissue injury and trauma for the benefit of their clients.

CEU Classes Available for Licensed Massage Therapists

NCBTMB Approved Provider #445

Beginning Tai Chi: Practical Applications for Bodyworkers. 
Type:  Energy Work, 4 CEU, In Classroom) 

Massage Ethics, Entrepreneurship, and Professionalism (Includes Standards of Practice Review) 
Type:   Ethics, 4 CEU, In Classroom
 
Research and Massage: The Value-Added Massage Practice Live Ethics, Entrepreneurship, and Professionalism
Type:  Research, 3 CEU, In Classroom

Introductory Fascia Work Course: 
 "
A Focus on Fascia: A 'More Than Muscle' Approach to Therapeutic Massage" 
Type:  Myofascial, 6 CEU, In Classroom

Intermediary Fascia Work Courses:

Fascial Balancing Technique® 201: The Arm Lines 
Type:  Myofascial, 3 CEU, In Classroom

Fascial Balancing Technique® 202: The Back Lines
Type:  Myofascial, 3 CEU, In Classroom
Sound Easy?  Well, it is and it is not.....there is a HOW to the HOW.   Sorry, that is just how it is. 

Fascia Research and the efforts of individual practitioners and clients over recent years are providing a "more efficient" framework for fascia treatment.  

For example, let's consider WATER above.  A person can drink water until they are practically floating....and the water still not be getting into/within the fascia to rehydrate it.  They just run back and forth to the restroom a lot.  Kind of like throwing a boulder into a swimming pool.....the outsides of the boulder get wet.  But what about all the particles stuck together tightly INSIDE the boulder?  That is where the stretching and massage (especially a therapist schooled and studied in fascia work) come into play.  These other aspects of treatment, DONE IN THE RIGHT WAY, facilitate the hydration into and throughout the fascia tissues and may create not only long-term relief, but client-manageable relief, and even tissue regeneration.   The best words I hear in my office or from practitioners who relay what is said in their own offices:   "I thought I would never be able to _______ again, and I am able now, and when I move I am pain free, or nearly pain free."   

Done in a less fascially efficient way.....therapy still yields relief, but often short-term.  Thankfully, more and more therapists and healthcare practitioners are keeping up with research, doing research, and improving their Fascia Skills.   The fascia demands a different style of treatment technique, similar but DIFFERENT, for lasting rehabilitation.   And practitioners and patients are seeing the awesome results.

A View into the Mountains...just for fun. 
A happy, healing place.

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