What is Fascia?

(And Why It Might Be the Missing Piece)

Most treatments focus on muscles, joints, or nerves. But there's a tissue that connects all three—and it rarely gets addressed.

Let me change that.

The Basics

Fascia is a continuous web of connective tissue that runs through your entire body. It wraps around your muscles, weaves between your organs, surrounds your bones, and even encases your nerves.

Think of it like a three-dimensional sweater knitted through everything. If you tug on one corner, the whole thing shifts.

That's why pain in your low back might actually originate in your ankle. The fascia connects them.

What Happens When It Gets Stuck

Fascia is supposed to be flexible—sliding and gliding as you move. But when trauma happens (an injury, surgery, repetitive stress, or even prolonged emotional tension), the fascia can become inflamed, thickened, or stuck to the tissues underneath.

When it heals, it often forms adhesions—like internal scar tissue. These adhesions don't stretch the way healthy fascia does. They pull. They restrict. They create tension patterns that your body has to work around.

This is why you might feel "tight" no matter how much you stretch. The muscle isn't the problem. The fascia around it is locked down.

The Stuff That Surprised Me

Here's where it gets interesting.

Fascia is piezoelectric. That means it generates tiny electrical charges when it's compressed or stretched. The collagen fibers shift under pressure and create signals that influence how cells behave—including how tissue heals.

When I work on clients, they often feel this as a buzzing or tingling sensation. I feel it too, through my hands. It's not imaginary. It's the fascia responding.

Fascia also behaves like a strange fluid: hit it fast, and it acts solid; move through it slowly, and it flows.

This is why myofascial release looks so different from deep tissue massage. I'm not forcing anything. I'm waiting for the fascia to let go on its own timeline.

Why This Matters For You

If you've been told your pain is "just tension" or "all in your head," it might actually be fascial restriction that no one has addressed.

When fascia is stuck, everything downstream suffers—your movement, your posture, your comfort in your own body.

The good news: fascia can change. With the right approach—slow, patient, sustained—it releases. And when it does, people often feel not just less pain, but lighter. Clearer. More at home in themselves.

That's what I work with. That's what MFR is for.

Questions? Want to know if this might help your specific situation? Reach out!