The Complete MFR DIY Self Care Course

We are so happy that you have chosen to start your journey into healing and self care with us. This program has been designed to introduce you to Myofascial Release principles, learn how to integrate MFR as self care, introduce the use of tools, add stabilizing activities to your routine to build resilience, and to introduce some region specific strategies for restoring mobility, stability, and strength should you feel your pain or dysfunction aligns with some of these common clinical patterns.

What is the difference between a stretch, and a Myofascial Stretch? When should I stretch? How should I stretch?

The mystery is solved…

How to optimize your current movement routines, and when to add Myofascial Stretching to the mix

This video Introduces the wonderful world of self care tools. There are literal hundreds you could choose from but these are some of our favourites, what they can be used for, and how to achieve the same results and SAVE $$$ with things you may already have in your home.

Foam rollers have long been misused as torture devices for your body. Aggressively stripping into the side of your IT Band just won’t cut it if your goal is a deep mind-body connection and relief of tension affecting your hips, knees, legs, and beyond. It’s time for a gentler way.

This versatile tool is a staple in our office. We believe in its effectiveness and simplicity so much that EVERY visitor to our office receives one. The best part is almost all of us have at least one ball kicking around our homes. So go find yours and learn how to make some big changes to your mobility and spinal alignment.

This awesome tool comes in handy for hard to reach places. Come see what it can do to tackle many common sore/tight spots and why it just might be your next best self care purchase.

About as important as breathing, is the ability to connect into your physicality and notice how your body is holding you and how the stressors placed on your body are affecting your habitual postures, movements patterns, stress levels, emotional state, and fluidity/ease in your body and in your life. Relearn how to connect with this inner wisdom and use it to advance your healing well beyond structural release.

Have you ever heard that human beings are primarily made up of water? Rebounding is the third part of the Triad of treatment modalities that make up Sustained Pressure Myofascial Release. Learn how to feel into and utilize the natural fluidity of your body as a therapeutic force!

Whether dental, cosmetic, lifesaving, or for childbirth, most of us will experience a surgical event at some point in our lives. Even in the absence of surgery we all start our lives with the umbilicus (our belly button) as our first scar. Scars can behave like weeds, grabbing and pulling into healthy tissue affecting mobility globally in seemingly unpredictable ways. Learn how to restore and optimize your scar mobility here. No lotions or oils required!

Any time we push, pull, or exert ourselves, we engage our core to maintain spinal strength against the changing loads and strains. In order to move safely and easily, our core must engage as the piston it was inended to be. Learn the basics of core activation for exercise, and for transitional movements in your day to day life. Remember to ‘Blow Before You Go!’

Let’s face it. Gravity Sucks. The great news is that your posture doesn’t have to any more! Learn the basics of how to set your posture to engage your SPINE instead of your shoulders. From there everything you do is an opportunty to practice and build resilience against that pesky gravity. Get ready to lift heavier, and do your favourite things longer and with greater ease. No more ‘text neck’ for you!

Ankles, knees, shoulders, and necks; What do they all have in common? They are all joints! When we injure, signals in the brain for position in space of joints are disrupted by persistent pain signals. As a result, we may eventually strengthen enough to feel back to normal but altered and maladaptive movement patterns can still persist for years to come. Learn the basics of upleveling your recovery in any joint with demos of Joint Position Sense Training for shoulder pain or whiplash.

Hip, knee, and back pain are common consequences of poor postural mechanics while walking or running and are also drastically impacted by pain coming from these regions. Learn how to immediately improve the way walking and moving feels, and how a few tweaks can almost completely eliminate hip/knee pain when going p or down stairs.

Learn some early recovery tips for the shoulder, as well as my favourite 4 band exercises that build strength and endurance in the shoulders and neck quickly once good postural habits have been introduced and restored.

If you are looking for some ideas on how to redevelop core/body stability and strength after delivery then look no further. For everyone else, this video is a fantastic bonus early strengthening program that anyone could benefit from.

Everything you need to know with demonstrations for self treatment of headaches, neck pain, and TMJ (Jaw) self treatment both in and outside of the mouth!

Reflecting back on all you’ve learned above, is there anything missing? Are you experiencing some unique symptom that hasn’t been touched yet? LET US KNOW and your suggestion may just be what is added next.

Congratulations on showing up for yourself, completing the program, and taking the time to learn valuable self awareness skills to facilitate a life of joy. Lets review what you learned and ways to keep the conversation going