Back 2 Balance

22/12/2025

I copied this post from a colleague, it really makes sense. I have a lot of clients with Hypermobility.

Hypermobility — and How Kinetic Chain Release Can Support You

Hypermobility isn’t just being flexible.
It’s a whole-body experience that affects how you move, hold yourself, manage fatigue, and feel safe in your body.

Many hypermobile people live with:
• joint instability or frequent niggles
• muscle fatigue that builds quickly
• difficulty sustaining posture
• pain that seems to move around
• a nervous system that’s often on high alert

Because connective tissue provides less passive support, muscles have to work much harder to stabilise joints and keep the body organised. Over time, this can lead to some areas becoming overworked while others switch off completely.

The body adapts the best way it can —
but those adaptations often come at a cost.

This is where Kinetic Chain Release (KCR) can be supportive.

KCR doesn’t try to force alignment or “correct” posture.
Instead, it works with the body as an interconnected system — recognising that tension, compensation, and instability rarely exist in just one place.

Through a gentle, structured protocol, KCR can help by:
• reducing excessive pull through fascial chains
• improving communication between different areas of the body
• allowing overworked muscles to soften
• helping under-supported joints feel more organised
• giving the nervous system clearer, calmer information

For hypermobile bodies, this matters.

When the system feels more balanced and less guarded, muscles don’t have to grip as hard just to keep you upright.
This can support:
• improved body awareness
• better load sharing through joints
• reduced fatigue
• a greater sense of ease and stability

KCR isn’t about tightening a hypermobile body or making it rigid.
It’s about coordination, support, and efficiency.

Many people notice that when the body feels more connected and less overwhelmed, posture and movement begin to change naturally — without forcing or bracing.

Hypermobility doesn’t mean your body is broken.
It means it needs the right kind of support.

And sometimes, that starts by helping the whole system feel safer, calmer, and better organised.

22/12/2025

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09/12/2024

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27/10/2024

FASCIA AND KINETIC CHAIN RELEASE (KCR)

Kinetic Chain Release (KCR) is such a simple, wonderful technique and all you have to do is to let KCR work its magic; it will do what it has to.

We don’t treat symptoms or conditions, we just have to let the Kinetic Chain Release put the body into balance and alignment.

FASCIA
The Fascia is a thin casing of connective tissue that surrounds and holds every organ, blood vessel, bone, nerve fibres and muscle in place. Under healthy conditions, fascia is strong but flexible. However, due to trauma, stress or injury fascia can become rigid leading to loss of motion and/or pain.

Kinetic Chain Release can release this tension and restore the fascia’s natural mobility, thus enhancing flexibility, relieving pain, and improving overall body function.

It has been shown that the fascia/connective tissue of the back runs from the soles of our feet all the way up the back of our body over the head to our eyebrows! So, if our feet and ankles are not balanced the hips, low back, shoulders or neck could have pain.

The fascia from the front runs in two sections. First section runs from toe to pelvis and the 2nd section runs from pelvis to head. When the person is standing tall or walking, both sections function in a continuous line of fascial/connective tissue. When the body is bent to sit these two sections function separately.
So if the jaw fascia is tight, it can affect the hips / pelvis.

By releasing fascial / connective tissue restrictions, KCR can promotes better circulation and helps reduce inflammation, leading to pain relief.

KCR can help reduce stress levels. By targeting both the physical and emotional aspects of tension, Fascia / Connective TissueRelease can bring about a sense of calm and well-being.
Athletes and active individuals can benefit from KCR as it helps prevent injuries by maintaining healthy fascia / connective tissue and promoting quicker recovery from muscle strain, pain or injuries.

Kinetic Chain Release (KCR) and using Connective Tissue Release (CTR) can help to reduce pain, release stress and help promote recovery from injury. Connective Tissues Release is a great add on to help KCR work its magic.

Don't forget to do your aftercare exercises!
Have a great day

21/04/2024

If you have pain.
If you feel out of balance.
I may be able to help…….
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This is the most common complaint I get on a daily basis.
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THE SCIATIC NERVE is the longest
nerve in the body and can be compromised at many different points along its journey.

The sciatic nerve forms in the pelvis after five nerve roots that emanate from the lower spine meet up and gather right behind the piriformis muscle that connects from the outer leg to the front portion of the sacrum.

The five nerve roots become two nerves — the tibial & peroneal — that are encased in the sciatic sheath. So technically there is no sciatic nerve though I will continue to refer to these two nerves as one sciatic nerve.

The tibial and peroneal nerves are wrapped in the sciatic sheath which runs to the knee and then the nerves continue separately on their path down the shin to the foot.

At the point where the sciatic nerve is formed at the piriformis muscle it is the thickest nerve in the body, about the size of your index finger.

The piriformis muscle is an external rotator which means it turns the foot and leg out. Think of taking your leg out of a car as a clear example of the piriformis at work.

If the piriformis is tight, or goes into spasm, it can press on the sciatic nerve and create the problem known as piriformis syndrome. If you’ve got a pain in the butt it is likely to be piriformis syndrome.

Pain beginning in the lower back that relates to the sciatic nerve is referred to as sciatica. Both sciatica and piriformis syndrome are problems with the sciatic nerve.

Our bones hold us up. Our muscles move the bones. The nerves tell the muscles to move the bones.

In order for the muscles and nerves to work best the bones need to be properly aligned. When the bones are misaligned we are invited all sorts of muscle and nerve issues.

Good posture rules!

31/12/2023

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I’m quite often asked what the therapy ‘Kinetic Chain Release’ is, so here’s a brief explanation.

Kinetic Chain Release was developed by the late Scottish Physiotherapist Hugh Gilbert.
Hugh was known globally and a recognised leader in his field. He developed a simple but effective protocol of gentle mobilisations and stretches that brings the body back into balance quickly and easily. It is gentle, non-invasive and suitable for all ages.

During the treatment I will use this series of gentle mobilisations and stretches on key joints and muscles in the body to bring about postural changes. The aim of these mobilisations is to correct an apparent leg length difference, bringing your body back into balance. When the body is in balance, physical pain is also very often reduced, if not eliminated.

Many people suffering with chronic pain, muscular or joint, affecting their back, hips, knees for example, may be caused by a past trauma. This could be an old childhood injury from a fall or an accident. At the time of the accident the connective tissue (fascia) contracts to protect your body from further damage. Our connective tissue holds onto and stores memories and emotions.

This unprocessed emotional energy is stored in our organs, muscles, and tissues. It can lead to inflammation and chronic health problems, and affects our overall well-being. If the connective tissue remains restricted then it causes imbalances within the kinetic chain, which then causes referred pain somewhere else within the body.

Hugh recognised that working on a specific area of pain/discomfort was not enough, but working on the Kinetic chain, the whole body, had more profound results.

KCR on it’s on is highly effective and many clients feel the benefits of this treatment after Other people may require a couple more. Occasionally if something is a bit more stubborn, we may need to consider CTR (connective tissue release). This was also taught by Hugh. This involves some direct pressure on certain areas of the body to help release this tissue (fascia).

A session takes around 45 minutes to an hour. You remain fully clothed, and most of the therapy is done on the massage couch. It’s is a painless therapy but a couple of the moves may cause very slight discomfort.

What can KCR help with?
KCR can provide relief from chronic back pain, fibromyalgia, carpal tunnel syndrome, chronic fatigue syndrome, IBS, migraines, scoliosis, TMJ, snoring/sleep apnoea, bloating, tennis (golfers) elbow, weak ankles, knee problems, breathing difficulties, plantar fasciitis, hip and joint pain, pelvic discomforts, back, shoulder and neck pain, wrist pain/weakness, PTSD

Who should not have KCR?
❌ after first trimester in pregnancy
❌ if you have osteogenesis imperfecta
❌ if you had a stroke within the last 12 months (a doctor’s note may be needed before treatment)
❌ if you are post-surgery and still under surgeon/consultant care (a doctor’s note may be needed before treatment)

What about children?
Children love KCR and it allows their bodies to develop in a balanced and healthy way.

How effective is KCR?
In most cases KCR is a very effective therapy but like other treatments, physio, massage, chiropractor, holistic therapies, there are some other factors that can affect the effectiveness of them. Our mind/body connection, long standing issues or even the fact that we aren’t ready to let go can affect how we respond to KCR or other therapies. So for this reason I cannot guarantee that it will resolve your issue but it’s always worth trying.

Who else can benefit from KCR?
Athletes and sportspeople have found the balancing effect of KCR on their bodies have increased and improved their performance. Quite often they will come for KCR a couple of days before a sporting event.