Myofascial release therapy is a hands-on technique that works to relax, lengthen, and realign your fascia. The goal is to bring you pain relief, as well as give you back your full range of motion. The therapist will do a full, hands-on assessment of your muscles and movement. The healthy fascia should feel malleable and elastic, whereas areas that are holding trauma and tension will feel stiff and tight. These are your trigger points and could be the origin of your pain. The trigger points aren’t always the same points as where you feel the pain since you could be experiencing referred pain from another part of the body. Using light, manual pressure, your therapist will engage with and stretch the trigger point, sometimes holding that point for a few minutes. Your therapist may repeat this process a few times on each trigger point they find until they feel a full release.