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Monday 15:00, Palau de Congressos, Exhibition Hall  [Display No. 113]

USE OF TENSEGRATION LAW IN PHYSIOTHERAPY Kassolik K., Department of Physiotherapy, University of Physical Education, Wrocław, Poland PURPOSE: The aim of this study is to discuss structural dependence in organism consistent with the law of tensegration on the level of muscle-fascia-ligament and its practical use in physiotherapy. RELEVANCE: The most basic task of physiotherapy in the cases of disturbed motor system is to normalise tonus of muscles, fascia and ligaments. The point is that such activity is limited to tissues showing the highest tonus / for example, tennis elbow, low back pain, syndrome of painful shoulder/. Therapy may become more effective when this structural dependence between muscles, fascia and ligaments consistent with the law of tensegration is taken advantage of on a bigger territory of the body. DESCRIPTION: Homeostasia can be sustained in organism if the spatial composition of cells, tissues and organs is constant. This can be achieved if there is a proper distribution of fascia, ligaments and muscle tonus consistent with the law of tensegration. The law of tensegration says that if one element of a structure shows increased tonus, tonus has to be raised in other elements of the structure in order to keep it in balance and not to deform the structure. It is possible to find such structural dependence on the level of fascia - muscle -ligament in the area stretching from head to feet and hands. Thus, it can be assumed that by normalising tonus of adequate muscles, fascia and ligaments within limbs, we can simultaneously achieve normalisation of tonus within trunk and the other way round. OBSERVATIONS: Complexity of the issue raised here consist not only in structural dependence between particular muscles, fascias and ligaments but also their influence on artery, veins, lymphatic vessels and nerves. CONCLUSIONS: Taking into consideration the law of tensegration in physiotherapy will allow for more complex approach towards a patient - an approach in which spatial composition of tissues and organs is taken into consideration. Examinations with EMG and clinical studies of motor system afflictions will be needed in order to verify these theoretical assumptions.