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about 10-20 seconds each, press in and simultaneously — foramen ovale may be involved in asthma. However, towards the north, east, south and west. So a single — knowing and using this point can save your life, or that of point will be worked on for a minute or so. This may be a loved one, as an asthma attack can sometimes progress painful. Do not hold your breath. Breathe out especially rapidly. Any relief from COPD or emphysema will be slowly and deeply. Other therapists may have different or greatly appreciated by those sufferers. | have certainly newer manual methods to release TrPs. The usual seen asthma attacks resolve almost instantly after massage methods do not afford TrP release, or not for working on this reflex, but "permanence" may be a any appreciable period of time. Many people may claim concept to dispense with in the chronically ill. to reset TrPs, but do not do so. The Philibert coronary reflex can be related to In addition to using anaesthetic injections and manual __ hypertension, hypotension, angina, myocardial infarction release methods, it may be possible to release myofascial (heart attack), arrhythmia and other problems. TrPs via acupuncture (or dry needling), laser, Scenar, | Obviously, if this set of TrPs is related to those problems, percussion massager, ultrasound or other means. TrPs working on them can save or prolong lives. may—or may not—be released via There are six potential TrPs here, but applied kinesiology methods including any TrP found in the pectoralis major the spindle cell technique and the sternal (chest) muscles can be related Golgi tendon technique as well as and should be worked on. These six reactive muscles. I've also found that . potential TrPs are on both sides and sometimes the Rochlitz Heart Integration Working on these are where the tendon ends of the or Meta-Integration Exercises can points should not muscle meet the sternum. They can release numerous TrPs at once (see Q be alleviated by hard, deep rubbing NEXUS 18/03, 18/06). be a substitute adjacent to the sternum and between for calling an the second to third ribs, the third to Philibert’s Heart and Lung Reflexes 9 fourth ribs and the fourth to fifth ribs. Harry H. Philibert, MD, was a lifelong ambulance if you They may hurt a lot when pressed in New Orleans area resident and pain think the chest and held for 0-30 seconds each. management physician. While he did . el . Be careful if you are working on a not find the huge number of TrPs that pain Is signalling senior citizen or anyone else who Travell did, the two that he is might have fragile bones. a heart attack— somewhat famous for can be life- . Working on these points should saving for common illnesses, and but It could be the not be a substitute for calling an I ibe them here. Th . I if think t hest two MPa ae his Infraspinatus next thing you do ree clcnalhne a heart attack Respiratory Reflex and_ his after calling an but it could be the next thing you Coronary Reflex points. b | do after calling an ambulance The Philibert infraspinatus ambulance... under those circumstances. Dr Philibert astutely found hese points clinically while reating heart attack patients in ospital. He wisely deduced that respiratory reflex can be worked on or asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), emphysema, pneumonia or other respiratory distress. The heir chest pains were an integral infraspinatus muscle is on the part of the heart attack or of back of the shoulder blade. | have seen this active in coronary artery spasms. After injecting these TrPs, more people on their right sides. recovery was often rapid and total, and the injection A related matter is that gall bladder problems and sometimes also stopped and prevented many symptoms intolerance to fats are known to cause right shoulder __ if worked on early. He also then saw how beneficial this pain. Any and all TrPs in this muscle should be worked could be for angina and hypertension. He stated that he on, but the main one is near the centre of the muscle and could completely cure angina with several injections into is also near the small intestine 11 (SI 11) acupuncture _ these TrPs.‘ point. Online sources or charts should readily enable Let us now look at angina from several other directions. you to find this point—or, again, just have your partner Philibert wrote that injecting his coronary TrPs can cure ind and work on all TrPs in the infraspinatus muscle on _ this condition. He also wrote how the panic from chest he shoulder blade. pain can itself contribute to having a heart attack or a I have written that hiatal hernia and vagus nerve worse heart attack. I interpret this to mean that the imbalance are an integral part of causing asthma, so do __hypocapnia (low CO2) associated with panic is involved not forget that. Matters of allergy, dehydration, breathing here. Thus, either Buteyko breathing or long, shallow echniques and sometimes porphyria and the patent —_ breathing to counter the tendency to hyperventilate Working on these points should not be a substitute for calling an ambulance if you think the chest pain is signalling _aheart attack— next thing you do after calling an Let us now look at angina from several other directions. Philibert wrote that injecting his coronary TrPs can cure this condition. He also wrote how the panic from chest pain can itself contribute to having a heart attack or a worse heart attack. I interpret this to mean that the hypocapnia (low CO2) associated with panic is involved here. Thus, either Buteyko breathing or long, shallow breathing to counter the tendency to hyperventilate 28 * NEXUS NEXUS 18/03, 18/06). but it could be the ambulance... AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 2012 www.nexusmagazine.com