John F Barnes is more effective because it works with the fascia in the only that allows it to respond: over time. Most therapies are in too much of a hurry and it doesn't hold. Furthermore, often they use too much, too soon, too fast. The pressure must meet the fascial restriction barrier with mindful attention to the entire body/mind web for at least 5 minutes. This is what allows the mucopolysaccharide gel of the fascial web to literally “melt” or change into less solid, more fluid gel, thus allowing the collagen to become unstuck to itself and the elastin to elongate back to its pre-shortened length. At the cellular level interstitial flow of nutrients and oxygen is restored the capillaries, rehydrating tissue and opening up the compressed area.

Previous approaches tend to tear the cross links of the fascia, which may actually increase inflammation. It is only after 3-5 minutes that interleukins, or messenger molecules are released which are anti-inflammatory. Excretion of wastes and permeability of cells are restored. These principles provide for lasting success in opening up fascial restrictions. The trauma is effectively release from your tissues.

There are tons of choices in healthcare, and when we are in pain, it is often hard to even have the energy to do the research, much less know what the options are, and then “pick the right one." As someone who has spent my entire professional career as a bodyworker curating the most effective ways to improve outcomes, you are in good hands. I have curated the best work, studied it and worked with thousands of people over 25 years and can attest to the power of MFR personally.

It turns out that the Nervous System will only contract if force is used. The JFB Myofascial Release approach only uses as much pressure as needed to allow the fascial system to open up. In fact, it is only by releasing the need to make it happen, to force things and by being completely present to what you are feeling that you can become free of old patterns that restrict you.

MFR is known as a therapy that is able to help people when nothing else has worked. Trauma is stored in the body as an unreleased energetic charge. A deer paralyzed in the headlights suddenly springs into action at some point and flees the scene faster than thought. Trauma itself happens faster than thought. It's pre-verbal. That's why MFR is so effective in releasing it: it happens without words, without drugs, without logic, because this kind of pain is not governed by logic. The refreshing thing is that I go into those places of serious pain with you until they let go. You are no longer alone with the pain and for that reason, the mind/body matrix is able to feel safer in the process, and respected in a way that makes it possible to go where it seemed impossible to go before - into a place of total release.