“There’s no training for sports injury in medical school, so care tends towards treating symptoms, which is often about structural imbalance, muscular weakness, and improper form.” – Excerpt from New Cures for The Common Injury by Mark Cucuzella, M.D.
Ten years ago, I told a large group of trainers at a high-end spa that static stretching will neurologically inhibit a muscle(s).
A muscle that is neurologically inhibited is not capable of contracting (stabilizing) at the right time, in the right plane or at the right joint.
The human chain will adapt or compensate for a neurologically inhibited muscle(s), e.g., Trigger Points.
(Principles)
Two days ago, I told a room full of massage therapists that a long massage stroke that exceeds the depth of a swedish massage will neurologically inhibit a muscle(s).
I told that same group that a chiropractic adjustment that is forced will neurologically inhibit a muscle(s).
(Perspective)
Choosing to ignore the role of the neuromuscular (fascial) system does not make it any less important.
Eventually, enough people will stand up and ask a different question.
Then (and only then!) everybody wins. (emphasis added)
(Curiosity)
