We all love massage, because it feels great! The relaxation it brings is an integral part of any healing process. It also stimulates the internal organs, skin & nervous system, relaxes muscle spasms softens scar tissue and soothes tension.

The type of massage you will receive from Cynthia combines many styles and years of practice. Her sense of touch is highly tuned, deep yet light, enjoyable & nourishing. She finds the areas that feel like a “good hurt” because they address your core issues. Much of the bodywork you receive from Cynthia focuses on the fascia. Understanding the importance of the fascia may help you to realize the significance it plays in your overall physical wellness.

Fascia

Fascia is a plastic-like tissue that envelopes muscles and provides broad attachment sites for them. Fascia comes together at the end of the muscle and becomes the tendon, which attaches the muscle to the bone. There is fluid between individual fascial fibers that permits freedom of movement of adjacent muscle groups.

The fascial system of our body can be seen as a multi-layer body stocking, with fascial sheaths wrapping the muscles and weaving in layers throughout the body. Because of this, stress in any area of the body has an effect on every other part of the body.

In its optimal condition, fascia is a loose, moist tissue. When there is continual loose movement and balance in the body, the fascial body stocking stays loose and mobile, facilitating the movement between different parts of the body. However, under continual stress and lack of movement, fascia becomes rigid and loses its fluidity. Layers of fascia begin to glue to one another, causing the "knots" you may have experienced in your neck or back. The sheaths of fascia stick in a systematic way, based on our habitual patterns of movement, or more correctly, lack of movement. Although people most often associate tension and stiffness with their muscles, it is actually the fascia that accumulates much of this stress.