A Patient’s Guide to Understanding Myofascial Release: Simple Answers to Frequently Asked Questions

Cathy Covell

Jan 2014 · BalboaPress

About this ebook

This book is a great resource for anyone in the healthcare profession or anyone who facilities the healing process. It is especially helpful for body workers and therapists. It gives simple answers that can help both therapists and patients with their understanding of the healing process in general, and also helps with more specific questions about myofascial release.

Some of the questions are: what is myofascial release? How is myofascial release different from other techniques? What can myofascial release help with?

The answers given are simple, concise, and will help with an overall understanding of the healing process, which can then allow for faster and more significant results.

About the author

Not only is Cathy a physical therapist, but she is also someone who suffered from debilitating chronic pain for years. This is what led her to trying myofasical release as a treatment option.

Once she realized that myofascial release was the missing piece that was able to help with her overall healing, she began taking the classes offered by John F. Barnes, PT. She quickly realized that this technique was extremely effective. And that by learning this technique she would not only be able to help herself, but also help her clients.

Cathy had the opportunity to work at one of John’s treatment centers for over two years which has helped her become an expert in the field of myofascial release.

This book is a compilation of simple answers to the questions that are most frequently asked by patients and therapists. It is a very valuable tool in the healing process.