Fascia and Touch
- Tania Cucciniello
- 51 minutes ago
- 2 min read
As we saw last week, dense and dehydrated tissue becomes known as ‘stuck fascia'.
Manual release through massage therapy is possible. I have been a fascia therapist for the past 20 years now, and I can feel the complexities of fascia and it’s elasto-collagenous network that holds the body together. I can also feel when it changes in temperature, size, shape, and depth during a massage or Reiki session. Even the lightest level of touch brings awareness to that body part and has benefits over the entire system, like a web.
I teach my gentle yet effective approach online!
Fascia Therapy Techniques
Some of the techniques I use in fascia therapy include gliding and elongations without the use of oil, approximations, bending, stretching, and pulsed pressure points. Pulsing in and out at a slow rhythm changes the molecular structure of an adhesion on a cellular level. Water can come in and out of the tissue, restoring true hydration that lasts.
All these techniques help improve dense fascia, and through compound sessions have many benefits, such as:
Releases adhesions and restrictions.
Reduces pain and pain signals.
Disperses restrictions from area to area in the body, creating openings.
Transports metabolic material throughout the body.
Helps handle trigger points.
Enhances to the body’s ability to self-heal.
But there’s one main technique I always begin with, and that’s called the Induction technique. Just like the Cranio-Sacral techniques I learned, it involves a gentle and sustained hold until the recipient’s fascia responds to the touch through warmth and then clinging to the connection! I have felt this magical response time and time again; it only takes a moment to pause.
The one important thing to keep in mind, and it’s my biggest piece of advice when applying pressure to the fascial system:
“The tissues must respond before we try to remodel them." -Tania Cucciniello
Just as the famous bodyworker Ida Rolf said: “It's not how deep you go, it's how you go deep.”
My Gentle Approach
If you want to learn more about how to touch the tissues and ‘what’ it is you should be feeling during a session, as the one giving or receiving, please check out my online course: Introduction to Fascia Therapy.
It includes my e-book Connect: A Practical Guide to Fascia.
My entire course is always available on Udemy.
If you head over to my Udemy page, you will see that you get the first 3 techniques for FREE!
If you like those, enroll into the full course through THIS LINK below to get an exclusive Body Blog discount:
Deepen your connection and understand what you’re touching. Learn this light and unforced touch to achieve remarkable results with clients. The benefits range from improved body symmetry and structural alignment to scar tissue breakdown, lymphatic drainage and reduced visibility of cellulite, to deep relaxation and less pain.
Of course, good habits after any session are key for maintenance.
Learn Fascia Therapy today!