Fascial distortion model
The fascia distortion model (FDM), from the Latin fascia “bundle” and distorsio “twisting / dislocation ”, is a concept from osteopathy . Scientific studies on FDM are not available. The theory and effectiveness of the therapy are controversial.
The FDM was presented in 1991 by the American emergency physician and osteopath Stephen Typaldos , who died in 2006 . Originally he called his method orthopathy (as a bridge between orthopedics and osteopathy), later he decided on the name fascia distortion model. Typaldos described recurring patterns in the way the complaints were described in patients with different diagnoses, both in the choice of words and in body language . He suspected that there were six specific “fascia distortions”, ie “disorders within the fasciae of the musculoskeletal system”, which led to reproducible description patterns, since each of the distortions felt different. Trust in people's self-perception is the basis of the new diagnostic method and the basis of every FDM treatment.
Essentially, the diagnosis is based on anamnesis , body language (essential diagnostic tool ) and clinical features , through which trauma is divided into six typical fascial disorders / distortions . The treatment is manual , i.e. by means of specific hand movements.
The six fascial distortions after FDM:
- Trigger band
- Twisting, splitting or calcification of the (ribbon-like) fascia layer due to incorrect loading
- Herniated trigger point
- Protrusion of tissue from a deeper tissue layer through an overlying fascia layer "
- Continuum distortion
- Displacement of the tissue in the transition zone between two different types of tissue such as tendons / bones
- Folding distortion
- Twisting of the folding fascia on joints, intermuscular septa and interosseous membranes due to tensile or compression forces in connection with rotation. Depending on the course of the twisting, a distinction is made between folding and unfolding distortions.
- Cylinder distortion
- Overlapping or entanglement of the cylindrical turns of the superficial fascia
- Tectonic fixation
- Loss of the sliding ability of a fascia surface, as well as the quantity and quality of synovial fluid.
The European FDM Association (EFDMA) was founded in November 2006 in Vienna.
publication
- S. Typaldos: Orthopathic Medicine. The connection between orthopedics and osteopathy through the fascia distortion model (1997). German edition: European FDM Association 2006, ISBN 3-200-00745-1
- S. Typaldos: Faszien Distorsions Modell , 4th edition 2002. German edition: Institute for Fascial Osteopathy, ISBN 978-0-615-53993-5
- European Fascial Distortion Model Association (EFDMA): The Fascial Distortion Model according to Stephen Typaldos DO - The Typaldos Method , 3rd edition 2014. European Fascial Distortion Model Association (EFDMA), ISBN 978-3-9502774-8-7
- F. Römer: "Practical textbook on the fascial distortion model" (3rd edition, 2015 in German, English, Dutch, Italian, Polish): Institute for Fascial Osteopathy
- F. Römer: "Practical textbook on the fascia distortion model in paediatrics" (1st edition, 2015 in German and English): Institute for Fascial Osteopathy
- ARD media library: NDR television, visit from March 11, 2014 "Gentle pain therapy via fascia"
- Youtube: The fascia distortion model (FDM) according to Dr. Stephen Typaldos DO ; Film by the European FDM Association
- M. Nagel: Fascial distortion model; A medical concept - compact practical knowledge. 2016 Haug-Verlag Stuttgart, ISBN 978-3-13-219171-6
- G. Grasser: Fascinating Pain Free !; 1st edition 2016, ISBN 978-3-7412-1263-5
