Myofascial Research

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Permalink Reply by Elizabeth Yon on August 12, 2009 at 9:09am

Hi Chase,

I've learned stuff about the fascia from many sources, some approaching it from a purely physical perspective, others from an energetic perspective. Some of the things I learned about the myfascial system that always fascinated me are: 1) that the fascia encases every muscle, organ, blood vessel, and nerve giving us structural integrity - and that if you removed everything in the body except the fascia, you would still have a 3-D recognizable human form. Even more amazing is that this complex weave of fascia is one continuous sheet! That always blows my mind. A restriction in one area may affect a completely (seemingly) unrelated area. Too cool!, 2) that something like 80% of musculo-skeletal complaints stem from fascial restrictions., 3) that connective tissue is crystalline in formation with collagen molecules acting as semiconductors that are able to convey electricity and information., 4) that movement produces sound and that the resulting sound waves help regulate more than 50% of the body's biological processes. Sound travels through the body via the connective tissue! If the connective tissue is dry or stiff, problems can arise since sound waves cannot flow properly through inflexible tissue. These last 2 items I found in a book titled The Subtle Body: An Encyclopedia of Your Energetic Anatomy by Cyndi Dale. I also recommend Job's Body by Dean Juhan and Anatomy Trains by Thomas Myers if you haven't already read them.

Having a solid foundation in myofascial work can help you to understand more fully the premises behind craniosacral therapy, too, since with that modality one is essentially working with the deep fascia of the central nervous system and the fascial bonds between the cranial sutures.

Good luck with your research paper! Let me know how it went.

Elizabeth

Permalink Reply by chase courville on August 12, 2009 at 1:22pm

wow thanks for all the information I know I will be able to incorrporate it in my paper!

and also if any one has any stories of how this modality helps a client or themself would be highly useful.

I am very very grateful

Permalink Reply by Christopher V Acosta on August 14, 2009 at 4:37pm

Hi Chase,

With the site below, maybe you can do a search on specific effects of myofascial release.

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed or www.pubmed.gov hosted by National Library of Medicine

PICO Question: Patient, Intervention, Comparison and Outcome

i.e., In older adults with arthritis (patient), does massage therapy (intervention), whem compared to pharmacological treatment (comparison), reduce pain (outcome)?

Pub Med's Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

"Massage" [MESH] format, with [MeSH] in brackets tells PubMed we want only articles with concept matching MeSH definition.

Permalink Reply by Jacob Kelly on September 10, 2009 at 2:56pm

Hi Chase,
Here is a great term to put in your paper: Thixotropy -it is the name for the change in the state of matter that is myofascia as one of several things happen to make it warmer, softer and more pliable. I love the sound of it... thixotropy!

Peace

Permalink Reply by Don Solomon on October 17, 2009 at 1:50am

Thrixotropy not with standing!! Ifyou would like to have a quick look at the latest research on fascia check out the abstracts from the accepted papers for the 2nd Fascial Congress being held in Amsterdam, Holland October 27th- October 31st 2009.
http://www.fasciacongress.org/2009/abstracts.htm
8 more sleeps for me at I am flying out on the 25th of October from Vancouver, B.C., Canada. There will be about 50 RMT's from B.C.(Canada) attending the conference... We are going to represent our profession :) (loudly :) ).. Should be a good time..
I'll post some of the storys (no not about the Cafe's or the red light district)..
Yours,
Don Solomon, RMT (Vancouver, B.C., Canada)

Permalink Reply by Walt Fritz, PT on March 5, 2010 at 12:05pm

While quite late on a response to this post, check out the research page of my website. There are a multitude of papers listed, some with full text, others with abstracts. Lots of MFR research out there!

http://www.myofascialpainrelief.com/MFRresearch.html

Walt Fritz, PT

Permalink Reply by Frances Nicolais on August 18, 2010 at 9:58am

Hi Chase... I'm surprised no one has recommended John Barnes' website: www.myofascialrelease.com. That has more articles on MFR than just about anywhere, since John has been teaching this modality for 40 years. :-) Also, if you haven't seen the French DVD, "Strolling Under the Skin", I would recommend buying that. You can actually see fascia releasing inside a person's body! Be sure to get the one in English. :-)