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The thoracolumbar fascia is a set of connective tissue layers in the lower back. It envelops the deep back muscles and receives the attachments or extensions of several muscles of the trunk and pelvis.
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In the SBNFA™ framework, tissue adaptability refers to the functional capacity of tissues, particularly fascia, to change their mechanical configuration under stress, to redistribute that stress, to recover after unloading and to evolve over time without lastingly losing their capacity for deformation and gliding.
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A trigger point is a highly sensitive spot located within a taut band of muscle; pressing it can reproduce a familiar pain and sometimes pain felt at a distance (referred pain).
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