Deepen your fascia knowledge
For those who work with the body and want to understand fascia more deeply — wholeness, function, load, and the living body.
Biotensegrity: How did the dinosaurs handle the pressure of gravity?
In the 70s when the orthopedic surgeon Dr. Stephen Levin was at a natural history museum and saw the wires holding up the neck of a dinosaur, he did not get the picture to go toge…
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 influence of mechanical forces on Fascia?
Connective tissue / fascia is an incredibly adaptable and plastic tissue. It is transformed, remodeled and strengthened or weakened according to the mechanical stimulation (load)…
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…
Hyaluronan
Hyaluronan has a number of important physiological functions in our body and is critical for the slide and glide effects between muscle fibers and fascial sublayers. Therefore, it…
What happens in the Fascia when we treat with vibrations?
Fascia creates a three-dimensional network in the body of alternating loose and dense connective tissue that enables all cells and organ systems in the body to collaborate as an i…
Vibrations and fascia
Rhythmic and dynamic moments, actually different vibrations, have been a cornerstone of osteopathic treatment since the late 1800s when Andrew Taylor Still founded osteopathy.
Impaired flow and mobility
Fascia that has thickened hardened and has impaired gliding ability causes a lot of symptoms.
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…
Hypermobility
Hypermobile people build up enormous tension in their muscles that give painful tension in the joint, and they often get nerves pinched.
Scar tissue
As the body builds scar tissue after damage to the skin, scar tissue build up in the Fascia inside the body when it is damaged. Therefore, we can get a chronic reduction in moveme…
What is back pain?
Explaining various forms of back pain such as Low back pain / Lumbar pain / Lumbago / Crick
Why do so many female football players suffer from cruciate ligament injuries?
A lot of injuries after a long break might not be that unusual – but why do so many female athletes suffer from cruciate ligament injuries?
Why is it more common for women to have back pain?
More women than men suffer from back pain, sprains, ACL injuries, and similar conditions. How come?
A new possible treatment for patients with Frozen Shoulder
A new possible treatment for patients with Frozen Shoulder? Can myofascial treatment with pulsating vibrations improve mobility for patients with…
Can you heal osteoarthritis?
The function of the articular cartilage is to reduce friction between the two articular cartilage surfaces and facilitate sliding when the joint moves, and to absorb the load when…
Is fascia affected by sex hormones?
Banbrytande ny forskning visar hur kollagenproduktionen över hela kroppen påverkas av könshormoner, som t ex östrogen. Läs mer här
Inflammation and autoimmune inflammation
Inflammation is a very important function for the process of healing infections. Heat and pain occur and the immune system works actively to process bacteria or to heal an injury.
The discovery of a new cell at the 2018 Fascia Research Congress in Berlin
Fascia research has sparked a wildfire of new insights that are challenging conventional belief about how the body works – and the latest insights are presented at the 2018 Fascia…
Fascial Net Plastination Project
In January 2018, a fascinating project began: to create the world's first anatomical 3D model of the human body with a focus on fascia. The project is called the Fascial Net Plast…
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…
Fascia in Horses – Danish veterinary exploring uncharted territory
In 2015 veterinary Vibeke S Elbrønd published the first report on Fascia and horses. Through autopsy she found that the horse has the same kind of chains and networks of connectiv…