Your Fascial System

Back in the late 1990s when I began my fascination with fascia, there was no direct route for how to study it. It didn't even become an official system of the body until 2015! So, while my academic and professional path may seem convoluted, it is a unique statement to this pocket of time. In the future, physical therapists and osteopaths will have a direct route to study and develop expertise in the fascial system that wasn't available before now. 

Early on, there wasn't a vocabulary to simply say I was working with the fasical system. I started calling what I did 'Somatic Integration Analysis.' But over the decades since, this all just seems like a lot of language to say that I work specifically with fascia and lymphatics. This approach can be applied to all other body systems and regional considerations. 

Somatic - Soma refers to the body. 'Somatics' was coined by Thomas Hanna in the late 1970s as 'exploring your body from within.' It has come to define a broad umbrella of movement and awareness techniques that help the participant experience their body.

Integration - Forming, coordinating, or blending into a functioning or unified whole

Analysis - Examination of a complex whole, its elements, and their relations

SIA looks at the integrative and applied state of functioning human anatomy to analyze chronic pain syndromes, overuse injuries, postural imbalances, developmental movement malpatterning, rehabilitation and health maintenance. It helps you gain an interoceptive, proprioceptive, kinesthetic and experiential awareness of your applied anatomy. 

This is done through hands-on (passive) movement, full body (engaged/dynamic) motion, and education. Awareness gives way to understanding and sustained progress. SIA provides a rich, kinesthetic tap into the mind-body interplay.

As you learn the unique nature of different tissues and tangible sensory cues from unique systems, you become a better consumer of your body. You can then make better choices about how to approach issues as they arise how to use your network of providers and self-care options most effectively. 

These specific modalities and offerings are incorporated ...

• Advocacy 
• Chronic Pain/Invisible Illness Support Group 
• Continuing Education Seminars 
• Consulting
• Core Stabilization Training
• CranioSacral Therapy
• Cupping
• Curriculum Design 
• Developmental Repatterning
• Fascial Manipulation
• Fascial Research Discussion Groups
• Lymphatic Drainage
• Meditation
• Patient Advocacy
• Tensional Relay Balancing
• Self-Release / Home-Care Education 
• Somatic Movement
• Visceral Manipulation
• Yoga (private and group instruction)