GDS Muscle Chains Method in Madrid

In this photo, four people share almost identical postures, yet their muscular activations are completely different. Each one uses their muscle chains in a unique way, leaving individual bodily imprints. This is what makes human beings both fascinating and complex. We share the same skeleton and the same muscles, but we don’t use them in the same way.​​

 

The way we activate our body depends on our daily habits, our personality, and the moment of life we are in. This muscular activation leads us to install gestures and movement patterns that do not always follow an adequate physiological mechanism. 

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At first, these patterns are tolerable, but over time they create limitations that become a kind of bodily language. This language, increasingly rigid, restricts mobility and eventually contributes to dysfunctions and even pathologies.

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​This is where the GDS method comes in, helping me identify which muscle chains are in hyperactivity and which ones have lost their function. From there, we combine specific manual work with body-use exercises to restore balance between chains. The goal is to correct compensations, release restrictions, and recover a more physiological and efficient movement pattern.

 

Both osteopathy and the GDS method are global approaches, which is why I naturally combine them in my practice. Many of the discomforts we treat in osteopathy—recurrent pain, tension, joint blockages, or movement limitations—originate in long‑standing patterns of body use. The GDS approach helps me identify these patterns and understand why the body has reached that state, while osteopathy helps release the structures involved. Together, they allow for a deeper, more coherent, and longer‑lasting treatment.​​​