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The following pictures illustrates some of the areas of compressional weaknesses:
(a) Ribcage going into the abdominal area
(b) Bulging abdomen
(c) Compressional weakness of the chest
Compressional weaknesses puncture the very foundation of a child's motor development - head control, trunk stability, etc, impeding any further stages of motor skills progress. The logic is easy to grasp. Normally, static weight bearing and basic balance relies on support from within - compressional strength of internal compartments provided by the proper strength of the internal visceral fascia. It is automatic and metabolically the 'cheapest' basis of weight bearing.
When the internal visceral fascia is too weak for such support, the muscles are recruited excessively for this essential function (since static weight bearing precedes any free movement). This causes a number of problems:
(a) Muscles as individual 'threads' require a lot of coordination, as opposed to automatic & 'brain free' support by the internal visceral fascia. Such coordination is a huge challenge for an injured brain.
(b) Prolonged static loads cause long term deterioration of muscles, which are 'designed' for dynamic movement by the contraction / relaxation of metabolically 'expensive' muscle fibers.
(c) Too much muscular effort for weight bearing leaves very little reserves for actual free open chain movements, where the sophistication of a muscular system is needed most.
That is why ABR aims at strengthening different fascia layers, especially internal ones, in order to:
(a) Improve automatic weight bearing capacity and balancing
(b) Relieve the actual muscles of additional primitive static role
(c) Free the reserves available for dynamic movements
In turn, that makes ABR compatible with any existent physical therapy coordination training protocols.
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