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Keywords:

article [2635]
facilitated oscillatory release [2]
neurophysiology [15]
OMT [3924]
osteopathic manipulative treatment [3945]

Abstract:

Facilitated Oscillatory Release (FOR) is a method for the dynamic manual application of oscillatory force organized to be useful in osteopathic diagnosis and treatment. It presumes the intimate familiarity of the osteopathic physician with the functional anatomy of the patient, and other traditional manipulative approaches. The goal is entrainment of the proprioceptive coordination process of the body to reset to a neutral state after strain or trauma. FOR does this by engaging the body's own rhythmic neural coding process. This method relies on the neurophysiologic constructs of resonant cell assemblies and sync fire chaining along with signal phase coherence patterns, to describe integrated coordination of muscle control at and above the cord level. These concepts help explain the more specific mechanisms involved in the alpha-gamma phasic resonant coactivation and their role in recruitment of muscle fiber groups in maintaining hypertonus, alluded to but not elaborated in CounterStrain and Muscle Energy theory. The FOR method uses the practitioner's sense of tissue dynamics in order to make a diagnosis and to execute a specifically focused application of restorative force. Tissue is handled as a participant in wave mechanics. Implications for neurophysiologic entrainment are described. Common structural diagnosis and treatment strategies are included along with their principles of efficacy. Since all osteopathic technique works with the body's own mechanisms, the exampls are given in such a way that the principles may be implemented in the context of the practitioner's preferred techniques where possible.