2021; Fascial or Muscle Stretching? A Narrative Review
Topics: fascia; biomechanics; exercise; injury and prevention; musculoskeletal; stretching
Topics: fascia; biomechanics; exercise; injury and prevention; musculoskeletal; stretching
Topics: irritable bowel syndrome, pain, diaphragm, low back pain, chronic headache
Topics: mechanotransduction, stiffness, extracellular matrix, cytoskeleton
Topics: mechanpbiology, mechanotransduction, endothelial cells, vasculatory disease
Topics: myofascial force transmission, ultrasound, range of motion, fascia, myofascial chains
Topics: diaphragm, ageing, fascia, skeletal muscle, phrenic nerve, vagus nerve, sarcopenia
Topics: Fascia; Fascial connectivity; Myofascial chains; Myofascial meridians.
Topics: Connective tissue; GLIDING; Particle image velocimetry.
Topics: Hyperpronation; Iliopsoas; Pelvic angle; Ultrasound imaging.
Topics: GASTROCNEMIUS, SOLEUS, SCIATIC NERVE, FASCIA, ULTRASOUND SHEAR WAVE ELASTOGRAPHY, AGING, ROM
Topics: GASTROCNEMIUS, SOLEUS, SCIATIC NERVE, FASCIA, ULTRASOUND SHEAR WAVE ELASTOGRAPHY, AGING
Topics: cell–cell adhesion, mechanical stretching, mechanotransduction, wound healing, tissue regeneration,
regenerative medicine
Topics: diaphragm, fascia, myofascial, phrenic nerve, surgery, manual evaluation
Topics: exercise, jumper’s knee, loading, rehabilitation, tendon
Topics: fascia, collagen I, collagen III, sex hormones
Topics: ACL, collagen, rehabilitation, nutrition
Topics: Nutrition, tissue protein synthesis rate, amino acid content in tissues
Topics: leucine, proline, glycine, hydroxyproline, tendon, ligament, connective tissue, athlete
Topics: overuse injury, myofascial force transmission, fascitis, musculoskeletal disorder
Topics: continuity; fascia; force transmission; muscles; cadavers; connective tissue; myofascial chains
Topics: Tensegrity structure; lower limb model; motion analysis; gait simulation
Topics: Organoid, Mechanobiology, Mechanoepigenetics, Mechanotransduction, Collective cell behavior
Topics: Osteoarthritis; SRGF; Monosodium iodoacetate; Vitamin C; Histopathology
Topics: acupuncture, neuromodulation, posturology, fascial system, osteopathy
Topics: myofibroblasts, connective tissue, contractility, contracture, stiffness
Topics: Anterior cruciate ligament, collagen, intense physical training, volumetric changes in ligament, pre- to post season changes in ligament,
Topics: gelatin, N-terminal peptide of procollagen, exercise, musculoskeletal, injury
Topics: mechanotransduction, cell – cell interaction, tensegrity
Topics: Mechanotransduction, auditory sensory cells
Topics: fascia, myofascial, skeletal muscle, shear stress, osteopathic, physiotherapy
Topics: focal adhesions, stress fibers, mechanotransduction, shear stress and devices, biophysical models,
adhesion strength
Topics: myofibroblast; fascia; connective tissue; contracture; stiffness;
fibrosis
Topics: anatomy; pelvis; ligament; review
Topics: Force sense · Proprioception · Muscle spindle · Tendon organ · Motor command · Efference copy · Vibration
Topics: balance, Ia afferents, muscle spindles, proprioception, upright standing
Topics: diaphragm, breathing, phrenic nerve, vagus nerve, neural oscillation
Topics: Stretching, Tumor growth, Breast cancer
Topics: epimuscular; fascia; force transmission; myofascial chains
Topics: rat, sternomastoid muscle, muscle spindles, fiber types, translational studies
Topics: fascia, myofascial, biotensegrity, manual therapy, osteopathic, chiropractic
Topics: mechanical, tensegrity, organs-on-chips, tissue engineering
Topics: Fascia, sports medicine, injury
Topics: fascia, myofascial, osteopathic, manual therapy, biophotons, muscle
Topics: Fascia, Connective Tissue, Stretching, Manual Therapy, Movement Therapy, Rehabilitation, Back Pain
Topics: mechanotransduction, nucleoskeleton, focal adhesion, mechanobiology, mechanosensor
Topics: Biotensegrity, Muscular chains, Rehabilitation, Dynamic knee valgus, Hip
Topics: Fascia, Fascial space, Gross anatomy, Maxillofacial region, Anterior neck
Topics: infrapatellar fat pad; knee plicae; osteoarthritis; synovial membrane.
Topics: compartment, fasciotomy, intramuscular pressure, muscle, tendon
Topics: X-rays; Cytoskeleton; Mechanobiology; Focal Adhesion; Particle Tracking; Microrheology
Topics: bone, exercise, ligament, tendon, inury prevention, return to play
Topics: Biomechanics, Biotensegrity, Closed-chain, Development, Evolution, Four-bar, Joint, Kinematics, Linkage, Morphology
Topics: Mechanomyography, m.longissimus, m.gluteal, Dog, Muscle contraction, Walk, Trot, Gait change, Spring-mass model
Topics: scleroderma, systemic sclerosis, GvHD, stretching, physical therapy, inflammation, fibrosis
Topics: ACL; MRI; T2* relaxometry
Topics: training, minimizing injury, return to play, supplementation
Topics: Cytoskeleton, microtubules, actin filament, intermediate filament
Topics: joint hypermobility, joint hypermobility syndrome, Ehlers–Danlos syndrome type II, Ehlers–Danlos syndrome hypermobility type
Topics: MyotonePRO, achilles tendon, plantar fascia, fascia
Topics: Knee muscle strength; Stiffness; Mathematical modeling; Resistance exercise
Topics: Fascia, Myofascial chains, force transmission, meridians
Topics: chondrocyte; interleukin; matrix metalloproteinase; osteoarthritis; vitamin C
Topics: collagen, fibre realignment, facet capsular
ligament, community detection,
time-dependent network
Topics: Myofascial chains; force transmission; fascia; meridians
Topics: Tibialis anterior, Extensor digitorum longus, 3D kinetics, Co-activation, Mechanical interaction
Topics: Myofascial chains; force transmission; fascia; meridians; MiSpEx
Topics: anatomy trains; fascia; myofascial continuity; tension transfer
Topics: Fascia; fascial fibroblasts; estrogen;
relaxin; immunostaining
Topics: Fascia, Organ Bath, Mechanographic Registration, Superfusion, Immersionmized Mice, Bone Metabolic Marker
Topics: Cancer, fascia, connective tissue, extracellular matrix
Topics: Proprioception, piezo, mechanotranductiion, muscle spindles, golgi tendon organ
Topics: fascia, extracellular matrix, matrix remodeling, mechanotransduction, stiffness
Topics: fascia, biophysical model, fly photoreceptor, refractory period, sensory adaptation, sensory habituation, stochastic adaptive sampling, stretch-sensitive mechanoreceptor
Topics: ACL; exercise; tendon; ultimate tensile strength
Topics: Myofascial release, wound healing
Topics: Chondrocytes; Vitamin C; Local anesthetics; Ropivacaine; Bupivacaine; Lidocaine
Topics: collagen network, mechanical adaptation, tissue remodelling
Topics: knee; articular cartilage; chondroprotection; nutraceutical
Topics: fascia, scar, wound, complementary and alternative medicine, osteopathy, naturopathy
Topics: strength training, patellar tendon, eccentric training, concentric training, rate of force development, isotonic.
Topics: haptic system, fascia, connective tissue, multifractal tensegrity, ecological approach, cytoskeleton
Topics: Fascia, Densification, Fibrosis, Connective tissue, Hyaluronan, Loose connective tissu, Aging, Overuse syndrome, Mechanics, Hysteresis, Stress–strain curves, Load, Lines of forces
Topics: fascia, mechanosensing, mechanoregulation, integrins, actomyosin, extracellular matrix
Topics: fascia, sacroiliac joint, load transfer, arch theory; Self-bracing, wire-spoke wheel model
Topics: fascia, symphysis pubis dysfunction, pubic symphysis, pubic symphysis diastasis, urinary bladder overactive, manipulation chiropractic, manipulation osteopathic
Topics: fascia, biotensegrity, cancer, extracellular matrix, mechanotherapy, neuroblastoma
Topics: Advanced glycation end-products; Ageing; Atomistic simulations; Collagen; Crosslinks; Diabetes.
Topics: Force transmission; Fascia; Ankle muscles; Elbow muscles; Exercise
Topics: Force transmission; Fascia; Ankle muscles; Elbow muscles; Exercise
Topics: collagen, advanced glycation endproducts, crosslinks, tendon mechanics, diabetes, ageing
Topics: malignant hyperthermia, fascial tissue, contraction, myofibroblasts
Topics: fascia, eutherian mammals, dinosaurs, herbivores, giant mammals, articular cartilage thickness
Topics: fascia, fascial net, Collagen renewal, elastic recoil, tissue rehydration, stretching, foam rollers, proprioceptive refinement
Topics: Fibroblasts; cytoskeleton; dense connective tissue; areolar connective tissue; mechanotransduction
Topics: fascia, mammals, articular cartilage, tissue tickness, osteochondral cores, cellular density
Topics: Vitamin C, healing tendon, adhesion,
Topics: fascia, heart, ifdfusion magnetic resonance imaging, diffusion tractography, helical heart, myocardial ventricular band
Topics: Fascia, Myofascial pain syndrome (MPS), Hyaluronic acid, Densification, Myofascial trigger, points (MTP)
Topics: Fibroblasts; cytoskeleton; dense connective tissue; areolar connective tissue; mechanotransduction
Topics: connective tissue, fibroblast, mechanical, atp, cytoskeleton, interstitial fluid, osmotic swelling
Topics: Mechanotransduction, Fibrosis, CCN2, CTGF, CCN family, Integrins
Topics: Fascia, Connective Tissue, Stretching, Manual Therapy, Movement Therapy, Rehabilitation, Back Pain
Topics: fascia, MRI, IASP images, microneurography, skin sympathetic nerve activity, affect
Topics: Nutrition, Muscle, Anabolic intramuscular signaling, Hypertrophy
Topics: fascia CTGF, fibrosis, tissue remodeling, extracellular matrix
Topics: Lumbar fascia; Paraspinal tissues; Stiffness; Hydration; Stretching
Topics: Myotone Pro, Fascia
Topics: atomic force microscopy; collagen; fibril dimensions; modulus; toe region
Topics: Fascial; Reinforcement; Collagen fibers; Re-orientation; Tension
Topics: fascia, cancer, tumor cells, fibrosis, extracellular matrix, stiffness
Topics: fascia, connective tissue, myofascia, yawning, sleep-wake rhythm
Topics: collagen synthesis, ERK 1/2 phosphorylation, intermittent stretch
Topics: Fascia, Flaps, Aponeurosis, Connective tissue, Hyaluronan
Topics: Osteoarthritis
, Cartilage,
MRI,
Delayed gadolinium enhanced,
Magnetic resonance imaging,
Collagen hydrolysate
Topics: Fascia; Musculoskeletal; Cerebral palsy; Remodeling; Stress shielding
Topics: Cytoskeleton; subcutaneous; nucleus; mechanotransduction; invagination
Topics: Force transmission, connective tissue, epimuscular
Topics: cytokines, rheumatoid arthritis, signaling protein, inflammation
Topics: Kinesthesis; Low back pain; Proprioception; Rehabilitation; Spine
Topics: Tendon; Carpal sheath; Sliding system; Tendon vascularization; Finger flexor reconstruction; Collagenic fibrillar framework; Microvacuole
Topics: fascia, mechanotransduction, substrate stiffness, cell mechanics
Topics: fascia, dissection, connective tissue, skeletal muscle, proprioception, elbow joint
Topics: fascia, mechanotransduction, extracellular matrix, cytoskeleton, cell nucleus, cytoplasma
Topics: fascia, echanotransduction, mechanotherapy
Topics: fascia, mechanotransduction, fibroblast, focal adhesion, extracellular matrix, cytoskeleton, RhoA, integrin linked kinase, p130Cas, megakaryocytic leukemia protein, tenascin-C
Topics: Fascia, Connective Tissue, Stretching, Manual Therapy, Movement Therapy, Rehabilitation, Back Pain, TGF-beta1, Procollagen typ I
Topics: fascia, tensegrity, cytoskeleton, extracellular matrix, mechanical forces, integrins, mechanotransduction
Topics: fascia, tensegrity, mechanotransduction, cytoskeleton, integrins, cell tension, physical therapy
Topics: Crystallography, helix, icosahedron, natural law, platonic solids, symmetry, structural hierarchies, tensegrity, tetrahedron
Topics: Anterior crural compartment, Anterior tibial muscle, Connective tissue, Extensor digitorum longus muscle, Extensor hallucis longus muscle, Length-force characteristics, Myofascial force transmission, Peroneal compartment, Proximo-distal force difference, Rat model
Topics: fascia, mechanical force, traction force, mechanobiology, cell adhesion, stiffness, rigidity
Topics: fascia, fibronectin, fibrillogenesis, integrin, cell traction
Topics: fascia, hyaluronan, collagen, extracellular matrix, wound healing, scar, fibrosis, fibroblast
Topics: fascia, myofascial force transmission, extensor digitorum longus muscle, tibialis anterior muscle, peroneal muscles, connective tissue, antagonistic muscles
Topics: Collagen type I, collagen type III, mechanical load, patellar tendon
Topics: Osteoarthritis, vitamin C, ascorbate, nutrition, intra articular
Topics: fascia, myofibroblast, extracellular matrix, wound healing TGF-beta, fibrosis
Topics: fascia, myocardial cell, cytoskeleton, integrin, extracellular matrix, mechanotransduction, microfabrication
Topics: collagen synthesis, contraction type, concentric, eccentric, isometric
Topics: Myofascial, Myotendinous, Force transmission, Proximo-distal force difference, Synergistic muscles, Antagonistic muscles, Muscle relative position, Deep flexor muscles; Endomysium, Perimysium; Neurovascular tract, Spastic paresis, Surgery, Movement limitation, Contracture, Sarcomere length distributions
Topics: fascia, innervation, proprioception, motor coordination, ruffini corpuscles, pacini corpuscles
Topics: extracellular matrix, stress fiber, actin, cytoskeleton
Topics: fascia, muscle stiffness, perimysium, myofibroblasts, tonic muscle, phasic muscle
Topics: Mechanotransduction, Focal adhesion, Extracellular matrix, Cytoskeleton
Topics: tendon metabolism; tendon mechanical function; connective tissue;
imaging
Topics: fascia, subcutaneous tissue, actin, Mechanical stress, mechanotransduction, fibroblast, stretch
Topics: Cartilage, proteoglycans, PRG4, dynamic shear stress, static compression
Topics: loose connective tissue, mechanosensing, signaling
Topics: mechanical ! mechanosensation ! mechanochemical ! prestress ! tensegrity
Topics: articular cartilage, essential fatty acids, glucosamine sulphate, glucose transport, nutraceutical, nutrition, osteoarthritis, osteochondritis, vitamin C
Topics: eccentric; concentric; resistance exercise; z-band streaming
Topics: mechanotransduction, morphogenesis, fascia
Topics: metabolism, matrix protein, stable-isotope tracer, proline, bone turnover, nutrition
Topics: mechanotransduction, connective tissue, tensegrity, musculoskeletal manipulations, acupuncture
Topics: myofascial trigger points; musculoskeletal pain; microdialysis; soft tissue pain; pressure pain threshold
Topics: Fascia, connective tissue, Myofibroblast, proprioception, manual, myofascial release
Topics: Smad, MAP kinase, CTGF, prostacyclin, TNF-beta, scleroderma, ED-A fibronectin
Topics: ECM, collagen, tendons, skeletal muscles, mechanical loading
Topics: α-smooth muscle actin, stress fibres, inflammation, TGF-β1 fibronectin, tension
Topics: Fascia, Compensatory pattern, posture
Topics: Mechanobiology, Mechanotransduction, Biocomplexity, Bioinformatics, Integrins
Topics: Cytoskeleton, Microfilaments, Microtubules, Intermediate filaments, Integrins, Cell shape, Cell mechanics
Topics: Stress shielding · Patellar tendon · Collagen fibril
diameter · Ultrastructure
Topics: Collagen hydrolysate; Collagen secretion;
Chondrocyte metabolism; Type II collagen; Cell culture
(Bovine)
Topics: cytoskeleton, extracellular matrix, disease, mechanical forces, integrins, mechanotransduction, stress-activated ion channels, tissue engineering
Topics: Exercise; Mechanotransduction; Sensitivity; Saturation; Adaptation
Topics: Morphology; Loading, mechanical; Collagen fibers; Scanning electron microscopy; Cryofixation; Freeze
substitution, Rabbit
Topics: Tensegrity, Mechanotransduction, Cytoskeleton, Extracellular matrix, Integrins, Anatomy
Topics: gelatin hydrolysate; peptide absorption; organ distribution; cartilage; mice (C57/BL)
Topics: Na, K, Thyroid hormone,
Topics: mechanoreceptor, cytoskeleton, integrins, signal transduction, extracellular matrix
Topics: extracellular matrix, nuclear modulation, cell modulation, growth factors
Topics: ECM, GAG, collagen, deep digital flexor tendon, loading
Fascia is a system of flexible connective tissue encapsulating everything in the body. If the system is running smoothly, all is fine, but when some parts become stiff, tense or inflamed, there will be consequences.
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 understand Fascia?
Dr Heike Jäger, Professor Karl Arfors and innovator Hans Bohlin presented the latest research regarding Fascia, inflammation and Fascia treatment in Stockholm, May 2017.
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 is able to function in such an incredible way.
Keep the flow of lymph alive! What can I do to increase the lymph flow?
Vitamin C has many different actions in the body. It is a coenzyme, which assist in various physiological processes in the body and it is a powerful antioxidant.
David Lesondak is a structural integrator and a myofascial specialist who has been working for many years trying to explain what fascia is, as well as the benefits you get from treating different problems with fascia treatment. In an interview at the Fascia Research Congress in Berlin 2018, he describes the basics of what fascia is and what challenges it is facing in the strive for recognition in the medical field.
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.
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 together. How could his neck have been held up originally?
New research shows that low back pain is caused by inflammation in the Fascia. But why are we getting low back pain and what happens in our body when we get back pain?
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 Research Congress in Berlin.
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 at pain and discomfort.
From Newton, to Einstein, to the new wildfire of Fascia Research. How do we understand things from a different perspective?
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.
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 current and previous research.
One of the best ways to keep yourself healthy, free from pain and injuries is to take care of your Fascia. Here are 9 tips on how to take care of your Fascia.
What we do know for sure is that the abundance of sugar has a negative effect on the fascia and makes it less elastic. Stress also affects the fascia in a disadvantageous way
You probably know that the immune system is our defensive wall protecting us from the threats from the outside world – but do you know how it works and how to boost it?
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 that muscles, no matter what they do individually, also affect tissues throughout the entire body.
Vitamin C is good for the immune system, but did you know that it also supports tissue regeneration or that we use up 7 times more Vitamin C during stress?
Get a deeper introduction to new Fascia Research with the 2018 German documentary “The mysterious world under the skin”.
David Lesondak describes how stretching the fascia is vital for rehabilitation from injury at the 2018 Fascia Research Congress in Berlin
Fascia research has sparked an ongoing global revolution in the anatomical research field. In The Fascia Guide Research Database we have gathered hundreds of research articles about fascia.
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 the joint is exposed to pressure, compression
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?
In 2015 veterinary Vibeke S Elbrønd published the first report on Fascia and horses. To make that happen she had to learn all there was regarding fascia, she had to become a fascia expert.
On the Fascia Guide FAQ we have gathered the most common questions and answers about Fascia. Is there anything you would like to know? Visit the page and submit your question.
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 smallest cell.
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 living human body.
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.
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 connective tissue through the body, as found in humans.
Exclusive interview with Dr Stephen Levin, the worlds leading expert on Biotensegrity, at the Fascia Research Congress 2015.
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?
Exercise increases collagen production in tendons, ligaments and all Fascia. To stimulate collagen formation in tendons and ligaments, it doesn’t matter if the exercise is eccentric (muscle contraction during extension) or concentric (muscle contraction during shortening).
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
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 mean?
Connective tissue / fascia is an incredibly adaptable and plastic tissue. It is transformed, remodeled and strengthened or weakened according to the mechanical stimulation (load) to which it is exposed. If we don’t move, the tissue will diminish.
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?
Recently, a German researcher showed that the connective tissue in a human transports 15 l of water in 48 hours, which is a relatively large amount compared to for example the amount of blood and the lymphatic system.
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 on Acupuncture, Oncology and Fascia in Boston, research was presented regarding Fascia and Cancer
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.