Reflexology Fascia Release
An advanced reflexology modality is used on the plantar fascia, lower legs, and feet to release a tight, adhesive, miscommunicating, and non-gliding fascia system.
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​The key connections between the fascia, the feet, and the hands are the myofascial meridians.
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Unhealthy fascia becomes tight, adhesive, and brittle, and it stops gliding, causing symptoms such as plantar fasciitis, stiffness, reduced range of motion, and chronic pain. Damage to superficial fascia can present as skin sensitivity.​​
Benefits of Releasing Fascia
Releasing fascial tension in the feet affects the feet, arches, ankles and calves, knees, hamstrings, hips, pelvic floor, core, spine, and neck. The sensory impact is posture control and calming of the nervous system (parasympathetic activation).​
Releasing fascial tension on the hands affects the hands, wrists, forearms, elbows, biceps, triceps, shoulders, chest, upper back, neck, jaw, head, diaphragm, and breathing. The sensory impact is on the nervous system, sending signals to the brain and spinal cord, which improves proprioception, downregulates muscle tone, and activates the parasympathetic nervous system.
Causes of Unhealthy Fascia
Fascia can become damaged due to stored emotional trauma, physical trauma (surgery), injury, inflammation (fasciitis), overuse (RSI), stress, poor posture, sedentary lifestyle, puberty, menopause, and dehydration. For example, spinal surgery causes scarring and tightness, which can lead to spinal misalignment and increased strain on joints and ligaments.
What is Fascia?
The fascia system is a highly sensory web-like structure of connective tissue that is made up of three key elements: collagen, elastin, and hyaluronic acid.
Fascia connects cells, muscles, bones, organs, nerves, and blood vessels. It provides structure and support; it is a continuous web of interaction linking the whole body. It influences every system in the body.
Myofascial lines and spirals surround and integrate muscles. It links muscle fibres, grouping them together, transmitting force and coordinating movement.
Fascia and myofascial lines and spirals = form and function in the body.
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Fascia gives the body form and movement flow; myofascial lines and spirals organise and connect muscles for efficient function.
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​​​A healthy, gliding fascia is cellular health; it relies on the mitochondria because they provide the energy cells need to maintain elasticity, repair tissue, and support smooth movement. Without strong mitochondrial function, fascia becomes tight, dehydrated, scarred, and inflamed, leading to pain, ageing, dysfunction, and stiffness, and it restricts movement and mobility.
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​Years of clinical research have uncovered the three key elements of fascia: collagen, elastin, and hyaluronic acid.
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Fascia holds tension as well as emotions, trauma, and energy, including anything you may have suppressed in your lifetime.​
Why Healthy Fascia Matters?
The fascial system provides an environment that enables all body systems to work integratively.
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Communication throughout the body
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Structural support and stabiliser
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Flexibility and movement; gliding of the musculoskeletal system
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Shock absorption; e.g., plantar fascia
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Blood flow relies on flexible fascia.
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Lymphatic drainage relies on fascia and muscle movement.
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It senses tension, movement, and pain, then relays that information to the nervous system.
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Metabolic support
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Endocrine function: transmits hormones around the body
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Healing and repair
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Proprioception (a sense that lets us perceive the location and movement of our body parts)
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Myofascial force transmission
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Compartmentalises organs