Back Pain
5 studies, 20 episodes on Back Pain — reviewed, translated, woven together.
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Research
- 2018
Effect of Stretching on Thoracolumbar Fascia Injury and Movement Restriction in a Porcine Model
H M Langevin, J Bishop, R Maple, G J Badger, J R FoxIn this animal study on pigs, researchers investigated the effect of stretching on the thoracolumbar fascia after injury and movement restriction. An injury combined with restricted movement led to reduced fascial mobil…
- 2016
Fascial Manipulation® for chronic aspecific low back pain: a single blinded randomized controlledtrial.
Mirco Branchini, Francesca Lopopolo, Ernesto Andreoli, Ivano Loreti, Aurélie M Marchand, Antonio SteccoThis randomized controlled trial compared Fascial Manipulation® combined with standard physiotherapy to physiotherapy alone for patients with chronic non-specific low back pain. The group receiving Fascial Manipulation®…
- 2015
Sensory Nerve Fibers Containing Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide in Gastrocnemius, Latissimus Dorsi and Erector Spinae Muscles and Thoracolumbar Fascia in Mice
C M Barry, G Kestell, M Gillan, R V Haberberger, I L GibbinsIn this animal study, researchers investigated sensory nerve fibers containing CGRP, a peptide involved in pain signaling. They compared the presence of these nerve fibers in various muscles (gastrocnemius, latissimus d…
- 2012
Stretching of the Back Improves Gait, Mechanical Sensitivity and Connective Tissue Inflammation in a Rodent Model
S M Corey, M A Vizzard, N A Bouffard, G J Badger, H M LangevinIn this rodent study, researchers investigated how stretching affects inflammation in the connective tissue of the low back. They first induced local inflammation, which resulted in altered gait, increased mechanical se…
- 2008
Tissue Stretch Decreases Soluble TGF-β1 and Type-1 Procollagen in Mouse Subcutaneous Connective Tissue: Evidence From Ex Vivo and In Vivo Models
N A Bouffard, K R Cutroneo, G J Badger, S L White, T R Buttolph, H P Ehrlich, D Stevens-Tuttle, H M LangevinThis study on mice investigated how brief, static stretching affects connective tissue healing after an injury. Researchers used two models: tissue samples cultured outside the body (ex vivo) and live mice with minor su…
Podcast
- Ep. 0-4
The Foundation of the Fascia Guide
Your guide to the guide All episodes are available on Spotify, iTunes and on the web here Fasciaguiden began in the spring of 2020 as a series of eight episodes. A conversation between Hans Bohlin, A…
- Ep. 131
131. What is inflammation?
What is Fascia? is the title of episode 130 of the Fascia Guide podcast. So, we've released about 129 hours of podcasts about Fascia, and yet it feels worthwhile to try to answer the question again.…
- Ep. 003
03. What does Fascia do?
Understanding the living body is quite a complex thing – but there is a simple way to understand the function of the body by understanding Fascia. In simple terms, Fascia helps the body to load and u…
- Ep. 127
127. Stress is both mental AND physical ill health – at the same time
Mental ill health is one of our biggest public health problems, and naturally, a lot of energy and resources are dedicated to finding a solution. Since childhood, we've learned to divide and separate…
- Ep. 118
118. Why don't we understand life?
If we actually embraced all the new research from the last 10-20 years on, for example, Fascia, the female body, gut flora, back pain, and water, we could develop fantastic solutions to very large so…
- Ep. 117
117. Back Pain
Back pain is the third most common diagnosis for long-term sick leave, and for a long time, it has been difficult to explain why people get it. In the last 15-20 years, a wealth of new research has s…
- Ep. 080
80. What happens when Fascia breaks through?
In just the last few months, Fascia has been mentioned in completely new ways and in completely new contexts. Football icons mention Fascia on TV, Fascia is appearing on Wikipedia, and several newspa…
- Ep. 074
74. Hyaluronic acid and new research on stress, mobility, pain & fibrosis
Research on Hyaluronic acid has really taken off in just the last few years. The reason is the discovery that this polysaccharide, found everywhere in the body, has properties that are both fascinati…
- Ep. 072
72. How much do we stand in the way of our own healing
In recent years, we have encountered an incredibly strange phenomenon. We have seen absolutely fantastic, even ridiculously good results, from treatments at fairs and expos. Frozen shoulder, tennis e…
- Ep. 062
62. What is human potential?
In four episodes, we have talked about what a body is, how we experience our body with our senses, and what it means to feel. We have also talked about what a treatment is and an image of the human a…