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Eduardo Picasso
Dec 16, 20241 min read
THIRD LAW OF OSTEOPATHY
THE BODY HAS SELF-REGULATING MECHANISMS The human body is always seeking to maintain balance , like a tightrope walker who adjusts his...
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Eduardo Picasso
Dec 15, 20242 min read
MYOFASCIA AND THE FIRST LAW OF OSTEOPATHY
Myofascia, that complex network of connective tissue that surrounds, supports and connects every muscle, fiber and tendon in the body, is...
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Eduardo Picasso
Mar 16, 20222 min read
Relaxation of the Posterior Muscular Chain and foot self-massage (Part 2)
One way to relax and loosen the posterior muscular chain is to massage its lower end: the soles of the feet. Another possibility is to...
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Eduardo Picasso
Feb 19, 20221 min read
Foot self-massage with a tennis ball and its effect on subsequent muscle relaxation
The posterior muscular chain runs through the back of the head, back, legs, and reaches the soles of the feet. The line of gravity of...
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Eduardo Picasso
Feb 19, 20221 min read
Importance of Connective Tissue in Osteopathy
Connective Tissue is a fibrous membrane that binds, wraps and protects all the structures of the body, supports and connects them,...
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Eduardo Picasso
Feb 19, 20221 min read
What is Osteopathy?
Osteopathy is a manual therapy whose objective is to diagnose and treat dysfunctions of the human body through various techniques and...
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Eduardo Picasso
Feb 19, 20221 min read
Scars: their importance in osteopathic treatment
Scars are the result of the body repairing itself from damage caused by trauma, accidents, surgeries, infectious diseases, burns, etc. ...
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Eduardo Picasso
Feb 19, 20221 min read
Osteopathic approach to reactional hypomobility and hypermobility
Everything in the body moves, even liquids, this being essential for health. Faced with a restriction of movement, a phenomenon called...
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Eduardo Picasso
Feb 19, 20221 min read
Osteopathy and the concept of Tensegrity
Tensegrity is a concept derived from architecture, which means "tensional integrity". Tensegrity systems have the ability to...
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Eduardo Picasso
Feb 19, 20222 min read
Fight or flight vs. sleep and digest
It is important for the survival of the species to have developed different automatic processes, which are spontaneous and do not require...
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Eduardo Picasso
Feb 19, 20221 min read
Osteopathy and the importance of the diaphragm muscle
The diaphragm is the main inspiratory muscle (with which we take in air) and constitutes a continuum between the connective tissue of the...
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Eduardo Picasso
Feb 19, 20222 min read
Visceral Osteopathy and the importance of the liver
The liver has an average weight of 1500 g, it is located in the upper right part of the abdomen, below the diaphragm, it secretes bile...
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Eduardo Picasso
Feb 19, 20222 min read
“The three laws of the human body”: Balance, Economy and Comfort
The human body obeys three laws: 1) BALANCE 2) ECONOMY (seeks to spend the least amount of energy) 3) COMFORT (seeks that there is no...
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Eduardo Picasso
Feb 19, 20221 min read
Allostatic load and its influence on the body-mind
When the body is continuously subjected to a stressor element, its internal balance is affected. What is known as allostatic load...
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Eduardo Picasso
Feb 19, 20221 min read
The muscle chains
The muscles of the body are interconnected through connective tissue or fascia (fibrous membrane that surrounds and relates them); in...
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Eduardo Picasso
Feb 19, 20222 min read
What is the facilitated segment?
The Central Nervous System is made up of the cerebrum (encephalon) and the spinal cord (the latter is shaped like a cylindrical tube and...
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Eduardo Picasso
Feb 19, 20221 min read
Osteopathy and fascial release
Each patient is unique, and will receive treatment according to the mobility restrictions in their fascia (fibrous membrane that...
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Eduardo Picasso
Feb 19, 20221 min read
Osteopathy and the vagus nerve (Part 1)
The vagus nerve arises at the level of the medulla oblongata (we could say "below the cerebral hemispheres" - simplifying a lot -), and...
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Eduardo Picasso
Feb 19, 20222 min read
Osteopathy and the vagus nerve (Part 2)
As we discussed in the previous post, the vagus or pneumogastric nerve has multiple functions. This nerve is born at the level of the...
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Eduardo Picasso
Feb 19, 20221 min read
Osteopathy and the vagus nerve (Part 3)
The vagus nerve is the longest and most complex nerve in the body. It connects the brain to many important organs throughout the body...
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