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The term refers to the interconnected sheets of tissue that join, stabilize, and protect your muscles and organs. In other words, fascia serves to distribute force throughout the body by reducing it in one area and absorbing it in another, thereby enhancing mobility and preventing injury. In addition to Healthline, her work has appeared in publications such as Shape, Cosmopolitan, Well+Good, Health, Self, Women’s Health, Greatist, and more! Muscle pliability is more representative of the quality of the muscle, although ultimately, you want both. To break that down, fascial stretch therapy involves hands-on therapy between you and a therapist where the therapist manipulates your muscles to stretch your connective muscle tissue, rather than focusing on one muscle at a time.

When it’s neglected or not treated well, you start to lose mobility and overall athletic performance.It can be applied to two orientations to accommodate different stretching positions, stretching the arch of the foot, quadriceps, etc. Bend forward until your left hand is as close to the floor as it can go, or rest it on your knee if you can’t go all the way down.

Fascia is often characterized as the connective tissue that encapsulates your muscles, but its actual function is far more complex. An early study published in the Journal of Human Kinetics found that sitting in the sauna for 30 minutes increases women’s levels of human growth hormone (HGH), which helps our bodies break down fats and build muscle. Heat therapy: Place a heating pad over a painful trigger point, or try taking a hot bath or shower to loosen any tight knots. To be effective, fascia stretching must be somewhat painful, but stop immediately if you feel a sharp or unusual pain.

Some of the benefits include reduction in pain, improved athletic performance, better movement, increased circulation, better balance, better blood flow, faster recovery, and improved posture,” Woodruff says. A Mayo Clinic analysis of thirteen studies concluded that “sitting time and activity levels found in those who sat for more than eight hours a day with no physical activity had a risk of dying similar to the risks of dying posed by obesity and smoking. Having tried this at Bendable Body’s new online studio, we can tell you: It feels really, really good. Alleviate pain effectively: The foot and calf stretcher helps improve blood circulation by stretching the plantar fascia and leg muscles, so as to relieve pain from plantar fasciitis, Achilles tendonitis, muscle tension, and ankle injuries. The bottom of the feet is the distal point of the posterior [fascial] net, so in addition to treating the feet, we also look at the toes, ankles, calves, hamstrings, and glutes.