Will myofascial release hurt? Most of the techniques are gentle sustained stretches that will not necessarily hurt, however if your fascia is restricted you may experience some pain. You always have control over this, and your therapist will ask you to tell them to halt or back off when it feels like it’s too much. Therapists are often sensitive to your pain threshold and may know instinctively to back off.
Will I feel better right away? You might! Effectiveness and efficiency is one of the best things about MFR. It can make profound and dramatic changes in a very short period of time. Sometimes however, you will feel sore after a session, it may feel like things have gotten worse or a flare up is occurring. This can feel scary and may shake you up. This is good! It means the treatment is working and the tissues are being released. This should go away after a few days, and you should feel much better than you did before the session. Be sure to drink lots of water and take care of yourself, and to discuss it with your therapist.
I’ve heard people have emotional releases during treatment, is this true? Yes, this can happen, and will happen if you are open to the experience. All of our memories are trapped inside our tissues cells at the moment of trauma, including the emotions we experienced or didn’t allow ourselves to experience at the time. When the physical tissues are released so are the emotions contained within them. This is something that you have to allow to happen, it will not happen unless you’re ready. Getting to this step of allowing your emotions to release during and after treatment is crucial to creating permanent structural and functional change.
How often should I get a Myofascial Release treatment? Each person is unique in their healing process. Some factors that may influence how quickly you see changes are: how long the condition has been present, how often you receive treatment, and how diligent you are about doing the things given to you for a home program. In the beginning, it is recommend being seen more frequently so that the therapist can get you feeling better and teach you things that you can do to help yourself. Some people start to feel better right away, and most people will see positive changes by the 6th visit, if not sooner. Once things are moving along in the right direction, then you can space your appointments further apart. The therapist will customize a program to meet your individual needs.
Do I need a prescription? If you plan on submitting to your insurance company as a non-participating provider you will need a prescription. You can be seen for up to 10 visits or 30 days without a prescription, but after that you will need one to continue. However the insurance company may not reimburse you unless you had one prior to starting. Private pay, no submission of receipts to insurance company, does not require a prescription.
Do you accept Insurance? We are private pay. Currently only cash or check is accepted at the time of your visit. If you would like to try and submit to your insurance company as a non-participating provider – you will receive a receipt of your service provided.
If you have any other questions that have not been answered throughout this website – Please feel free to contact me.