Gentle, Effective Care Using Fascial Counterstrain Therapy
Fascial Counterstrain reveals and treats root causes of pain, beyond muscles and joints, helping the body relax and heal more fully.
Fascial Counterstrain (FCS) is a gentle, hands-on form of physical therapy that targets dysfunction within the body’s connective tissue system — the fascia. Reflexive contractions can occur in skeletal muscle, smooth muscle, and deep fascial structures due to trauma, surgery, postural strain, repetitive stress, immune challenges, or even inflammatory dietary influences. When the fascia becomes restricted, it can trigger protective reflexes that affect muscles, nerves, blood flow, and even organ function. By identifying and releasing these restrictions, Fascial Counterstrain helps reduce inflammation which helps to restore mobility and circulation, and eliminate pain.
Because fascia connects and supports every system of the body, this approach can relieve a wide range of conditions — from chronic pain and headaches to digestive, pelvic, or nerve-related issues — while promoting long-term healing and balance.
“Advances in fascia research now show that our connective tissue forms a continuous web linking every region of the body, helping explain why strain or restriction in one area can manifest as pain in another. ”