Klaus Eder is a physiotherapist and has worked for many years with top athletes and Olympians who practice many different kinds of sport, such as the German national football team and the German Davis Cup tennis team. He runs a practice in Donaustauf/Germany for physiotherapy and remedial gymnastics and an affiliated rehabilitation clinic called
Musculoskeletal pain is often associated with pain referred to adjacent areas or skin. Chronic musculoskeletal pain could be due to central sensitization, (i.e., amplified transmission at central nociceptive neurons), which is manifested by pain hypersensitivity that spreads to areas beyond the affected muscle. Nociceptive free nerve endings densely innervate fascia. Pain originating from deep tissue
Hamstring strain is one of the most common among sports injuries. A previous history of this injury is considered a strong predictor of recurrent hamstring strain injury. A muscle strain injury may alter the fascial tissue. However, there is a lack of evidence on the association between previous hamstring strain injury and tissue properties. A
A study from Japan evaluates the effect of myofascial release on hamstring, the flexibility of the hamstrings could improve physical performance due to its relationship with quadriceps muscle activity. Myofascial Release (MFR) was applied ton the hamstrings on 17 young adults. Physical function and physical performance were measured before, immediately after, and 5 days after
Clinical canine massage involves muscle and tissue manipulation techniques to rehabilitate injured soft tissues. Researchers drom Centre for Animal Welfare, University of Winchester, and Canine Massage Guild reported a study in the Journal Veterinary Record. The cross-sectional study was conducted to determine how dogs respond to canine massage therapy practiced by Canine Massage Guild UK practitioners.
For many years fascia was considered an inert tissue, which wraps and gives mechanical support to muscles and other organs. Now it is recognized that different fasciae have different types of nerve innervation. However little is known about the specific innervation on the two types of deep fascia: aponeurotic and epymisial fascia. The aponeurotic and
Margaret Mead, a famous American anthropologist, was once asked what is the earliest sign of civilization. Her answer was a healed fracture humerus found in an archaeological site dated 15,000 years old. One was expected Mead to say pottery, or iron, or farming told, but Mead explained that a healed femur was never found in other
Myofascial release (MFR) has been used for improving body posture, muscle tension and voice, especially for performers. However, scientific evidence is still lacking. A study from Portugal aims to verify the effects of MFR in teachers’ posture, muscular tension, and voice quality. The study was published in the Journal of Voice. Twenty-four school teachers were randomly allocated
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbmt.2021.02.012 Abstract Introduction Maintaining flexibility, often defined as range of motion (ROM), is important. Recently, self-massage using a foam roller (FR) has been used in clinical and/or sports settings to effectively and immediately improve ROM. Many studies have found significant increases in ROM following the FR intervention; however, the mechanism of the effect is unclear.
Self-myofascial release is widely promoted as a way of increasing ROM, strength and conditioning. There are many variations of rolling or actions such as shearing and sliding, but does it matter? Foam rolling mainly involves compressive pressure to the muscle, while in manual massage, there is an additional sliding or shearing forces, i.e. mechanical forces that act