What to make of thickened skin over C7-T1

[estherderu]

Dear Ingrid,

If you or your colleagues, do decide to treat these problems with dry needling, please keep me informed...... could be an interesting new extra option......

Esther

[ingedik]

The theory behing it would be to treat all points and muscles of that level and corresponding dermotomes but as i'm unfamiliar with connective tissue zones I am still researching my options.

I had a look at the literature-thank you for the suggestion-but I haven't managed to find a good description of what exactly the connective tissue manipulation is. There is a description in the 3 articles by her but it's not descriptive enough. I've searched the web for something better but this is the closest I get. I understand you stretch the tissue and it all depends on the distal interphalangeal joint, but then how do you produce the stroke? Do you tap with the other hand? Are you supposed to feel or hear anything as you're performing it?

I'll list the 2 articles that I've found in case anyone else is interested

• Connective Tissue Manipulation, Towards a Scientific Rationale, Liz A. Holey, Physiotherapy, Dec 1995, vol. 81, no. 12

• Connective tissue massage: a bridge between complementary and orthodox approaches, E.A. Holey, Journal of bodywork and movement therapies, january 2000

[estherderu]

Dear Ingedik,

First of all, you cannot expect to learn a massage technique, through this forum. Sorry for that.

The postgraduate courses take at least 40 hours. You have to learn to assess the zones, to decide whether they are meaningful yes or no. You have to understand their meaning and decide IF you treat. And then, it takes time to learn this technique.


Sorry for that.....
I find the skin stimulation technique the best. See if you can find a colleague that was trained in Germany or Holland. They might be able to teach you. One ground "rule" is, do not start at the zone but start on the lower back.

kind regards

Esther