Fascial Stretch Therapy (FST)
Improve flexibility and mobility, recover from training, and prevent injury
What is Fascial Stretch Therapy
(FST)?
How Can We Help
Fascial Stretch Therapy (FST) is a system of assisted stretching which focuses on the muscles, joints, and connective tissue. The therapist will help you stabilize your body as you are gently helped into specific stretches to help facilitate relaxation and movement into your joints and body.
The goal of FST is to restore proper neural mechanics where the central or peripheral nervous system is restricted and/or when movement is not optimal. This therefore leads to the activation of muscles that were previously inhibited as well as normalizing muscle groups which were hyperactive. A home exercise program will be prescribed in order to allow the patient to be an active partner on their journey to health, wellness, and an active life.
You can book appointments for Fascial Stretch Therapy in Hong Kong by phone or via WhatsApp. If you are a registered user you can also book through our Mindbody online booking system.
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What is Fascia?
When most people think of the body, they think of bones, muscles, and organs.
An often-overlooked part of the body that fewer people know about is the fascia. The fascia is the vast network of connective tissue that run through your whole body. It surrounds your muscles, nerves, bones, joints and organs. It turns out that many injuries and loss of flexibility over time, including range of motion, involve the fascia.
Restricted fascia and joint capsules can lead to conditions such as osteoarthritis, painful movement, increased muscle tightness, strains, tendon injuries, headaches, scar tissue formation, decreased blood flow and reduced energy levels.
What are the benefits of FST?
What makes this therapy different from other flexibility programs is that each stretch begins with a light traction of the joint being treated. This allows for a deeper stretch by creating more space in joint. This is an excellent treatment choice for those wanting to improve flexibility and mobility, recover from training, and prevent injury.
Other benefits include:
- Improved posture & muscle function
- Improved sport specific performance
- Increase muscular strength and endurance
- Reduce muscle tension and risk of injury
- Increase balance and symmetry of the body
- Reduce muscular soreness and fatigue
- Help treat symptoms associated with osteoarthritis and facet joint dysfunctions
Fascial Stretch Therapy was popularized with athletes such as professional golfers, wrestlers, basketball players, and runners but is also very beneficial for anyone needing more flexibility such as office workers, manual labourers, and just generally stiff individuals.
FST is also a very powerful therapy that can be used to treat many conditions such as facet joint dysfunctions, tight hips, rotator cuff injuries, muscle strains, chronic headaches, knee tracking issues, plantar fasciitis, and pinched nerves.
Who should use fascial stretch therapy?
People of all ages can benefit from fascial stretch therapy, including any patient cleared by their physician for stretching and active movement, fitness enthusiasts, and athletes of all levels.
Those with chronic back pain: Oftentimes, chronic back pain is associated with muscle tightness and joint stiffness; general weakness, fear of movement, and certain activities; and lack of mobility. FST can help to eliminate your pain and restore function so you can return to your normal life.
Those who regularly train: When you’re training regularly, you need your body to recover quickly. FST improves blood flow to tired muscles, which helps you to recover faster from your tough training sessions with less soreness.
Those who are active: FST can help you to run faster, lift heavier, boost endurance, improve coordination, and increase flexibility.
Those rehabbing an injury: Through FST, your therapist can help increase your range of motion by eliminating adhesions and allowing your body to get rid of unnecessary compensations.
Is it painful?
Fascial stretch therapy is not painful. It is a gentle modality meant to help the client to relax and stretch out. If there is any pain, or pinching, the client must let the therapist know.