Austin Chiropractor This is one reason Leahy is not a big fan of John Parrillo’s fascial stretching methods. “When you injure soft tissue, there will be some degree of scarring. The problem withjust blasting away at it with stretching is that it’s not specific; you don’t know what you’regoing to break. What’s more, you may end up breaking apart good connective tissuebecause the scar is as strong or stronger than the normal tissue.”Once Leahy has determined exactly which tissue is involved and exactly what injury hasoccurred, he begins the treatment. The technique consists of using specific motions ofthe body to make layers of tissue slide over one another. “Then I use my hands to findout where it’s not sliding or where it’s not moving correctly or if it’s too tight. I’ll break upan adhesion, or I’ll force a layer of muscle to slide over another layer of muscle, or I’llseparate a nerve that’s stuck to connective tissue or a layer of muscle.”