Fascia as an Organ and Its Importance in Manual Osteopathy

The Importance of Fascia & Myofascial Release In Manual Osteopathy

Understanding and Approach to Treatment of Scars and Adhesions

The modern education system for manual therapy, including massage therapy, physiotherapy, osteopathy, and chiropractic works on the acceptance that manipulation of tissues for scars and adhesions is of therapeutic value. Manual therapy in its various forms is now being introduced in a growing number of integrated health clinics, and is accepted by many to be a valuable addition to allopathic ca...

[Painful perineum in all its forms. Contribution of manual medicine and osteopathy. Clinical study].

No satisfactory therapy has yet been found to relieve many chronic pelviperineal pains such as Dyspareunia, Vulvodynia, Coccygodynia and other various pelvic pains, although these can be highly disruptive in everyday life. They may be brought on by an osteo-myo-fascial disorder, often undetected despite the possibility to effectively treat, this condition using manual medicine in the gynaecolog...

Managing back pain in general practice osteopathy the new paradigm ? is

Back pain is a common problem in general practice, and is of enormous economic importance. A recent report urges general practitioners (GPs) to refer early for manual therapies, such as osteopathy. The key concept to understanding osteopathic principles is somatic dysfunction. This is a disorder of function, rather than pathology, of the musculoskeletal and related systems. Its characteristic f...

Faszien und Nervensystem

Immediate fascial plasticity during a myofascial nonthrust manipulation cannot be sufficiently explained by traditional mechanical concepts, since either much longer application times or much higher forces would be required. Yet fascia is richly innervated by a rich network of mechanoreceptors which are responsive to manual pressure. Their stimulation may not only lead to local tonus changes in...