Who is Fascia Space for?
Athletes and movement professionals looking to train more efficiently, increase performance, avoid overuse, aid in recovery and less compensations after injury
Anyone in a profession which causes chronic tension due to repetitive/habitual actions
Someone with ongoing issues related to faulty biomechanics and/or chronic postural compensations – leading to muscle firing inefficiencies/load causing inflammation
Individuals looking to explore spatial medicine, enhance body awareness or play with their availability of space – to take their choice of movement practice to the next level
Children and teens who may be experiencing discomfort with breath, movement, anxiety, mouth breathing and sleep issues
Struggling with
- Plantar Fasciitis
- Tennis/Golfers’ Elbow
- Bursitis
- Tendonitis
- Mouth breathing
- Exercise induced asthma
- Osgood-Schlatter
- Scoliosis
- ITB issues
- Achilles tendon stiffness
- Thoracic outlet syndrome
- Stiffness from old surgeries or injuries
What is Fascia?
Fascia is the continuous, 3D web of connective tissue found throughout your body. It’s the tissue that connects and permeates muscle, organs, blood vessels and nerves. When hydrated and undamaged, fascia surrounds, cushions, protects, stores energy, separates & melds.
Visualise a dry sponge: It’s brittle, rigid and breaks easily. A wet sponge is hydrated, bouncy, adaptable and strong. Our fascia is the same. Complex and intricate, the fascial system is essential to human stability and movement. It enhances athletic performance and is significant in recovery from injury and trauma.
When the body becomes unbalanced, compensations occur to remain upright. This can lead to patterns of held tension as your system struggles to deal with muscle and fascia, then eventually bone and joint, being under constant strain.
Fascia Space will give you the tools to lift, unwind and deconstruct these tension patterns encouraging balance of the myofascial meridians throughout your body – in the words of Thomas Myers, “restores the natural settings for ease, fluidity and harmony.”
Services
Structural Integration – 12 Series
“Explore the possibility of change in how you use and experience your body.”
Structural Integration (SI) is a 12 step system that seeks to reorganise the body’s connective tissues restoring it to its natural balance, alignment, length and ease. SI is unique in that it achieves this through the manipulation of fascia, the scaffolding system that supports and connects every cell in the body.
- Sessions 1 – 4 (Superficial Sessions)
Addressing the superficial planes of the body so you can feel freedom of movement. - Sessions 5 – 8 (Core sessions)
Opening the deeper structures of the breathing and pelvic diaphragms. - Sessions 9 – 12 (Integration sessions)
Ensuring all myofascial meridians are balanced and the structural changes become part of our movement.
60/75 minutes per session
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It consists of deep, slow myofascial manipulation which encourages the freeing and repositioning of the fascial fabric. This is coupled with movement re-education and integration of movement patterns, so the new alignment becomes part of who you are, not something you have to work at or repeatedly see a practitioner to maintain.
Structural Integration is based on the work of Dr. Ida P. Rolf, PhD. SI practitioners are trained at SI schools in accordance with standards established by the International Association of Structural Integrators (IASI). Practitioners who display the Board Certified Structural Integrator (BCSI) credential have graduated from an IASI-approved training program and passed a basic competency exam.
Active Fascial Release
AFR is recommended for athletes, children and teens who are experiencing limitations with exisiting movement patterns.
This method:
identifies sticky or viscous fascia during movement
addresses the body in function as a whole
allows the practitioner to efficiently assess compensation patterns and/or hinge points which are a product of faulty movement mechanics or adhesions
integrates the core principles of: rotation, flexion, extension, bending, lunging, squatting, reaching through guided movement relating to gait and breath
encourages unconscious movement patterns through neural imprinting techniques
eases myofascial pain and restrictions
coordinates sensory information and motor impulse efficiently
45/60 minutes per session
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Developed by James Earls, SI practitioner, Anatomy Trains teacher and author of the best seller, Born to Walk.
AFR combines elements of motor control theory with a neuromyofascial approach to identify, treat & re-educate a client’s movement patterns.
The blending of guided movement with various soft tissue engagement protocols has created a method that addresses the body as a whole and acknowledges the roles of the body’s various tissues and their interrelationships.
Face Fascia
Recommended to be completed as part of the 12 series – however, a single session may benefit those who are experiencing:
frequent headaches associated with tight skull and jaw muscles
clicky or locked jaw
inability to open the mouth wide without pain or restriction
difficulty in breathing through nose especially when asleep or relaxing
clenching the jaw
problems or concerns before or after dental work
60 minutes per session
Breath & Gait
We walk and breathe everyday.
Breath
Fascia Space can identify and rectify breathing issues if your:
shoulders are tight, thereby restricting your breath
front and back of the body are opening evenly
floating ribs and rib heads are moving or stuck
lungs & diaphragm can fully expand
Fascia Space draws from breath techniques:
- Wim Hof – wimhofmethod.com
- Buteyko Breathing – buteykoclinic.com
- oxygenadvantage.com
- Pranayama – Yogic Breath
Over the course of an average day we breathe between 17,000 – 30,000 times, maybe even 50,000 times if we are active. When was the last time you thought about your breath, or the way you walk?
If these two unconscious actions are not working to their full capacity we can limit our movement potential and overall wellbeing.
Gait
Are you training regularly but not seeing improvement? Do you repeatedly deal with the same injury, niggle or tightness?
how your feet connect to the ground
if your arches are moving
if you shuffle or spring
and teach you to:
- stimulate the small nerves in the sole of the foot which respond to texture and vibrations
- Strengthen deep muscles of the foot
- Generate faster stability
- Lower injury risk
60 minutes per session
Move It Or Lose It
Movement is an integral part of shaping the change. Fascia is our system of Biomechanical Regulation – how we move, how we function, how we process stimuli from our internal and external environment. We benefit from seeing it, training it, and treating it as a continuous, connected system.
Fascia Space uses movement concepts developed around the idea of fascial fitness.
Fascial movement training provides stimulus that can help improve resiliency and optimise the mechanical efficiency of fascia and elastic connective tissues.
One of the most significant benefits of training your fascia is that proper loading through physical activity can influence a younger, more adaptable architecture of connective tissue.
Movement concepts used at Fascia Space
Kimberley is passionate about fascia and movement. With a deep understanding of the importance of the fascial system to human health, she is a keen advocate, practitioner and educator in the movement industry.
Board-certified by the International Association of Structural Integration (IASI) and with a degree in Exercise & Health Science, Kimberley has over 15 years’ experience in a variety of roles. She has worked in established studios, private gyms and for sporting teams as a sole-care provider or as a team player within multi-disciplinary case management, in Australia, New Zealand and the UK.
Well-versed in a broad range of movement concepts and neuromyofascial techniques for restoring function, adaptability and ease within an individual’s fascial system, Kimberley has worked with runners, soccer and beach volleyball players, dancers, and footballers (including a Brownlow medallist). She is adept at educating young athletes and teens on the importance of training the fascial system. With Matt Shields at the Rugby Academy with UWA Rugby Colts, Kimberley delivered group movement sessions designed around balance, mobilisation and fascial efficiency and incorporated active fascial release and Anatomy Trains techniques to lift biomechanical compensations for each individual player.
More About Kimberley
Kimberley participated in the first fascial dissection in Australia, held by Jason Kiely and Julie Hammond of Anatomy Trains. Over 12 weeks, she learnt dissection techniques, focussing on connective tissue: its properties, adhesions and connections throughout the body.
Studying dance, pilates, movement and anatomy under inspirational people such as Thomas Myers, James Earls, Ido Portal, Allan Menezes, Ari-Pekka Lindberg and Barbara Mayr, Kimberley’s continuous drive for learning has taken her around Australia and the world to study: from Perth to Sydney, to the UK and Austria.
Qualifications
Bachelor of Exercise & Health Science University of Western Australia – 2011
ANATOMY
EXPERIENCE
- Anatomy & Physiology Lecturer
Aust. Train. Professionals – 2011 - Anatomy Wet Lab Assistant
UWA, Jason Kiely – 2011 - Fascial Dissection
UWA, Jason Kiely – 2013
MOVEMENT
TRAINING
- Reformer, Mat & Fitball
Allan Menezes – 2011 - Toning Balls & Props
Art of Motion – 2011 - oD on Movement – Ian O’Dwyer
Australian Institute of Fitness – 2016 - Anatomy Trains in Training
Ari-Pekka Lindberg – 2017 - Movement X and Motion
Ido Portal – 20 16/2017 - 200hr PowerLiving Yoga
Emee Dillon, Duncan Peak, Sol Ulbrich & Gina Brescianini – 2018
BODYWORK
QUALIFICATIONS
- Active Fascial Release
James Earls – 2015 - Anatomy Trains SI
James Earls, Lou Benson, John Smith, Julie Hammond – 2015 - Muscle Balance Analysis
Al Skrobisch & Kate Carlisle – 2015 - Advanced Fascial Techniques
Thomas Myers – 2017 - Advanced Freeing of Diaphragm & Breath
Thomas Myers – 2020
FAQs
What can I expect in a session?
Firstly a full case history including current medications is undertaken. Fascia Space encourages communication between health professionals to ensure holistic care and awareness of contraindications. Then a functional and postural assessment will take place, while you stand.
Most of the rest the session is spent working on the table or stool, however frequently during the session you may be asked to stand and walk and while discussing any changes in sensation and postural awareness.
What should I wear to a session?
It is important to wear something you are comfortable to walk around in, yet I will need to be able to see your structure and directly touch your skin. Therefore the preferred attire for each session is underwear.
Loose running shorts can also be a great alternative to underwear. For women, a stretchy tank or strapless tube can also work well so the fabric can easily be shifted to access your torso.
How much is a session?
Initial Consult – $150
45mins – $110
60mins – $130
75mins – $150
90mins – $170
All services are non-rebatable.
What can I hope to achieve through Fascia Space?
- Improved kinesthetic intelligence – you’ll be more aware of both the SENSORY INFORMATION and MOTOR ACCESS of your entire body – with a reduction numb, sticky holding patterns which can lead to ‘sensory motor amnesia’
- Skeletal alignment and support – less MYOFASCIAL effort when standing and moving leads to less TENSION or COMPENSATORY MOVEMENTS when active
- Increased range of motion and ease of movement
- Increased length and space – across the joints and limbs
- Tensegrity – more evenness of tone around the skeleton through balancing the MYOFASCIAL tissues
- Increased resilience – able to bear more stress and still come back to a place of balance
How does Fascia Space work?
- By addressing the body as a whole to correct postural misalignments – not just a single symptom
- Giving adaptability so the body can reorganise and reintegrate itself
- Establishes lines of balance, improves function, increases tissue elasticity and hydration
- Releases undesirable tension/strain/discomfort in the neuromyofascial
- Encourages lasting, positive physiological changes in the connective tissue