!Skeletal Muscles
!!Anatomy
Skeletal striated muscle is under the control of somatic ((Nervous - System Overview|nervous system)), which is __voluntarily controlled__ and must be distinguished from the involuntary non-striated ((Organ Walls - Smooth Muscle Layer|smooth muscles)) that are controlled by the vegetative nervous system.

Skeletal muscles enable voluntary motion, locomotion, physical capability and __performance__. Thereby self-devaluation conflicts ("I cannot...") can be understood.

Skeletal muscle exhibits a distinctive __banding pattern__ when viewed under the microscope due to the arrangement of cytoskeletal elements in the cytoplasm of the muscle fibers. The principal cytoplasmic proteins are __myosin and actin__ (also known as "thick" and "thin" filaments, respectively) which are arranged in a repeating unit called a sarcomere. The interaction of myosin and actin is responsible for muscle contraction.

Traditionally, fibers were categorized depending on their varying color, which is a reflection of myoglobin content. __Type I fibers__ appear red due to the high levels of myoglobin. Red muscle fibers tend to have more mitochondria and greater local capillary density. These fibers are more suited for endurance and are slow to fatigue because they use oxidative metabolism to generate ATP (adenosine triphosphate). Less oxidative __type II fibers__ are white due to relatively low myoglobin and a reliance on glycolytic enzymes. Fibers can also be classified on their twitch capabilities, into fast and slow twitch. Individual muscles tend to be a mixture of various fiber types, but their proportions vary depending on the actions of that muscle and the species.

The whole muscle is covered and formed by a ((Musculoskeletal - Muscle Fascia|fascia)) which also connects it to other muscles.
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!!Brain
{img fileId="123" thumb="box"} Cerebral Cortex areas

{img fileId="117" thumb="y" rel="box[g]"} From Cerebral cortex to the muscle, graphic: Damjanov

!!!Relays:
__Cerebral Medulla__ ( - / + ) for muscle trophic
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__Cerebral Cortex__ (Motorcortex & postsensory area, -/+) for innervation
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!!Mind
!!!Theme:
Self Devaluation concerning mobility and strength

For special associations according to locality see "((Musculoskeletal - System Overview|Musculoskeletal System - Overview))"!

!!!Emotions, Thoughts:
__Frustration, self-doubt__
*I can´t do it! 
*I can´t get out of here! 
*I´m too weak to hold on. 
*I couldn´t stand that. 
*This broke my back. 
*Where is my strength?

!!!META-Meaning:
*I am enough. 
*I love what I can do in the world. 
*I love to nurture and to exercise my muscles.

!!Organ
!!!Stress Phase Symptoms:
Functional decline, reduced muscle trophic, and __cell atrophy__. The possible symptoms are weakness, __reduced performance__ and function of muscles like tired legs, loss of strength, weak stamina.

When the motoric function is concerned, a paresis or paralysis develops, which usually leads to functional self-devaluation as well.

!!!Regeneration Phase A:
Tthe fascia and muscles get flooded with oedema to nourish and build up more functional tissue. This swelling can compress and irritate nerves (often a cause for e g lumbalgia) which leads to __lasting pain__, numbness or loss of ((Nervous - Motoric Innervation|motoric function)).

In case of a simultaneously active ((Urinary - Kidneys - Collecting Tubules|water retention)), there may be a particularly intense swelling. Especially in long or recurring processes, there can be a cell proliferation possibly diagnosed as myosarcoma.

In motoric conflicts, after resolution the neural function gradually returns, typically accompanied by twitching.

!!!Healing Peak:
Muscle twitching,__ muscle spasms__ and epileptic seizures during some minutes (possibly even asleep).

!!!Regeneration Phase B
After the Healing Peak __slow improvement__ in muscle function and physical capability, and a gradual decrease in swelling. Slow decline of symptoms, resulting in __hypertrophy__ of muscle tissue

!!!Biological Meaning:
At the end of the regeneration phase, muscles become stronger than before, which is accompanied by increasing physical capability (training effect). Thus, the survival of the fit is secured for the genetic pool of the kind.

The essence of the stress phase could be that an overloaded person is forced to stop overworking himself because of his weaker muscles in order to avoid further overloads (negative feedback mechanism).

!!Social
In processes of the Cerebral Medulla, __thoughts and beliefs__ play a major role, which can feed the destructivity of the stress phase. Typical evil cycles develop from the symptoms in regeneration phase, and have to be broken step by step with resourcing.

!!!Examples:
Self-devaluation conflict concerning the performance of each muscle, or -group:

*A boy loses in a running competition. He gets weaker until he succeeds in making up for it, taking up another sport.

*A woman can´t keep her grandchild from falling into the water (from a jetty), but she catches it and pulls it back up with all her strength (a direct resolution that strained her muscle but left her much stronger soon after)

A variation is the motoric conflict of not being able to perform at all:

*A kitten is frightened but can´t avoid the fight with an older cat twice it´s size. After a short fight it can escape, but shortly after develops a paralysis in the hind legs. (Klapp)

!!Additional Information
!!!Constellations:
__Megalomania, Motivational Constellation__ (both hemispheres affected in Cerebral Medulla): the turnaround of self-devaluation, belief in one's abilities and achievements in spite of handicaps. This constellation remains through the whole cycle until regeneration is finished in one of the hemispheres.

*__Skull__: Intellectual megalomania
*__Cervical spine__: Justice (rebel-)megalomania
*__Thoracic spine__: Honesty megalomania
*__Lumbar spine__: Passion megalomania
*__Shoulder__: Responsibility megalomania
*__Arms__: Manager megalomania
*__Hands__: Dexterity megalomania
*__Pelvis__: Sexual megalomania
*__Hip__: Patience megalomania
*__Legs__: Stability megalomania
*__Feet, knees__: Stability or mobility megalomania

!!!Differential Diagnosis:
__((Musculoskeletal - Muscle Fascia|Fascia ))__Smooth Muscle Part (Midbrain, +/-) with hypertension and hypertrophy in stress phase

__((Musculoskeletal - Tendons|Tendons)) / Connective Tissue __(Cerebral Medulla, -/+) Stress Phase weakening, rupture possible. Rupture even in Regeneration Phase A possible.

__((Nervous - Sensory Innervation|Neural Sensory Function ))__(Cerebral Cortex, -/+) causes numbness but not paralysis in stress phase and healing peak

__((Organ Walls - Smooth Muscle Layer|Smooth Muscle))__ (Midbrain +/-) in organ walls, some sphincters and special muscles react with functional increase in stress phase, supporting the purpose of the respective organ.
