Treatment Techniques Can Include:
Myofascial Release Therapy
Myofascial release in the John F. Barnes Method or MFR-JFB is a safe and effective hands-on technique that is performed directly on the skin without oils or creams. This enables the therapist to accurately detect fascial restrictions and apply the appropriate amount of sustained pressure to facilitate release of the fascia. Clients remain partially clothed with shorts, sports bra, or bathing suit which allows posture and fascial restrictions to be assessed and treated. MFR involves applying gentle sustained pressure into the myofascial connective tissue restrictions to eliminate pain and restore motion. This essential “time element” has to do with the viscous flow and the piezoelectric phenomenon: a low load (gentle pressure) applied slowly will allow a viscoelastic medium (fascia) to elongate. Trauma, inflammatory responses, and/or surgical procedures create Myofascial restrictions that can produce tensile pressures of approximately 2,000 pounds per square inch on pain sensitive structures that do not show up in many of the standard tests (x-rays, myelograms, CAT scans, electromyography, etc.). The use of MFR allows assessment and treatment following the biopsychosocial health care model which see’s each patient as a unique individual. The one-on-one therapy sessions are hands-on treatments during which the therapist uses a multitude of MFR techniques and movement therapy. Independence is promoted through education in proper body mechanics and movement, self-treatment instruction, enhancement of strength, improved flexibility, and postural and movement awareness.
MFR treatment can help back pain, bladder problems, birth injuries, bulging or herniated discs, bursitis, carpal tunnel syndrome, cervical and lumbar injuries, chronic pain, degenerative disc disease, fibromyalgia, frozen shoulder, headaches or migraines, menstrual problems, myofascial pain syndrome, neck pain, osteoarthritis, pelvic pain, plantar fasciitis, painful or inflamed scars from surgery or injuries that are bound down, sciatica, scoliosis, shin splints, tennis elbow, tinnitus, TMJ syndrome, trigeminal neuralgia, whiplash and more.
Revised from https://www.myofascialrelease.com
Medical Yoga Therapy
Medical Yoga Therapy (MTY) is the subtle practice of yoga in medicine, rehabilitation, and wellness settings instructed by a licensed healthcare professional who has graduated from the Professional Yoga Therapy Institute (PYTI) and has been credentialed as a Professional Yoga Therapist (PYT). A private MTY session involves an individual Functional Movement Assessment (FMA) that follows PYTI’s Pentagon of Wellness (POW) model, and considers the patient’s physical, intellectual, psycho-emotional, social, energetic and spiritual or BPSS needs. In this assessment, as the patient is instructed through yoga postures, they will learn and become aware of any subtle or obtuse inborn or acquired restrictions that could be physical, emotional, intellectual spiritual, energetic, and/or psychological in nature.
Treatment can involve instructional and educational guidance of any facet of the POW model, and/or manual techniques. Modalities can include, but are not limited to therapeutic exercise, aromatherapy, sound therapy, reiki, and meditation. If red flags are found determining a condition out of scope of HPT’s practice, referral will be made to an appropriate health care professional.
MTY is patient-centered and patient-empowering with the therapist working alongside the patient in a partnership model. The patient takes back locus of control over the condition and eventually all daily activities. This requires the patient to play an active role during the visit as well in the Individualized Home Program (IHP).
MTY focuses on stability before mobility in all aspects of life. It utilizes external stability progressing as able to learning internal stability with help of the breath. The treatment may include breathing and meditation techniques, aromatherapy, sound therapy, mudras or hand postures, mobilization or myofascial release, strengthening or flexibility exercises. Ayurveda (the science of life) is considered and further assessment can be done if deemed helpful to the treatment plan. The patient progresses in postures as able moving from supine to prone to all-fours, sitting, and then standing. The knowledge and awareness learned from the FMA - one’s individual movement and functional blueprint - can be applied to all activities in life.
Graduating to the MTY class allows the client to master the IHP, as they progress from Level 1 to Level 2, and allows an economical and safe method for continuity of care by the same PYT. However, the client may be able to return to all ADL’s safely and effectively after several individualized MTY sessions.
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