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Schmidt, DPT,MS,OCS,LMT,CEAS Sponsored by Cross CountryEducation www.educise.com Copyright C2012 Educise Resources Inc. 1 INTRODUCTION : SCHEDULE LECTURE BEGINS AT 8 LECTURE/DEMO/PRACTICE UNTIL 11:30 LUNCH11:30-12:00 LECTURE/DEMO/PRACTICE AT 12:30 3:30 EVALS AND CERTIFICATES PLEASE SILENCE CELL PHONES BREAK DURING LAB AS NEEDED ASK QUESTIONS, ENJOY THE DAY! 2 THERESA A. SCHMIDT MYOFASCIAL RELEASE- CLINICAL APPLICATIONS 1 GREETINGS FROM NY! 4 THIS IS AN INTRO LAB! Inform your partner & the instructor of any medical or physical limitations you may have. We are stretching and moving, if something hurts, tell your partner, it is too much! Less is more with MFR! EASY DOES IT! All move at different paces, do not try to memorize or perfect every technique. Get the conceptand practice to master the skills on different people. 5 6 2 Fascia Research Congress “Fascia is the soft tissue component of the connective tissue system that permeates the human body.” “Fascia extends to all fibrous connective tissues, including aponeuroses, ligaments, tendons, retinaculae, joint capsules, organ and vessel tunics, the epineurium, the meninges, the periostea, and all the endomysialand intermuscularfibers of the myofasciae.” (Huijing, et al, p. 2) WWW.FASCIACONGRESS.ORG Check out fascial anatomy Shown with permission of author: Dr. Jean-Claude GUIMBERTEAU, MD’s DVDs: STROLLING UNDER THE SKIN INTERIOR ARCHITECTURES (Endovivo Productions www.endovivo.com) 9 3 FASCIAL ANATOMY There are layers of fascia surrounding the muscle from the macroscopic to the cellular level: Endomysium, deepest layer around cells Perimysium surrounds fascicles Epimysium surrounds muscle See Tom Myers’ Anatomy Trains & JC Guimberteau’sDVDs 10 Dynament Van derWalshowed that between muscles and ligaments exist specialized CT supportive structures and their osseous attachments. These are usually dissected away in traditional methods. He termed it “dynament” At high points of stress, more nerve endings exist at the dynament FUNCTION OF FASCIA Compartmentalizes and surrounds all structures, as an interconnected, fully contiguous web Maintains posture: Fascia will adaptively shorten in whatever position the body is kept Observe posture to detect where muscles may be restricted Use MFR to release adhesions in the fascia which limit motion and cause postural asymmetry 12 4
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