MELT ROLLER INTRO

SIMPLE AFFORDABLE EFFECTIVE SELF TREATMENT TECHNIQUE

• To help decrease chronic pain
• Reduce the signs of aging
• Caused by dehydration of our CT
• Developed by a manual therapist as homework
• To maintain the changes she was creating with her hands

WHAT IS STUCK STRESS

• Cellular dehydration
• From aging and respective postures & activities
• Science now knows this dehydration occurs outside of the cells
• The is your CT. Scaffolding-supports protects and stabilizes
• From skin to bones, organs muscles and nerves

SIGNS OF STUCK STRESS

• Prepain signals we ignore
• If you stay in this state of dehydration it leads to Low Grade inflammation
• LGF leads to altering your NS and then your AP
• AP is your stress regulator..... Leads to AP being unable to regulate you
• Signs of this:midday fatigue, can't fall asleep, can't stay asleep, digestive problems then weight gain

SIGNS THAT STRESS HAS ACCUMULATED SO FAR INTO BODY IT CANT REGULATE

• This accelerates our aging process and leads to disease
• So what can we do---- most think drink water
• But CT dehydration makes cells resist uptake of fluid
• We have to stimulate fibroblasts to be able to uptake
• Learn to Rebalance your AP to increase restore

TEN MINS A DAY AND BEFORE BED TO INCREASE REPAIR

• Then after exercise
• Talk about softness of roller
• 3 types of compression techniques
• Hand and foot would be just enough
• Majority of NS is operating from the read from your hand and your feet

FOUR R's OF MELT

• Reconnect:ways to assess your body for stuck stress
• Rebalance:ways to get your NS back on track
• Rehydration: compression and lengthening techniques
• Release: teach how to release low back and neck
• Two most common areas people have compression and pain

SOFT BALL HAND

• Wrist assess, grip assess
• Compression
• Glide
• Shear, friction
• Rinse then assess again

SOFT BALL FOOT

• Assess, AP Assess
• Compression
• Glide, shear friction
• Rinse
• Spine assess, second foot AP assess

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