What is Myofascia and why is it important? Myo means muscle and fascia is:
Imagine you are an orange. Your skin is (superficial) fascia embedded with hairs and receptors; the white tough pith beneath the skin is fascia; the bags that surround each segment are (deep) fascia; and, if you look really closely, the juice of the orange is held in even smaller fascial bags. We are all similar to some extent: our fascia is ubiquitous--it wraps and supports organs, bones, and tendons. Where it wraps muscles, it is known as myofascia. Fascia is a living tissue and has memory; it also helps transport and move chemical and other substances around the body. When we refer to "myofascial trigger points," we are talking about a trigger point in a specific muscle and its fascial wrapping. Myofascia connects many of the areas of the body together, which is why it is sometimes referred to as a connective tissue. ~Niel-Asher Advanced Trigger Point Techniques
...In other words, it is the growth of fascia along lines of stress and strain that is the powerhouse of muscle orientation and development. This also explains why muscle action is not singular, but interconnected. For example, a contraction of the biceps brachii muscle will exert a force on the fascia of the whole arm, shoulder, and neck. Fascia has neither beginning nor end, and is described by anatomists according to location. On closer inspection the myofascial bags surrounding the muscles are actually part of a continuum. This may also go some way to explaining the referred pain patterns stimulated by pressing on a trigger point. ~Niel-Asher Advanced Trigger Point Techniques
Imagine you are an orange. Your skin is (superficial) fascia embedded with hairs and receptors; the white tough pith beneath the skin is fascia; the bags that surround each segment are (deep) fascia; and, if you look really closely, the juice of the orange is held in even smaller fascial bags. We are all similar to some extent: our fascia is ubiquitous--it wraps and supports organs, bones, and tendons. Where it wraps muscles, it is known as myofascia. Fascia is a living tissue and has memory; it also helps transport and move chemical and other substances around the body. When we refer to "myofascial trigger points," we are talking about a trigger point in a specific muscle and its fascial wrapping. Myofascia connects many of the areas of the body together, which is why it is sometimes referred to as a connective tissue. ~Niel-Asher Advanced Trigger Point Techniques
...In other words, it is the growth of fascia along lines of stress and strain that is the powerhouse of muscle orientation and development. This also explains why muscle action is not singular, but interconnected. For example, a contraction of the biceps brachii muscle will exert a force on the fascia of the whole arm, shoulder, and neck. Fascia has neither beginning nor end, and is described by anatomists according to location. On closer inspection the myofascial bags surrounding the muscles are actually part of a continuum. This may also go some way to explaining the referred pain patterns stimulated by pressing on a trigger point. ~Niel-Asher Advanced Trigger Point Techniques
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