Functional training part 2: integrating functional training into clinical practice

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• 作者：Craig Liebenson
• 关键词：Massage therapy ; Research competencies ; Massage therapy research ; Therapeutic massage and bodywork ; Competency-based education
• 刊名：Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies
• 出版年：2003
• 出版时间：January 2003
• 年：2003
• 卷：7
• 期：1
• 页码：20-21
• 全文大小：64 K

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In myofascial manipulation an immediate tissue release is often felt under the working hand. This amazing feature has traditionally been attributed to mechanical properties of the connective tissue. Yet studies have shown that either much stronger forces or longer durations would be required for a permanent viscoelastic deformation of fascia. Fascia nevertheless is densely innervated by mechanoreceptors which are responsive to manual pressure. Stimulation of these sensory receptors has been shown to lead to a lowering of sympathetic tonus as well as a change in local tissue viscosity. Additionally smooth muscle cells have been discovered in fascia, which seem to be involved in active fascial contractility. Fascia and the autonomic nervous system appear to be intimately connected. A change in attitude in myofascial practitioners from a mechanical perspective toward an inclusion of the self-regulatory dynamics of the nervous system is suggested.