Choosing the right MFR Therapist
		Something that comes up often for people in their search for the right MFR therapist is that their results can vary greatly working with one MFR therapist or another. This can be confusing, especially when both therapists technically have the same level of experience. One thing to keep in mind is that what makes a great therapist is what they've healed in themselves. No one can show you the way down a path they've never taken. If a therapist has not really healed anything difficult in themselves or dared to dive in to their deepest darkest pains or feelings, they won’t be able to help you go there and heal your pain either. Personal experience is how you really learn Myofascial Release.  So even though therapists may have the same professional credentials or may have taken the same seminars; like any other profession, not all therapists are created equal. What I look for in an MFR therapist for myself is someone who has healed something serious in themselves. Physically and emotionally learning how to put yourself back together after a traumatic injury or event is the only way to learn how to truly heal yourself or help someone else heal. Light vs Firm Pressure MFR Another piece of MFR treatment that can be confusing is some therapists use a lighter touch and some use a firmer touch. MFR has many parts and different levels of pressure to it which all must be woven together for what is right for the client in that moment. Light touch myofascial release is certainly appropriate at times. But if the treatment is always done with a super light touch, it will not release the deeper fascial restriction and adhesions the client has or give lasting results and pain relief.  If you or your clients prefer only to have light touch MFR, I would wonder if that's because light pressure is truly what is best for you right now or because a firmer pressure makes you feel something that you don’t like or don’t want to feel. Going in to that discomfort, when you're ready, is a very important part of your long term healing. Feeling what you don’t like about the sensations, emotions or memories that come up during treatment is the essence of MFR and true healing. Expanding Your Comfort Zone In Myofascial release we aim to help you expand your comfort zone, so quality MFR treatment will have an aspect of gently challenging you to go outside your current comfort zone as you're ready to do so for the purposes of healing. This way you'll become more and more comfortable in your body and in difficult or stressful situations in your life. It's part of the way we help you come out of fight or flight that many people get trapped in after injury, surgery or trauma. And come back to live instead in the health state of rest and digest again.  To be a great MFR therapist for yourself, or someone else, you have to help yourself, or whoever you’re treating, descend into their pain and feel what they don’t want to feel in order to heal. This is how we clear the pain of the past so we can create more space for enjoying the present. That is the job of an MFR therapist, to guide you and to help you dare to soften into your pain, release whatever is holding you back and embrace your true healing!