What is the MyoBuddy and what does it do:
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The MyoBuddy is an orbital percussive massager.
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It provides the next level of Exercise Preparation and post-exercise
Recovery.
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Dr Robert Schliep, at the FRC in Washington DC announced that new
research shows DOMS probably comes from fascial nociception NOT from
chemicals in the muscles!
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So, applied intervention from the MyoBuddy that keeps the fascial
system healthy, will reduce Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness.
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Fascia is a sensory organ that regulates speed and force…so rhythmic
movement is important. The MyoBuddy can be used while areas are
being moved, stretched, contracted or relaxed. This facilitates
normalization of the fascial as well as the muscular system. (FRC is the
Fascia Research Congress)
Our product is innovative because:
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It acts upon the largest organ in the human body; the fascia
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According to the Consensus committee on fascia
Nomenclature,
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“Fascia is a sheath or any number of dissectible aggregations of
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connective tissue that forms beneath the skin to attach,
enclose and separate muscle sand other internal organs” Sept
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2015.
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Comfort
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Creates gentle heating in the area
Temperature Effects on Fascia, Dr. Werner Klingler
Chapter 7.18 pages 420 -424
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Fascial structures form a network that surrounds and
perforates the whole body and all the organs, and is organized
in many different ways into pockets and chambers and connects
everything with everything else. The different concentrations of
this same form (fascia) as seen in ligaments and capusular
thickening, etc, can be understood as local adjustments of a
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coherent network held in differentiated localized tension that
is consistent with the global, structure-wide tension of the
human organism. (Schleip, et al 2012)
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“Temperature increase in fascia leads to reduced stiffness and
more rapid elongation of the tissue, which in part can be
attributed to a higher extensibility of collagen (Lehmann et al.
1970, Bass et al. 2007, Huang et al. 2009) In other words, there
is a heat-induced fascial relaxation.
Schleip, Findley, Chaitow, Huijing. Fascia, The Tensional
Network of the Human Body. Churchill Livingstone, Elsevier,
2012 ISBN# 978-0-7020-3425-1
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the MyoBuddy is better than just foam rolling or other forms of
SMR because it encorporates percussion, vibration as well as
friction to make many changes to the first layers, and then to
the much deeper layers of our fascial system.
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Use of percussive massage device to re-educate and re set
possibly overly sensitized peripheral sensory organs. When we
over use our muscles, sometimes the sensory organs get stuck in
the “open” position, allowing a constant barrage of nociception
in to the central nervous system.
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Application of the PMD in the affected areas can act to
desensitize the central component of this dysfunctional sensory
loop
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Portable and lightweight
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Digitally controlled
Healthy fascia is critical for optimal muscle function
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Fascia acts to distribute force created by muscular effort. Our
muscles do not act alone, so, having a healthy fascial system is
critical to healthy muscle function.
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Applied intervention to the layers of the skin has effects
deeper into layers of all connective tissue. Dr Jean Claude
Guimberteau showed on film how he can pull on the dermis at
outer-most layer, and directional force is transmitted to all
deeper layers of fascia and muscle below. Strolling Under the
Skin,
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Human Living Fascia. Handspring Publishing, Edinburugh, 2015.
Other resource; Jean-Claude Guimberteau, Architecture of
“Inversely, passive cooling leads to an increase in stiffness
(Muraoka et al. 2005)
Effectiveness
Science and Safety
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Provides stimuli of the proprioceptive system (our sense
of where we are in space)
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Dr Robert Schliep (FRC 2015), There are nerves in our
fascia and these influence our brain. If the fascia
becomes too dense or dried out, pain or weakness can
occur. If we manually work with the fascia, Dr Schliep
says yes, we can increase the moisture in it through our
applied interventions of massage or pressure. This in
turn will create and allow stronger integration of the
fascial / muscle relationship. The MyoBuddy is the best
intervention to meet this critically important need.
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Accelerates the repair of soft tissue
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Exercise and recovery implications
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“To be healthy, our tissues need to be between over
loaded and under loaded, in a gentle state of healthy
light tension due to response of strengthening and
coordinated movement.
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For people who have chronic unnecessary tension, the
tissue dysfunction increases exponentially and leads to
reduction in strength and pain.
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Getting the tissue to relax is critical to allow the
sarcomeres a complete return to normal resting length
and load.
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fibers to relax faster.
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For some athletes, they never fully recover to relaxed
state and over time, lose strength and coordination.,
The myobudyd can prevent this from happening.
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Increases blood flow, allowing for tissue repair
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Dr Siegfried Mense, “In research he also found efferent
fibers around blood vessels…probably acting as
vasoconstrictors. …so fascia can also create pain by
vaso constricting and causing local or broad ischemia in
surrounding tissues. The MB, creates vasodialation
through friction and percussion, reducing the negative
effects of ischemia.
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Ischemia; reduction in local blood and extra cellular
circulation,
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Relaxes connective tissue and fascia
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“Epimyseal fascia (as in the quad muscles) helps to
ensure excellent motor coordination. Unhealthy fascia
can reduce the function of the surrounding muscles. Dr
Carla Stecco
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Deep fascia assists in proprioception “
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When spasm, stiffness or restriction are present , will
assist in normalizing dysfunctional muscle fibers
The MyoBuddy can speed up the time it takes to return 
to fully relaxed state by providing sensory distraction to
the outer layers, which in turn allows deeper muscle
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Minimal effect needed by the part of the operator
Be cautious of loose clothing and long hair
The MyoBuddy is best used:
By
yourself
With a partner
With the assistance of a
professional
The MyoBuddy can be purchased:
 At
booth 515
 Show SPECIAL $199.00
 Online $399.00
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Complete training to be online soon
MyoBuddy; In Conclusion…just the beginning..
Restriction in the Fascial System has a huge impact on muscle function, all people are
susceptible to myofascial dysfunction, fascial restriction and these in turn impair our ability
to move freely and strongly.
Practitioner or self -provided treatment techniques including the MYoBuddy percussive
massage device are critical to healthy soft tissue and for eliminating fascial restrictions.
There is a whole 3-dimensional network of interconnected fascial structures. The old school
of thinking about specific layers or a nylon stocking of fascia like a bag is OUT
A complete and interdependent dynamic relationship exists within the facial/ muscular
matrix and the myobuddy helps to support health in this system.