Wednesdays at 5:30pm

Every Wednesday at 5:30pm, Chinese Medicine Practitioner Yang-Chu Higgins drops into Holy Ground to provide a little relief to community members who are experiencing body pain: sciata, back and shoulder pain, etc.  Yang-Chu will primarily be using a technique termed Myo Fascial Release (Fascia and Myo Fascial Release explained below) as well as providing common-sense wellness guidance which draws upon his decades of experience as a holistic healer. 

The appointments are short -- typically 15-20 minutes with payment on a sliding scale of $5 - $30, cash preferred.  People are seen as they arrive -- we often end by 6:30pm -- if you'd like to see Yang-Chu later, please text 310-403-9800.

THE FASCIA & MYO-FASCIAL RELEASE

• A complex network of muscles and facia support body structure.
• Muscles and facia regularly become "stuck" or stagnated pinching nerves and circulation causing pain. 
• Where pain manifests rarely involves its source.  This is called "referred pain." 
• Pain may originate from multiple sites of myofascial stagnation.  Session engages myofascial release till appreciable pain relief occurs or till the body indicates appreciable change.  Follow-ups are customary.
• Pain can involve organs in addition to the myofascia.  Organs are best treated through dietary changes and herbs, which can be diagnosed but lie outside this treatment setting. 
• Disclosure of diagnostic findings happens in the course of treatment and is based upon connections determined through 18yrs of clinical experience. 
• Myofascial release is a safe, noninvasive treatment which in this setting derives from principles of Chinese medicine.  It bears commonalities with trigger point therapy, physical therapy, and related modalities.  More cases discussed at Conscious Acupuncture Blog | California Center for Conscious Acupuncture