Intervention
capitis, pain
SEPARATION
The intervention had a 1-week duration, with three face-to-face sessions of diacutaneous fibrolysis. The intervention was about 30-minute-long and was applied with at least 1-day separation between sessions. The physiotherapist who applied the intervention had more than ten years of experience in using the technique.The diacutaneous fibrolysis was performed in the intermuscular septum between muscles with an anatomical or functional relationship with the cervical spine. Those muscles were trapezius, levator scapulae, splenius cervicis, splenius capitis, and sternocleidomastoid. The technique was also applied on the bony edges of the dorsal spinous processes, the scapula, and the base of the skull. The diacutaneous fibrolysis intervention was applied in a centripetal direction towards the head (pain localization), starting at a distance from the thoracic region, continuing through the scapular region, and finally ending in the cervical and cranial region. The diacutaneous fibrolysis treatment involved three main techniques: treating painful points by pressure inhibition, separating different muscle planes, and scratching tendon attachments (