Vibrational Fascia Release Technique (VFRT)

specializes in relieving pain and restoring mobility. It also includes techniques for fat-burning, wrinkle reduction, elimination of double chins & hair loss. What is the common thread? It has to do with fluids and fascia.

VFRT is a therapeutic system in which we apply a medical grade weighted tuning fork to the body into and around fascial adhesions in order to soften collagen fibers and to restore free flow of interstitial fluids so that the body can return to healthy flexibility and function. VFRT includes effective protocols for

HOW IT WORKS

Fascia is connective tissue, primarily collagen, that lies throughout the body protecting muscles and tissue, and acting as a channel of communication. It plays a significant role in joint stability and movement coordination. Within it flows interstitial fluid that washes around cells, delivering nutrients, hydrating, and moving waste into the lymph system for removal. Nerves and blood vessels move through the fascia as they pass through and between muscles.

UNHEALTHY FASCIA

Unhealthy fascia plays a significant role in pain. Injury, stress, illness, poor posture, inactivity, and hunching over a desk all day cause fascia to become thickened, sticky and clumped. The interstitial fluids cannot flow freely so they build up, creating pressure and swelling and a feeling of hardness in what should be soft tissue. The body becomes stiff with a limited range of motion. And there’s often pain as the pressurized compartments of fluid press on nerve endings.

Because the fascial network is one interconnected system, a tightening in one area will often affect other areas. Unfortunately, when most people treat pain, they try to break the body down into separate segments and only treat the segment that hurts. But the pain may be initiated from a fascial knot in another area than the one that hurts. What seems like foot pain may actually be coming from a point upstream, like the low back.

ADDING INSULT TO INJURY

Following acute injury the body tightens and restricts movement as a protective mechanism. This further creates a backlog of interstitial fluids, resulting in pressure, swelling and pain. Where there is pain, the body compensates by further restricting movement, creating more fascial thickening and compartmentalization of fluids, and pain. It’s a closed loop.

In order to exit this cycle, you have to interrupt it.. VFRT specializes in this, applying 128 cycles per second from a tuning fork directly to the affected tissue with optimal pressure and duration. The result is release and relief.