Recent years of research show that Fascia has a much greater significance for health, aches, and pain than we previously thought. Fascia is a network of connective tissue, without beginning or end, that envelops everything in the entire body, from muscles and skeleton, to organs and cells.
The fascia accounts for more than a third of the musculoskeletal system, it's where most of our pain receptors are located, and almost all communication in the body goes through the fascia. If the fascia is damaged, sticks together, or becomes inflamed, we experience pain, have difficulty moving, and our ability to recover is impaired.
But the research on Fascia means much more than new explanations for aches and pain. What we know today about Fascia forces us to question our entire way of looking at the body, and ultimately our entire way of looking at, and conducting, science.
In the first three episodes of this podcast, we have delved deeper into how we view the body and why – and how fascia has gone from being something that was cut away – to being recognized in 2017 as the body's largest organ.
In this episode, we will talk about what we know today, about the function of fascia and about new ways of understanding things like cancer and diabetes – and what consequences this will have for the future.
Participants in this episode are Axel Bohlin, Hans Bohlin, and Per Johansson
