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Years ago I used to work on an older gentleman who came to me; he had a back that was bent over and he wasn’t able to straighten out—almost at an L bend. He was one of my first myofascial release clients. If you want to say standing straight up is 0 degrees, he was, I would say, at 50 degrees. He would come to me twice a week for 90-minute sessions and I worked on him for what must be about eight months, By the time he stopped coming in, he was up to about 25 degrees. He still had the bend but he had improved so much. In the beginning he was L-shaped, walking with a cane, and by the end of our sessions he was 25 degrees, no cane, and walking fast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/587abd31d1758e3ceffa38b2/1566241746980-6JYF57LJVF4N06X62XJJ/lisa+arm+4.jpg Q & A - What do you see as your specialty? My specialty is myofascial release along with medical massage therapy, which is a dry massage. With this type of massage you individualize all the muscles. 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