EP.1 - Understanding your Fascia.
First of all, I would love to thank you in advance for reading down these lines. This section means a lot to me since I am in constant research about Fascia, softer ways of movement, and resources that will help my student get a clear perspective and tools to understand their bodies.
DIVE DEEP INTO FASCIA, is going to be a New Collection that will develop in this blog, where we. will be touching on factors that make your Fascia unhealthy or underworking, and how to reset it using nutritional aspects, movement routines, fascia release tools that you can do on your own, good practices to maintain a healthy fascia, etc.
So now that I have opened the thread let’s DIVE INTO IT.
WHAT IS FASCIA?
Why do you feel so stiff in the morning? A “stuck” feeling when you work out a part too isolatedly?
YES, IT IS YOUR FASCIA
Fascia is a layer of connective tissue below the skin that covers organs, muscles, bones, all of the cells, nerves, joints, tendons, and ligaments in your body.
Body fascia is multi-layered and plays an active role in the body as it is made to stretch when you move.
UNHEALTHY FASCIA MEANS ...
The layers that made the fascia, contain Hyaluronic Acid. When this liquid dries up, your body fascia can seize up around muscles, make it harder to move, or get uncomfortable knots — called fascia adhesions — tightening up your body.
A lifestyle without enough physical activity
Specificity, training the same part of your body over and over
Surgery or injury that causes damage to one part of your body
HOW TO GIVE
DAILY SUPPORT TO YOUR FASCIA
DAILY MOVEMENT with slow stretching of the fascia, brings strength together with suppleness and elasticity.
Try CHANGING YOUR SITTING POSTURE often not staying too long in the same position, and taking regular breaks.
FIND DIVERSITY vs. SPECIFITY avoiding excessive strain and monotonous repetitive movements.
Promote ECCENTRIC TRAINING, which provides a smoother and more flexible fascia when the muscles work in a lengthened position.
Varied, HEALTHY DIET; Reducing the sugar intake or any inflammatory foods as it initiates inflammatory processes resulting in a rigid fascia.
Take care of YOUR GUT & intestinal system. Integrating probiotics or fermented foods like kefir and
Focus on STRESS MANAGEMENT & SLEEP QUALITY, to avoid high cortisol levels and, among other things, a weakened immune system.
Regular Fascia Treatment like Fascia Release Therapy, to help with underlying tension, increases fluid flow and relaxation.
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