102: Fascia & Pain, A Deeper Discussion

Today’s hosts, Tiffany and Katja, return for a deeper discussion of fascia and pain. Recently, fascia is being more generally acknowledged as a pain generator, especially of one specific type of pain: myofascial pain. In this episode, Tiffany and Katja discuss the mobility of fascia, look at fascia as a sensory organ, and explain the influence of fascia on pain mechanisms.

Listen in to this episode to learn how to interact with and influence the fascia and what this information can teach us about implications for pain and mobility disorders.

“We don’t want indefinite sliding and gliding, we want stability and flexibility in the body always…and that is even true for the mobility between fascial planes.” – Katja Bartsch

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“The diversity can be a great thing and it doesn’t always need to be strategic and targeted…as it comes to maintenance and general movement, we can see a lot of changes happening just through this body-wide movement, moving in different ways, and diversity of movement.” – Tiffany Cruikshank

Show Notes:

• Understanding the complexities of pain [3:21]
• Myofascial and skeletal pain [4:47]
• Utility of trigger points [11:26]
• Mobility of fascia [15:19]
• Implications for yoga practice [21:37]
• Mobility of fascia a myofascial pain [28:20]
• Myofascial pain and mobility [31:31]
• Tools for treating mobility disorders [38:20]
• Fascia as a sensory organ [42:18]
• Proprioception and hypermobility [48:10]

Links Mentioned:

• Watch this episode on YouTube
• Fascia Pain Continued Overview
• Myofascial Release Training
• Yoga Medicine® Online
• Yoga Medicine® Podcast Episode 19: Fascia & Pain
• Connect with Katja Bartsch:

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“As you are doing MFR, you are not looking to force or instigate range of motion changes, but to support and gently restore that gliding that is natural in the system.” – Tiffany Cruikshank