What is an algorithm?
A set rules that govern a platform. They determine how information is filtered, ranked, and recommended.
Your fascia is a all-encompassing tissue that connects, surrounds, invaginates, and supports all the structures of the humam form. It is also HIGHLY innervated. This innervation is what provides our brains with information regarding our surroundings (proprioception) as well as our inner state (interoception).
This nervous system connection between the brain and the fascia determines what information gets your attention. Typically, when tissues are healthy and without pathology then the sensory information from the area becomes "muted" to the nervous system. But when there is an issue such as trauma, disease, or tension then the fascia communicates this to the brain.
Think of your fascia as your own algorithm, helping to bring attention to the areas you need to focus on.
Interestingly, research has found a high percentage of sympathetic nerve fibers in the tensor fasciae lata and the gluteal fasciae suggesting that people subjected to a state of chronic stress may have increased levels of pain in those areas, as sympathetic activity is greater under psychological stress (Anderson et al).
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