John F Barnes Myofascial Release: This gentle, yet deep treatment will be the primary offering of  Boundless LLC, but other techniques will be smoothly incorporated into the work as appropriate. John Barnes Myofascial Release consists of long gentle holds against barriers identified in the fascia, allowing these areas to release restrictions. Fascia is the connective tissue that is found throughout our body, surrounding all muscles and organs in our body, creating a strong, yet mobile structural framework, while also have other important roles in tissue health and whole body sensory awareness and communication. Fascia tends to have a "memory" for past traumas, and can create a binding effect, as if putting part of your body in a straight-jacket. Due to the interconnected nature of fascia, restrictions in one part of the body may cause pain in completely different parts of the body, often resulting in failure to resolve pain with traditional approaches. 

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Craniosacral Therapy Techniques: Craniosacral therapy seeks to assess and balance the craniosacral rhythm through out the body. This rhythm is the filling and emptying cycle of cerebrospinal fluid around the brain and spinal cord. This rhythm can be felt as a gentle motion and fluid dynamic within the head and throughout the body, and may be influenced toward more normal function with light touch techniques. When the craniosacral rhythm is functioning well, it supports a balanced nervous system and can help you move toward optimal health.

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Neurovascular Integration: This very gentle technique uses light touch to help re-set the nervous system to to a more balanced state. The autonomic (think "automatic") nervous system is the subconscious monitoring system for all things happening inside and outside of the body. When danger is identified, the body's emergency response system is activated to deal with the threat. This is called the sympathetic nervous system, and creates the "fight, flight or freeze" response. After the threat resolves, our body should settle back into a more calm state thanks to the parasympathetic nervous system, which creates a "rest, digest and recover" response. Though both ends of the nervous system spectrum are important, in cases of trauma or chronic stress, some of us get caught in a chronic "fight, flight or freeze" state, which can cause health problems. This technique helps re-introduce your body to the calming part of the nervous system and restores the ability to flow more readily through states of stress and back to calm. 

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Self Care Activities/Home Program:  The goal of any good physical therapist is always to help their clients get to a point where they are more independent in maintaining their health status. Your treatment sessions may end with some suggestions and education on what can be done at home to help maintain what has been accomplished during the session. This may be as simple as a phrase or visualization to remind you to release tension in problem areas, training on how to position for comfort, techniques to help release particular fascial restrictions on your own, or it can be a few simple exercises. Less is often more! A few fine-tuned exercises aimed at the weakest link are more valuable than doing a whole list of low quality exercise, or doing exercises that are too hard and force other muscles to compensate for the weak ones. 

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