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Active fascial contractility: Fascia may be able to contract in a smooth muscle-like manner and thereby influence musculoskeletal dynamics
Schleip R, Klingler W, Lehmann-Horn FCurriculums:
Dense connective tissue sheets, commonly known as fascia, play an important role as force transmitters in human posture and movement regulation. There is some evidence to suggest that fascia may be able to actively contract in a smooth muscle-like manner and consequently influence musculoskeletal dynamics.
Craniosacral Therapy for the Treatment of Chronic Neck Pain: A Randomized Sham-controlled Trial
Heidemarie Haller, MSc, Romy Lauche, PhD, Holger Cramer, PhD, Thomas Rampp, MD, Felix J. Saha, MD, Thomas Ostermann, PhD, and Gustav Dobos, MDCurriculums: Upledger's CranioSacral TestimonialCategory / SomatoEmotional Release, Barral's Visceral Manipulation / Neural Manipulation / New Manual Articular Approach / Manual Approach to the Brain,
An Abstract Study: With growing evidence for the effectiveness of craniosacral therapy (CST) for pain management, the efficacy of CST remains unclear. This study therefore aimed at investigating CST in comparison with sham treatment in chronic nonspecific neck pain patients.
The comparison of the therapeutic massage with the craniosacral method in treating the pain syndrome of the cranial part of the spine
Miszewski Waldemar, Miszewska Agnieszka, Śniegocki Maciej, Siedlecki Zygmunt, Grzyb Sebastian, Siminska Joanna, Pietkun Katarzyna, Głowacka Iwona, Nowacka Krystyna, Hagner WojciechCurriculums:
Massage has been used for several thousand years at least, aiming at relief in suffering and decreasing all kinds of ailments, including health problems with the cervical vertebrae.
Craniosacral therapy is quite a new method of treatment since it was founded in the first half of the 20th century. It is different from other methods because it treats energetic changes and lessens the pathological tension in the fascia. Whereas, other methods used by physiotherapists begin working with the patient much later, after functional changes have advanced – contractures or structural degenerations, which cannot be fully removed. And the organism will not be able to come back to full efficiency.
Pains of the cervical part of the spine occur quite often in modern societies, including the Polish one. What is more, this troubles younger and younger people.
The results of the research conducted on two groups of twenty people, which were described by Method T – Student, proved that both the therapeutic massage and the craniosacral therapy are effective ways of treating the pain syndrome of the cranial part of the spine.
New role identified for scars at the site of injured spinal cord
NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and StrokeCurriculums:
For decades, it was thought that scar-forming cells called astrocytes were responsible for blocking neuronal regrowth across the level of spinal cord injury, but recent findings challenge this idea. According to a new mouse study, astrocyte scars may actually be required for repair and regrowth following spinal cord injury.
Gut bacteria regulate nerve fibre insulation
Mo CostandiCurriculums:
Research suggests that gut bacteria may directly affect brain structure and function, offering new ways to treat multiple sclerosis and psychiatric conditions. The surprising new findings, published today in the journal Translational Psychiatry, provide what is perhaps the strongest evidence yet that gut bacteria can have a direct physical effect on the brain, and suggest that it may one day be possible to treat debilitating demyelinating diseases such as multiple sclerosis, and even psychiatric disorders, by altering the composition of the gut’s microbial menagerie in some way or another.
Kraniosakralni Terapie
Helena TouskovaCurriculums:
CST and Upledger Institute in a Czech lifestyle magazine
How the brain processes emotions
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCurriculums:
Neuroscientists identify circuits that could play a role in mental illnesses, including depression. A new study reveals how two populations of neurons in the brain contribute to the brain's inability to correctly assign emotional associations to events. Learning how this information is routed and misrouted could shed light on mental illnesses including depression, addiction, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress disorder.
A Sensitive Subject
Sonia FernandezCurriculums:
UCSB researchers catalog for the first time patterns of vibration on the skin of the hand that are part of how we sense the world through touch
New Research will Change the Way We Think About Depression. (Finally!)
Hey SigmundCurriculums:
The researchers found that depression affects the whole body on a cellular level. When we change the way we think about depression – as an illness of the whole body, not just an illness of the mind – we open up new possibilities for treatment. The body can heal and so can the mind.
Sixth Sense: Science begins to Explain How We Sense Electric Fields
The Mind UnleasedCurriculums:
Scientists are starting to figure out what is going on inside our cells when we sense electrical fields.