The body therapist

Noticing the change in weather? You’re not weird, it’s normal….

"My knees hurt. It’s going to rain later." 🦵☔

People laugh when you say it. They call you a "weather witch." But then, 4 hours later, the storm hits.

You aren't imagining it. You are sensing a drop in Barometric Pressure.

The Science: The Physics of Pain. 📉 The air around us has weight. Normally, high pressure pushes against our bodies, keeping tissues compressed.

1. The Drop (The Storm approaches): Before a storm, barometric pressure drops. This means there is less force pushing against your skin.

2. The Expansion (Boyle's Law): When external pressure drops, gases and fluids inside your body expand to fill the space.

The EDS Factor: Our connective tissue is already loose and "compliant." It doesn't resist this expansion well.

3. The Crush: This microscopic swelling in your joint fluid or spinal canal takes up more space. It presses against sensitive nerves and inflamed tissues.

The Result: You feel the ache before the rain starts, because the pressure drops first.

The Takeaway: You are a Human Barometer. Your pain is a direct measurement of atmospheric physics.

👇 Do you flare up when the weather changes?

Sources:

Glaser, T., et al. (2004). "Effect of barometric pressure on osteoarthritis pain."

Jamison, R. N. (1995). "Weather changes and pain: perceived influence of local climate on pain complaint in chronic pain patients."

So beautifully put 💕

“When we treat people, we listen to their unspoken stories with our hands, and without words, combine our own stories with theirs. These are the stories of our physical bodies, our cells, our collective evolution, and it is this coming together of two people, two stories, where the magic of manual therapy resides.

Perhaps the best that we can do as manual therapists is to keep an open mind and an open heart as we do our very best to help people.”
—Scott Sternthal, D.O.

When we touch, we connect, and when we connect, we create a healing bond for which there is simply no substitute.

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Ta dah! My new, gentle, peaceful space ready for your MFR treatments (and quality checked with a cheeky nap!).
Slightly cooler today than a walk along the beautiful Welland which runs just across the road.
Looking forward to seeing you at 29 Water Street from this Friday onwards.

https://www.thebodytherapist.co.uk/appointments/

Blank canvas… though it’s now a bit of a mess with everything moved in today!
With the help of lovely friends I’ll have this place all cool but cosy and ready for you by Friday 😊

This is such a good strategy. Like many of you, I crash when I overdo things.
I’ve taken this approach (as much as possible) for a while now and it really works.
I ‘do’ less than I used to. Resting, when I need it, takes priority. And what I choose to do, I do better, with a clear head and more energy.
This week’s heat, by the way, will lower tolerance levels for most of us…

Moving times!
Yes, I’m moving premises again.
After just over two very happy years at Carlton House, the building will close soon 😔 and I have to leave.
But, good news 😁 I have a new ‘home’.

From 10th July onwards, all appointments will be at 29 Water Street in St Martins, Stamford PE9 2NJ

Full details can be found on my website and online calendar and will be on your email appointment confirmation and reminder.
If you’ve signed up to my mailing list then you have already received an email, please check your Junk folder. And if you’re a client who didn’t give me permission to add you to my list, I will send you a personal email in the next few days. Please bear with….!

I think the room is ideal to offer you the type of safe, comfortable space you’re used to. And even parking should be just as easy! I’m looking forward to seeing you there.

Appointments | Stamford, Lincolnshire | The body therapist Appointments available almost every day in my cosy treatment room on the ground floor of a beautiful building in the historic heart of Stamford

Another insight I felt I just had to share…

For decades, fascia was treated like “packing material” in anatomy labs — something to cut through to get to the “important” structures.

But the more research evolves, the more we are realizing fascia is one of the important structures.

A recent paper published in the Journal of Anatomy by researchers including Carla Stecco and Robert Schleip proposes that fascia should be recognized as its own anatomical system because of how deeply interconnected and functionally significant it truly is.

And honestly… many manual therapists, movement practitioners, and bodyworkers have witnessed this clinically for years.

Fascia is not isolated tissue.
It is a continuous web that surrounds and connects:
✨ muscles
✨ nerves
✨ organs
✨ blood vessels
✨ bones
✨ and even influences fluid dynamics and proprioception

This is why pain and restriction rarely stay local.

A scar in one area can affect movement somewhere completely different.
A restriction in the jaw can influence the pelvis.
Stress and trauma can change posture, tension patterns, breathing, and nervous system regulation throughout the entire body.

This is also why approaches like John Barnes’ Myofascial Release focus on the body as an interconnected whole rather than chasing symptoms in isolation.

When we begin to understand fascia as a communication network — not just connective tissue — it changes how we view pain, healing, posture, movement, trauma, and recovery.

The body is not a collection of separate parts.
It is an integrated system constantly communicating through tension, pressure, vibration, fluid, chemistry, and awareness.

Science is finally catching up to what many patients and practitioners have felt in the treatment room for decades:
Everything is connected.

Rowena Cua
Expert JFB Myofascial Release Therapist
Trauma Informed Healing
www.bodymfr.com