MFR Flashcards
What does embryonic mean?;
You’ve had it since you were born
What is fascia sensitive to?
Mechanical loads
What are the three componants of fascia?
Collagen, elastin, and ground substance.
In tensegrity, muscle provide a ___ and bones provide a ___
Pull, push
What are the 3 laws that can be applied to tensegrity?
Wolffs Law, Hookes law, Newtons 3 law.
T/F: fascia has contractile tissue?
False
Name the roles of fascia (8)
- Cellular respiration
- Elimination
- Metabolism
- Fluid and lymph flow
- Repair be deposition of repair tissue
- Conservation of body heat
- Fat storage
- Cellular health and immune system
What are the fascial responses to trauma?
- Collagen becomes dense and fibrosis
- Elastin loses its resiliency
- Ground substance solidifies
What 3 conditions affect fascia?
- Injury or trauma
- Inflammatory processes
- Habitually poor posture
What are the four transitional fascial areas?
- Occipitoatlantal
- Cervicothoracic
- Thoracolumbar
- Lumbosacral
What are the rotations in the common compensatory fascial pattern?
L/R/L/R
What are the rotations in the uncommon compensatory fascial pattern?
R/L/R/L
What are the rotations in the uncompensated compensatory fascial pattern?
Rotations do not alternate usually because of traumatic origin
What energy is used in MFR to change the ground substance back into a gel state?
Thermal and mechanical
What are some therapeutic effects of MFR?
- Relieve pain
- Improve ROM, motor performance, digestion, absorption, elimination, and sleep
- Restore function, body equilibrium
- Promote relaxation and sense of wellbeing
- Decrease anxiety, muscle activity and vigor after stressful exercise or performance