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Understanding fascia is important for a healthy, tension-free body. Here are some facts and practical myofascial release techniques that can help you tune up your body to move and feel better.

First of all, what is fascia?

Fascia is a fibrous connective tissue inside the body. You can think of it as a sheath of biological fabric that organises structures of the body into cells, cells into groups of cells, then further into muscular threads, muscle tissue bundles, muscles, groups of muscles and so on.

A combination of connective tissue and muscle is usually called myofascia. In reality, muscle and fascia are almost inseparable

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