Glossary Term
Release
In rehabilitation, performance, and manual therapy settings, release generally refers to the feeling of a reduction in tissue tone, tension, density or activity in response to pressure, position, vibration, mobilization or manipulation of soft tissue. This technique is based on the assumption that autogenic inhibition plays the largest role in creating a feeling of release. By stimulating golgi tendon organ, ruffini endings, and/or pacinian corpuscles, the therapist can initiate a complex set of mechanical changes and neuromuscular reflexes that lead to a feeling of release. Myofascial release is often used to treat myofascial pain syndrome, fibromyalgia, and other musculoskeletal disorders.
Release: In rehabilitation, performance, and manual therapy settings, release generally refers to the feeling of a reduction in tissue tone, tension, density, or activity in response to pressure, position, vibration, mobilization, or manipulation of soft tissue. The mechanism that results in a feeling of "release" is likely a complex set of mechanical changes and neuromuscular reflexes; (for example, depicted in the Schleip Model of Tissue Manipulation) however, it is assumed that "autogenic inhibition" plays the most considerable role, as a result of stimulating Golgi tendon organ, Ruffini endings and/or Pacinian corpuscles.
Image: Tissue Manipulation Model - Schleip, R. (2003). Fascial plasticity–a new neurobiological explanation Part 2. Journal of Bodywork and movement therapies, 7(2), 104-116.[/caption]
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Synonyms
- Myofascial release
- Soft tissue release
- Soft tissue mobilization
- Trigger point release