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What is
KMI
KMI
(Kinesis
Myofascial Integration) was developed by
Thomas Myers
from
the pioneering work of Dr Ida P Rolf. KMI consists of a multi-session
protocol (usually 12) of deep, slow, fascial and myofascial manipulation,
coupled with movement re-education. The KMI method of structural integration
concentrates on doing deep, lasting, and significant work. The KMI 'recipe'
for structural integration is based around the "Anatomy Trains Myofascial
Meridians" www.anatomytrains.net.
The
goal of KMI is to unwind the strain patterns residing in your body's locomotor
system, restoring it to its natural balance, alignment, length, and ease.
Common strain patterns come about from inefficient movement habits, and
our body's response to daily stresses. Individual strain patterns come
from imitation when we are young, from the invasions of injury or surgery
or birth, and from our body's response to traumatic episodes. What starts
as a simple gesture of response can become a neuro-muscular habit. The
habitual movement forms one's posture, and the posture eventually changes
the structure of the body's connective tissue 'fabric'.
When
we are injured or stressed, no matter what the source, there is a neuro-muscular
response - usually involving some combination of contraction, retraction,
immobility, and often rotation. These patterns put some muscles under
strain (where they develop painful trigger points) and also pulls at this
fascial fabric, requiring it to shift, thicken, glue itself to surrounding
structures, and otherwise compensate for the excess sustained muscular
holding. Especially for chronic and long-held patterns, it is not enough
to release the muscular holding, though that is definitely a good start.
Freeing and repositioning the fascial fabric, along with re-integrating
the movement patterns so that they stay easily in their proper positioning,
is the aim of KMI.
Through a careful, progressive manipulation of the body's ubiquitous organ
of shape and structure, the myofascial web, a structural reorganization
can take place in our bodies.
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