Traditional science considers the fascia and the proteins of the body to be an insulator that is incapable of conducting energy, information and consciousness.  When a traditional biologist wants to study tissue, they crush it, pulp it, and put it into a centrifuge.  The tissue is then spun at high velocity to separate the solid from the fluid.  The solid material is then thrown away and the fluid is studied.  However, back in 1941, Professor Szent-Gyorgyi said this was an erroneous way of doing research on living tissue.  He proved that by dehydrating the proteins that the removal of water converted the proteins from conductors of energy into insulators.

Water is essential for life!  Dr. Szent-Gyorgyi then stated that by taking away the water, you are studying non-life!  Keep the proteins hydrated, and they are semiconductors of energy.  He went on to demonstrate that all substances are semiconductors.  He states our communication system of the body relies on water.  A 10% change in water content can trigger a million fold change in charge transportation along a protein.  Of course, the scientists of the time then ignored this important discovery because it did not fit the model of reality that they had memorized.  This is bias!  It is considered to be unscientific to be biased.  I believe it goes beyond this; the scientific community has become entangled into what is intellectual dishonesty!

This false and obsolete information (that the soft tissue of our body is an insulator), is still being taught in all medical, dental and therapeutic schools in the country.  For more detailed information please read pages 72-74 in Dr. James Oshmann’s new book “Energy Medicine in Therapeutics and Human Performance.”

Remember that trauma and inflammatory processes dehydrate the fluid component of the fascial system.  These fascial restrictions then exert enormous pressure on pain sensitive structures and inhibit the vital communication that flows through the liquidity of the fascial system and every cell of our body that ultimately produces symptoms of pain, headaches, restriction of motion and disease.

The following information is paraphrased from Dr. Ervin Laszlo’s new book “Science and the Akashic Field.”  Dr. Laszlo is considered to be one of the most profound thinkers alive today.  In “Science and the Akashic Field,” philosopher and systems theorist Irvin Laszlo shows how the discovery in physics of the zero point energy field (zpe), which the Myofascial perspective experiences as being centered or channel 3, is also the discovery of the universal “information” field that is the source for all of physical reality.  The following is some scattered observations from his book.  Dr. Laszlo considers the impoverished discourse of science has had a negative impact on society and that the worldview most consider scientific is an antiquated and obsolete view.

“For years scientists and philosophers have stated that the physical brain is the source of consciousness, yet there is no evidence of this!”

Dr. Laszlo believes that the primary reality is the quantum field or zero point energy field or what he calls the akashic field.  The akashic field, which underlies physical reality, is a vast sea of energy and information that flows through us and the universe as a hologram. We were taught that nothing travels faster than the speed of light; however, Russian physicists have discovered “torsion waves” that travel as energy and information at the speed at the order of 10 to the 9th power that means one billion times the speed of light!

Remember, being centered is the timeless, spaceless dimension accessed through the subconscious via our intuition that allows us to access the holographic field that is the memory of the universe, i.e. the akashic field or universal wisdom.

In discussing how the akashic field or zero point energy field performs in the living organisms, Dr. Laszlo states that the living organism is not a mere biomechanical machine, the traditional paradigm. A living organism is dynamic and fluid with all components in instant and continuous communication.  This kind of instant, system-wide communication cannot be produced by the traditional view of solely physical and chemical interactions among molecules, genes, cells and organs.  The speed with which activating processes spread throughout the body makes reliance on biochemistry alone insufficient.

“The conduction of signals through the nervous system cannot proceed faster than about 20 meters per second and cannot carry a large number of diverse signals at the same time.  Yet there is evidence that the entire organism acts as one.”  This instantaneous communication flows through the fluid of the body in and around the microtubules of the fascial system.  “It has been found that this instantaneous communication is at 20,000 times the speed of light, relativity theory’s supposedly unbreakable speed barrier.”  To summarize, the fluid within and around the microtubules of the fascial system (the container of our mind) carries almost instantaneous energy and information throughout so we can function as a coordinated, balanced whole.

The fascial system is the primary communication system with the much slower neural system, a secondary system of conduction.  Our innate intelligence flows through the fascial matrix carrying vast amount of information, instantly capable of storing far more information than the brain.

Traditional science still clings to the erroneous view that the connective tissue is just an insulator even though it was proven wrong back in 1941; instead the fascial system is a structural three-dimensional web that holds and conducts liquid, energy, and information.  Wet connective tissue is a liquid crystal acting as a semiconductor that is capable of potentially giving our patients and ourselves access to the wisdom of the universe!

Fear, anger, hate, anxiety, alienation and hopelessness are not just feelings.  Neither are love, serenity and optimism.  All are physiological states that profoundly affect our health.  However, as our experience has shown us, trauma, inflammation or unresolved emotional holding patterns, dehydrates and tightens the fascial system.  This loss of fluid and the resultant solidification of the ground substance of the fascial system block this important communication that eventually produces the symptoms of pain, headaches, anxiety, restriction of motion and disease.

I would like to quote from the book “The Field” by Lynne McTaggart, which states that “In the near future the idea of using drugs or surgery to cure anybody will seem barbaric.  It has been discovered that humans emit highly coherent photons (the tiniest particles of light).  Our DNA uses wave frequencies of this light to drive all of the physiological processes of the mind/body.  New evidence shows the brains conversation with the body are waves and frequencies rather than with chemical or electrical impulses alone.  Our brains are simply the retrieval and readout mechanism, of the ultimate storage medium, the force field that surrounds us and infuses with every cell of our body.”

In healthy individuals, the quantum light is highly organized.  In people that are ill, cancer patients for instance, have lost the organization of this internal energy so the subatomic communication between the various parts of the body has broken down.  In effect, their light is going out.  It may be that all illness is a kind of scrambling of the frequency of this energy.”

Myofascial Release structurally and energetically opens and re-hydrates the human fascial system of liquid light for the coherent flow of frequency, vibration, information and organization necessary for the health and quality of life.  I’ll ask you again, are you ready to move out of the dark ages of healthcare?

Myofascial Release is a logical expansion of the very roots of the health professions.  It incorporates quantum theory and systems theory into practice, but it does not necessitate the dismantling of traditional healthcare.  Rather, Myofascial Release represents a powerfully effective addition of a series of concepts and techniques that enhance and mesh with our traditional medical, dental, and therapeutic training.  Myofascial Release is not traditional therapy, nor is it alternative therapy.  Myofascial Release is authentic therapy due to the important, substantial and tangible results it provides on all levels of human existence.

This exciting period of transition poses an important opportunity for us to grow, as human beings while providing the quality of care our patients deserve, allowing us all to move into authentic living and healing.

About the Author:

-John F. Barnes, PT, conducts myofascial release treatment in  Paoli, PA and Sedona, AZ.  Additional information on Myofascial Release Treatment Centers and Seminars can be obtained by calling 1-800-FASCIAL

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The health-care system is collapsing under its own weight and obsolescence.  Health professionals are concerned about loss of control, diminishing income and their future potential.

All this consternation about managed care and the collapsing health-care system is to me no more than a reshuffling of the deck chairs on the Titanic.  You have a choice, you can go down with the Titanic or you can expand your abilities and talents with techniques that produce consistent results in a safe and cost efficient manner.

It is now common knowledge that a study presented by the New England Journal of Medicine, the most prestigious medical journal in the world, showed that in 1993, consumers spent approximately $14 billion on alternative medicine and therapy techniques – more than what was spent on traditional medicine, surgery and therapy combined.  Furthermore, $10 billion of that amount was paid in cash.  And these figures are growing exponentially each year.  This long-range study demonstrates that the use of alternative approaches to health care is not a small trend.

This represents an enormous shift in awareness in the masses, who are demanding and willing to pay for techniques that produce the results that they desperately need; and this has been our experience.  Patient’s are referred to our Myofascial Release Treatment Centers in Paoli, PA and Sedona, AZ from all over the world.  The average patient we see has not had acceptable results, despite spending between $50,000 to $100,000 on traditional medicines, surgery or therapy and having every test know to mankind and every treatment except for myofascial release.

We see these people on an out-patient basis for approximately two to three weeks (five days per week) as part of our Intensive Myofascial Release Treatment Program.  The vast majority of people we see have their lives turned around so they regain the quality of their life and can return to work.

Insurance companies are willing to pay for myofascial release (the CPT code is 97250) or if they have run out of insurance, the patient is willing to pay cash to return to a pain free, active lifestyle.

There seems to be two different realities:  one where therapists still using obsolete traditional techniques are running around like Chicken Little crying “the sky is falling, the sky is falling!”  and another where facilities and therapists focusing on the myofascial release approach are flourishing, with minimal burdensome paperwork, very satisfied patients and lucrative incomes.  So, you have a choice of realities.  In fact, we receive numerous letters from insurance companies, hospitals, health-care facilities, private practices and physicians looking for highly trained myofascial release therapists.

Is the Titanic going down?  Yes!  Is the sky falling?  Only if you persist in clinging to the past.  Consider another perspective.  This is a wake up call!  This turmoil is a tremendous opportunity.

The limitation of treatment visits is the best thing that could have ever happened.  This has forced everyone to stop and really examine what works and what doesn’t work.  You know how it is:  a person will receive hot packs, modalities and exercise for months or years even if it doesn’t appear to be working.  They continue because their insurance covers the treatments.  With the limitations now on visits, they will receive their allotted number of traditional treatments and then they will seek out a therapist skilled in myofascial release, put their hands in their pockets, pull out some cash and say, “Please, help me.”

I know that many of you work in busy hospitals, extended care facilities and rehabilitation centers and often spend more time on paperwork than on actual hands-on therapy.  This assembly line approach is not healthcare!  I know that you have to take care of yourself and your family, but I have a suggestion:  Do what you have to do now and look for facilities that focus on myofascial release that will give you the quality time to provide effective healthcare or open your own private practice.  You can keep your present job and start private practice part-time.  It does not take a large expenditure of money.  You only need some space, a treatment table and knowledge of myofascial release.

I recommend this at every myofascial release seminar and I receive calls and letters weekly from those who have taken my advice.  They basically say that they have switched to a heath-care facility that focuses on myofascial release and provides the proper environment and time necessary for quality care, or that within six to eight months they were generating sufficient income from their new private practice to switch to it full-time.  They also report that they have very happy clients and a sense of personal fulfillment and professional achievement.

This paradigm shift will be enormous in the next couple of years, providing an incredible opportunity for facilities and individuals willing to expand their knowledge and allow their skill level to grow.

Let us all work together to enhance the quality of patient care.  We can do it!

PT . OT . SPEECH TODAY Vol. 5, No. 51

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

John F. Barnes, PT, graduated from the University of Pennsylvania as a Physical Therapist in 1960; he holds physical therapy licenses in Pennsylvania, Arizona, New Jersey, Delaware, Colorado, and Hawaii.  John is on the Counsel of Advisors of the American Back Society; is an Editorial Advisor of the Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies; and is a member of the American Physical Therapy Association.

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