Soft Tissue Injury Treatment · New Orleans & Metairie
Hydrofascia Release™ — when healing stalls, the missing piece is often fascia
Soft tissue injuries can limit mobility for weeks or months, and traditional treatments often focus only on muscles or joints — leaving the fascia overlooked. Hydrofascia Release restores the glide, hydration, and function of the fascia itself, helping patients recover faster and move better. This minimally invasive, ultrasound-guided procedure is available exclusively at our Metairie and New Orleans clinics.
The Fascia-First Approach
When soft tissue pain won’t resolve
Soft tissue injuries — like hamstring strains, oblique pulls, chronic neck or back pain, and overworked tendons — can disrupt your daily life for weeks or even months. When the fascia is overlooked, healing stalls: fascia plays a central role in movement, stability, and pain, and when it becomes tight, inflamed, or adhered, recovery slows.
At The Fascia Institute and Treatment Center®, we take a different approach. Our proprietary Hydrofascia Release procedure restores the glide, hydration, and function of the fascia itself — helping patients recover faster, move better, and experience long-term relief. It has become a trusted solution for athletes, active individuals, and patients navigating chronic pain.
The Procedure
What is Hydrofascia Release?
Hydrofascia Release is an advanced, fascia-focused form of targeted hydrodissection developed by Dr. Jacques Courseault — who first published the fascial hydrodissection technique for chronic hamstring injury in Current Sports Medicine Reports. Using real-time ultrasound guidance, your provider injects fluid into precise fascial layers to gently separate adhesions, reduce irritation, and restore natural tissue mobility.
To personalize your care, the procedure is performed using two specialized approaches:
Anti-Inflammatory Formula
A soothing, anti-inflammatory solution designed to calm irritated tissue, reduce nerve compression, and provide more immediate comfort. Ideal for acute pain, swelling, or recently flared soft tissue injuries.
Prolotherapy-Based Approach
A regenerative solution designed to support long-term fascial repair, enhance tissue integrity, and improve stability. Ideal for chronic injuries, recurring pain patterns, or connective tissue laxity (including hypermobility and EDS).
Both approaches help rehydrate fascia, restore glide, and reduce pain — without surgery or extensive downtime.
Why Fascia Matters
Fascia matters in injury recovery
Fascia is the connective tissue that surrounds and supports every muscle, nerve, and organ in your body. When it becomes restricted due to strain, overuse, poor movement patterns, or underlying conditions like hypermobility, symptoms can include:
• Stiffness and tightness
• Sharp or radiating pain
• Decreased range of motion
• Chronic muscle “knots”
• Nerve irritation or numbness
• Slower recovery after activity
Because fascia influences how the entire body moves, addressing it directly is essential for effective healing. Hydrofascia Release targets these dysfunctional layers with precise intention — something traditional treatments often miss.
Trusted By Athletes
Athletes trust Hydrofascia Release for performance and recovery
Professional and collegiate athletes increasingly rely on fascia-focused care to stay healthy and competitive. At FIT, we regularly treat athletes across football, basketball, baseball, track, powerlifting, and more — including high-profile figures like Shaquille O’Neal and Jameis Winston.
Hydrofascia Release helps athletes recover from soft tissue injuries faster, improve mobility and functional movement, decrease pain without relying on medication, increase tissue resilience and performance capacity, and address the underlying patterns that contribute to recurring injuries. Whether you’re a weekend runner or competing on the national stage, fascia health is foundational to how you move.
Conditions Treated
Conditions commonly treated with Hydrofascia Release
Hydrofascia Release offers relief for a wide range of soft tissue conditions, including:
Hamstring strains — in New Orleans and Los Angeles
Oblique and rib injuries
Neck and lower back stiffness
Tendonitis and overuse injuries
Muscle strains and microtears
Scar tissue restrictions
Hypermobility and Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) — where Dr. Courseault’s research on folate-dependent hypermobility informs care
Nerve entrapments caused by tight fascia — see Dr. Courseault’s case report on ulnar-nerve fascial hydrodissection
Chronic pain related to fascial dysfunction
Patients often begin noticing improvements in mobility and pain within days — and continue progressing over the following weeks.
Your Visit
What to expect during treatment
Step 1 · Comprehensive Consultation
Your provider conducts a detailed assessment to understand your symptoms, medical history, and movement patterns.
Step 2 · Fascial Mapping® With Ultrasound
Fascial Mapping® is an advanced ultrasound-based evaluation that identifies thickened fascia, adhesions, fluid buildup, and dysfunctional glide patterns across the body.
Step 3 · Ultrasound-Guided Hydrofascia Release
Once the problem areas are identified, HFR is performed using HFR-A for anti-inflammatory support or HFR-P for prolotherapy-driven tissue strengthening. These precise injections gently hydrate and separate tissue layers, restoring natural function.
Step 4 · Recovery & Long-Term Results
Most patients experience some relief within days. As fascia regains mobility and hydration, pain decreases and movement becomes smoother — and many return to their favorite activities with greater confidence and fewer setbacks.
Why FIT
Why choose The Fascia Institute and Treatment Center®?
FIT is the world’s first dedicated fascia-focused medical center, founded by Dr. Jacques Courseault — one of the foremost experts in fascial science, hypermobility, and soft tissue treatment, and the physician who introduced fascial hydrodissection to the peer-reviewed literature. Our team provides advanced ultrasound-guided diagnostics, personalized treatment plans tailored to each patient, a root-cause approach to pain and movement issues, proven solutions for both acute and chronic injuries, and care trusted by elite athletes and patients worldwide.
Hydrofascia Release is available exclusively at FIT and continues to transform what’s possible for injury recovery.
The Fascia Institute & Treatment Center
Take the first step toward relief.
If soft tissue pain is limiting your life — whether from a recent injury, chronic tightness, or mobility issues — Hydrofascia Release offers a powerful, minimally invasive solution. New patients welcome in New Orleans and Metairie.
Published Research by Dr. Courseault
1. Courseault J, Kessler E, Moran A, Labbe A. Fascial Hydrodissection for Chronic Hamstring Injury. Curr Sports Med Rep. 2019;18(11):416–420. — PubMed
2. Gerard P, Mortell J, Kingry C, Couture P, Courseault J. Hydrodissection of an ulnar nerve fascial adhesion in a baseball pitcher. JSES Rev Rep Tech. 2023. — PMC
3. Courseault J, Kingry C, Morrison V, et al. Folate-dependent hypermobility syndrome: A proposed mechanism and diagnosis. Heliyon. 2023;9(4):e15387. — Full text
• See the full publication list at fasciainstitute.org/fascia-institute-research.
This page is general education, not medical advice, and does not create a physician–patient relationship. Individual results vary. Talk with a qualified clinician about whether Hydrofascia Release is right for you. The Fascia Institute and Treatment Center® · 2520 Harvard Ave, Ste 2B, Metairie, LA 70001 · (504) 704-1254.
