Fascial Counterstrain (FCS)
A technique for releasing constricted fascia allowing the body to return to normal function
Why did a pediatrician invest 2 years of time and money and begin to offer manual therapy to people of all ages with a broad array of issues?
In my 30 years of learning new tools for medical practice, FCS is the single most effective, versatile, verifiable, repeatable, scientifically supported, gentle tool that allows me to treat even infants with ease.
Chronic inflammation plays a role in at least 70% of our physical and mental health issues. FCS has very compelling evidence based in biochemistry, embryological origin, micro and macro anatomy that it releases inflammation stuck in microspaces of the body where it has been causing chronic problems.
I have ordered fewer x-rays, sent patients to fewer specialists, and ended office visits with more smiles and less pain because of this great technique.
The list of issues I have been able to improve is long and growing: infant torticollis, CRPS, brain fog from concussions and POTS, migraine and tension headaches, neck pain, shoulder pain, chest wall restriction, growing pains like Osgood Schlatter's and Sever's and plantar fasciitis, teenage bedwetting, chronic constipation, the joint pain and abdominal pains of chronic diseases like Crohn's and juvenile arthritis, prevention of injury in serious athletes by finding restrictions early.
The body makes inflammation on purpose to contain a problem to the local area.
Fascia contracts when exposed to inflammation. If the fascia fails to return to its relaxed state, chronic restriction can remain and cause chronic problems.
The fascia is where it gets deposited.
The fascia surrounds every structure in the body and is connected head to toe.
Unresolved inflammation leads to pain, tightness and tender points in the body.
It hides like pebbles in a shoe.
When you find each one with an FCS "map," simple manual glides in a specific direction of ease solves the restriction.
Lasting benefit is a daily outcome.