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Fascial Counterstrain

It Changes Lives, Not Just Symptoms

It's gentle; yet powerful

Long Lasting Relief

The issue is in your tissue the fascial tissue that is  

Putting the Body in the Position of Ease to Relieve Dysfunction 

Fascial Counterstrain is a specialized technique that is very passive for the client. 

Counterstrain 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 and form hundreds of tender points.

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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.

Benefits of Fascial Counterstrain

Calms the Sympathetic Nervous System,

Normalizing Blood Flow, Muscular Tension, Vascular Drainage, Neural Imput,

Decrease Pain and so much more.

​Fascial Counterstrain (FCS) is a cutting-edge, hands-on approach for the assessment, identification and correction of one of the most common sources of pain and dysfunction in the human body. It is capable of resolving a persistent protective reflex and calming or even eliminating the symptomatic presentation of countless conditions. 

"The mechanical osteopath who is well versed in the Anatomy of the region, its blood supply, it's drainage and the functioning processes of the nervous system sees...the cause which has produced the condition." AT Still

" I know of no part of the Body that equals the Fascia as a hunting-ground.  I believe that more rich golden thoughts will appear to the mind's eye as the study of that Fascia is pursed than of any other Division of the Body."  AT Still

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