Fascia interpenetrates and surrounds muscles, bones, organs, nerves, blood vessels and other structures. Fascia is an uninterrupted, three-dimensional web of tissue that extends from head to toe, from front to back and from interior to exterior. When fascia is restricted our bodies will almost invariably be imbalanced. This imbalance causes stress and pain. While the medical world has always know about this connective tissue, its function has not totally been understood. Recent research has found that fascia – once thought to simply be passive connective tissue (like a spider web) – is actually innervated (meaning it can be activated by the brain and central nervous system) and has its own smooth muscle tissue (smooth muscle is a type of muscle that can not be voluntarily controlled). This means that the brain and the rest of the central nervous system is actually involuntarily controlling fascia through neural activity. The practice of myofascial release using the patent pending Bula Ball Method helps to strengthen this relationship between the brain, the fascia and the your consciousness as they work together to restore muscle balance and function and improve poor posture, which will ultimately help relieve chronic muscle pain.
