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The strategies
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The role of muscle receptors is not to pick up information coming from the outside, they are specifically located in muscles to perceive what happens ... in the muscles. Information from the outside is perceived by specialised receptors located in the skin.
These specialised receptors located in the skin are activated during treatments of any manual therapies.
There are dozens of interpretations of manual therapy : some talk about fascia, myofascial release, myofascial meridians, muscle energy release, osteopathy, cranial osteopathy, fluidic osteopathy, yin yang theories, Chinese medicine theories, and many, many more ; each of them has its own more or less structured « theory », which, of course, remains a theory.
It's important to take a step back when reading about a therapy, whether it's Bowen or another method, as they all claim they are the only ones who possess the "true" technique. The bridge between the application of any manual therapy method and the results obtained lies not in the theory or treatment hypothesis, although these can sometimes be helpful, but in the understanding of the physiology that sheds light on the work being done.
The further we move in this direction, the more we realise that there are actually very few differences between one method and another, that there are infinitely more similarities, and that, ultimately, we are all doing the same thing: manual therapy.
To differentiate between these methods, we will refer to them as strategies. The Bowen strategy, the DermoNeuroModulation strategy, and so on. These are different ways (but ultimately not so different) of achieving the same goal.
Initially designed intuitively, like all manual therapies including osteopathy, this method, which bears the name of its visionary, Tom Bowen, stands out by a singular characteristic which, thanks to the understanding of physiology that is related to it, can now be applied favourably to all manual therapies: the therapeutic pause, or "homoeostasis in progress". What seemed an extravagance is now proving to be of fundamental importance.
Bowen is MyoNeuroModulation
Delicacy is without a doubt what best characterises this method marked by kindness. However, the complexity of the theory developed by Diane Jacobs to explain so much tact and generosity in its application leaves us reflective at first sight. It is only by diving headfirst into her intellectual path that we can follow her, then find our own path, fascinating and full of obstacles whose, each time, resolution seems to us like a revelation. We have not ceased talking about DNM yet.
DNM is DermoNeuroModulation
Dynamic DNM is a somesthesy therapy method inspired by DermoNeuroModulation from Diane Jacobs and also, to some extent, by the teachings of Raymond Branly, a physician from northern France. Diane Jacobs drew her inspiration from methods such as neurodynamics, while Raymond Branly was inspired by treatment methods like those of Jean Moneyron, the Knap and Chapman points, and various other methods, some of which came from practitioners in his region.
Great thinkers know that they don't invent anything, but rather that they advance, with their unique and personal vision, concepts and ideas already explored by others. This is how knowledge progresses. What is admirable about Diane Jacobs and Raymond Branly is that they readily and fraternally cite their sources. It is good for us to be inspired by these exceptional individuals and to also cite our own sources of inspiration.
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