Free Your Fascia: Relieve Pain, Boost Your Energy, Ease Anxiety and Depression, Lower Blood Pressure, and Melt Years Off Your Body with Fascia Therapy

by Daniel Fenster

Transform your health with this cutting-edge guide to fascia, your body's "hidden organ." Dr. Daniel Fenster guides the reader through a holistic self-therapy program as well as professional treatments to address issues such as chronic pain, anxiety, high blood pressure, GERD, and more.

At the #1 pain management clinic in New York City, director Dr. Daniel Fenster has changed thousands of lives for the better through a holistic approach and integrative therapies. His experience has revealed to him that treating the fascia--your long ignored, unappreciated, "hidden organ" that weaves around and through every single structure in your body--is crucial for both physical and mental health. Within these pages, Dr. Fenster will reveal all you need to know about fascia, including:
- The 8 "villains" that hurt your fascia and how to combat them
- A "free your fascia" quiz to assess what therapies are right for you
- 20 recipes to nourish your fascia with the nutrients it needs
- Simple, at-home exercises and do-it-yourself therapies for releasing and optimizing your fascia
- Advice for working with professionals and the most powerful tools in fascial manipulation
- Exclusive to this book interviews between Dr. Fenster and 10 of the leading-edge fascia researchers and experts.
By "freeing your fascia," you'll feel stronger, healthier, and happier from head to toe!

Genres: Health, Nonfiction, Science, Audiobook, Medical, Bodies

232 pages, Paperback

Published June 2, 2020

Reviews

[Erika Jaillet · Rating 2 out of 5]

For a book that was meant to consider alternatives, it lacked nuance and a whole-picture approach. It was missing evidence and citations to support its claims, and some of those claims were unconvincing. Not to mention, the author advertised his clinic throughout the book. Overall, it lacked evidence and nuance and seemed to be written more as a marketing strategy rather than an informative resource.

[MyImpossibleList · Rating 4 out of 5]

The weblink on page 12 "http://www.guimberteau-jc-md.com/en" does not work anymore.

My favorite quotes:

When fascia doesn't move, it dries out, stiffens, gets sticky, and even becomes toxic.

Do not cross your legs. This is bad for your fascia, posture, and alignment. It can also have a negative effect on blood flow.

When buying produce, check out the EWG's Dirty Dozen list. These are the fruits/vegetables you want to buy organic whenever possible, because the nonorganic versions are heavily contaminated with pesticides.

Avoid sleeping on your stomach, which could cause you to turn your head and neck in order to breathe. In addition, stomach sleeping causes your abdominal muscles to slacken, distorting the fascia in that area.

[Cari · Rating 4 out of 5]

Free Your Fascia by Daniel Fenster is the most helpful, potentially life-changing book about health that I've read in a long time. I have always had issues with myofascial pain in my back and neck due to scoliosis, as well as the unnatural straightness of my cervical spine; however, this pain has been an especially big issue for me (from head to toe) since I herniated several thoracic disks in 2016. In the three or so days I spent reading this book, I started doing some of the recommendations in this book (working at trigger points with a massage gun, stretching, focusing more on my posture and sleeping position, etc.) And I can already feel a few differences.

If you deal with chronic pain on a daily basis (or work with a lot of people who do) I highly recommend reading this book.

[David · Rating 4 out of 5]

***.5

A very high level overview of the body's fascia systems, with some good basic advice that applies to better health in general. Expect the standard remonstrations regarding diet, exercise, sleep, stress, hydration, posture, etc.

Although the subtitle hints at snake oil cure-alls, the actual content is fairly sober, and recommends a holistic approach centered around real medicine with actual doctors, supplemented by a wide range of associated therapies (massage, chiropractic, acupuncture, yoga, pilates, etc.) that work in concert to both treat problem areas as well as correct the underlying issues that caused the symptoms in the first place.

[Jenna Melnick · Rating 5 out of 5]

Free Your Fascia takes a fascinating look at the connection between the body’s intricate network and fascia’s role in vital body functions. A novel approach to optimizing your health in a non-invasive, natural and effective manner while covering both WHY and HOW to do so. From postural dysfunction to physical and emotional stress, Dr. Fenster covers all aspects of fascia’s pivotal function and its contribution to maintaining a healthy, pain-free lifestyle. Well-written, incredible read and easy to understand- highly recommend!

[Holly · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an amazing audio book, the author's voice is perfection. I really need a print copy to look at the diagrams and recopies. I must own this in all three formats audio, hard copy, kindle. I want to see if the hard copy has color images. My Kindle is B&W. I need to listen to it again.

[Green Cupcake · Rating 4 out of 5]

Informative and has useful exercises that were helpful.

[Nicole · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very helpful and actionable introduction into fascia, why it’s important, and how to keep it as healthy as possible.

[Joyce Berardi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent book to start one on the way to a healthier body

[Greta · Rating 5 out of 5]

Took me a long time to get back to this but it was a really useful guide.

[Michael · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great place to start learning about fascia, which may be the most underappreciated organ we have. It's critically important to not only movement, but to sensation and youthfulness too.

[Serena Fellers · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great read and I will refer back to many things I’ve learned in this book and apply it to my own body and well being.

[Sofia Carlson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good fact checked sources.

[Laura✨ · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good overview of how fascia works and what to do about problems from minor to major.

[Katrina · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book delivered on exactly what I was looking for - a better understanding for the role of fascia in overall health and wellness, actions to help heal and improve functions of fascia, and a toolkit to refer for ongoing maintenance. As someone with limited knowledge about fascia, I appreciated the organized format and simple way the information was delivered; as a beginner it gave me a good base to start with without being overwhelmed.

I also have recently been reading about the Barefoot Philosophy, which has a different viewpoint on the use of orthotics than Free Your Fascia, so this has given me much to think about. Getting different perspectives on the same topic has been valuable in making a decision for myself about orthotics.

Overall, I will keep this book on my shelf, likely refer to it again in the future and I would recommend it to others.

[Heather · Rating 3 out of 5]

Top 3 takeaways:
1. If you are having problems, find an integrative medicine center to get to the root cause of your problem
2. Drink a big glass of water every morning
3. Do. Stretching. Exercises.

This is a nice quick overview of fascia for a lay audience. Turns out all those ancient healing methods were working because they focused on an organ we didn’t recognize existed until fairly recently.

[Mark A. Hebert · Rating 5 out of 5]

Truth about our skin

Really an eye opener and a way to be very conscious of our organ and host of our own body. Saying that still holds true of everything, “Butterfly effect.”

[Holly Rowe Cieply · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great read!! I read this book before my myofascial release training.