Walking upright is one of the factors that sets us apart from our nonhuman primate cousins and is considered to be one of the main forces behind our evolution into our current Homo sapiens selves. Creating a stable, resilient form with the least calorie usage has been a driving force within nature. Different animals use different strategies
Appreciating the role of fascia in walking leads us to a new understanding of muscles. The old idea of movement via concentric, eccentric, and occasional isometric contraction is simply not how the body works in many functions. The muscles work as a stiffness-adjusting system. Just as a Pilates instructor changes the springs on a reformer
Manual therapy has been known to have positive impacts on various conditions. Trials were usually carried out to find out if a treatment is effective for a specific condition. To understand the mechanism of how manual therapy works and looked at the physiological and biological responses of massage, researchers have used animals as a model.
In the current COVID-19 pandemic, most manual therapists have suspended their professional activities. This situation has created many issues with therapists who lost their income and also clients living with pain who need care. Physiotherapists from Italy asked the question: is telerehabilitation or online consultation the answer for manual therapy during COVID-19 pandemic? They first
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Myofascial pain is a common clinical disorder, beginning as acute pain within the musculoskeletal system with a referred autonomic phenomenon, which includes pain, decreased ranged of motion, and weakness. Work by Carla Stecco and colleagues from Padova has demonstrated that human fascia has endocannabinoid receptors, which suggests that fascia could be a source but also
Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) or technically known as median mononeuropathy at the wrist, is the most common nerve entrapment syndrome. It is caused by compression of the median nerve as it crosses the wrist in the carpal tunnel. Various manual therapy treatments have been suggested, e.g., stretching the carpal ligament may decrease the pressure
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) is a genetic disorder affecting skeletal muscles, which leads to progressive muscular weakness. It is typically in boys with symptoms of progressive weakness and loss (atrophy) of skeletal and heart muscle. A study from the University of Melbourne in Australia explored the effects of standardized calf massage boys with Duchenne muscular
Reframing Pilates concepts with new understanding of the structure and function of fascia by Elizabeth Larkam The concept of lumbopelvic stability and the Pilates principle of balanced muscle development can be informed by an understanding of tensegrity, derived from “tension” and “integrity”. Earls and Myers (2010) suggested that we see the body as a single
Fascia-focused movement criteria by Elizabeth Larkam Movement requirements 1. Movements are sustainable for motor control refinement and collagen remodeling 2. Movements encourage awareness of and embodiment of the biotensegrity model. “A tensegrity structure provides a global response to a local mechanical stress. The result is a degree of independence from the force of gravity. Without a
