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The American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) is a non-profit organization that supports the United States' colleges of osteopathic medicine and serves as a unifying voice for osteopathic medical education. Governed by its Board of Deans and led by President Stephen C. ...
Hypothetically, a shortlived (minutes or hours) increase in central nervous system (CNS) response to repeated sensory stimulation that generally follows habituation.
Industry:Alternative therapy
Immediately following an isometric contraction, the neuromuscular apparatus is in a refractory state during which enhanced passive stretching may be performed. The osteopathic practitioner may take up the myofascial slack during the relaxed refractory period.
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Impaired or altered mobility or motility of the visceral system and related fascial, neurological, vascular, skeletal and lymphatic elements.
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Impairment or altered function of related components of the somatic (body framework) system. It is characterized by tenderness, itching, fibrosis, paresthesias and tissue contraction.
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In counterstrain, the final position of treatment at which tenderness is no longer elicited by palpation of the tender point.
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Involves a rib or group of ribs that first stops moving during exhalation. The key rib is the bottom rib in the group.
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Lengthening of muscle during contraction due to an external force.
Industry:Alternative therapy
Localized somatic stimulation producing patterns of reflex response in segmentally related visceral structures.
Industry:Alternative therapy
Localized somatic stimuli producing patterns of reflex response in segmentally related somatic structures.
Industry:Alternative therapy
Localized visceral stimuli producing patterns of reflex response in segmentally related somatic structures.
Industry:Alternative therapy
