For relief of fibromyalgia and other chronic pain start here! Roger Edmunds and Joni Edmunds have a clinic called The Dreaming Body in Buninyong, near Ballarat, Victoria where they treat all kinds of pain, neck pain, back pain, chronic fatigue, tinnitus, endometriosis, PMS, myofascial pain syndrome, thoracic outlet syndrome, irritable bowel syndrome, tendonitis, incontinence, bulging disc, plantar fascitis, ITB syndrome, rotator cuff injury, carpal tunnel syndrome, frozen shoulder, bursitis, sciatica, TMJ, migraines, headaches, shin splints, neuralgia, and any kind of physical ailments using the John F. Barnes method. It is a connective tissue therapy, also known as American myofascial release, that addresses the whole body, head to toe. By opening up the system and utilising the self-corrective health potential of the body, we can remove the underlying cause of symptoms. By relieving tension, tightness and pain in the body, our mind can relax and our spirit can be set free. We say: We are new, effective and here to help you move freely and get your life back. Gently.

How does my body work?

Our bodies are designed to self-correct. Thus, modalities and therapies that fail to incorporate this component are limited in what they can achieve and how much they can help. Forcing the body, or breaking tissue apart, just sends the body into 'protection mode' in which it resists pressure or manipulation. In contrast, myofascial release relies on your body's natural healing mechanism to clear restrictions, pent-up emotions, pain, and tightness in its own way and own time. The therapist’s job is to simply provide the environment and gentle touch conducive to this process.

Do you rub or push on areas of your body that are sore or tender?

Do you find that you are reaching out and trying to stretch to get rid of the tight feelings in your body? Do you often rub sore or tender areas? If so, you have already tapped into the natural self-correcting mechanism that lies within all of us. Through movement and feeling, myofascial release treatment will help you to utilize your body’s wisdom at an even deeper level to obtain a pain-free life-style.

What does the research say?

Research is now supporting the importance of relying on the body’s wisdom and paying closer attention to how we’re made. Our bodies are made up of water and connective tissue, called fascia. For ages, our medical community has thought of fascia as ‘packing material’ and something that just takes up space. Now, science is discovering that huge amounts of information are stored and conducted through fascia. Our nervous system conducts signals at 20 meters per second, yet our bodies work as a whole instantaneously. What’s the missing link? When we remember that fascia is a 3-dimensional web-like system that surrounds and infuses every structure in our entire body, we find an explanation for the amazing way in which our bodies operate. It’s been found that communication in our bodies occurs at 20,000 times the speed of light. Thus, this information and energy is carried through the fascial system which acts as a crystalline ‘super conductor’. It only makes sense that when this amazing system is restricted and tight, it can interfere with the function of the entire body.