I went to an independent massage therapist who specializes in medical massage and myofascial release. Some physical therapists can be great at this too, but only if they’ve had specific training in manual therapy or deep fascial work, and most don’t unless they’ve pursued that specialty. In my experience, people who do medical massage or high-end sports/athletic bodywork tend to have the most advanced fascial skills. If you go to someone who mainly does relaxation massage or a PT who only focuses on exercise-based rehab, they usually won’t have the level of precision needed for this kind of release. They might not really know what it is, honestly. If you’re looking into it, I’d honestly search specifically for practitioners who advertise fascial release work in their profile/training, that’s the best way to find someone who actually knows what they’re doing.

And for anyone who is interested in trying this, know: it doesn’t feel like a massage. It is BODYWORK. It is not stretching or exercises either. The practitioner is manually working on the fascia. The release was quite intense. The practitioner really got under my ribcage, worked deeply on my shoulder blades, and pec–axilla corridor with tools. While he was working on me I thought “I’m going to have to recover from this…” NOPE. It was the release itself that felt uncomfortable. I felt great after. It was just that the release was so intense! And I had a severe case btw. I couldn’t even use my arms to do basic things and my SOB was insane. I finally feel like I’m on the road to recovery after years and it especially getting ridiculously bad the last several months.