Pain
Pain is defined in medicine as an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage. Pain is the sensation that warns us that damage to our bodies is occurring. … Read more
Muscle
Muscle is one of the four tissue types. The other three types are: epithelium, connective tissue and nervous tissue. The primary purpose of muscle tissue is to contract. Muscle contraction is used to move parts of the body, as well as to move substances within the body. … Read more
Chronic Pain
Chronic pain is medically defined as pain that has lasted 6 months or longer. This constant or intermittent pain has often outlived its purpose, as it does not help the body to prevent injury. … Read more
The Migraine type Headache
If you have ever suffered from a ‘migraine’ you will know how all consuming the pain can be. Not only does your head hurt , but your eyes hurt, your face hurts and even bright lights or loud noises cause pain. … Read more
Aches, Pains, and Injuries
Being a Personal Fitness Professional, I hear from many people who are suffering from various aches and pains, and unfortunately are misinformed. One thing I am constantly hearing from people is “I’ve got a bad back,” or “just my old tennis elbow acting up”. … Read more
EFT and Widespread Pain
It was five minutes to six and I was packing up to go home to dinner when a good client rang to say that a friend of hers was at her home and in excruciating pain and could I help. … Read more
Low Back Pain
Ninety percent of the time, low back pain comes from one or more of only six muscles. Using the ‘spray and stretch’ technique, muscle pain in the low back can be completely eliminated. The pain relief can be almost instant. … Read more
Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)
In 2005 I decided to take a look at Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) after seeing a write-up In Dr Mercola’s newsletter.
On visiting the official EFT website, I read about all the miraculous results practitioners from around the world were supposedly achieving with everything from minor trauma right up to serious diseases. … Read more
Abnormal Fascia
When the ground substance contains an overabundance of collagen fibers that have cross-bound and coiled in on themselves, the fascia is less able to adapt and the fascial network becomes inelastic and does not expand readily. … Read more
Fascia and Myofascia
Fascia is the semiflexible fibrous membrane of connective tissue that binds together the various components of the body. Pockets in the fascia contain the various organs of the body.
The myofascia covers, supports and separates the skeletal muscles. Each muscle fiber is wrapped with myofascia, bundles of those fibers are wrapped with myofascia, and the whole muscle is also wrapped in myofascia. Myofascial tissue is dynamic: under strain it increases in density and relative rigidity, giving the muscles more support
In healthy non-fibrotic fascia, collagen fibers are cross-linked to a degree that creates stability. … Read more