Introduction and Anatomical Overview: Muscle is made up of two types of fibers, intrafusal and extrafusal. Extrafusal fibers are the contractile fibers and intermixed within the extrafusal fibers are intrafusal fibers. Housed within intrafusal fibers is a specific type of mechanoreceptor. Mechanoreceptors, in general, are interspersed through the entire body – hair, skin, ligaments – […]
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Gamma Gain, Myofascial Pain Syndrome and Treatment Using Myofascial Release and Strain-Counterstrain
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