Heike Jäger

Heike Jäger is a neuro physiologist and specialist in muscular diseases, chronic pain, and backache at the Fascia Research Center at the University of Ulm, Germany. She has been conducting groundbreaking research on fascia and problems in the lower back region, with the help of ultrasound and new measuring methods. She has given presentations on the effect of fascial manipulation on chronic low back pain.

• 2019
  Fascia Is Able to Actively Contract and May Thereby Influence Musculoskeletal Dynamics: A Histochemical and Mechanographic Investigation
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• 2012
  Myoton Pro: A Novel Tool for the Assessment of Mechanical Properties of Fascial Tissues
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• 25 May 2017
  Inflammation in Fascia causes pain – new discoveries presented in Stockholm

  Dr Heike Jäger, Professor Karl Arfors and innovator Hans Bohlin presented the latest research regarding Fascia, inflammation and Fascia treatment in Stockholm, May 2017.

• 19 May 2017
  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.

• 29 Jul 2016
  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 of Fascia, we have cut together a 10 minute version.