Fascial Manipulation for Internal Dysfunctions. Practical Part

The three images on the cover of this book summarise its fundamental concepts:

This text presents the manual approach used in Fascial Manipulation for Internal Dysfunctions1(FMID) and, in particular, the modality for interacting with the autonomic nervous system.For example, in conventional medicine, an antacid is usually prescribed for gastroesophagealreflux, whereas FMID aims at restoring the motility of the cardia by acting on the thoracic wall orthe lumbar wall. If the fasciae of the ‘container’ are rigid then tension is transferred to the diaphragm, which inserts all around the rib margin. As the oesophagus passes through the diaphragm it also inserts onto the diaphragm itself by means of its fasciae. A network of intramural autonomic neurons that are sensitive to stretch regulates the peristalsis of the cardia. If the tension of the diaphragm and the tension of the oesophageal fasciae are notbalanced, then cardia peristalsis can be altered, causing changes in the timing of cardia closure.