Myofascial释放治疗是许多人不知道的治疗选择。它是一种动手的疗法,对纤维肌痛,肌筋膜疼痛综合征特别有效,并且对许多其他类型的慢性疼痛可能非常有帮助。
这是什么
了解肌筋释放治疗是什么,了解筋膜是重要的。筋膜是周围的结缔组织,围绕着每个肌肉,骨骼,器官,神经,血管和细胞体内的围绕,支持和稳定。它形成一个从头到脚的连续网。想想一块生鸡肉。在皮肤和肉之间,你会发现一层薄薄的白色组织 - 这是筋膜。
筋膜通常是流体和容易移动,但是when there is an injury, the fascia constricts to protect the injured area. Usually when the injury heals, the fascia relaxes and goes back to its normal state. However, sometimes it can get bound up and create a three-dimensional pull or drag throughout the whole body. Therefore, a fascial strain in one area of the body can cause pain in multiple other areas. This often happens with a chronic pain disorder like fibromyalgia. Although the original restriction may have begun in one part of the body, the pull from that one restriction can cause connected tissues to become constricted, eventually spreading throughout the body.
这个怎么运作
Myofascial释放疗法对身体的各个部位施加非常温和的持续压力,以释放筋膜,因此它可以再次流动移动。一个肌肉发达释放治疗会议通常会以所谓的追溯方式开始。治疗师可以用鞋跟稍微抬起双腿,用持续的温和拉动持续几分钟。这通常感觉到较低的腰部,当足够长时,会导致筋膜开始一直释放到肩膀和颈部。然后可以将类似类型的牵引力施加到颈部和肩部。因为筋膜是立体的,所以通常会感受到肌肉发达释放治疗技术的影响,无论坐姿最严重。
在施加之后,治疗师将在身体的各个部件(即,背部,肩部,臀部)上来缓和地移动皮肤以确定讽刺限制。当定位限制时,应用轻微操作的横向技术来释放它。由于筋膜被分层并且必须在层中释放,因此这种交叉释放技术用于释放渐进式层的限制。
当筋膜长时间受到限制时,通常与纤维肌痛患者的情况一样,在筋膜持有长期释放之前,它可能需要几次每周治疗疗程。
My Experience
I first learned about Myofascial Release Therapy ten years ago when a lady I worked with told me about her massage therapist who had been helping some fibromyalgia patients. When she told him about me, he offered to give me a free treatment if I'd like to try it. I was extremely skeptical. My body was so sensitive that my clothes hurt. The idea of someone massaging me did not sound pleasant. But since it was free, I figured it couldn't hurt to at least give him a call. When we talked, I was so impressed with his knowledge of fibromyalgia that I decided to give his treatment a shot.
很多时候,令人惊讶的是,不仅可以忍受治疗,它真的感觉很好!当他完成第一次会议时,我觉得比我多年来更加轻松。我不能等到下一次治疗。即使它没有帮助我的纤维肌痛,我也想放松我觉得是值得的。但谢天谢地,它确实有助于我的纤维肌痛 - 很多。当我开始肌肉释放疗法时,我一直在使用一只拐杖,稳步越来越糟糕。我害怕在我坐在轮椅之前可能不会很久。经过两个月的每周肌筋膜释放治疗疗程,我把鞋子放了起来,从那以后就没有用过它。
谁做了?
Myofascial释放治疗可以由按摩治疗师,物理治疗师,物质分子,骨疗法或骨科医生提供。然而,当涉及身体范围的筋膜限制,例如纤维肌痛患者所经历的那些,我倾向于倾向于按摩治疗师,因为它们通常是唯一愿意和能够花费所需时间的唯一一个(通常每次一小时)治疗整个身体。确保您选择的治疗师在Myofascial释放治疗中具有特殊认证。
重要的是要知道还有一些有时也被称为肌筋膜释放治疗的技术。这是一个深入的组织治疗,被称为秋景,这可能非常痛苦。请务必询问您对您指定的MyoFascial释放治疗,您可以指定非常温和的方法。
资料来源:与Myofascial释放治疗师的个人访谈,理查德摩根,Lac,LMT,CNT。3/17/09。
©Karen Lee Richards 2009
最后更新04/13/09