Myofascial Release
Something has happened that is incredibly important! The Quantum Shift that I have
been talking about has occurred and will have a massive impact on you and healthcare
that will be so vast it be beyond your wildest imagination.
First, allow me to step back so any therapist or physician that has yet to take my
Myofascial Release seminars or any patient that may be considering Myofascial Release
can better understand our Artistry. In school, I was told that therapy was a
combination of science and art. Then all that was talked about was the scientific
aspect, but no art.
been talking about has occurred and will have a massive impact on you and healthcare
that will be so vast it be beyond your wildest imagination.
First, allow me to step back so any therapist or physician that has yet to take my
Myofascial Release seminars or any patient that may be considering Myofascial Release
can better understand our Artistry. In school, I was told that therapy was a
combination of science and art. Then all that was talked about was the scientific
aspect, but no art.
By: John F. Barnes, PT
Newtonian physics, the paradigm of traditional therapy, claimed things have energy. Unfortunately, traditional
therapy ignored the discoveries by Einstein that things are energy! This is the paradigm that Myofascial Release
utilizes so successfully.
Traditional science views people as objects. The fundamental premise of the "old" science is objectivity. A
rudimentary understanding of Quantum Physics clearly demonstrates that there is NO OBJECTIVITY. Yet,
researchers continue to look for an objective cause for an objective disease of dysfunction. Therefore you and I
as therapists were trained to do the impossible. The foundation of science was built on quicksand. This is also
why traditional therapy only produces limited and temporary results. My serious back injury and resultant
struggle to regain my strength and health opened my eyes to the limitations of traditional therapy. My
Myofascial Release philosophy, principles and techniques were developed years ago through my experiences,
trial and error, intuitive guidance and feedback from my patients, despite the fact that it didn't jive with what
science said I should be thinking or doing. Traditional scientist's obsolete view of the human as a bag of
chemicals has eroded healthcare into the biochemistry of disease.
My confusion in the early part of my development of my Myofascial Release Approach was compounded by all the
research on the fascial system did not match my experience with my patients and myself. I eventually realized
that all of the scientific research on the fascial system was done on cadavers (dead people). This led traditional
scientists to a very erroneous view of the fascial system an d its importance in the physiological functioning of
all of the systems of our body in life.
How could science omit something so important? This error probably occurred due tot the fact that Myofascial
restrictions do not show up in any of the standard tests such as x-rays, MRI's, myelograms, CAT scans,
elecrtomyography, etc. This was compounded by the flawed view of the traditional paradigm which was logical,
but terribly incomplete.
The medical paradigm fragmented the human over 300 years ago and taught us that we are mindless machines.
In other words, consciousness does not matter and was not important or to be included in healthcare.
However, this refutes our moment-by-moment experience. My personal experience was that consciousness was
the most important aspect of life and healing. I found that my patient's fascial system was full of life, memories,
emotions and consciousness!
Albert Einstein has said that most scientists are mere technicians, since all they do is memorize facts written by
someone else. He believed a true scientist was one that utilized his or her creative genius coupled with the
rational mind. He said that all of his incredible ideas came in an intuitive visual flash. He "saw" the total picture
and then used the logical/linear side of the brain to write down the concepts that described his intuitive/visual
experience.
Some interesting thoughts from Arthur Koestler's book "The Ghost in the machine" may be relevant here. He
states that science is based on monumental superstitions and argues that the pillars of science are cracked and
revealing themselves as hollow. And that science considers terms like consciousness, mind, imagination and
purpose to be unscientific, treated as dirty words, and banned from the vocabulary. Koestler goes on to state
that at first the intention was to exclude consciousness as objects of study, but later on this came to imply
that the excluded phenomenon did not exist.
It is a paradox for conscious humans to deny consciousness. Yet, generations of scientists influenced by
behaviorism claim to study human nature while doing so. They claim to study perception without
consciousness, attention without consciousness, learning, brain physiology, animal behavior, sleep, language,
and healing without consciousness; the whole list goes on, all the while explicitly evading the common sense of
26 centuries of written human thought. Naturally, they were unable to deal with subconscious events either;
you can't have a subconscious without consciousness. Yet they've experienced every waking moment
consciously.
Albert Einstein has speculated that rational science reveals only the external appearances of some deeper
reality. I believe that Myofascial Release allows us now to deal with that reality. Traditional therapy missed a key
component for effectiveness, the treatment of the Myofascial system, the conduit of consciousness.
Myofascial restrictions occur from trauma, surgery, and inflammatory processes. Trauma and inflammatory
responses create myofascial restrictions that can produce pressures of approximately 2,000 pounds per square
inch on pain sensitive structures that do not show up in any of the standard tests (x-rays, MRI's, myelograms,
CAT scans, electromyography, etc.). This enormous pressure acts like a "straightjacket" on muscles, nerves,
blood vessels and osseous structures producing the symptoms of pain, headaches, and restriction of motion,
and disease.
THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS DISEASE!
A massive amount of research is emerging that validates the principles of my Myofascial Release approach. I am
going to paraphrase some important information from a new book, "Energy Medicine in Therapeutics and Human
Performance" written by James L. Oschman, Ph.D.
"A dramatic discovery reveals that there is actually no such thing as disease. Medicine's disease model has simply
run its course. Like horseshoes and the bustle, it is a paradigm soon to be replaced."
Traditional medicine looks at symptoms, gives it a label and only treats symptoms. Symptoms are only the tip of
the iceberg! The medical approach is to drug patients so they temporarily are free from pain, but it does
nothing about the "straightjacket" of pressure that is causing the pain. Traditional physical, occupational, and
massage therapy, acupuncture, chiropractic and other forms of therapy only treat the symptoms caused by the
"straightjacket" of pressure that causes and perpetuates the symptoms. This is why so many patients have only
temporary results never seeming to get better with traditional therapy.
Science has now discovered what I have been teaching for over 30 years, i.e., symptoms, diagnostic labels, and
diseases are a blockage of our bio-energy caused by a prolonged inflammatory response. Trauma and the
resultant inflammation response create Myofascial restrictions that ultimately create the symptoms of pain and
disease processes.
"The results of inflammatory responses that have outlived their usefulness are labeled: chronic pain, headaches,
restriction of motion, fibromyalgia, chronic fatique syndrome, heart disease, arthritis, asthma, bowel and
menstrual disorders, cancer and the list goes on and on. There is no such thing as disease!"
Myofascial Release allows the chronic inflammatory response to resolve and eradicates the enormous pressure
exerted on pain sensitive structures by myofascial restrictions to alleviate symptoms and to allow the body's
natural healing capacity to function properly.
Myofascial Release views symptoms as only the "tip of the iceberg." In other words, symptoms are effects of a
much deeper cause. Traditional physicians and therapists only treat effects. The Myofascial therapist treats the
entire cause and effect relationship.
ARE YOU READY TO MOVE OUT OF THE DARK AGES OF HEALTHCARE?
Traditional science considers the fascia and the proteins of the body to be an insulator that is incapable of
conducting energy, information and consciousness. When a traditional biologist wants to study tissue, they
crush it, pulp it, and put it into a centrifuge. The tissue is then spun and high velocity to separate the solid
form the fluid. The solid material is then thrown away and the fluid is studied. However, back in 1941, Professor
Szent-Gyorgyi said this was an erroneous way of doing research on living tissue. He proved by dehydrating the
proteins that the removal of water converted the proteins from conductors of energy into insulators.
Water is essential for life! Dr. Szent-Gyorgyi then stated that by taking away the water, you are studying
non-life! Keep the proteins hydrated, and they are semiconductors of energy. He went on to demonstrate that
all substances are semiconductors. He states our communication system of the body relies on water. A 10%
change in water content can trigger a million fold change in charge transportation along a protein. Of course,
the scientists of the time then ignored this important discovery because it did not fit the model of reality that
they had memorized. This is bias! It is considered to be unscientific to be biased. I believe it goes beyond this;
the scientific community has become entangled into what is intellectual dishonesty!
This false and obsolete information (that the soft tissue of our body is an insulator), is still being taught in all
medical, dental and therapeutic schools in the country. For more detailed information pleas read pages 72-74 in
Dr. James Oshmann's new book "Energy Medicine in Therapeutics and Human Performance."
Remember that trauma and inflammatory processes dehydrate the fluid component of the fascial system. These
fascial restrictions then exert enormous pressure of pain sensitive structures and inhibit the vital
communication that flows through the liquidity of the fascial system and every cell of our body that ultimately
produces symptoms of pain, headaches, restriction of motion and disease.
therapy ignored the discoveries by Einstein that things are energy! This is the paradigm that Myofascial Release
utilizes so successfully.
Traditional science views people as objects. The fundamental premise of the "old" science is objectivity. A
rudimentary understanding of Quantum Physics clearly demonstrates that there is NO OBJECTIVITY. Yet,
researchers continue to look for an objective cause for an objective disease of dysfunction. Therefore you and I
as therapists were trained to do the impossible. The foundation of science was built on quicksand. This is also
why traditional therapy only produces limited and temporary results. My serious back injury and resultant
struggle to regain my strength and health opened my eyes to the limitations of traditional therapy. My
Myofascial Release philosophy, principles and techniques were developed years ago through my experiences,
trial and error, intuitive guidance and feedback from my patients, despite the fact that it didn't jive with what
science said I should be thinking or doing. Traditional scientist's obsolete view of the human as a bag of
chemicals has eroded healthcare into the biochemistry of disease.
My confusion in the early part of my development of my Myofascial Release Approach was compounded by all the
research on the fascial system did not match my experience with my patients and myself. I eventually realized
that all of the scientific research on the fascial system was done on cadavers (dead people). This led traditional
scientists to a very erroneous view of the fascial system an d its importance in the physiological functioning of
all of the systems of our body in life.
How could science omit something so important? This error probably occurred due tot the fact that Myofascial
restrictions do not show up in any of the standard tests such as x-rays, MRI's, myelograms, CAT scans,
elecrtomyography, etc. This was compounded by the flawed view of the traditional paradigm which was logical,
but terribly incomplete.
The medical paradigm fragmented the human over 300 years ago and taught us that we are mindless machines.
In other words, consciousness does not matter and was not important or to be included in healthcare.
However, this refutes our moment-by-moment experience. My personal experience was that consciousness was
the most important aspect of life and healing. I found that my patient's fascial system was full of life, memories,
emotions and consciousness!
Albert Einstein has said that most scientists are mere technicians, since all they do is memorize facts written by
someone else. He believed a true scientist was one that utilized his or her creative genius coupled with the
rational mind. He said that all of his incredible ideas came in an intuitive visual flash. He "saw" the total picture
and then used the logical/linear side of the brain to write down the concepts that described his intuitive/visual
experience.
Some interesting thoughts from Arthur Koestler's book "The Ghost in the machine" may be relevant here. He
states that science is based on monumental superstitions and argues that the pillars of science are cracked and
revealing themselves as hollow. And that science considers terms like consciousness, mind, imagination and
purpose to be unscientific, treated as dirty words, and banned from the vocabulary. Koestler goes on to state
that at first the intention was to exclude consciousness as objects of study, but later on this came to imply
that the excluded phenomenon did not exist.
It is a paradox for conscious humans to deny consciousness. Yet, generations of scientists influenced by
behaviorism claim to study human nature while doing so. They claim to study perception without
consciousness, attention without consciousness, learning, brain physiology, animal behavior, sleep, language,
and healing without consciousness; the whole list goes on, all the while explicitly evading the common sense of
26 centuries of written human thought. Naturally, they were unable to deal with subconscious events either;
you can't have a subconscious without consciousness. Yet they've experienced every waking moment
consciously.
Albert Einstein has speculated that rational science reveals only the external appearances of some deeper
reality. I believe that Myofascial Release allows us now to deal with that reality. Traditional therapy missed a key
component for effectiveness, the treatment of the Myofascial system, the conduit of consciousness.
Myofascial restrictions occur from trauma, surgery, and inflammatory processes. Trauma and inflammatory
responses create myofascial restrictions that can produce pressures of approximately 2,000 pounds per square
inch on pain sensitive structures that do not show up in any of the standard tests (x-rays, MRI's, myelograms,
CAT scans, electromyography, etc.). This enormous pressure acts like a "straightjacket" on muscles, nerves,
blood vessels and osseous structures producing the symptoms of pain, headaches, and restriction of motion,
and disease.
THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS DISEASE!
A massive amount of research is emerging that validates the principles of my Myofascial Release approach. I am
going to paraphrase some important information from a new book, "Energy Medicine in Therapeutics and Human
Performance" written by James L. Oschman, Ph.D.
"A dramatic discovery reveals that there is actually no such thing as disease. Medicine's disease model has simply
run its course. Like horseshoes and the bustle, it is a paradigm soon to be replaced."
Traditional medicine looks at symptoms, gives it a label and only treats symptoms. Symptoms are only the tip of
the iceberg! The medical approach is to drug patients so they temporarily are free from pain, but it does
nothing about the "straightjacket" of pressure that is causing the pain. Traditional physical, occupational, and
massage therapy, acupuncture, chiropractic and other forms of therapy only treat the symptoms caused by the
"straightjacket" of pressure that causes and perpetuates the symptoms. This is why so many patients have only
temporary results never seeming to get better with traditional therapy.
Science has now discovered what I have been teaching for over 30 years, i.e., symptoms, diagnostic labels, and
diseases are a blockage of our bio-energy caused by a prolonged inflammatory response. Trauma and the
resultant inflammation response create Myofascial restrictions that ultimately create the symptoms of pain and
disease processes.
"The results of inflammatory responses that have outlived their usefulness are labeled: chronic pain, headaches,
restriction of motion, fibromyalgia, chronic fatique syndrome, heart disease, arthritis, asthma, bowel and
menstrual disorders, cancer and the list goes on and on. There is no such thing as disease!"
Myofascial Release allows the chronic inflammatory response to resolve and eradicates the enormous pressure
exerted on pain sensitive structures by myofascial restrictions to alleviate symptoms and to allow the body's
natural healing capacity to function properly.
Myofascial Release views symptoms as only the "tip of the iceberg." In other words, symptoms are effects of a
much deeper cause. Traditional physicians and therapists only treat effects. The Myofascial therapist treats the
entire cause and effect relationship.
ARE YOU READY TO MOVE OUT OF THE DARK AGES OF HEALTHCARE?
Traditional science considers the fascia and the proteins of the body to be an insulator that is incapable of
conducting energy, information and consciousness. When a traditional biologist wants to study tissue, they
crush it, pulp it, and put it into a centrifuge. The tissue is then spun and high velocity to separate the solid
form the fluid. The solid material is then thrown away and the fluid is studied. However, back in 1941, Professor
Szent-Gyorgyi said this was an erroneous way of doing research on living tissue. He proved by dehydrating the
proteins that the removal of water converted the proteins from conductors of energy into insulators.
Water is essential for life! Dr. Szent-Gyorgyi then stated that by taking away the water, you are studying
non-life! Keep the proteins hydrated, and they are semiconductors of energy. He went on to demonstrate that
all substances are semiconductors. He states our communication system of the body relies on water. A 10%
change in water content can trigger a million fold change in charge transportation along a protein. Of course,
the scientists of the time then ignored this important discovery because it did not fit the model of reality that
they had memorized. This is bias! It is considered to be unscientific to be biased. I believe it goes beyond this;
the scientific community has become entangled into what is intellectual dishonesty!
This false and obsolete information (that the soft tissue of our body is an insulator), is still being taught in all
medical, dental and therapeutic schools in the country. For more detailed information pleas read pages 72-74 in
Dr. James Oshmann's new book "Energy Medicine in Therapeutics and Human Performance."
Remember that trauma and inflammatory processes dehydrate the fluid component of the fascial system. These
fascial restrictions then exert enormous pressure of pain sensitive structures and inhibit the vital
communication that flows through the liquidity of the fascial system and every cell of our body that ultimately
produces symptoms of pain, headaches, restriction of motion and disease.
John F. Barnes, PT
THE SCIENTIFIC RATIONALE
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