Knox Stretch gets fascia in shape
“Long story short, you lay on the table and I do all the work,” she said and laughed. “Fascia is like cobwebs all over the body.”
Fascia is the thin casing of connective tissue surrounding and holding every organ, blood vessel, bone, nerve fiber and muscle in place, according to the John Hopkins Medicine website.
“So when you can lay on a table and relax, and I do all the work, your body can respond better than if you were to do it on your own,” she said. “It sounds like you can do it on your own, but your body is fighting against itself when you’re doing it yourself, and with the fascia and getting the traction in there … you can’t pull on your own leg.
“I can do that, and your body can relax with you just laying on the table,” Defendorf added.
And, no, the stretching does not hurt.
“It’s very relaxing,” she added. “I’ve had a lot of people fall asleep.”
Defendorf said there are a lot of benefits to fascial stretching.
“Everybody’s different, so it might mean less pain,” she said. “It might mean more sleep. It might mean that you can bend over and tie your shoe.”
And with sports, she said the therapy could help an athlete perform better, faster.
“It kind of depends on what’s going on in your body, what you need,” Defendorf said. “I have a lot of golfers. They hit the ball further. Velocity — speed — can be faster.
“I have several baseball players in high school,” she said. “Flexibility and mobility are very important.”
Somebody who drives a lot or sits at his or her desk also can benefit. “Maybe their shoulders are tight. Their lower back hurts, so it depends on what you do,” she said, pointing out the therapy can be customized to the client’s’ needs.
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