Currently, there is a vast interest in pain science in manual therapy. The biopsychosocial framework suggested that lifestyle and psychosocial factors are the essential components of musculoskeletal treatment. Thus, in physiotherapy, there is a trend that pain education and exercise therapy are being recommended as evidence-based treatments. In contrast, manual therapy is considered as a
Myofascial continuity has been hypothesized and verified in cadaveric studies. This continuity means that local tissue modification can affect adjacent structures. If the linkages between two muscles are stiff enough, they may transmit force. However, myofascial force transmission has been mostly demonstrated in cadaveric studies, where significant mechanical interactions between constituents of myofascial chains have
A study published in Current Reviews in Musculoskeletal Medicine looked at the Correlation between Forward Head Posture and Neck Pain This study is the perfect example of what is so wonderful, and at the same time so frustrating, about evidence-based research. It has classically been assumed that a postural dysfunctional pattern, such as forward head
The capacity of fascia to soften or harden in response to mechanical stimuli has attracted new research interest. For example, isometric stretching could alter the water content of fascia and can have an impact on the viscoelasticity of tissues. It was hypothesised that a healthy ground substance in fascia contains abundant proportion of water “bound” to glycosaminoglycan (GAG).
