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Myofascial release (MFR, self-myofascial release) is an alternative medicine therapy claimed to be useful for treating skeletal muscle immobility and pain by relaxing contracted muscles, improving blood and lymphatic circulation and stimulating the stretch reflex in muscles.
The term "release technique" emerged in the 1970s, predominantly through the work of Mary Fulkerson and Joan Skinner. [citation needed] Modern dancer Joan Skinner synthesised her dance training with principles from the Alexander Technique creating a codified system called "Skinner Releasing Technique".
Active Release Techniques—Soft tissue system- or movement-based technique that treats problems with muscles, tendons, ligaments, fascia, and nerves. Bio-Geometric Integration is a framework for understanding the body's response to force dynamics. It can be utilized with many techniques.
Like many chiropractic and osteopathic manipulative techniques, Diversified is characterized by a high-velocity, low-amplitude thrust. [11] It is considered the most generic chiropractic manipulative technique and is differentiated from other techniques in that its objective is to restore proper movement and alignment of spine and joint ...
Active Release Technique Therapy: Proactive Chiropractic; Hm. Jytdog 03:41, 26 January 2016 (UTC) I found a textbook that said something about this and rewrote based on it. It became clear this needed to be somewhere else, so I merged it to Massage - there is a list of techniques there like this one.
Massage techniques are commonly applied with hands, fingers, elbows, knees, forearms, feet, or a device. [2] [3] The purpose of massage is generally for the treatment of body stress or pain. [4] [5] [6] In English-speaking European countries, a person professionally trained to give massages is traditionally known as a masseur (male) or masseuse ...
Myofascial pain is associated with muscle tenderness that arises from trigger points, focal points of tenderness, a few millimeters in diameter, found at multiple sites in a muscle and the fascia of muscle tissue. Biopsy tests found that trigger points were hyperirritable and electrically active muscle spindles in general muscle tissue. [13]
Foam roller Exercises. A foam roller is a lightweight, cylindrical tube of elastomeric foam used for massaging one's own muscles. [1] The roller is placed between the target muscle and the ground, and is rolled back and forth, using body weight for pressure.