Fascia Decompression & Parkinson’s Disease
April is Parkinson’s Awareness Month. I recently wrote a paper explaining how fascia decompression benefits those struggling with this disease, and over the next 4 weeks I want to share information here to give those struggling hope that there is a way to manage and improve symptoms.
Why the Fascia System needs to be addressed to manage and potentially reverse the effects of Parkinson’s disease.
I have been working in the fascia system for 23 years and have come to understand this system intimately. Spending over 60,000 hours working on both patients, and myself, the changes I have seen from fascia decompression are helping people all over the world.
Firstly, I have a different understanding of what this system is all about. I see the fascia as the surface membrane of each cell, connected to every other cell. It is the communication between all cells and creates both stability and mobility within. If we treat this system and provide it with what it requires for lifelong health through fascia decompression, pain, aging and dis-ease take on new meanings.
We are continually under the influence of external forces, gravity being the most impactful. Essentially, as we age, the body compresses – it becomes shorter and wider. As we are asymmetrical due to the overuse of our dominant side, we literally spiral down toward the earth, either to the left or the right depending on several factors. As energy moves in waves and spirals (Fibonacci sequence), this is the pattern of collapse within the layers of fascia.
As we begin to tip off balance, like a spider spinning its web, the fascia reaches out to grip onto anything in its path to create stability, even to bone. This is where the real issues arise as these grips will adhere with a force up to 2000 pounds per square inch. The seal onto bone is magnetic and, in my experience, is the true root cause of all suffering.
These grips act like barricades. Flow within the body becomes blocked, causing a lack of nutrition to cells, as well as creating an environment that is congested. Cells starve of their vital energy and the tissue becomes acidic. The specific cells involved will dictate the symptoms that a person has.
I have had the opportunity to work with clients all over the world, with every condition known, including Parkinson’s disease. I have also seen positive results beyond simply managing their symptoms, but also seeing improvements. When looking at the body, a holistic approach needs to be taken as every cell is interconnected. What happens in the legs, arms and scalp, for example, has a direct effect on the rest of the body.
My system is comprised of 3 pillars:
1. Creating Space
2. Inflating Space
3. Maintaining Space
Creating Space
When a body is perfectly aligned, there is optimal space within and around each cell. This provides easy passage for nutrients to enter the cell, and for waste to be carried away. If there is flow, the cells can function optimally to keep the body healthy. It is when we lose the internal space that adhesions develop, thereby blocking flow.
The combination of gravity, with unconscious posture and incorrect breathing, create compression within, which decreases the internal space. As we age in a forward, rotational direction, adhesions develop to attempt to stop the body from its descent, which ultimately block the flow of all systems within. This also creates a body that has an overall colder temperature as circulation is required for cells to be at their optimal temperature of 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit.
Fascia decompression puts the space back into the body that time has taken away. Using either a practitioner’s hands (Fluid Isometrics), or the self-care version (Block Therapy), adhesions that develop between the layers of fascia are melted. This is accomplished though the combination of pressure over time which creates heat to the area, combined with training proper diaphragmatic breathing, which is like turning on the body’s furnace. This provides external and internal heating for greatest efficiency.
Inflating Space
Oxygen is the most important nutrient the cell requires to optimally function. When the body is depleted, it functions only to survive, not to thrive. Diaphragmatic breathing can feed the body up to 6 times the oxygen, so to strengthen this action is the most important practice one can do for overall health and well-being.
The natural reaction when confronted with pain, fear or stress, is to hold the breath. As we are designed to survive, we will still pull air into the lungs, but the secondary muscles kick in for this purpose. As I mentioned that diaphragmatic breathing is like turning on the body’s furnace, breathing through the muscles of the upper chest is like putting a space heater in one room. Only that room will become warm.
Even though many are sharing exercises to strengthen this muscle, the challenge lies in the adhesions that form around the ribcage. As mentioned above, fascia grips and adheres to bone with a force up to 2000 pounds per square inch. If you haven’t been trained to be a conscious breather lifelong, the diaphragm muscle becomes weak. As this is the foundation of the ribcage, the contents above put pressure on this weakened foundation and cause it to collapse into the core. This will displace the internal organs, cause a ballooning belly and create a toxic environment in the gut from inflammation that becomes stagnant.
Through the combined actions of creating space as mentioned above, with the focus of diaphragmatic breathing, which is like turning on the body’s furnace, we effectively melt the adhesions that have locked the ribcage out of alignment. Diaphragmatic breathing provides the opportunity to draw the air deeply into the lungs, where the majority of the alveoli (oxygen receptor sites), reside. This allows for optimal absorption of oxygen into the blood so to feed all cells in the body.
Cells fully oxygenated are like a blown-up balloon -- round, full and almost defies gravity. Cells depleted in oxygen would be like the balloon with less air. It becomes wrinkled, accumulates dirt and debris in the creases and becomes heavy. This is what aging cells look like. Gravity also has a hold on dense tissue, over time, speeding up the body descent as more time accumulates.
In addition, it has been proven that 84% of weight loss comes through proper exhalation due to its detoxifying effects. Breathing through the muscles of the upper chest, as most do, keeps the body starving for oxygen, and toxic.
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Cells fully oxygenated are like a blown-up balloon -- round, full and almost defies gravity. Cells depleted in oxygen would be like the balloon with less air. It becomes wrinkled, accumulates dirt and debris in the creases and becomes heavy. This is what aging cells look like. Gravity also has a hold on dense tissue, over time, speeding up the body descent as more time accumulates.
Deanna Hansen - Founder of Block Therapy
Maintaining Space
Every cell in the body has its correct alignment, and if they are at home, there is optimal space. When we don’t have conscious awareness of postural foundations, cells migrate away from their natural resting place under the influences already mentioned, creating adhesions to keep the body from tipping over.
To be continued
Breathe & Believe,
Deanna
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Excellent article, Deanna! This information is so fascinating and important. I’d be interested to know more about how 84% of weight loss comes through the detoxification that happens through proper exhalation. Can you site some articles?