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    29 Jun 2025

    What is a body, really?

    Many of us are surely asked often, sometimes daily, "How are you?". The answer often comes automatically without a second thought: "Fine, thanks." But what does it really mean to…

    The Fascia Guide4 min
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    4 Jun 2025

    Should Gerald Pollack Receive the Nobel Prize?

    Few scientific discoveries have the potential to reshape our understanding of life as profoundly as Gerald H. Pollack’s work on water. For over two decades, Professor Pollack, bio…

    The Fascia Guide2 min
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    14 Mar 2025

    New research suggests fascia should be recognized as its own anatomical system

    A new study published in the Journal of Anatomy, led by Professor Carla Stecco, proposes that fascia should be recognized as its own anatomical system. The research identifies fou…

    The Fascia Guide3 min
  4. Article
    24 Jun 2024

    There Are No Scissors on the Savannah

    The fascia receives and relieves pressure. What does that mean? Simply that it distributes the pressure over a larger volume. If you get a blow to the shoulder, the shoulder of co…

    The Fascia Guide2 min
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    29 May 2024

    What do we mean when we say 'releasing pressure'?

    The fascia receives and relieves pressure. So what does that mean? Simply that it distributes pressure over a larger volume. If you get hit on the shoulder, the shoulder of course…

    The Fascia Guide3 min
  6. Article
    30 Apr 2024

    Do You Have Good Posture and Balance?

    What do good posture and balance mean? In physics, something is said to be in balance when it is in equilibrium. The center of mass is then located above the base of support (the…

    The Fascia Guide7 min
  7. Article
    14 Jul 2023

    Fascia and The Living Body

    “Fascia and the Living Body” is a document about the scientific understanding of the body as a living whole.

    The Fascia Guide15 min
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    21 Nov 2022

    How do you know how to place your feet – what is proprioception?

    Proprioception is often described as the innate ability to sense the body’s position in relation to the environment and space, also known as spatial awareness. It’s a vital skill…

    The Fascia Guide4 min
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    15 Oct 2022

    Is the body smarter than a supercomputer?

    All living beings require water, that’s something we all know. Water is so common and obvious to us that it has become uninteresting, almost too simple to study. We think we know…

    The Fascia Guide4 min
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    15 Aug 2022

    Therefore, the researchers believe that the nervous system resides in Fascia

    The fascial network exists in various compositions, structures, and configurations throughout the entire body and is a crucial and essential part of the body’s function…

    The Fascia Guide4 min
  11. Article
    14 Aug 2022

    The strength of collagen

    In order for a tendon or ligament to become strong, a lot of collagen fibers are required, as well as sufficient cross-links to stabilize the fibers so that they do not “slide” ag…

    The Fascia Guide2 min
  12. Article
    12 Aug 2022

    Hyaluronic acid and densification

    Fascian skapar ett tredimensionellt nätverk i kroppen, av omväxlande lös och tät bindväv, som möjliggör att alla celler och organsystem i kroppen kan samarbeta som en integrerad h…

    The Fascia Guide5 min