4.  MYOFASCIAL THERAPY -                                                                  BASICS OF MODERN MANUAL THERAPY

Muscles form the power station of our body. Muscular pain and chronic complaints severely limit our actions. Overloading and direct trauma are therefore often the causes of what is known as the "myofascial pain syndrome", which strongly influences our muscular performance.

The starting point of the myofascial pain syndrome is a functional disorder of the motor end plate, the connecting link between the nerves and the muscles. In such a disorder, sensitive zones occur, local pain points which are also known as "myofascial trigger points". These pain points can be palpated by means of hard tensile strands of the skeletal musculature and when the trigger points are stimulated (e.g. by mechanical stimulation) there is a transmission pain in distant regions of the body, a pain which is also common under the term "referred pain".

Myofascial therapy is therefore applied in the complex soft tissue area of our body:

in the skin, the connective tissue, the ligamentous apparatus and the musculature.

Here it uses the "release phenomenon" of the body. The "release phenomenon" is a relaxation phenomenon that occurs when different massage techniques are used in the treatment of the above-mentioned areas. During a treatment, the body is gently massaged, stimulated and made to release fascial tension.