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  2. Myofascial release - Wikipedia

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    Traditional medicine. Alternative diagnoses. v. t. e. 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. [1]

  3. Fascial manipulation - Wikipedia

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    Fascial manipulation. (Redirected from Fascial Manipulation) Fascial Manipulation is a manual therapy technique developed by Italian physiotherapist Luigi Stecco in the 1980s, aimed at evaluating and treating global fascial dysfunction by restoring normal motion/gliding to the system. [1]

  4. Myofascial trigger point - Wikipedia

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    Myofascial pain syndrome is a focal hyperirritability in muscle that can strongly modulate central nervous system functions. Scholars distinguish this from fibromyalgia, which is characterized by widespread pain and tenderness and is described as a central augmentation of nociception giving rise to deep tissue tenderness that includes muscles ...

  5. Dry needling - Wikipedia

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    Dry needling, also known as trigger point dry needling and intramuscular stimulation, [1][2] is a treatment technique used by various healthcare practitioners, including physical therapists, physicians, and chiropractors, among others. [3] Acupuncturists usually maintain that dry needling is adapted from acupuncture, but others consider dry ...

  6. Manual therapy - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Manual therapy, or manipulative therapy, is a part of Physiotherapy, it is a physical treatment primarily used by physical therapists (a.k.a. physiotherapists), occupational therapists to treat musculoskeletal pain and disability; it mostly includes kneading and manipulation of muscles, joint mobilization and joint manipulation.

  7. Massage - Wikipedia

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    These techniques are still known by their French names (effleurage (long, gliding strokes), petrissage (lifting and kneading the muscles), friction (firm, deep, circular rubbing movements), tapotement (brisk tapping or percussive movements) and vibration (rapidly shaking or vibrating specific muscles)).

  8. Petrissage - Wikipedia

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    Petrissage. Petrissage (French, from pétrir 'to knead') is a massage technique that applies deep pressure to the underlying muscles. Kneading, wringing, skin rolling, and pick-up-and-squeeze are the petrissage movements. [1][2] They are all performed with the padded palmar surface of the hand, the surface of the finger and also the thumbs.

  9. Muscle energy technique - Wikipedia

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    Muscle energy is a direct and active technique; meaning it engages a restrictive barrier and requires the patient's participation for maximal effect. A restrictive barrier describes the limit in range of motion that prevents the patient from being able to reach the baseline limit in his range of motion. [5]

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