Folding Distortions – Body Language The associated body language of patients with Folding Distortions: Cupping joint with hand, ‘Holding is Folding’ Placing palm or dorsum of hand on spine Drawing a line across the bone or joint Folding Distortions –...
When fascia in or around a joint becomes distorted from either traction or compression forces, this is called a folding distortion. These three-dimensional injuries of the fascial plane hurt deep within the joint and diminish the ability of the fascia to protect...
Cylinder distortions can occur in any region of the body. These distortions typically present with the patient sweeping the tissues with the hand or repetitive kneading/squeezing/massaging the tissues involved with the hand or fingertips. The body language is not...
Cylinder Distortions – Body Language The associated body language of patients with Cylinder Distortions: Repetitively squeezing soft tissue Broad sweeping motion of palm along wide area of discomfort Kneading (rubbing) the tissues with the finger tips or thumb...
Anatomically, cylinder distortions are tangled coils of circular fascia which pathologically restrict motion by acting as a tourniquet around muscles or other tissues. It is this entangling which inhibits the coils’ ability to uncoil and recoil, thereby diminishing...
