If you’ve received a myofascial release treatment using the John Barnes Approach, you’ll have noticed that your therapist holds each release for quite a long time. Most releases are held for a minimum of five minutes. Ideally, a release could be held for six to eight minutes or even longer, depending on what your therapist is feeling beneath their hands. This is one of the things that sets this approach apart from other modalities. Other forms of myofascial release rely on fo

As I was contemplating the message I wanted to convey with my practice I kept coming back to the concept of “holding space”. If you are familiar with alternative or holistic types of therapy you may have already heard of this term and there are a few ways to interpret this phrase. To put it simply, “to hold space” for someone is to meet them where they are in the present moment. Too often we get caught up in where we “ought to” be or what we “should” be capable of doing, ins

In my training to become a certified massage therapist and even before that when I attended college, I had to take several biology and anatomy classes. I've been tested on the origin and insertion of muscles, the function of all the organ systems, how to identify skin conditions...but not once during that time was I educated on the importance of the fascia within our body. Chances are this is true of most healthcare professionals you've come into contact with which is very un