What Are Fascial Tender Points? A Witty Deep Dive into the Body’s Secret Alarm Buttons
Discover fascial tender points and how Fascial Counterstrain therapy targets them for lasting relief at Genesis Health Wellness in Frederick and Hagerstown, Maryland. These precise, hypersensitive spots in your fascia act as “panic buttons”—signaling protective spasms, microvascular compression, ischemia, inflammation, and central sensitization that perpetuate chronic pain, stiffness, somatic dysfunction, and that vague “off” feeling.
Using gentle positional releases (no forceful manipulation), Fascial Counterstrain deactivates over 1,000 mapped tender points across musculoskeletal, visceral, neural, lymphatic, arterial, and venous systems—restoring blood flow, reducing edema, normalizing proprioceptive/nociceptive signals, and breaking reflexive guarding loops. Ideal for back/neck pain, headaches, fibromyalgia, joint issues, digestive problems, post-injury recovery, fatigue, and more.
Experience this non-invasive, root-cause approach combined with massage, MLD, and high-intensity PEMF for faster, deeper results. Stop living with your body’s false alarms—visit us in Frederick or Hagerstown, MD, and reset your system’s security for true comfort and mobility!
What Is Fascial Counterstrain? A Simple, Down-to-Earth Explanation
Discover Fascial Counterstrain (FCS) therapy at Genesis Health Wellness in Frederick and Hagerstown, Maryland—a gentle, hands-on manual technique that resets your body’s “protect mode” for lasting relief from nagging pain, stiffness, and that “off” feeling after injuries, desk work, or daily stresses.
Developed from Dr. Lawrence Jones’s Strain Counterstrain and expanded by Brian Tuckey into a multi-system fascial approach, FCS uses precise tender points and passive positions of ease (held ~90 seconds) to unload spasms, quiet nociceptive signals, restore microvascular flow, reduce trapped inflammation/edema, and normalize proprioception—without force, cracking, or pain.
Backed by studies showing significant pain reduction, improved range of motion, decreased tender point sensitivity, and better function in neck/back issues, chronic pain, and more. Ideal for everyday prevention, chronic conditions like sciatica, headaches, fibromyalgia, TMJ, plantar fasciitis, post-injury recovery, edema, fatigue, anxiety support, and whole-body reset (musculoskeletal, neural, vascular, lymphatic systems).
Gentle, safe for all ages—no downtime. Combined with massage, MLD, and high-intensity PEMF for enhanced results. Ready to end the constant guarding and move freely? Visit us in Frederick or Hagerstown, MD—experience the subtle power of FCS today!