Condition · Whole Body
Sports Injuries
How Myofascial Release addresses it, and what to expect.
Sports injuries refer to injuries that occur during sports or exercise activities. These injuries can affect various parts of the body, including muscles, bones, ligaments, tendons, and joints. Sports injuries can result from accidents, improper training techniques, lack of conditioning, inadequate warm-up, or overuse of certain body parts. Common types of sports injuries include sprains, strains, fractures, dislocations, and overuse injuries such as tendinitis and stress fractures. The severity of sports injuries can range from minor strains to more serious conditions requiring medical intervention.
Why fascia is involved
Injuries heal, but the fascia around them can stay guarded.
Every sprain, strain and overuse injury involves fascia, because fascia surrounds and connects every muscle, tendon and ligament. After an injury the tissue tightens to protect the area, and if that guarding does not release, movement patterns change, other areas compensate, and the athlete comes back stiffer and more injury-prone than before. Old injuries that never fully resolved are often the reason new ones keep happening.
Myofascial Release restores glide and elasticity to the injured tissue and the areas that compensated for it. Sustained, gentle pressure helps the body finish healing rather than simply working around the restriction. Athletes use it to return to sport with full range of motion and to reduce the likelihood of the next injury.
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