Because, I am a
Veteran like you.
My name is Marco Guizar. I was with 1/3 Weapons Co. I fought in Iraq and Afghanistan. I got out in 2007, and I was in a lot of pain. PTSD. Migraine headaches. Sleep apnea. I was a certified mess.
I went everywhere looking for help. Every specialist you could think of. I found some relief here and there, but I didn't get any of the answers I was looking for.
For years I felt it. How could me and my friends give everything, come home, and get nothing but a disability rating. Is that it? Am I just supposed to be disabled for life?
"Nope."
I read everything I could on the human body. I found incredible mentors, some long passed. Dr. Andrew Taylor Still. Dr. Ida Rolf. The incredible work of Dr. Robert Sapolsky the Stanford Neuroscientist.
Dr. Andrew Taylor Still
Dr. Ida Rolf
Dr. Robert Sapolsky
Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers
Bit by bit, year after year, I kept learning. I kept reading and searching for answers, how to help myself from PTSD, lower back pain, neck pain, migraine headaches.
What I found was nothing short of the truth.
After over 16 years. This is it. The Veteran Body.
I present this work to you, not as a doctor, not as a certified anything. I present this as a stubborn jarhead who saw the depths of despair and made a move.
was coming
to save me.
And they're not coming for you either. But that's the best news you've heard all year. Because the answer is already in your hands.
Your body has been
trying to tell you something.
You are tight. Your hips, your diaphragm, your shoulders, your neck, your jaw. That tightness is not letting your system relax. It is causing a myriad of issues in the Veteran body, and most of them, nobody connected to fascia.
The psoas and thoracic fascia lock under sustained load. Most Veterans have been carrying restriction in the low back since their first deployment.
Cervical and cranial fascial tension restricts blood flow and nerve signaling. Releasing the neck and jaw changes everything for migraine sufferers.
Fascia stores tension from trauma. The body holds what the mind has been through. Working the tissue directly, especially the diaphragm, creates measurable nervous system change.
Airway restriction driven by cervical and thoracic fascial tightness. Releasing the tissue around the throat and chest changes how the airway behaves at rest.
The plantar fascia runs up the entire posterior chain. Foot pain is rarely just a foot problem. It is the end of a line that starts at the hips.
The piriformis and hip flexors compress the sciatic nerve when the fascial system is locked. One of the most common and most addressable patterns in the Veteran body.
The Web That
Is Pulling
On You.
Fascia is not one structure. It is a continuous web of connective tissue that runs from your skull to your feet without interruption. When one part densifies, it pulls on everything connected to it. In the Veteran body, it densifies everywhere.
When the abdominal fascia densifies it shortens the front line of the body. It pulls the shoulders forward, compresses the lumbar spine, restricts the diaphragm. The problem is not the shoulders. The fascia is pulling from below.
The adductor fascia is one of the most neglected structures in the military body. Years of load-bearing densify this tissue until it pulls on the groin, the knee, and the hip. Almost nobody addresses this. Almost nobody knows it exists.
The plantar fascia is the bottom of a chain that runs from the sole of your foot all the way up the spine. Plantar fasciitis is not a foot problem. It is the end of a posterior chain under load for years. The restriction is upstream.
When the piriformis and surrounding hip fascia densify, the sciatic nerve gets compressed. The result is the burning, shooting pain most Veterans are told to manage with medication. Release the tissue. The nerve breathes again.
The diaphragm sits at the center of the body's stress response. When you are in chronic stress, it locks in a braced position. Breathing becomes shallow. The nervous system stays in fight-or-flight. Release the diaphragm. Change the breath. Change the nervous system.
Fascia dissolves in formaldehyde, the chemical used to preserve cadavers in medical school. For over a century, anatomy students learned a body with no fascia. Dr. Andrew Taylor Still knew it in 1874. Dr. Ida Rolf built a practice on it. The science just had to find it.
From a foam roller
to something that works.
And so it went. From a foam roller, into PVC pipes, into lacrosse balls, studying anatomy and learning from incredible people, massage therapists, chiropractors, physical therapists. But still I was missing something.
After years of searching, I started to develop my own style of working on myself. I got away from the rollers and went to medicine balls to work on my hips, targeting muscles and fascia zones like the Piriformis, Glute Medius, TFL and more.
I kept learning more about myself, my body, where I held my trauma from deployments, from getting out. I learned more about my triggers, and slowly I started to teach other Veterans who asked. And they too got better. They too did the work, and found the spots on their bodies that had been densified.
For the last five years, I've taught this to hundreds and hundreds of Veterans. The emails and testimonials I've received from this community have been unlike anything I expected.
From PTSD to sleep apnea, it has been extraordinary to watch Veterans I've worked with finally address the tension they accumulated in their bodies over years of service.
All of these classes and workshops inspired me to put it into a book. A simple book, intentionally simple, covering the very best information on fascia and the top Veteran disabilities out there today. From PTSD to lower back pain, neck, jaw, shoulder, and abdominal pain, to groin, calves, and feet.
We cover how fascia is one of the most important systems in the human body. And I am incredibly proud to not only put it into a physical book, but into a kit, to make it all practical. We are not just going into theory. We are going into your body, using the tools, in the comfort of your own home.
You can work on
yourself.
This is Self-Bodywork™. A structured daily practice using three tools, applied to specific fascia release points. At home. On your own schedule. You own the practice completely.
In this kit is hopefully hundreds of hours of working on yourself. A practice that belongs to you, that you can run for the rest of your life. You rack up 3 hours a week. That is like getting 3 massages a week, in the comfort of your own home. While watching Landman.
What is fascia, the who, what and why, and how to work on yourself on some of the biggest Veteran disabilities out there. A short story. Written by a Veteran, for Veterans.
Seriously, it's a waste of space. This Foam Ball is going to do work. Broad surface release for glutes, TFL, diaphragm, the primary Veteran release zones.
Gets you into the thoracic and hip restriction that nothing else reaches. Deeper access for structural work.
Calves, feet, plantar chain, the posterior chain Veterans rarely address. This ball changes that.
What changes when
the body releases.
My sports chiro said my body has never been this relaxed in the years she's treated me.
I used to use my quads predominantly but I'm using my posterior chain more for running. I can tell because of what muscles get sore and fatigued.
By adding fascia work to my breathing exercises I'm confident this year is going to be great.
Here is what we
built for you.
Pre-order now and it ships November 10th. Marine Corps Birthday. Book + Kit. Yours for life.
78 pages. Written by me, a fellow Veteran, not a doctor. What fascia is, why your body hurts, and exactly what to do about it. The day you get the kit, you start the work.
Foam Ball
Foam Block
Small Hard Ball
And that's it. That's all I got. It's $79. If you can't afford it, write me an email. Or better yet:
What Veterans
ask us first.
The Veteran Body is a fascia-based Self-Bodywork program created by Marco Guizar, a USMC Veteran who served with 1/3 Weapons Co. in Iraq and Afghanistan. It includes a 78-page physical guide covering what fascia is, how it drives chronic pain and PTSD symptoms in the Veteran body, and how to address it, plus three purpose-built tools to do the work at home, starting the day the kit arrives.
The research of Dr. Robert Sapolsky at Stanford shows a direct connection between chronic stress and chronic physical restriction. The diaphragm is surrounded by fascia and sits at the center of the body's stress response system. When a Veteran is in prolonged stress, the diaphragm locks in a braced position, breathing becomes shallow, and the nervous system stays in fight-or-flight. Releasing the diaphragm changes the breath. Changing the breath changes the nervous system.
Fascia is the continuous web of connective tissue that runs from your skull to your feet without interruption, surrounding every muscle, organ, and bone. When one part densifies, through load, impact, stress, or years of service, it pulls on everything connected to it. That pulling is what drives most chronic pain in the Veteran body. The restriction is not permanent. It responds to sustained pressure applied correctly.
A foam roller applies broad, rolling pressure across large surface areas. Fascial release requires sustained, targeted pressure held on specific zones, the piriformis, the TFL, the diaphragm, the plantar fascia. Rolling moves too fast to allow the tissue to release. The tools in The Veteran Body kit are sized and shaped to target the exact zones that accumulate restriction in the military body.
Yes. That is the entire point. The Veteran Body was built specifically so Veterans can do this work independently, at home, on their own schedule, without ongoing appointments, providers, or cost. The guide walks through every release step by step. The tools are purpose-built for self-application. You start the day the kit arrives.
Most people notice something in the first one to three sessions, a reduction in tightness, a change in breathing, or a shift in how a specific area feels. Deeper, more lasting change accumulates over weeks of consistent work. Think of it like accumulating hours. Three hours a week is like getting three massages a week. The practice compounds.
The program specifically addresses the most common service-connected conditions: lower back pain, migraine headaches, PTSD symptoms, sleep apnea, plantar fasciitis, sciatica, shoulder pain, and hip pain. Each condition is covered in the guide with an explanation of the fascial mechanism driving it and the specific releases that address it.
Potentially. We have written email templates you can copy and send directly to Wounded Warrior Project, the Semper Fi Fund, and American Dream U requesting support. Each letter explains the program and makes the case on your behalf. You can find and copy those templates in the section above.
Marco Guizar is a USMC Veteran who served with 1/3 Weapons Co. in Iraq and Afghanistan, separating in 2007. After years of dealing with chronic pain, PTSD, migraines, and sleep apnea with no satisfying answers from the medical system, he spent 16 years studying fascia, anatomy, and Self-Bodywork. He is the founder of Fascia.com and has taught this work to hundreds of Veterans.
The kit is $79 during presale. If that is not possible right now, Marco has written three email templates you can copy and send to Wounded Warrior Project, the Semper Fi Fund, and American Dream U to request support. You can find those templates above. If none of that works, email Marco directly at marco@fascia.com.
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