re: Neural Tension

[Barrett]

Richard,
Diet? I cannot imagine a mechanism for a direct correlation between this and the mechanical phenomenon of neural tension. How would you find such a connection manifest aside from how you presonally feel and what underlying theory might you give us to explain it?

[perfphysio]

Diet can effect soft tissue systems in many ways. We can all see what it does in Krones disease. I am hypothesising that a soft tissue reaction causes a tightening/ inflammation/selling etc in the dural or an increase in CSF volume. Hence an increase in neural tension. I do not believe therefore neural tension to be a mechanical issue rather a chemical issue with mechanical side effects. Some research on this line would be great.

[NARSTR]

late response but maybe someone will read this. david Butler's book as Bob mentioned, is excellent but a lot of his stuff is empirical. However if no-one has anything better...I have had, as mentioned in another episode, v ery good results that could be arguably M/S in origin, except for tell tale LINES of pain and localised pain patches. I think it must be partly biochemical as well as mechanical but have no objective means of showing it to be.

[NARSTR]

fASCINATING correspondence on the AMT story. Very hard to believe it is purely machanical - has to be biochemical somehwere. Look at the Frozen Shoulder Syndrome - 'swaps' from side to side and is self-limiting.
Neural tension??? biochemical synthesis with 2* mechanical effect?????