About the study of the theory of myofascial chains in the preparation of physical therapists.

The article is devoted to the analysis of the theory of myofascial chains, described in Thomas W. Myers' book "Anatomy Trains". The author defines "myofascial chains" or "myofascial meridians" as the lines of tension, which carry stress and movement along the skeleton. "Myofascial chains" or "myofascial meridians" are connection muscles, fascias and bones that cover the whole body, connect the head with toes and also guide the gravity and muscular forces needed to support the position of the body or its movement.

The scheme of myofascial meridians allows to analyze the structural relationships in the human body and to understand the cause of the breach of posture or motor disorders and as a result to choose an adequate method for their correction.

The emergence of tension is a reaction of muscules to any external or internal provocatives. This tension causes tone changes of the entire ligamentous apparatus, the skin. The tension transfers to another muscules over the myofascial chains. This way arises a violation of the tone-power balance in the musculoskeletal apparatus while performing movements or holding a certain posture. When forming an atypical locomotor pattern, the muscle, ligaments, joints overexpress and as a result there is a pain syndrome. But pain may occur not only in the overestrung muscle, but in any place of the myofascial chain. Correction of such pathological changes will be successful if all the myofascial chain, each of its muscles, each link and each fascia are worked out.

Thus, the theory of myofascial chains generalizes, integrates, complements contemporary views at the structure and functioning of the musculoskeletal apparatus. This theory is the theoretical basis for rehabilitation techniques. And therefore, in our opinion the theory of myofascial chains should be included in the curriculum of the training of students by the specialty "Physical therapy, ergotherapy".