Have you ever been told that you need to stand up for yourself?  Well this is very true in more ways than one!  You need to stand up for your health!  We are built to be upright and our bodies and cardiovascular system work much more efficiently that way.

Approximately 60 per cent of Australian adults do less than the recommended 30 minutes of moderate intensity physical activity each day, so the less sitting or lying down you do during the day, the better your chances are for living a healthy life.

During our work days, or lengthy study sessions, we end up sitting for prolonged periods of time at our desks without actually realising the harm we are causing to our bodies – both mentally and physically.  Problems include back and neck pain, headaches, eye strain and a heightened stress response.

Remedial Massage is a very popular treatment due to its wonderful therapeutic benefits, focusing on the body’s musculature and soft tissue to relieve tension and pain. It is a diverse therapy consisting of a number of different massage techniques such as Myofascial Release Therapy, which works on damaged or sore muscles, soft tissue or joints.

Before discussing the benefits of Myofascial Release Therapy, let’s look at what the Fascia System is.

Fascia is a strong thin elastic-type web of connective tissue (similar to a ligament or tendon), which surrounds every muscle, bone, nerve, blood vessel and organ to the cellular level in our body. This supportive tissue is literally the biological fabric that holds our body together!

In its normal healthy state fascia is a relaxed and flexible web, however, when restricted…