The body’s muscles are organized in chains via fascial tissue (myofascial chains) along the body, including the diaphragm, the principal respiratory muscle. Aging, bad postures, muscle spasms, or musculoskeletal disorders may generate imbalances in the body’s myofascial chains generating pain and disability near or far from the problem source. For instance, a knee or hip deviation may cause cervical pain.

Dr. dos Santos offers as physical therapy a combination of techniques that involves Global Postural Re-education joint mobilization and manipulation, myofascial release, and muscle energy. The combination of these techniques restores the balance of the body’s myofascial chains, improving posture and mitigating pain and disability.