Les chaines musculaires et articulaires

Description

This book, ISBN 2-9510513-1-X, EAN 9782951051317, presents Madame Godelieve Denys-Struyf's concept of chains, a multi-faceted body-psychological approach. This series of six booklets covers the biomechanical aspect of the method, providing an essential foundation for physiotherapists and manual therapists wishing to deepen their understanding of the field. This understanding will then guide the choice of tools for the most appropriate intervention possible.

The method offers a wide range of techniques to meet the therapist's need for adaptability: massage, reflex techniques, mobilisation, local and global stretching, as well as isometric contractions. Whatever technique is used, it is always based on a perfect knowledge of anatomy and physiology. There is no such thing as a ready-made recipe, but rather a case-by-case adaptation.

Chainsmiths do not stop at simply unblocking, but try to reprogram what is no longer blocked or what has never been blocked. He has his own manoeuvres for reprogramming reciprocal muscular actions and uses learning or relearning the right gestures to optimise body use.

These two modes of action require a good knowledge of muscle pathways and their interactions with the skeleton and joints. Bone, muscle and fascia are one and the same. To carry out this restructuring and reprogramming work successfully, it is essential to know the laws of physiology that govern the human body, and more particularly the locomotor system. You need to know what is right in order to correct what is wrong.

This series of six booklets is intended to facilitate the work of students, but will also inform the neophyte about the biomechanical aspect of the G.D.S. chains. The first of these booklets sets out the basic notions essential to the in-depth study of the different chains which will be developed in the next five.