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Do muscles controle movement?
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Permalink Reply by Therese Schwartz on
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My thought - muscles perform movement but it starts with the central nervous system. So my opinion is that the CNS controls movement.
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Permalink Reply by Gordon J. Wallis on
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Yea, muscles faciltate movement. The nervous system controles movement.
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Woo hoo! :-)
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Lol ...You got an A lol .. so... if...there was anyway to influence ther nervous system you could influence the myofacial system.. Sense the nervous system controles everything.. Right?
Therese Schwartz said:Woo hoo! :-)
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LOL - thanks! :-)
You can certainly bring the stress level of the client down by influencing the nervous system. In Sensory Integration, a class I just took in Florida in October, we learned (among other things) how to bring the Reticular Alarm System down (fight/flight system). And CranioSacral Therapy works with the fascia but also can focus on releasing restrictions on nerves, which most definitely helps because you can eliminate feedback loops in the CNS that create all kinds of havoc.
Working on the occiput and sacrum also helps because doing so brings the parasympathetic nervous system online, calming the client's CNS. If the CNS is calmer, it doesn't send as many fight/flight signals, which takes tension out of the muscle system for sure. Fascia itself probably still needs some manual work.
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You can also direct the nervous system to effect specific muscles. One cool example that I actually used the other day is to release a sore trigger pointed SCM. She gets head aches on the right side of her face. I palpated a very tender spot on her right SCM. I lightly caressed the right side of her face for about 30 seconds. Im talking light skin contact caressing. Not muscle work. Then after 30 seconds I re palpated her SCM and it was no longer painful. Thats because I took advantage of the rooting reflex. Its a neurological reflex in infants. When the mothers breast touches the face of the infant. The infants head turns toward the breast. Its a reflex that is suppose to last in young humans for a year or two. But its not completely gone in adults. When you caress the side of the face, in this case the right side. The head no longer turns. But in order for the head to turn to the right. The right SCM has to loosen up. And thats exactly what happens. That muscle is brought to its maximum slack or resting state. Taking the tension and trigger point out with it. Its way cool.
Therese Schwartz said:LOL - thanks! :-)
You can certainly bring the stress level of the client down by influencing the nervous system. In Sensory Integration, a class I just took in Florida in October, we learned (among other things) how to bring the Reticular Alarm System down (fight/flight system). And CranioSacral Therapy works with the fascia but also can focus on releasing restrictions on nerves, which most definitely helps because you can eliminate feedback loops in the CNS that create all kinds of havoc.
Working on the occiput and sacrum also helps because doing so brings the parasympathetic nervous system online, calming the client's CNS. If the CNS is calmer, it doesn't send as many fight/flight signals, which takes tension out of the muscle system for sure. Fascia itself probably still needs some manual work.
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That is really way cool!! Thanks for sharing that!!
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