Myofascial Ashiatsu Barefoot Massage sessions at Heeling Sole from Jeni Spring are focused on finding restriction patterns in your tissue that contribute to your main complaint of pain or discomfort.⁣ ⁣ Although different areas of your body may be treated within a session, this is not always a “full body” massage. A few good head-to-toe, steamroller-like assessment strokes typically start out the session, then we hone in on the tissue-issue that “kneads” the most focus.⁣ ⁣

Traditional “Hands On” Manual Therapists like Physical Therapists or Chiropractors, Airrosti Providers & advanced fascial trained Massage Therapists employ MANY elements & approaches to Myofascial Release in their work, so you will find these ideas almost everywhere.⁣ ⁣

𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗘𝗘𝗧 𝗔𝗦 𝗔 𝗧𝗢𝗢𝗟 𝗠𝗔𝗞𝗘𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗗𝗜𝗙𝗙𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗧: because I am using my feet, the broader pressure does not have that mentality of “𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘣 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘶 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘭𝘣𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘣 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘳𝘺.” I use my feet because it diffuses the pressure & doesn’t trigger your pain response in the same way a smaller tool like fingers/elbows/thumbs would.⁣ ⁣

In any Myofascial session, 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗹𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻/𝗼𝗶𝗹 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗱 to your body to help get a better grip & engagement of the tissue, 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 me 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 & plyability, 𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝙜𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙩. This helps me move 𝘴𝘭𝘭𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘰𝘰𝘸𝘸𝘸𝘸, & give deep, solid, steady sustained pressure to help unstick the stuck parts that hold you back. ⁣ ⁣

𝗠𝘆𝗼𝗳𝗮𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝘁𝘆𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘁 “𝗻𝗼 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗻𝗼 𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻.” 𝗨𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗼𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗳𝗶𝘁𝘀… 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀.