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*Fascial Health is Expanding* Fascial Health was created with the desire to provide a complete, 'whole person' approach to healing. Fascial Health owner, Holly Milligan, has always worked as part of an interdisciplinary team and understands this is essential for true wellness and life-long change. Varied backgrounds and specialties allow new perspectives, constant collaboration, and a truly unique approach to treatment. Extensive in Anatomy Simple in Approach Powerful in Results |
WHAT IS COUNTERSTRAIN? Fascial Counterstrain (FCS) is a therapeutic, hands-on method, designed to release spasm in all tissues of the human body. Every organ, nerve, artery, muscle, ligament, tendon, vein and lymphatic vessel in the human body can actively spasm and produce pain in a natural, protective response to injury. Once this reflex spasm is triggered it can persist, spread & form hundreds of tender points. FCS works to release the tissue in spasm and the corresponding tender point by gently unloading the injured structure. Gentle body positioning and compression or shortening of the strained structure works to effect a therapeutic release. By positioning the body against the strain or by applying a “counterstrain”, the structure quickly relaxes, thus reducing tension and immediately alleviating this primary source of pain. The elimination of this strain is quickly verified by simply checking the point, which is frequently no longer tender.
[Source: Counterstrain Academy. Portland, OR]
