**3.1 Indications**

All indications of FSN are related to pathological tight muscles (**Figure 1**).

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*3.1.1 Pre-muscular diseases*

**Figure 1.**

*The main indications.*

*3.1.2 Real-muscular diseases*

*3.1.3 Post-muscular diseases*

the femoral head, and so on.

inflammation and fever.

bleeding after injury.

• Skin areas with infection, ulcer, scar, or tumor.

**3.2 Contraindications**

facial paralysis, frozen shoulder, and so on.

Ankylosing spondylitis, rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, gout, Parkinson's disease,

Cervical spondylosis, tennis elbow, lumbar disc herniation, chronic knee pain,

Dizziness, palpitation, chest tightness, local numbness, local edema, breast hyperplasia, cold disease, macular degeneration, diabetic foot, avascular necrosis of

• Patients with infectious diseases, malignant diseases, or patients with acute

• People with spontaneous bleeding or coagulopathy, which may result in nonstop

ankle sprain, headache, prostatitis, weak bladder (bladder leakage), hiccups, insomnia, depression, chronic cough, habitual constipation, and so on.

**Figure 1.** *The main indications.*

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quency, urgency, ureteral calculus, urine leakage, etc.

i.Female: dysmenorrhea and menstrual abnormalities.

of the human body are as follows:

of breath, chest pain, etc.

ii.Male: impotence, etc.

dysfunctions and proprioceptive disorders.

a. Mark the patient's painful positions.

**3. Indications and contraindications**

tinnitus, weakness, and weight perception disorders.

*2.2.4 The fourth category*

*2.2.5 The fifth category*

discomfort of chest areas.

**2.3 How to check TMs**

include:

them; both of them often appear at the same time and disappear simultaneously after treatment. The clinical TM manifestations which belong to different systems

a.Symptoms related to smooth muscles of the respiratory system include dry cough, chronic cough, asthma, chest short breath, breathing disorders, etc.

b.Symptoms related to heart muscle include chest tightness, palpitations, shortness

c.Symptoms related to gastrointestinal smooth muscles include stomach bloating, heartburn, acid regurgitation, belching, loss of appetite, emaciation, habitual constipation, chronic diarrhea, afraid of cold food cold drinks, etc.

d.Symptoms related to smooth muscles of the urinary system include urinary fre-

e. Symptoms related to smooth muscles of the reproductive and urinary system

Symptoms related to mood and sleep, anxiety, insomnia, and mood swings.

A class of symptoms due to unknown causes, related to autonomic nervous

ing, continuous tears, continuous catarrhal rhinitis, excessive salivation, and

b. List all possible muscles based on anatomical and biomechanical knowledge.

All indications of FSN are related to pathological tight muscles (**Figure 1**).

c. Use thumb pulp or pulps of index finger, middle finger, and ring finger to touch the muscular tensions of suspected muscles. If the muscular tension of one muscle is higher than its surrounding area, it can be diagnosed as pathological tight muscle.

Symptoms related to autonomic nervous dysfunction, such as abnormal sweat-

Symptoms related to proprioceptive disorders, such as imbalance, dizziness,

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**3.1 Indications**
