Inversion therapy after car accidents

Fascial Distortion Model: Inversion Therapy After Car Accidents

13/02/2011

At the International Course of the Fascial Distortion Model in Tokyo, Japan, a continuation of the concept of inversion therapy by Marjorie Kasten P.T. instead of. The day in Tokyo was dominated by the inversion tables and invvertracs in which Marjorie Kasten assigned the participants.

With the Invertrac, the patients are turned upside down in the sitting position. Kasten recommends this type of inversion, especially in the case of complaints caused by car accidents, which are called folding distorsions according to the fascia distortion model (FDM). Back pain in the lower back in particular can be treated well, according to the experience of Marjorie Kasten, who has specialized in inversion therapy since 1997. Because the triggering force and position on the human organism, which is sitting in a car accident, must be reapplied for correction. Kasten points out, however, that the therapy must be applied very specifically. To this end, FDM therapists should ask questions about the background of the patient in the case history.

In addition to the therapeutic use of decompression, the FDM also knows the treatment with the help of compression. Thus, the folding distorsions are subdivided as three-dimensional deformation of the fascia into two subtypes: single-fold and one-fold distortions.

In the case of the foldings, which are referred to as re-folding in English, frequently upsetting activities are the cause, according to Marjorie Kasten. In addition to carrying tree trunks, roof tiles or steel girders on the shoulder, this also includes hard landing on the ground by skydivers or the impact of driving snowmobiles or jet skis. Box pointed out that the participants in the course, which are mainly Japanese sports physiotherapists, indicated that in most cases of inflection, there are clear causes to be determined.

In the mornings, there were patient demonstrations by Kasten, which impressed the Japanese participants, as the variety of physical contact in Japan is still quite unusual for Japanese therapists. Also, the patients do not undress for the treatment, but only the body parts to be treated are cleared for the treatment by the clothes is pushed away.

Following the demonstrations, Marjorie Kasten introduced participants to the one-leg inversion techniques. Especially with complaints that prove to be persistent, such as folding distorsions on the hip, asymmetry of the hip and pelvis and therapy-resistant discomfort in the lower back, the „One-legged inversion“ be helpful. For children's treatment, no aids are needed. The children are grabbed by the ankles and rocked between the legs of the FDM therapist. The children take the whole thing as a game and not as a therapy.

In passing, the participants of the European delegation took the opportunity on the course to learn from Keisuke Tanaka, FDM O., also a direct disciple of Dr. Ing. Stephen Typaldos D.O. and President of the Asian FDM Association FAA, to learn some technical variations in the treatment of lower leg and lower back pleat tilings that Tanaka once inherited directly from the founder of the FDM.

Afterwards Keisuke Tanaka, Kohei Iwata, FAA Vice President and Marjorie Kasten distributed the certificates to the participants of the course. Ochanomizu Osteopathy's Tokyo-based FDM therapist Junko Yamada thanked Japanese guests for their visit with Japanese souvenirs and they and some of the participants announced that they would be attending the International FDM Congress in August 2011 in Japan Vienna will see again. (Tf)

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