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Although used for many decades, little has been documented or written about myofascial release (MFR) concepts. MFR is a complex form of soft tissue work. It is based on the therapist's ability to monitor functional, anatomic, and neurologic influences. Developed by American osteopathic practitioners, MFR led, with important exceptions, to clinically pertinent, fascially-based discussions almost exclusively in the osteopathic literature, but only after 1950.[1,p.225]
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