Several hundred fascia scientists and practitioners walk into a room. . . and walk out with community and connection. Get tangible takeaways from this year's 7th Fascia Research Congress.
Loose connective tissue, rich in water-loving hyaluronan, might play a key role in low-back pain.
Long ignored or thought of as packing material filling the space between skin and muscles, fat is finally getting its recognition as essential to human health and a part of the fascial system massage therapists tend to every day.
The 6th International Fascia Research Congress (FRC) was held in Montreal, Quebec. Read some highlights from our Massage & Bodywork authors, educators, and friends.
The IT band functions as part of a 3D system with connections above to the gluteus maximus, gluteus medius, and tensor fascia lata; below to the lateral knee; and deep to the femur via the lateral intermuscular septum.
Because you manipulate skin ligaments with every massage stroke, understanding them better can help you be more specific with your touch.
The estimated number of nerve endings in the body-wide fascial system is 250 million. Compared with the estimated 200 million nerve endings in the skin, this suggests the human fascial network constitutes, in fact, our richest sensory organ.
FR:EIA is changing how we look at fascia. Studying FR:EIA's dynamic fascial system helps us better understand its organization, fluidity, and strength, and offers clinical insights into how we treat clients.
Lymph relies on muscular contractions to circulate throughout the body, leading one to hypothesize that chronic conditions leading to stiffness and less movement will thereby greatly slow down and inhibit the circulation of lymph in the body.
The tensor fasciae latae (TFL) is a relatively small muscle on the lateral edge of the anterior hip. Learn about this muscle and its placement in the hip, and its interconnectedness with the fascia lata of the thigh.
What happens when muscles become too entangled in their muscle groups? Focusing on the fascia that surrounds and separates muscles can help in a number of ways.
The explosion in fascia research over the past couple of decades has been nothing short of spectacular. It is hard to believe that in the space of a few short decades, research—and practice—regarding fascia is undergoing a radical paradigm shift.
There are a few manual therapy idioms that persist without merit. Such things provoke me to come out swinging—in a clinician/science-nerd kind of way. Breaking down mature scar tissue is one of those phrases.
Fascia is the most important and most powerful tissue as a focus for the attention of the myofascial therapist for bodywork. Robert Schleip talks with Til Luchau about his learnings and fascia research.
