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The detection and directed release of ‘fascial train’ distortions (Myers 2013) in the equine body are the unique hallmarks of JENT®.
Disclaimer: Message from Dianne
“There may be copycats attempting to discover what it took me 30 years to perfect. Please desist; you place yourself and the horse at risk; it has to be manually taught and passed on. There are too many acute tactile awareness skills necessary to be able to reinstate the bio-tensegrity in these areas. The longer the problem has been there the more dehydrated and fibrous the tissue have become – the more difficult it is. You cannot imitate what JENT® has discovered. A proprietary patent process designed to protect this discovery is under-way that will act retrospectively to safeguard against copycats. It cannot be learnt from an instructional DVD, book, or by trial and error, as it is likely you will get hurt by the horse and you take the risk that your fingers could be dislocated (as we have actually seen). You have to be shown and taught this in one on one instruction and ongoing mentoring.”
All JENT® Bodyworkers will be shown and become competent at using three unique precision techniques for shifting these specific myofascial distortions.
Realignment and restoration of the ‘bio-tensegrity’ of this collagen based connective tissue is essential for free form motion and full functionality.
Fascia surrounds and envelops all muscles, bones and organs. It is tough, dense and remains flexible if well hydrated. It is composed of water, a gel like substance and fibrous cells. It is the biological fabric or ‘web’ that holds us all together in an interconnected neuromyofascial matrix.
Foremost fascia researcher and authority Dr Robert Schleip PhD calls it a “bodywide tensional force transmission system” and an “interconnected tensional network”.
This view of an interconnected tensional network is partly inspired by the bio-tensegrity concept that explains the balancing of tension as a ‘continuously compressing’ structural system. If we put strain or pain into the structure then deformation is distributed all through the system.
It functions to protect, support, cushion and to provide stability to all structures during movement including violent twisting falls. Myofascia (myo = muscles) does not behave like muscle yet it has a direct effect on muscles in transmitting the directional force vectors from muscles to the bones for all movement.
It does not have its own vascular supply, rather in its functional state it is soluble, sticky and fluid, surrounding and connecting all muscle fibres. Diet, water intake and the immediate environment can all effect fascial functional integrity.
When fascia loses interstitial fluid the fibres become stiff and tangled. As the tissue dehydrates the fibres tangle and adheres to itself and the tissues (skin) surrounding the area.
This change in tissue texture can be felt with the gentle touch of the fingers as a ‘dry’ tensed area where the skin does not slide easily over the myofascial tissue. Sometimes it feels like fine aluminium foil under the skin.
Dianne’s clinical data reveals that a critically high percentage of horses, almost 100% over the age of 18 months in 4 continents, carry distortions of the myofascial web in predictable locations in predictable patterns throughout the body.
These restrictions do not go away with time, rest, or harder work even when the environment is almost calibrated for successful horse husbandry. Over time the dry fibres thicken and prevent free range of motion of the neck, limbs and back. Initially they cause peripheral nerve discomfort and acute sensitivity in the area for up to 6 weeks, when the body sets up a chronic reaction, switches off, holding in place inefficient antalgic pain avoiding postures.
Over a period of time horses display discomfort and muscular tension and pain. Asymmetrical posture and gaits result. Horses then find the most comfortable and economical way to use the body including, swinging the hind legs, moving with the hindquarters off to one side.
When horses are uncomfortable they express that discomfort with behaviours; they shift their weight about, over use some areas and underutilise others, impairing their performance and placing predictable pressure onto joints, tendons, ligaments, muscles and bones through the ‘tensional force transmission system’ of the fascia so well described by Schleip.