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Hans Bohlin guests on the Samtal om Gud podcast – on the body, reality, and our inner frequencies
Our very own Hans Bohlin was recently a guest on the podcast Samtal om Gud with Zoia Zakariasdotter – a conversation that uniquely connects fascia, philosophy, and consciousness.
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…
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…
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…
A Big Thank You for 2024
We want to thank you for a truly fantastic 2024! An incredible amount has happened this year, so we took the opportunity to record a film about 2024 + tips on three favorite episo…
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…
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…
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…
Fascia and The Living Body
“Fascia and the Living Body” is a document about the scientific understanding of the body as a living whole.
Fascia – a New Anatomical Perspective
Recent research in recent years shows that Fascia has a much greater significance for health, aches, and pain than previously believed.
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
Disease is excess oxidation
Diseases are an excess of oxidation – Redox physiology is an excess of oxidation greater than reduction.
Fascia is nothing new!
There is a lot of talk about Fascia now, but Fascia is not new. Over the past 10-20 years, Fascia research has had a huge upswing and has also become more interdisciplinary.
Guimberteau
Surgeon Jean Claude Guimberteau has spent 15 years conducting over 1,200 examinations of Fascia, which he filmed with an endoscope in vivo (in a living subject)
Fascia – The Body’s Network Without Beginning or End
Fascia – The Body’s Network Without Beginning or End
Fascia is the largest organ in the body
Fascia or interstitium? Two different terms for the body’s “newly discovered” largest organ.
What is special about viruses?
A virus consists of genetic material, DNA or RNA, protected by a protein shell. It is so small that it can only be seen with powerful electron microscopes.
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…
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)…
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
Frequently Asked Questions about Fascia
90 questions and answers — written by Camilla Ranje Nordin
Fascia loads and unloads pressure
What do we know about the Fascias function and what affects the Fascias ability to rebuild – and how can we use that knowledge in our everyday lives?
Fascia as a flow – a new way of explaining the body’s function
By beginning to see the body as something that is alive, and not something that is dead, we have been able to begin to notice other things.
What is fascia and in what way does fascia change the whole way of looking at the body?
Fascia is a network of connective tissue, without beginning and end, which encloses everything in the whole body, from muscles and bones, to organs and cells. But what does that m…
How do we learn to understand Fascia?
Fascia is a new perspective, a completely new way of looking at the body, a new way of conducting research and a new way of understanding the world. So how do you learn to underst…
We have been preparing our whole lives to NOT be able to understand the importance of fascia
To truly understand Fascia, you must understand the whole. But how do you do that if you have trained all your life to divide and separate?
Welcome to The Fascia Guide
This is how you get started with The Fascia Guide
The important role of the lymphatic system
The lymphatic system consists of a network of lymphatic vessels and various lymphatic organs such as lymph nodes, thymus, spleen, tonsils and lymphatic tissue in mucous membranes.
Extracellular Matrix (ECM)
The extracellular matrix (ECM) is a scaffold where the cells exist. It mainly consists of fiber proteins and a fluid part, the ground substance.
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…
Collagen
Collagen is the most abundant protein in the body, about 30% of our body protein. Next to water, collagen is the most common component of connective tissue.
What is fascia – in detail
Our entire body, all tissues, consists of cells and the substance that exists outside, around the cells, that is the extracellular matrix. With these explanations of fascia you un…
Embryology of fascia
During the embryonic development, three primary layers of cells forms, which give rise to all tissues and organs. One of them is the origin of fascia, skeletal, cartilage and musc…
The components in fascia
The body consists of cells and the matrix outside, between the cells, the extracellular matrix (ECM). Fascia is the ECM and the cells maintaining the ECM. In this article the comp…
Is cancer fascia related? New insights presented in Boston 2015
New research leads to insights and by looking at the body in a completely new way we get new perspectives and explanations to symptoms and diseases. At the 2015 Joint Conference o…
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…
The mysterious world under the skin – German Fascia Documentary from 2018
Get a deeper introduction to new Fascia Research with the 2018 German documentary “The mysterious world under the skin”.
New Fascia Research has taken us back to an observing stage
The new discoveries and knowledge about Fascia has taken us back to an observing stage – we have to investigate our surroundings to get an understanding for what to measure.
Strolling under the skin: How does it look inside a living body?
Strolling under the skin is a fascinating journey inside a living body. With small camcorders, Dr. Jean Claeude Guimberteau has managed to capture how Fasica actually looks in a l…
Why Fascia is still relatively unknown
Here are three major reasons why the Fascia’s central importance to the body’s functionality is not nousehold knowledge. It might be helpful to bare these in mind when relating to…
Shock absorption
Thanks to the linked connective tissues, we can absorb a shock throughout the body. A blow to the foot from a stone can thus provide an impact at the end of that connective chain,…
Fascia Lines are the intersections of the body
The concept of Fascia Lines is a great way to understand how the body functions and how treatment can be optimized to increase mobility and functionality. The main principle is th…
Fascia helps us understand the body as a whole
Look at a ballet dancer, a gymnast or a drummer and study their movement, feeling, timing, it is easy to be fascinated by how fast it is. Fascia helps us understand how the body i…
To understand Fascia we need to cross the bridge & see things from another perspective
Exclusive interview with Gil Headly explaining how Fascia changes the perspective on how we look at the body at the 2015 Fascia Research Congress in Washington DC.
Understanding Fascia in 10 minutes – the must see German documentary
In early 2013, a German documentary was broadcast based on the latest research on the Fascia. It provides a very basic introduction for newcomers. To help you get a quick overview…
Fascia does not only envelope the whole body, it turns the way we look at the body upside down
At the 2015 Fascia Research Congress in Washington DC, Tom Myers, the author of Anatomy Trains, gives a short introduction to Fascia and how new research changes the way we look a…
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…
What is Fascia? Connective tissue in a system with no beginning & no end
What is Fascia? New research shows that it is more than the layer around the muscles. It is a network without beginning or end, from the skin, through the entire body, to the smal…
Anatomy Trains by Tom Myers helps us understand functions of movement
Tom Myers is perhaps best known for his book Anatomy Trains, where he describes the Myofascial lines which help us understand movement and functions of the body
What is Biotensegrity? Interview with Dr. Stephen Levin
Exclusive interview with Dr Stephen Levin, the worlds leading expert on Biotensegrity, at the Fascia Research Congress 2015.