... the three-dimensional network of densely woven, incredibly tough connective tissue that surrounds and inundates every organ, muscle, nerve, bone and vessel in the entire body....In a normal healthy state, the fascial system maintains the body in equilibrium through a delicate balance of tension and elasticity....
Healing-Motion.com
Fascia provides the balance between tension and spring-back. Understanding fascia is essential to the dance between stability and movement...central in recovery from injury and disability.
Consider this. Earth's atmospheric pressure is about 14 psi. How does our body work against 14 psi? Muscles and bone structure, yes. Definitely.
But at the cell level, fascia makes us operational.
Incredibly strong, incredibly elastic and flexible at the same time. Fascia is around and in all our body cells. It provides the structure that works against gravity and atmospheric pressure.
Fascia is the biological fabric that holds us together.
What is fascia made of? Collagen and elastin proteins are components of fascia. Both of these proteins stretch and flex, then return to the original shape. They give us youthful flexibility and strength at the cell level. Collagen triple helix structure under a microscope.
KiHara is the science of strengthening complimentary muscle groups.
Stretching excercises focus on compression (resistance) and lengthening (tension) to restore balance and flexibility.
The objective is to help the fascia restore its natural function. The muscles regain their tensile strength to hold against a force or load that elongates them and then naturally spring back into their resting position.
Myo-fascial therapy is designed to release and balance out muscles that have slowly lengthened or shortened over time and lost their flexibility and strength. These muscles are tense and stressed and have lost their spring-back
.
...Slips and falls, whiplash, surgery or just habitually poor posture create fascial restrictions that accumulate over time. Once these restrictions start exerting abnormal pressure on bones, joints, nerves, blood vessels and even organs, they unbalance the system, creating pain both locally and in seemingly unrelated areas of your body.
~ Healing-Motion.com