Fast Brushing
Background[edit | edit source]
Fast brushing was conceived as a technique for muscle facilitation by Rood in the 1950s, who reported that sensory stimuli could influence motor responses. Fast brushing was considered facilitatory for motor responses due to its supposed stimulus sensory C-fibers' free nerve endings.[1]. Rood thought fast brushing biased muscle spindles to increase their response to stretch. Her technique detailed where to brush (over the skin overlying the muscle), but did not provide guidelines for brushing speed, duration, or size of brushing area[1].
