Some thing for consideration
Most of the current fibro research is centered on the central nervous
system and how it enervates the fascia. I took these facts from a very complex journal on fascial pain
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The fascia has 6 to 10 times more pain receptors than muscles
Fascia extends in a continuous sheet from the head to toes
Hydration is controlled by the hypothalamus
and the body will prioritize so that essential organs will remain hydrated.
Connective tissue (including fascia and membrane) will be one of the first to
dehydrate leading to adhesions and fixotrophia.
Dehydrated fascia is brittle, stiff and
activates the pain receptors
Half your body weigh in ounces of pure water
(no other sources) per day is the minimum amount required to hydrate the
fascia
Only movement of the muscles circulates water
to the fascia – it has a minimal blood circulatory system
Fascia has a limited blood supply and while is
works with lipid structures it does not absorb lipids well
All pain and CNS medications work through
lipid transport – therefore they will not reach the fascia well and are
ineffective on the fascia pain receptors
Through a process of adaptation pain receptors
exposed to analgesic medications will become more sensitized and create higher
levels of pain
With each stress the CNS sends a signal to
tense the fascia – fascia as well as the CNS have a memory and if this system is
activated often enough a nerual pathway is formed and both organs can become
“Stuck’ in this neural groove. The more childhood stress a person endures the
better these pathways are formed
The more often you tense, have a negative
thought, have stress, are threatened or have fears the more often the fascia it
taught to tense and remain tight. At some point it reaches a threshold and is
unable to down regulate to a normal flaccid state