The Little Yellow Ball

The little yellow ball is a 4" ball available on Amazon (Sportime Super-Safe Softballs - 4 Inches - Yellow)  It is an excellent starting point for home treatment with MFR.  Principles for self treating - Follow your intuition, do no harm, apply light sustained pressure into the area for 3-5 minutes (at eight minutes - interlukin 8 is released - so be willing to stay with it awhile) - find the area that is hot, hard or tender and treat that area.  You need to get into Channel 3 - your subconsious - your channel 5 chatter box will interfer so observe it 


For today - we will be using the ball to apply the pressure to the performs area.  Your piriformis is in the buttock area basically where you sit.  If you put your fingers under your hip and rotate your leg in and out - you will feel the muscle tightenn and release.  It not the hard bone you feel (that's the greater trochaner) it's the muscle attached to it farther in.  Place the ball in that area and either lay on it, sit on it or roll it against the wall .  Adjust so you can apply pressure with the ball that is tolerable to you - then relax and let go into the area.  The pressure should be at the level that you can relax and breath into it - if you are bracing against the ball reposition so it is easy for you.  You need to be comfortable to start.  Adjust so that there is enough pressure that you are noticing it but not so much that you are grimmacing.  Now try to relax down around the ball - notice your breath - as you breath in - there should be just a slight increase in the pressure and as you exhale there should be a softening.  Go with the softening - let your mind take a vacation and notice the feelings in your body instead. Music helps pass the time and can assist in your letting go .  As you relax - you may notice a softening and elongation happening in the tissue - follow that.  You may find you want to roll that ball a bit here or there or if you find yourself moving - try taking your brakes off and going with the movement.  You may be surprised how your autentic self shows up to help as you let go.  The stuck tissue may actually be away from where you originally put the ball.  Trust yourself.  When you are done - move off the ball slowly - unless you have moved off it while unwinding - then your subconsious took care of it just fine.  But if you are consiously moving off it at the end - is is helpful to move slowly with awareness.  

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