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What is Fascia?

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Fascia lines and surrounds every organ, muscle fibre, bone, nerve, vein, artery, as well as the brain and spinal cord. If you removed everything else from your body and left only your fascia, you would have the complete three-dimensional framework of yourself. It is one structure that exists from head to toe without interruption.

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Synergy Stretches: Myofascial Arm Stretch

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Myofascial Arm Stretch

Place your arms directly out to the sides at shoulder height with your palms down. Imagine someone is pulling on each arm so that you feel a slight distraction from the shoulder joints. Slowly rotate your outstretched arms forward, keeping them at shoulder height.

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Recipe for Mediterranean Quinoa Salad

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Here’s a tasty quinoa recipe that we hope you will enjoy. It’s loaded with fresh herbs, lemon and protein rich quinoa. Quinoa (pronounced keen-wah) is considered a complete protein because it contains all the essential amino acids necessary for our nutritional needs.

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Synergy Stretches: Suboccipital Release

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suboccipitals

The suboccipitals are four small muscles at the base of the cranium that attach onto the first and second cervical vertebrae. They are responsible for rocking and tilting the head into extension and stabilizing the head. Shortening of the suboccipitals occurs in a head forward posture which most of us seem to have to some degree.

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