Hi Peter I do my own fascial release with the foam roller or a acupressure ball/tennis ball or Alfie’s ball if he has one you only have to place it on the muscle that’s tight or giving you that aching feeling then place the other leg on top for extra pressure or underneath wherever the ache is .
My osteopath gave me little trick for the glute muscles ! Make two fists with your hands and sit on them and roll about till you feel the dull ache eventually it’ll release and you can feel it go hot and relax my shoulders are always giving me jip so I stand against the wall and use the tennis ball in a sock so you can hold on to it so it doesn’t drop on the floor as when I did that bramble kept running off with it 🤣 you can get to most places inc lower back and it feels nice.
When I’m sat watching telly on a night and my shins hurt I’ll put my heal on it and gently push and release and roll my heal around or up and down my shin this is similar too .
Give it a go 😁 hopefully you’ll feel the comfortable pain whilst doing it and it’ll help. If it’s extremely painful then stop.
I do a full work on all areas once a week but I use the ball when needed 🥰 Good Luck 😉

@A MyFibroTeam Member I've always kept a tennis ball handy and one is on shelf on the headboard on my bed. Saved me much pain. I use it as soon as t notice a tight muscle..

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It’s a practice that focuses on releasing the fascia.

It is performed by applying pressure to knots or trigger points that cause restrictions and pain.

The pressure is generally held for around 2-5 minutes, before moving to a new area.

This can be done by a practitioner or you can learn to do it yourself.

I’ve been practicing MFR for well over a decade. Happy to say more if like 🙃🤸

It sounds like acupressure massage. I get acupressure massage every two weeks in the cold months. It really helps the pain.

I'm not sure but in the late 2000s. I had myofascial spasms starting above both elbows, across my shoulders,down .my back to just above my waist around my neck and down my front onto my breasts. It took some time but a massage therapist got rid of it for me. She likely was doing myofascial release.

I've described myofascial pain syndrome as similar to spider plants. The original muscle spasms threw off babies and the babies had babies etc until spasms are crisscrossing all over the body.