Myofascial Release

Pediatric Myofascial Release Therapy

Myofascial release addresses the structure of the body, opening up restrictions in the throat, thorax, and pelvis that may be inhibiting the flow of sound through the throat. Without fascial release the body stays stuck and cannot develop the way it was designed to allowing sound and speech to travel and develop fully. Due to this other forms of speech therapy and their effectiveness can yield limited results if the structure that the sound is moving through has not released and opened up for sound to travel properly.

Another factor in working with young children is the ease of releasing tissue due to lack of social conditioning. Adults have learned for years how to supress their physical actions and emotional responses to the world, as well as restricting themselves based on social customs. Our youth have learned less of this due to their short time here.



As children age into adolescence and adulthood, we all learn ways of being that are acceptable in society; we stop being authentic with our feelings and reactions to life around us. These learned inhibitions create stress and contracted holding patterns; these patterns change our tissue matrix causing fascial restrictions, but these can easily be released through a series of MFR treatments.