"According to Anouska Shenn, a certified yoga and Pilates instructor who specializes in myofascial release, fascia is the connective tissue "matrix" in your body. "It's like the scaffolding that holds everything together - bones, muscles, organs, nerves, and blood vessels - and is made up of collagen fibers," she tells Bustle."
"A lot of people compare it to the pith of an orange, those little white strings that wind around all the juicy slices and keep them connected. It's essentially a framework, Shenn says, and one that contains many more nerve fibers than muscle. "Fascia helps explain how movement, posture, stress, and emotions are all interconnected." Your fascia also work to reduce friction between your tissues during movement"
"While it's common to think about your muscles when you have headaches, stiffness, or chronic pain, it could be your fascia that's actually to blame. "Fascia is the reason why you always feel so tense and tight no matter how much stretching you do," said creator @mindfulnesswithkat, who posts about nervous system care."
Fascia is a collagen-rich connective tissue matrix that scaffolds bones, muscles, organs, nerves, and blood vessels and reduces friction during movement. The fascial network contains more nerve fibers than muscle and links movement, posture, stress, and emotions through neural and structural connections. Fascial restrictions can produce ongoing tension, stiffness, headaches, and chronic pain that stretching alone may not resolve. People use foam rolling, myofascial balls, targeted massage, and myofascial release techniques to address tightness and report relief of shoulder tension, stress-related holding patterns, and some migraine symptoms.
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