The Extracellular Matrix and Ground Regulation

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The Extracellular Matrix and Ground Regulation
Basis for a Holistic Biological Medicine
"Alfred Pischinger's work in matrix regulation gives us not just a glimpse, but a detailed panorama of the vital, dynamic, regulatory terrain of the body: the human fascial system. This refutes the prevalent understanding of connective tissue as inert filler or packing material. With Pischinger's work we're transported to a whole world of function taking place on a cellular level. To better understand many of the operations that manual therapy interacts with, we'd be hard-pressed to find a more relevant and significant resource."
— FRANK LOWEN, founder of BioValent Manual Therapy, Albuquerque, NM
"Pischinger's classic book gives alternative health-care practitioners the scientific evidence and detailed physical structure of the basic principle of their disciplines. In chiropractic this principle is called the 'innate intelligence' of the body to heal itself; in naturopathy, homeopathy, and... Tovább

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The Extracellular Matrix and Ground Regulation
Basis for a Holistic Biological Medicine
"Alfred Pischinger's work in matrix regulation gives us not just a glimpse, but a detailed panorama of the vital, dynamic, regulatory terrain of the body: the human fascial system. This refutes the prevalent understanding of connective tissue as inert filler or packing material. With Pischinger's work we're transported to a whole world of function taking place on a cellular level. To better understand many of the operations that manual therapy interacts with, we'd be hard-pressed to find a more relevant and significant resource."
— FRANK LOWEN, founder of BioValent Manual Therapy, Albuquerque, NM
"Pischinger's classic book gives alternative health-care practitioners the scientific evidence and detailed physical structure of the basic principle of their disciplines. In chiropractic this principle is called the 'innate intelligence' of the body to heal itself; in naturopathy, homeopathy, and other natural healing arts, it is called the 'terrain' of the body, and is considered crucial to health. Manual therapists (physical therapists, massage therapists, and others) will gain new insight into how touch affects fascia and other connective tissue. There is a large section on how acupuncture regulates the extracellular matrix, and the mind-body connection is explored.
"This new revised translation deepens the health-care professional's understanding of both the complexity of fascial relationships and the simplicity of the healing process."
— INGEBORG EIBL, translator, DC, ND, Rochester, NY
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THE EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX
(ECM) has
played a defining role in the European medical tradition since the early part of the twentieth century. Having traced the origin of disease back to the connective tissue, or myofascia, cellular pathologists and biochemists set out to chart the networks of cell communication in the ECM.
Alfred Pischinger (1899-1982) furthered this research and development in works published from 1926 through the late seventies, drawing the connections between the ECM and both the hormonal and autonomic systems. In the last twenty years Professor and Doctor of Natural Sciences Hartmut Heine and his colleagues have carried on Pischinger's work, here summarized in one volume. Part One encompasses theoretical underpinnings; Parts Two and Three address applications and the direction of further research.
This updated English-language translation is not only an account of the work of Pischinger's successors—Heine, Otto Bergsmarm, and Felix Perger (the three editors of this volume) and their many colleagues—but it also notes the development of complementary therapies based on a refined understanding of histology. Acupuncture and homeopathy, for example, are referenced directly. Both in Europe and the States the work of manual therapists, including Rolfers, craniosacral therapists, and other somatic practitioners, has been informed for many years by Pischinger's understanding that the EMC transmits changes to the central nervous system and the brain, and by extension, to the organs.
Heine's recent work shows that the regulation and construction of the ECM have relationships to cybernetic non-linear systems and phase transitions. Vissza