In our previous blog, I started writing about the neurological impact of pressure points. In this blog I will take you a little further into the nervous sytem. We are going to have a closer look at the fibers:
There are 3 kinds of fibers in a nerve:
1. Type A-fiber: red
There are 3 kinds of fibers in a nerve:
1. Type A-fiber: red
- These are the thickest and fastest fibers (2-100 meters per second).
- They sent the sharp pain signals to the brain.
- They are easy to activate and are easy to revive after an attack.
- They do not influence the autonomic nervous system; they will initiate a motor response at the most.
- These are smaller and slower than the A fibers (around 10 meters per second).
- They are connected to the reflexively part of the nervous system and some of the afferent nerves of the peripheral nervous system.
- The nerve recovers less fast and remains sending signals to the brain.
- These are the smallest and slowest fibers (0.5 meters per second).
- They only react to hard attacks
- These fibers affect the autonomic nervous system directly
- The brain (part of the brainstem) might assume that an organ is damages. Therefore it will react severely by for example lowering the blood pressure or by passing out.
