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1. Myofascial STL Plus Corp is the longest standing myofascial release clinic in St. Louis. Originally founded as Myofascial Treatment Center in 2000 by Mary Felling, PT, we have been delivering Myofascial Services for 25 years to the St Louis community. 2.Myofascial STL Plus Corp hires multi-disciplinary practitioners trained in multifaceted myofascial approaches from around the world. 3.We are dedicated to non pharmacological approaches, yet have a background in traditional healthcare and can see when a need for both traditional and functional medications are warranted. We are about balancing the needs of the body to smoothly and simply move you through the healing process. 4. We recognize the significant impact that the fight/flight/freeze system has on the body and how it can hinder the healing process. We teach simple, effective ways to shift out of these responses so your body can start releasing holding patterns in the fascia. 5. We understand that the fight/flight/freeze system directly affects the fascial system by resulting in holding patterns that can affect your body resulting in pain, discomfort and tension.
What is Fascia?
When injured, (whether from trauma, inflammation, surgery, poor posture, stress, illness and repetitive motion), fascia binds down and can exert up to 2000 pounds per square inch on these pain sensitive structures. The tension causes altered posture, excessive joint compression, decreased range of motion, decreased muscle efficiency and multiple other symptoms patients struggle with daily. In some patients, blood vessels and nerve roots can become caught which creates entrapment syndromes and ischemic-like conditions. See Fascia.
What is Myofascial Release and Craniosacral Therapy? Myofascial Release and Craniosacral Therapy are structural approaches that treat the CAUSE of the condition and not just the symptoms, and this is what produces long lasting results. These are some common conditions seen in our clinic that can result in significant fascial tension: Myofascial STL Plus offers EFT/Tapping sessions. EFT/Tapping is a self help approach that combines tapping to acupressure meridian points to address the body's charged emotional responses to stress, trauma, anxiety, cravings, pain, disease. It is a technique to rewire the brains automatic flight or fight response. This is the most widely researched Complementary Health Service in the world. It is an easy to learn and use technique, clients leave the first session with a daily skill to address their situation. For more information on EFT(Emotional Freedom Techique)/Tapping research, click the link below: https://eftuniverse.com/research-studies/ |
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Fascia is a tough connective tissue that runs continuously throughout the body, from head to toe, in a three dimensional web-like manner. The fascia covers muscles, bones, nerves, organs and blood vessels. It even exsists on the cellular level. It is said that if we could remove all structures of the body except the fascia, the body would retain its shape. Fascia is a liquid, crystalline structure that has the ability to transmit an electrical signal and changes shape when sustained mechanical pressure is applied. This "piezoelectric effect" accounts for the unusal symptoms that many clients report having such as "something crawling", "a band around my arm", "a pressure on my chin", etc... Most of these symptoms do not fall into the traditional set of symptoms that physicians are trained to recognize. At Myofascial STL Plus, we hear them all the time, and we recognize them as valid symptoms of fascial restrictions in the body. These symptoms often give us clues as to what is going on with the fascial system.