Soft Tissue and Myofascial Release Flashcards
Define Viscoelastic Material
Any material that deforms according to the rate of loading and deformity
Define stress
The force that attempts to deform a connective tissue structure
Define Strain
The percentage of deformation of a connective tissue
Define Hysteresis
The difference between the loading and unloading characteristics that represents the energy that is lost; this energy that is lost is the hysteresis
Define creep
Connective tissue that is under a constant sustained load will elongate in response to the load
Define bind
A palpable restriction of connective tissue mobility
Define ease
The direction in which the connective issue will be moved in deformational stretching
looseness or laxity
Define Hookes law
The strain placed on an elastic body is in proportion to the stress placed upon it
Define Wolfe’s law
Bone will develop according to the under stresses placed upon it
Define Sherringtons law
When a muscle (agonist) receives a nerve impulse to contract its antagonists simultaneously receive an impulse to react
Differentiate between a direct and indirect treatments
DIRECT: Go towards and eventually through the barrier
INDIRECT: Go away from the restrictive barrier
What are the soft tissues that are involved in the body?
Anything other than bone
Fascia
Muscles
Organs
Vasculature
Define fascia
Complete system with a blood supply, fluid drainage, and innervations
tissue protection and healing (NOT TENDONS LIGAMENTS OR APONEUROSES)
connective tissue that is composed of collagen fibers and elastin fibers
What are the 4 layers of fascia
Pannicular fascia
Axial and Appendicular fascia
Meningeal Fascia
Visceral fascia
What is Pannicular fascia?
The outermost layer of fascia from the somatic mesenchyme and surrounds the entire body
outer-adipose
Inner layer- membranous
What is the axial and appendicular fascia?
Internal to the pannicular and surrounds all of the muscles, the perosteum or bone, and the peritendon and tendons
What is the meningeal fascia?
Surrounds the nervous system including the dura
What is the visceral fascia?
Surrounds the body cavities
Define a stretch
Increase the distance between the origin and insertion
Define knead
Repetitive pushing of tissue perpendicular to muscle
Define inhibition
Push and hold perpendicular to the fibers at the musculotendinous part of the hypertonic muscle
hold until relaxation of tissue
What are the three activating forces of the MFR?
- Inherent forces
- Respiratory Cooperation
- Patient Cooperation
What is an inherent force?
Uses the body’s natural tendency to seek homeostasis
rhythmic activity
What are the 4 ways in which respiratory force
- Full cycle of respiratory effort; articulatory activating force
- Particular phase of respiration: enhance position
- Breath holding: hold breath until air hunger to trigger relaxation
- Coughing or sniffing
Describe parallel traction
Force directed parallel to muscle and fascial compartments, causing overall increase in length of the structure
Describe perpendicular traction
Force directed away from the longitudinal axis
