Harness the Power of Planning (the podcast)
About this episode
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:
-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 make it a habit, I tend to run myself into the ground. In the next few months, I'm going to go into detail about my self-care practices and hopefully you can pick up some nuggets and craft one of your own.
NEXT WEEK
04/23/26 Movement as self-care: all of my many fascia implements part 2
04/30/26 Movement as self-care: finding what you like and automating it
RESOURCES
- Intro to Fascia videos: http://tinyurl.com/fasciavideos
- Season of Self-Care: https://bywdreams.mailerpage.com/seasonselfcare
- Website:BYWDreams.com
- Our books: TinyURL.com/BYWDbooks
Fascia Tools
- Face Multitool: I have about six tools from this company that I use on my face and body (I'll show body ones next week). I use the body ones in the shower because I don't like using them with oil as recommended. https://www.fasciablaster.com/
- Pneumatic Cups: NOTHING gets as deep a release as these. I use them about once a month. https://amzn.to/484HPlE
- Wooden Comb: This isn't mine but it's closer than others I saw. https://amzn.to/4tVF3b1
I will demo these next week:
- Muscle Hook: I love this so much I have two of them so I can keep one with camping gear. I use this when I'm watching a screen for awhile and sitting in one place. https://amzn.to/484HPlE
- Stone Sandals: I use these daily. These were one of the most painful things I've ever done, but now I can wear them pain-free. https://amzn.to/4tVF3b1
- Acupressure Mat: I use this 1-2x a week and take the best naps on it although the first few times I used it I thought I was going to jump up and run out of the room. https://amzn.to/4tS2MbY