19 relations: Alexander Technique, Chronic pain, Connective tissue disease, Dry needling, Fascia, Feldenkrais Method, Human factors and ergonomics, Motor coordination, Myalgia, Myofascial release, Myofascial trigger point, Poor posture, Range of motion, Referred pain, Self-care, Stretching, Syndrome, Systematic review, Systemic disease.
Alexander Technique
The Alexander Technique (A.T.), named after its creator Frederick Matthias Alexander, is an educational process that was created to retrain habitual patterns of movement and posture.
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Chronic pain
Chronic pain is pain that lasts a long time.
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Connective tissue disease
A connective tissue disease is any disease that has the connective tissues of the body as a target of pathology.
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Dry needling
Dry needling, also known as myofascial trigger point dry needling, is an unproven technique in alternative medicine similar to acupuncture.
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Fascia
A fascia (plural fasciae; adjective fascial; from Latin: "band") is a band or sheet of connective tissue, primarily collagen, beneath the skin that attaches, stabilizes, encloses, and separates muscles and other internal organs.
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Feldenkrais Method
The Feldenkrais Method is a type of exercise therapy devised by Moshé Feldenkrais (1904–1984).
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Human factors and ergonomics
Human factors and ergonomics (commonly referred to as Human Factors), is the application of psychological and physiological principles to the (engineering and) design of products, processes, and systems.
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Motor coordination
Motor coordination is the combination of body movements created with the kinematic (such as spatial direction) and kinetic (force) parameters that result in intended actions.
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Myalgia
Myalgia, or muscle pain, is a symptom of many diseases and disorders.
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Myofascial release
Myofascial release (MFR, self-myofascial release) is an alternative medicine therapy that claims to treat skeletal muscle immobility and pain by relaxing contracted muscles, improving blood and lymphatic circulation, and stimulating the stretch reflex in muscles.
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Myofascial trigger point
Myofascial trigger points, also known as trigger points, are described as hyperirritable spots in the fascia surrounding skeletal muscle.
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Poor posture
Poor posture is the posture that results from certain muscles tightening up or shortening while others lengthen and become weak which often occurs as a result of one's daily activities.
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Range of motion
Range of motion (or ROM), is the linear or angular distance that a moving object may normally travel while properly attached to another.
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Referred pain
Referred pain, also called reflective pain, is pain perceived at a location other than the site of the painful stimulus.
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Self-care
In health care, self-care is any necessary human regulatory function which is under individual control, deliberate and self-initiated.
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Stretching
Stretching is a form of physical exercise in which a specific muscle or tendon (or muscle group) is deliberately flexed or stretched in order to improve the muscle's felt elasticity and achieve comfortable muscle tone.
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Syndrome
A syndrome is a set of medical signs and symptoms that are correlated with each other and, often, with a particular disease or disorder.
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Systematic review
Systematic reviews are a type of literature review that uses systematic methods to collect secondary data, critically appraise research studies, and synthesize studies.
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Systemic disease
A systemic disease is one that affects a number of organs and tissues, or affects the body as a whole.
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