It does this by informing the central homeostatic awareness of minute muscle tensions and unsound relationships between muscle groups, that are upsetting the overall balance of the body. Muscle also has a short memory. Fascia however has a long-term memory. Whole body patterns of distortion derived from habits of poor posture, accidents, or physical or emotional trauma, can set and persist for a lifetime. Connective tissue does not contract and relax as does muscle.
Tight fascia affects the whole body.
When connective tissue is correctly stimulated it is resupplied with fluid exchange. If the muscle tension is removed the tissue will attract more water and become less fiber bound and more elastic without losing any of its strength. The effect of NST may be homeopathic. NST is not as easily definable in manipulative therapy as it is in biochemical treatment, but the analogy is helpful. Chiropractors choose to move misaligned hard structures back into place.