The Vulcan Nerve Pinch - Cultural Iconography Anchors the Proposal of a Novel Manual Approach, the Bow-String Technique
| Autor: | M. C McGrath |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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| Zdroj: | International Journal of Complementary & Alternative Medicine. 5 |
| ISSN: | 2381-1803 |
| DOI: | 10.15406/ijcam.2017.05.00162 |
| Popis: | The Vulcan Nerve Pinch has a memorable and unique place in the cultural iconography of Star Trek The proposed Bow string technique uses this image to anchor the proposal of a novel technique preliminarily described here The technique may possess both diagnostic and therapeutic implications for somatic dysfunction in the cervical region It is based upon the established viscoelastic properties of collagen in particular time dependent stress relaxation The technique is reliant upon a high level of patient centred engagement and intervenes at the contralateral side to a patient rsquo s active muscle effort It is gentle co operative and runs for minutes It theoretically engenders significant collaginous material change lengthening through the stress relaxation characteristic of collagen associated with the imposition of a fixed mechanical strain It is anticipated that the technique may possess a considerably greater persistence of effect when compared with shorter duration repetitive passive stretch techniques reliant on patient relaxation |
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