Myofascial Release | Accredited Diploma Course

A Myofascial Release Treatment session is performed directly on skin without oils or creams. This enables the therapist to detect fascial restrictions and apply the appropriate amount of sustained pressure to facilitate release of the fascia. It works on the principle that many people hold stress in their muscles causing them to seize, tighten or lock. Injuries or scarring will exacerbate this. The purpose of myofascial release is to access these areas of blockage and tension and release them, by freeing up the muscle and allowing it to move more easily.

During MFR treatment, the client can be worked on in various positions, or the massage therapist may only stretch a muscle in a small way, using a few fingers to get deep into the muscle and pull it into a beneficial stretch. Working with the breath in combination with the stretches should maximize the effectiveness of MFR.

Regular myofascial release can improve posture, counter-act muscle soreness and increase flexibility and help with a variety of conditions some of which are listed below:

• Arthritis
• Back Pain
• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
• Disc Problems
• Fibromyalgia
• Frozen Shoulder
• Headaches
• Migraines
• Neck Pain
• Neurological Dysfunction
• Pelvic Pain
• Planta Facitis
• Physical Stress
• Postural Irregularities
• Psychological Stress
• Scars
• Sciatica
• Scoliosis
• Sports Injuries
• Whiplash

This largely practical, one-day course is designed so you can learn the techniques and use them straight away in your practice alongside your current skills. We place an emphasis on releasing deep rooted tensions in the front of the body, which are often ignored in traditional massage yet are key to improving posture and flexibility.