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Forgotten Muscles Massage and Bodywork Therapeutic Bodywork by Ashley Cianci LMT.

Using mainly visceral manipulation, neural manipulation, craniosacral, RAPID Neurofascial Reset, and intraoral TMJ massage.

08/27/2026

Sometimes tension in our cranial nerves can hold back our whole nervous system resulting in tension and less range of motion.
Here's 2 quick little exercises to try- see if one or both improve a tight area for you!
Note: If you get dizzy make sure to eat or stop doing the exercise

08/23/2026

Working on the trigeminal and facial cranial nerves at acupressure points LI20 and UB2 to release nerve tension that can be causing or contributing to jaw tension and/or headaches.
The trigeminal nerve innervates the masseter, temporalis, medial pterygoid, lateral pterygoid, digastric,

Just completed Neural Manipulation 2: Peripheral Nerves of the Upper Body this weekend!What a wonderful class and very e...
08/17/2026

Just completed Neural Manipulation 2: Peripheral Nerves of the Upper Body this weekend!
What a wonderful class and very excited to add the techniques into my headaches, frozen shoulder, tennis and golfer elbow, and carpal tunnel treatments!
I think my top 3 favorite nerves from the class were the phrenic nerve, suprascapular nerve, and occipital nerves 😁 Of course all nerves are connected through the nervous system, so the most important thing is to always assess for where the most important place is for the body being treated in the present moment 😊
NM3- Peripheral Nerves of the Lower Body I will be taking in March in Detroit, stay tuned!

06/21/2026

I forgot to mention in the video, but it's nice to assess neck rotation before and after the exercise to see how much the neck relaxes!
For beginners doing the exercise lying down, so you can relax and lengthen the neck more easily, is recommended. Once you get used to the exercise you can do it seated or standing whenever and wherever.
The more you do it the more the nervous system recognizes what you're doing so you get the results possibly quicker and more noticably (the first time I tried I didn't notice the calm, but now that I've been doing it somewhat regularly I can definitely feel the relaxing of my brain)
When you relax it becomes easier to not think, so it was really hard for me to explain the anatomy at the end- I apologize 😆
Also I HIGHLY recommend Stanley Rosenberg's book, he has more self-help exercises and explains polyvagal theory in a very easy to understand way! :)

06/11/2026

To have the pleural dome ligaments and related fascia and pleural worked find a Barral Institute Visceral Manipulation therapist trained in level 4.

References used for my drawings came from Serge Paoletti's The Fasciae Anatomy, Dysfunction, and Treatment; Brizon and Castaing's Les Feuillets d'Anatomie Fascicule XIV, Thorax taken from the VM4 Manual; and the Barral Institute's Visceral Connective Tissue Support System Pocket Guide.

The quick embodiment of the ribs, fascia, and pleura pulling on each other was inspired by the Franklin Method teacher training for the lungs I attended these last 2 weeks. I had these pictures ready to go 2 weeks ago but I wanted to see if the lectures would add anything to this video so I'm glad I waited!

While studying the topic I came upon a fun article called About the Ligaments of the Pleural Dome by Fred Scheiterbauer on osteopathicresearch.org that I highly recommend reading if you're interested. He goes into the different words and phrases people have used for the ligaments and fascia associated with them.

05/23/2026

I have found that releasing the vetebropericardial ligaments helps release stubborn scalenes (anterior neck muscles) that have plagued my clients with chronic neck pain. These ligaments and the ligaments of the pleural dome of the lung (I'll make another video on that in the future) have been game changing in finding the root cause of clients' recurrent neck pain.
This information was derived from U.K. Osteopathic Doctor Serge Paoletti's book The Fasciae Anatomy, Dysfunction, and Treatment as well as the class Visceral Manipulation 4- The Thorax developed by French Osteopathic Doctor Jean-Pierre Barral.

05/21/2026

For those of you unfamiliar with craniosacral therapy it's a light bodywork modality focusing on the restriction effecting the central nervous system- the brain and spinal cord to improve the flow of cerebralspinal fluid (the fluid that delivers nutrients and removes waste from the brain), resolve global tension patterns (your body will ALWAYS priotize your central nervous system above all else, if there are restrictions the rest of the body will form protective tension patterns to protect it), and improve overall brain and nervous system function. The version I practice and receive is from the Upledger Institute.

Everyone responds differently- I've had clients text me an hour later saying they cried for a good long while later in the day (emotional release); I've had clients who have felt nothing at all and then after sleeping they feel more relaxed in their mind and body (sleeping is when our bodies do the most repairing!); I personally used to get low grade headaches for a bit from the intercranial pressure changes because I had so much tension blocking the fluid flow out of my head; some people report more energy after and some people get really tired (means their body is doing some healing which is great!); some clients have told me they see clearer after (the nerves to the eyes pass through the sphenoid- a very important bone in craniosacral); sometimes my jaw feels a little off until it gets used to the reduced tension- anything is possible! Sometimes it takes 3 sessions to feel the cooler effects of the work as the body learns how to respond to receiving it.

05/15/2026

Anatomy, density, shape, and organ movement (motility) are some things I look for when distinguishing organs from each other!
When I sink into the organ I feel skin, then maybe bone if I'm in the ribs, then thick denseness of muscle, then a slippery slidey layer called the periteneum that surrounds the organs allowing them to slide and glide over each other, then the organs themselves.

05/14/2026

The sacrotuberous ligament is one of the most common things I work on in my massage practice.
Some of the the problems it can cause are:
It tightens the hamstrings that it shares an attachment with at the sit bones through their fascial connection.
It tightens the erector spinae which are muscles that run along the spine through their fascial connection.
It tightens the pelvic floor that run between the sit bones.
It tightens the jaw since the jaw mirrors the bones of the pelvic and pelvic floor.
When one is tighter it makes the hips, legs, knees, feet uneven.
It impacts the opposite shoulder through gait (opposite arm swings forward when we walk).

This video includes some concepts from the Franklin Method® Pelvic Power workshop. https://franklinmethod.com/product/pelvic-power-part-1-2-deluxe-bundle/ is great if you'd like to dive into this info more, otherwise you can wait for an in person workshop or ask me to go over the information at appointments or pilates classes! :)

05/12/2026

The sternoclavicular joint is a joint that commonly becomes stuck and when it stops moving the glenohumeral joint (where the arm bone meets the shoulder blade) starts to compensate. This leads to angry rotator cuff muscles and bicep tendons and can make daily shoulder movements uncomfortable.
When you begin to bring movement back to the sternoclavicular joint and allow the clavicle (aka collarbone) and shoulder blade to move freely the muscles of the shoulder can move with less tension! :)
So think of your arm movements coming all the way from the sternoclavicular joint and you'll feel more power in your swings and more length when you reach for things!
This is from a larger Franklin Method® workshop if you're interested in more, this is a great webinar: https://franklinmethod.com/relaxedshoulders/
Otherwise keep an eye on Body Language Pilates (the shirt I'm reping) for when we start offering Franklin Method® workshops!

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