Episode 152 04/16/2026 [SELF-CARE] Fascia, Part 1: What It Is, Why /How I "Work" It, and Why I LOVE It!

Episode 152 04/16/2026 [SELF-CARE] Fascia, Part 1: What It Is, Why /How I "Work" It, and Why I LOVE It!

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April 16, 2026 · 35 min

About this episode

The episode discusses the host's personal journey with fascia work and its importance in self-care.

I had been doing "fascia work" for years before I knew what it was. I first learned about fascia about five years ago, but have been "working" it for about twenty going back to an injury that was diagnosed as a herniated disc at the L5/S1 juncture. (A reminder: I'm not a medical professional, this is just my experience.) However, it was only when I did much longer, deeper hours of physical therapy that I began to see relief, which is characteristic of fascia because it is so much stronger than muscles. First though, what is fascia? It's a layer of connective tissue below the skin that surrounds all of the cells, nerves, joints, tendons, muscles, organs, bones, and ligaments in your body. Oh, is that all? I truly believe in about ten or twenty years, everyone will know or be doing fascia work the way we all know what stretching is today. In this episode, I tell you about my fascia journey and some of my practices to keep myself pain-free. Here are a couple of helpful articles about fascia: -What is Fascia: WebMD -Muscle Pain: It May Actually Be Fascia from Johns Hopkins Some background: Self-care is one of the pillars of my life. I've learned that if I don't…

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