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Review
. 2024 Oct 14;16(10):e71442.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.71442. eCollection 2024 Oct.

Fascial Manual Medicine: A Continuous Evolution

Bruno Bordoni  1 , Allan R Escher  2   3
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Review

Fascial Manual Medicine: A Continuous Evolution

Bruno Bordoni et al. Cureus. .

Abstract

From the perspective of fascial manual medicine (FMM), the body should not be considered as a set of compartments, but as a functional continuum, where most of the tissues (considering embryology) are fascia. The cells that make up the fascia can use multiple strategies to communicate, with neighboring cells, with the tissue to which they belong, and with the entire body, thanks to biochemical (microscopy) and electromagnetic (nanoscopy) possibilities. These multiple capacities to send and receive information make the border or layer of the different tissues seem absent. All the manual techniques that profess to be the only ones that work on the patient's symptoms, dictating a standardized manual procedure that all patients should undergo, represent a clinical deviation. Likewise, thinking that the manual approach can provide biomechanical stimuli only to a single specific structure or layer is a conceptual error. This narrative review briefly reviews the history of fascial-related nomenclature and how the fascial system is currently considered, posing new reflections on how the fascial continuum could be conceived by practitioners who apply FMM in the clinic, such as osteopaths, chiropractors, and physiotherapists.

Keywords: fascia; manual therapy; myofascial; osteopathic; osteopathy; quantum biology; quantum physics.

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Conflicts of interest: In compliance with the ICMJE uniform disclosure form, all authors declare the following: Payment/services info: All authors have declared that no financial support was received from any organization for the submitted work. Financial relationships: All authors have declared that they have no financial relationships at present or within the previous three years with any organizations that might have an interest in the submitted work. Other relationships: All authors have declared that there are no other relationships or activities that could appear to have influenced the submitted work.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1. The diagram illustrates what our non-profit organization (FORCE) considers connective tissue.
The image was previously published in the Cureus Journal of Medical Science [20]. FORCE: Foundation of Osteopathic Research and Clinical Endorsement
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