facilitated segments?

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whats the point of treating them? and treating somatic dysfunctions?

it is my understanding that an organ is in crisis, sensory pain neurons send impulses to the interneurons in the spinal cord. if the input of the impulses is especially high, the impulse will cause the other neurons to receive the signal from the interneurons, especially the paraspinal muscles of those interneurons which will contract and cause a segmental dysfunction

i have a strong feeling that my understanding is very crippled here...would like to be corrected =)

 

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whats the point of treating them? and treating somatic dysfunctions?

it is my understanding that an organ is in crisis, sensory pain neurons send impulses to the interneurons in the spinal cord. if the input of the impulses is especially high, the impulse will cause the other neurons to receive the signal from the interneurons, especially the paraspinal muscles of those interneurons which will contract and cause a segmental dysfunction

i have a strong feeling that my understanding is very crippled here...would like to be corrected =)

I think you have a basic understanding of viscero-somatic reflexes. The idea behind treating them is to relieve the somatic component, which is often tender and irritable to the patient. However, the primary focus of viscero-somatic reflexes is that they do, indeed, clue you into potential problems with organ systems, which you need to address, since it is the underlying cause of the reflex. There are certain, well established patterns in terms of what segment of paraspinal muscles will become "facilitated," which helps clue you into what organ may be affected. It should be noted that this is not something unique to osteopathic medicine. The allopathic world is well aware of this, and even teaches it, but it is not emphasized enough that a student is going to do a quick paraspinal exam when a visceral problem is suspected.