PFFM Treatment model
Points of treatment were chosen according to the anamnesis (previous history of trauma, operations, birth complications, etc.), observation of pelvic floor muscular dysfunction and palpation of fascial densification in a relevant CC’s or CF’s.
The manual technique included gliding like friction, over the densified fascial points in an opposite direction to the tension line of the tissue and in combination with the active motion of the hip joint in the following order: full flexion-abduction-external, rotation-extension-adduction-flexion. The hip movement changes the multi-directional tension of the tissues involved and helps achieve a smooth gliding movement between the fascia layers32 37-41.
Women were randomly assigned to two treatment groups: