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- Ep. 184
184. The weather and the body – an interplay we rarely think about
We talk about the weather every day – but rarely about what it actually does to our bodies. In this episode, we explore how temperature, wind, air pressure, and humidity affect us. What happens in th…
- Ep. 183
183. Water's Anomalies – Nature's Strangest Substance
Water is found everywhere there is life. At the same time, it behaves in ways that almost no other substances do. In this episode, we explore the strange properties of water – its anomalies. For exam…
- Ep. 179
179. Living with Charge – The Body, Energy, and the Living Context
What happens when we start to understand the body as an energy system – electrical, alive, and in constant contact with its surroundings? In this concluding episode, we summarize the series on fascia…
- Ep. 022
22. The Living Body: Richard Stevens on Fascia, Flow, and Finding New Paths in Health
In this episode, we talk with Australian osteopath Richard Stevens about his journey into fascia treatment, what led him from Melbourne to Swedish Fascia Convention, and how a new approach to health…
- Ep. 178
178. Can we create our own healing energy?
Scalar energy. It sounds complex, and it is. But as we begin to understand it, a new perspective on how healing can work emerges. It's about thinking less, feeling more, and entering a state where th…
- Ep. 021
21. The Fascia Guide Live – Christmas Special
The episode was first published on The Fascia Guide LIVE YouTube channel on December 18, 2024. In this Christmas Special, Axel Bohlin and Per Johansson explore a deeper question: How important is bel…
- Ep. 020
20. The Fascia Guide Live with Dr Hiten Patel
The episode was first published on The Fascia Guide LIVE YouTube channel on December 12, 2024. In this special episode, we speak with Dr. Hiten Patel, a highly experienced senior physician who reache…
- Ep. 019
19. The Fascia Guide Live – Imagination
The episode was first published on The Fascia Guide Live YouTube channel on November 27, 2024. In this episode, Axel Bohlin and Per Johansson explore the power of imagination and how our inner images…
- Ep. 177
177. Can you get sick from suppressing your emotions?
We've all experienced it and often found it difficult to handle. Suppressed emotions, frustration we haven't released, grief we haven't processed – perhaps even laughter, happiness, and joy we haven'…
- Ep. 018
18. The Fascia Guide Live – How we understand things
This episode is a re-release of The Fascia Guide LIVE – a livestreamed conversation recorded on November 20, 2024. In this episode, we dive into the foundations of knowledge and understanding – and h…
- Ep. 017
17. The Fascia Guide Live – A conversation about Fascia = a conversation about everything
The Fascia Guide Live – A conversation about Fascia = a conversation about everything This episode is a re-release of The Fascia Guide LIVE – a livestreamed conversation where we open up a free-form…
- Ep. 016
16. Deanna Hansen: Fascia decompression and the power to heal
The episode was first published on The Fascia Guide YouTube channel on February 5, 2025. In this inspiring episode, we meet Deanna Hansen — founder of Block Therapy™ and a pioneer in the field of fas…
- Ep. 176
176. How do you develop a more effective hand?
For us, it all started with a machine. It has been a long journey – from the idea of an extended hand to research on fascia, horses, dogs, and childbirth, on to international breakthroughs and the de…
- Ep. 015
15. Dr. Neil Theise on fascia, complexity, and the nature of consciousness
The episode was first published on the Swedish podcast Fasciaguiden on June 5, 2025. In this thought-provoking conversation, we meet Dr. Neil Theise — liver pathologist, fascia researcher, and author…
- Ep. 175
175. Fascia and the living planet
What happens when we stop seeing the body as a machine and instead start to understand it as a living part of the planet's ecosystem? In this episode, we delve into the connection between fascia, nat…
- Ep. 014
14. Dr. Gerald Pollack on the fourth phase of water – and its role in memory, energy, and cancer
The episode was first published on the Swedish podcast Fasciaguiden on June 4, 2025. In this unique episode, we meet Professor Gerald Pollack — one of the world’s most influential researchers in wate…
- Ep. 013
13. Dr. Thomas Levy: “All disease is caused by oxidative stress”
The episode was first published on the Swedish podcast Fasciaguiden on May 27, 2025. What if every chronic disease actually stems from the same root cause — the loss of electrons? In this eye-opening…
- Ep. 174
174. What is the charge of the food you eat? – The Electric Body Part 3
Note: This episode was first mistakenly published as number 173. The conversation about the electric body continues – this time focusing on the food we eat and the role of nutrients from an electrica…
- Ep. 012
12. How seeing the living body changes everything we thought we knew – with Jean-Claude Guimberteau, MD
The episode was first published on the Swedish podcast Fasciaguiden on May 26, 2025. In this episode, we meet the French surgeon Jean-Claude Guimberteau, who has spent more than 30 years filming the…
- Ep. 173
173. The electrical body part 2, Why do we get sick?
You can do everything right – eat well, exercise, take the right nutritional supplements, get treatment – but still not heal. Why? In this episode, we go deeper into Tennant's model for how the body…
- Ep. 171
171. The Electric Body – On Current, Charge, and Healing
What happens if we start seeing the body as an electrical system – full of batteries, charge, and current? In this episode, we connect the dots on an undercurrent that has been present in the Fascia…
- Ep. 166
166. Neil Theise
In this thought-provoking conversation, we meet Neil Theise – liver pathologist, fascia researcher, and author of the book Notes on Complexity. This is more than an interview – it's a journey through…
- Ep. 165
165. Gerald Pollack
In this unique episode, we meet Professor Gerald Pollack, one of the world's most influential researchers in water science. Together with Axel and Hans, we delve into structured water, the internal p…
- Ep. 162
162. Guimberteau: “When I SAW the living body, everything changed”
In this episode, we meet the French surgeon Jean-Claude Guimberteau, who has been filming the living body for more than 30 years. What did he discover when he first saw that reality did not match the…
- Ep. 161
161. Epigenetics, trauma & stress – when the body never gets to rest
What happens in the body when childhood is marked by fear, abuse, or physical pain? In this follow-up to episode 159, we delve deeper into the connection between epigenetics, trauma, and why long-ter…
- Ep. 160
160. Wholeness in a divided system – Sven Román on the medical profession, suicide rates, and the path back to the human
What happens when a doctor tries to see the whole picture in a healthcare system built on division? In this episode, we meet child and adolescent psychiatrist Sven Román in a conversation about the d…
- Ep. 159
159. Epigenetics, fascia & how we become the life we live
What if you are not a victim of your genes. What if the life you live – your habits, thoughts, feelings, and even how you move – affects how your genes are expressed. And what if the body isn't just…
- Ep. 158
158. Fascia: a system and four organs?
Is Fascia a system, an organ, or just the membrane around muscles? At the end of 2024, a research report was published that sparked a major debate in the world of fascia: Fascia is not an organ as ha…
- Ep. 157
157. Visceral Fascia – the interface between the body's organs
Fascia is found around every cell and every group of cells; organs are groupings of cells, and the visceral fascia enters and surrounds them. This episode is about how the body's organs are connected…
- Ep. 156
156. Fascia Offers a New Perspective on Being Overweight
Why do we actually become overweight? Is it as simple as counting calories in and out – or is there a deeper explanation? In this episode, we explore being overweight from a fascia perspective and ho…
- Ep. 155
155. Shoulder pain: causes and what happens in the body
Icy patches, impacts, or long-term strain. There are many causes of shoulder problems – but how big a role does the cause itself actually play? Is there a difference between one shoulder injury and a…
- Ep. 154
154. The Prostate and the Male Pelvis
Why do so many men experience prostate problems? Prostate problems are appearing at younger ages, and it's becoming more common for men in their mid-30s to have prostate issues. How is the pelvic flo…
- Ep. 152
152. The Fascia Book – a tool for understanding another perspective
How do we begin to understand the living, moving body when we've been taught since childhood that it is static: still, even dead? How do we begin to think holistically when our entire culture is buil…
- Ep. 0-1
Podcast Recommendations: One Idea Gives Birth to Another.
Människan & maskinen and Myter & mysterier Per Johansson and Eric Schüldt have together created several podcast series that explore human nature, technological development, and existential questions.…
- Ep. 151
151. Fascia for football players, avoiding injuries & increasing performance
Fascia is not just the body's largest organ; it's the flow and structure between all cells. Fascia also provides a simple model for understanding what happens in the body during activity. How is the…
- Ep. 149
149. How to Understand the Physical Potential of Fascia?
Understanding fascia provides new insights into training and physical performance. Concepts like pressure, explosiveness, and power accumulation take on a different meaning when we realize that it is…
- Ep. 148
148. Intravenous Vitamin C for Better Well-being? Interview with Dr. Mareike Claussen
Intravenous vitamin C to improve well-being is becoming more and more trendy, especially in the US, and together with Dr. Mareike Claussen, we talk about why. Are we generally deficient in vitamin C?…
- Ep. 147
147. Who goes all in to help people feel good?
Listening to a podcast can be life-changing. For Fredrik Kjellberg, listening to the Fascia Guide in the spring of 2022 was the start of a journey that radically changed his entire life. Today, he pa…
- Ep. 146
146. Why do we need to exercise?
We literally become what we do. Our fascia is reshaped to adapt to what we subject it to – and we have to move for the body to function. But do we have to exercise? What does it mean to exercise and…
- Ep. 011
11. How can we understand Fascia & our bodies in a simple way? Special guest Sue Adstrum, PhD
How can we we understand Fascia & our bodies in a simple way? Special guest Sue Adstrum, PhD Fascia research in all its glory, but how do you present it so that ordinary people understand it, gets ex…
- Ep. 145
145. What speed does your body move at?
You may have heard that everything is frequencies, but what are frequencies really? For some reason, we humans have a hard time understanding that we are part of nature, part of this planet. At the s…
- Ep. 144
144. How often do you think about your feet?
Your feet support your entire body; they are your contact with the ground you walk on. At the same time, there is something striking about the feet being furthest from the head, in a culture so focus…
- Ep. 143
143. There are no scissors on the savanna
Why do we cut the umbilical cord? Seriously, why? New research on the benefits of delayed cord clamping has sparked a debate that makes us at Fasciaguiden wonder about humanity's relationship with na…
- Ep. 142
142. Why is Fascia important, really?
Why is Fascia important, really?? “Fascia changes paradigms & opens up an unexpected scientific world. Our academic & traditional ways of thinking could be obsolete” – Jean-Claude Guimberteau Fascia…
- Ep. 141
141. What happens to flow when you're tense?
Most people have probably experienced tense muscles, and many are well aware of pelvic imbalances and poor posture, but what does this look like on the inside? How much is actually supposed to fit in…
- Ep. 140
140. How long does it take to heal and feel good?
For so many years, we've received so many questions about time and healing. How long does it take, how many treatments do I need, and what do I need to put into this? Can I even get well? The answer…
- Ep. 0-3
What if everyone knew about Fascia?
New theme since the podcast Imagine trying to shape the future of healthcare while ignoring the most groundbreaking discoveries of the past 10–15 years. ✅ Fascia isn’t just tissue—it’s a system that…
- Ep. 139
139. Swedish Fascia Convention
New theme since the podcast was recorded Imagine you're helping to build the future of healthcare, but you don't take into account all the discoveries and insights from the last 10-15 years of resear…
- Ep. 138
138. What should I eat to feel good?
We are what we eat. Quite literally. The food you eat provides the building blocks for your body, so your body is made up of what you have eaten. This episode is about the most common diets and how t…
- 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. 0-5
The Body, Treatment, and the Therapist Profession
Your guide to the guide All episodes are available on Spotify, iTunes, and on the web here Not everyone knows this, but we often use the Fascia Guide to try to put words to things that are difficult…
- Ep. 0-6
An Episode on Understanding the Living
Your guide to the guide All episodes are available on Spotify, iTunes and on the web here We wouldn't be true to ourselves if we didn't highlight the series we started in 2023. How do you stay on tra…
- Ep. 137
137. Bioelectromagnetism
What is a person's radiance? How can we sense when a person enters a room, or when someone is looking at us? What does it mean to feel charged, full of energy? For some reason, we have an incredibly…
- Ep. 136
136. Fasciaguiden then, now & the future with the Life Force Innovation foundation
How did Fasciaguiden actually start and what has happened since its launch in 2020? What does the international attention and the contacts with Pollack and Guimberteau, among others, entail? Why does…
- Ep. 135
135. How to show the living body?
How does the body look, in our minds, when we think about, talk about, and try to understand the body? Without thinking about it, we picture it as still images of muscles, organs, skeletons, and cell…
- Ep. 0-8
Episode on the basic principles of well-being
Your guide to the guide All episodes are available on Spotify, iTunes, and on the web here All of these episodes are about the basic principles of well-being. Life and flow are the foundation of well…
- Ep. 134
134. Is Vitamin C Dangerous
We've received many questions about vitamin C over the years. Is vitamin C dangerous? How much should you take? What research is there on vitamin C and how it works in the body? This episode is about…
- Ep. 010
10. What happens when people discover Fascia?
What happens when you discover that things are not as you thought? Fascia and the living body starts as a fascinating subject, new research, a new organ and new insights. But how does it affect you w…
- Ep. 133
133. Biophotons and the body's flashing carnival
Did you know that a light show with millions of flashing lights is happening inside your body right now? During metabolism, all living organisms form what are called biophotons. Research on biophoton…
- Ep. 009
09. What does it take to understand Fascia & the living body?
For many researchers, health professionals and people in general the understanding of what Fascia is and how it works has completely challenged the whole way we understand the body and what it means…
- Ep. 132
132. How can young people become interested in the body?
Something has happened in the last 10-20 years. Teachers report that more and more students have low energy, low focus, and problems with diet, sleep, and their studies, and we have received several…
- 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. 007
07. What is flow?
Fascia as a flow is a new way of understanding the body and explaining the body’s function. All that lives has a flow. Each living cell or organism has a flow of water, energies, particles, molecules…
- Ep. 006
06. Why is it so hard for Fascia to become mainstream?
What happens when you discover something that makes you rethink everything you knew? Fascia research forces as to look at the whole and not just the parts, and in some ways we need to start from scra…
- Ep. 004
04. Why is Fascia not mainstream?
Fascia research has sparked a wildfire of new insights that are challenging conventional belief about how the living body works. In the last 15-20 years thousands of high quality research articles ha…
- Ep. 130
130. What is Fascia?
What is Fascia? is the title of episode 130 of the Fascia Guide podcast. So we have released about 129 hours of podcast about Fascia and yet it feels justified to try to answer the question again. Be…
- Ep. 129
129. Why Fascia? The first episode of The Fascia Guide
In December 2023, The Fascia Guide, a new podcast in English, will be launched. But this is not a translation of the Swedish podcast; it's a new format, in many ways more concrete and concise, and th…
- Ep. 128
128. Why do we need Vitamin D?
Vitamin D plays a major role in the immune system, cell growth and function, and the body's energy metabolism. But did you know that there is a connection between the ability to handle stress and vit…
- 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. 126
126. Mental Illness
Mental illness is one of our biggest public health problems, and naturally, a lot of energy and resources are dedicated to finding a solution. The new research and understanding of Fascia and the bod…
- Ep. -10
123, 124, 125. Fascia Research Database – research available to all
Fascia Research Database – research available to all Research on Fascia has absolutely exploded in recent years. At the same time, surprisingly few seem to be aware of how much high-quality research…
- Ep. 122
122. Oxytocin and our ability to handle stress
To many, Oxytocin is known as the “calm and connection” hormone, and we produce it ourselves when we feel good, which also affects the people and animals around us. Oxytocin improves our ability to l…
- Ep. 121
121. What is it that makes us do what we do?
In our culture, we struggle to understand the living. Research, especially on water, fascia, and gut flora, is forcing us to reconsider previously held truths about how things work. We have learned t…
- Ep. 120
120. What is being researched and why?
What happens when we make observations that don't align with our previous beliefs about how the world looks and functions? If we accept that we know very little about incredibly central parts of our…
- Ep. 119
119. There's nothing wrong with you, you've just been taught there is
The more we learn about the body, about humans, and about living things, the more amazed we become. When we show Guimberteau's films of living Fascia during lectures, people are usually very moved by…
- 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. 116
116. Whiplash & what happens when Fascia absorbs and relieves pressure
In Sweden alone, thousands of people are affected by whiplash injuries each year. However, whiplash is difficult to diagnose and even more difficult to treat within conventional healthcare. But the u…
- Ep. 115
115. All life requires water, but how much do we know about water?
In our work to understand Fascia & the living body, we've established that everything alive has a flow and that all life requires water. But how well do we really understand what water is and how it…
- Ep. 114
114. What happens to the Fascia as we get older
As we get older, the body's production of collagen changes – which affects the network of Fascia that surrounds every single cell in the entire body. At the same time, the flow itself decreases, as d…
- Ep. 113
113. Is there research on this?
We've been asked this question countless times, and the follow-up question is always—research on what? On the existence of Fascia? On the function of Fascia? On Fascia treatment? Or perhaps on the ef…
- Ep. 112
112. What to do with thoughts, feelings, and traumas stuck in the body?
We are a whole, one body, one being, and there is no separation in the body – everything is connected to everything. But we've been taught that this isn't so, that consciousness, thoughts, feelings,…
- Ep. 111
111. What is a muscle, what is an organ & what is the living wetsuit?
Camilla has read the book The Living Wetsuit and feels inspired. Sue Adstrum explains the body in a simple way and opens up a new way of understanding it. This leads to a conversation about a celebra…
- Ep. 110
110. Nutrition, calories and what we need to eat to feel good
You are not a car, so why do we talk about what to eat as if we had a gasoline-powered combustion engine with an empty tank to fill and fuel to burn? What exactly are calories and how are they relate…
- Ep. 109
109. Why we learn things & what happens when knowledge lives in the body
How do you understand the whole, and how do you explain it so that others understand? If everything is connected – where do you start? How do you actually learn to understand things, and what does it…
- Ep. 108
108. Healing through electricity, the fourth phase of water and how new perspectives open up new solutions
A 2023 Swedish study from Chalmers shows that electrical stimulation can speed up wound healing, even for hard-to-heal wounds in the elderly and diabetics. This leads to a conversation about electric…
- Ep. 106
106. Interoception – How listening to your body is anything but woo-woo
'Listening to your body' or 'checking in' are concepts most people have surely heard and probably scoffed at. Yet, after over 100 hours of podcasting on this very subject, it's perhaps the most centr…
- Ep. 105
105. Why are we so afraid of fat?
Why do we have to eat fat? Which fats should we eat and how should we think when choosing foods? This episode is about fat in different forms, about farming and fishing, about how the body is affecte…
- Ep. 104
104. Knowledge about the body made simple
What does it mean for you as a person when you learn more about how the body works? How do you use knowledge about your own body in your daily life? … and how do you avoid getting stressed about NOT…
- Ep. 103
103. Why do we need antioxidants?
What happens in the body when we consume antioxidants, how do they interact with hormones, and why do we need to consider factors like lifestyle, environment, and cultivation to determine what we nee…
- Ep. 102
102. How do sweeteners affect the body?
100% taste, no calories, no sugar. In advertising for products with sweeteners, they are portrayed as harmless, and with names like 'zero' and 'light,' we get the impression that they have virtually…
- Ep. 101
101. What is sugar and what happens in the body when we eat sugar?
What is sugar and what happens in the body when we eat it? Why do you get sugar highs & mood swings and where do sugar cravings come from? How is the knowledge about sugar connected to the new resear…
- Ep. 100
100. Fascia & the living body
What does science say about Fascia and Fascia treatment? Scientific research is incredibly good for providing an advanced understanding of parts, external events, functions, and connections. At the s…
- Ep. 099
99. Fascia, birth and the living female body
The idea of helping pregnant women feel better was born back in the autumn of 2017, and over the years several women have had their pelvis balanced before and after childbirth, and Fascia treatment h…
- Ep. 098
98. How does the body produce energy & how are we affected by different kinds of light?
Mitochondria, known as the cells' powerhouses, play a central role in the repair and regeneration of cells. New research shows that mitochondria are much more sensitive than previously thought, and t…
- Ep. 097
97. Gut flora affects appetite, behavior & your overall health
Did you know that the majority of your body isn't even you? In fact, billions of microorganisms live in your gut. Some are central to your survival, others make you crave sugar or junk food, and some…
- Ep. 096
96. The foundation for a new scientific paradigm
The insight that the earth is round and not flat leads us to draw different conclusions about how the world works. In the same way, the insight that the body is alive and not dead is changing the way…
- Ep. 095
95. Fascia, acupuncture & traditional Chinese medicine
Does Fascia research explain how acupuncture works? For several thousand years, traditional Chinese medicine has used the meridian system that we in the West perhaps most associate with acupuncture.…
- Ep. 094
94. What is Energy Medicine & what would it mean if we actually took research seriously?
Energy medicine has existed for over a hundred years, but despite a great deal of serious research by doctors and professors alike, the understanding of the body as an energy flow has not become gene…
- Ep. 093
93. How is the body affected by the moon and other natural phenomena?
Do you know when the next full moon is? New research as well as ancient knowledge, and not least people's personal experiences, suggest that we are much more affected by the moon and nature's cycles…
- Ep. 092
92. How much are we affected by energy?
Almost everyone is familiar with pH value, but did you know that a pH value is actually a charge? Charges in the body, the fourth phase of water, and how we are affected by different forms of energy…
- Ep. 091
91. The Fascia Guide's New Year's Treats – Tips from the Past Year
2022 was, to say the least, an exciting and eventful year – not least when it comes to Fascia and everything related to it. Axel, Per, Hans, and Camilla have each chosen three episodes from the past…
- Ep. 090
90. How experiences settle in the body and strengthen us as human beings
Why is it that some people you meet or see feel very secure, confident, and self-assured, while others feel insecure or have a strange aura? Experience-based knowledge is something everyone has to so…
- Ep. 089
89. How is Fascia affected by ovulation, movement and exercise?
Did you know that the female body rebuilds itself twice a month? Carla Stecco, professor of anatomy, presented two major discoveries at the Fascia Research Congress 2018. The first was the discovery…
- Ep. 088
88. LIVE: The body is the place where we take place
How is the Fascia affected by what we experience? Following a screening of the film 'Fascia: The body's network without beginning or end', the conversation continues about what happens to the body wh…
- Ep. 087
87. Why do we think we are dead?
A living body and a dead body are not the same thing... There is a significant difference, so obvious it's almost ridiculous. A living body is alive, full of life and in constant flow. But our entire…
- Ep. 086
86. Why is it important to talk about how we feel?
How can a conversation have a healing effect, and what role does the listener play in the healing process? How does a societal wound differ from personal trauma, and why is it important to have a con…
- Ep. 085
85. Fascia opens up new ways to understand & treat common diseases
Research from recent years challenges previous ideas about what disease is and why it arises. How big a role do genetics really play, and how important are environment and lifestyle? Can food make yo…
- Ep. 084
84. Stress, nutrition & answers to questions about specific problems
Interest in Fascia has exploded, and we've received a lot of questions about Fascia and various issues. Therefore, it's time to talk about stress – and what stress actually does to our Fascia. Everyo…
- Ep. 083
83. How is the body affected by fear?
Fear can be paralyzing and lead us to make bad decisions or do foolish things. At the same time, there are countless historical examples of people who have overcome and managed their fear, thereby be…
- Ep. 082
82. We are as unique on the inside as we are on the outside
If you look at the people around you, you'll see that we are similar yet very different – and we are just as unique on the inside. No one thinks the way you think, and this becomes more staggering wh…
- 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. 079
79. How sleep affects Fascia and what affects our sleep
One of the most important factors for healing is sleep and rest. But how is sleep affected by our modern lifestyle, how is self-healing affected by lack of sleep, and how is the Fascia rebuilt during…
- Ep. 078
78. How can poor posture lead to various issues such as Frozen Shoulder?
Poor posture forces the body to compensate, creating an imbalance that affects the flow and structure of the Fascia, which in turn impacts the autonomic nervous system, breathing, circulation, the ly…
- Ep. 077
77. How is Fascia affected by scars & how does the body's wound healing work?
New research on Fascia is really turning some previous truths upside down. Take scars, for example. Many have heard that you can't get rid of scars, and apparently, that's completely wrong. But what…
- Ep. 076
76. What happens if the pelvis is tilted & can a tilted pelvis be corrected?
Treatment of a tilted pelvis. Some see it as the most fundamental and obvious thing there is – while others argue that it can neither be tilted nor be treated. Can you really say that a pelvis is til…
- Ep. 075
75. What does it mean to listen to your body?
Are our bodies trying to tell us something, and if so, what? What does it mean to check in, listen to your body, and be present in the moment? Is there a connection between the body's signals and phe…
- 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. 073
73. The Scientific Basis for Fascia and Fascia Treatment
What is the scientific basis for our claims about Fascia? How can we scientifically explain what happens during a Fascia treatment? … and why is it so difficult to answer these questions based on tod…
- 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. 071
71. Do you want to help drive change?
This episode is the kickoff for a brand new initiative. As we've been talking about for so long, a great many people are in pain – but at the same time, Fascia presents incredible opportunities for n…
- Ep. 070
70. Fascia, a new view of humanity and a paradigm shift
What happens when we make observations that don't align with what we previously believed about how the world looks and works? That is exactly what is happening right now in research field after resea…
- Ep. 069
69. Fascia, embryology and the body's origin
How does life develop? New insights into embryology from the British Fascia Symposium 2022 are turning our ideas about what happens during the first eight weeks after conception upside down. The holi…
- Ep. 068
68. What's it like to work helping other people?
Most people who become teachers, doctors, psychologists, or manual therapists are driven by a desire to help other people get better. But what happens when the systems you thought were there to help…
- Ep. 067
67. Mechanotransduction – what happens in the body when we move?
It may sound complex, but new research on Mechanotransduction shows how the body uses movement to initiate chemical processes, cell division, and restructuring – in other words, how movement can crea…
- Ep. 066
66. The body can store more memory than the most advanced supercomputer
The body can store more memory than the most advanced supercomputer. Some research truly turns what we previously believed about how things work upside down, and that is an understatement when it com…
- Ep. 065
65. How we help others understand & reach their full potential
How do we help others understand & reach their full potential? The conversation continues about what a body is & the importance of the body for understanding what a human is and can be. Episode 64 wa…
- Ep. 064
64. How to start understanding and achieving your potential
Over several episodes, we have discussed what a body is, what it is to feel and treat, and finally, how to become a human being—what a person has the potential to become and why the body is so import…
- Ep. 063
63. About CBD and how our body is designed to receive cannabinoids
There is an incredible medicinal plant with fantastic health effects that grows quickly, is easy to cultivate, and is one of the most cultivated plants in world history. It also has several thousand…
- Ep. -13
Can you help us find people who are passionate about helping others?
We would like to ask for your help. We are looking for people who are passionate about helping others and who want to work every day to fundamentally change the way we view and treat the body. We are…
- 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…
- Ep. 061
61. How menopause affects the Fascia
Menopause. Something completely natural that about half the world's population experiences, and which therefore indirectly affects practically the entire world's population, yet is talked about incre…
- Ep. 060
60. What is treatment?
The search for answers to what a body really is continues. In previous episodes, we have established that there is something a little strange about how we view our body, experience our body, and rela…
- Ep. 059
59. Is your Fascia acidic?
What does it mean if the body is acidic, alkaline, or neutral? What systems regulate the pH balance in the body, and what happens when we become too acidic? New research shows how the Fascia takes ov…
- Ep. 058
58. Fascia absorbs and relieves pressure
Fascia is affected by a variety of factors such as age, genotype, diseases, medication, nutrition, social stress, sleep, pollution, mental stress, and physical activity. To put it simply, one of Fasc…
- Ep. 057
57. What is it to feel?
The search for an answer to what a body really is continues. Previously, we have talked about sight, hearing, smell, and taste, all of which can be linked to specific body parts – eyes, ears, nose, a…
- Ep. 056
56. How do we experience our body?
The search for an answer to what a body really is continues. This time, the focus is on how we experience the body, the impressions we get, how we react, and how we sense the body. Focusing on one se…
- Ep. 055
55. Fascia is the body's largest organ, but what does that mean for us in practical terms?
We often talk about Fascia as a new perspective, a whole new way of looking at the body, a new way of conducting research, and a new way of understanding the world. But what does that mean for us, in…
- Ep. 054
54. What is a body?
At first glance, it seems like a simple question and it feels like the answer is simple – but what is a body? Not what it's made of, what affects it – but what the body is? Together with Per Johansso…
- Ep. 053
53. How to understand Fascia & how to explain Fascia?
Fascia is a new perspective, a whole 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 – and how do…
- Ep. 052
52. Mitochondrial dysfunction & new trends in medical science
Something happens when you start to place more importance on the whole than the parts. A hot topic in medical science is mitochondrial dysfunction, a condition that has been linked to common diseases…
- Ep. 051
51. Why is Fascia a whole new way of looking at the body? LIVE
What is it about Fascia and Fascia research that is so different – and what, really, is a body? Live in front of an audience, Axel Bohlin, Per Johansson, Camilla Ranje Nordin, and Hans Bohlin talk ab…
- Ep. 050
50. Nutrition as medicine
Can you use food, vitamins, and minerals as treatment for illness? The doctors who practice Orthomolecular and Functional medicine believe so – and there are many indications that they are onto somet…
- Ep. 049
49. Why is new research changing our view of aches and pain?
Why does Fasciaguiden exist, and what do we mean when we say that new research is changing our view of aches and pain? In this episode, we take a step back. We talk about what our work with Fascia ha…
- Ep. 048
48. Habits, movement exercises, training tips & other ways to take care of your Fascia
How do you keep your Fascia in shape – and why can healthy habits be so difficult? This episode of the Fascia Guide is about Fascia in everyday life, about small things that make a big difference, ab…
- Ep. 047
47. Touch & what happens to the physical body in an increasingly digital world
To say that digitalization has reached new levels in just the last two years is truly an understatement. Zoom meetings, working from home, grocery deliveries, digital courses, and conferences are now…
- Ep. 046
46. The living body doesn't look the way most people think
A living body and a dead body are not the same thing… but we pretend they are when we study anatomy and build our image of what the body looks like. The traditional view of the body doesn't take into…
- Ep. 045
45. Fascia, the Immune System & What Happens When We Get Sick
What happens in the body when we get sick? How does the immune system work and what can we do to avoid getting sick? … and what does this have to do with The Return of the King? In today's episode, w…
- Ep. 044
44. Nutrition is the foundation for mental health
Camilla Ranje Nordin has read some new research articles from 2021 about nutrition being the foundation for mental health. This leads us into a conversation about, among other things, diet, nutrition…
- Ep. 043
43. Flow, the fourth phase of water & Torkil from the Faroe Islands who wanted to take his life
It's hard to describe today's episode. It's about flow, piezoelectricity, the body's communication, and the fourth phase of water, leading to a fascinating discussion about what we really are. But ab…
- Ep. -14
42.5. SPECIAL: Now you can become a part-owner in our major Fascia initiative
SPECIAL: Now you can become a part-owner in our major Fascia initiative. From now on, you, your friends, yes anyone who wants to, can become a part-owner in Fasciaklinikerna. As you probably know, Fa…
- Ep. 042
42. EDS, Hypermobility and Fascia
Over the years, we have received many questions about hypermobility and EDS. But what do these conditions entail, what is the difference, and why is it so difficult to give concrete answers about EDS…
- Ep. 041
41. Fibromyalgia, chronic pain & why women get certain health problems
Certain conditions affect women to a much greater extent than men – and some conditions only affect women. Why is that? Starting with fibromyalgia, lymphedema, and general chronic pain, the Fascia Gu…
- Ep. 040
40. What is life & flow and what does it mean for us in practice?
The Fascia Guide is back after an unexpected break. I became a father for the first time to a daughter who arrived earlier than expected, and of course, it has affected me incredibly much. Witnessing…
- Ep. 039
39. The Vagus Nerve, Stress & Practical Stress Management
Stress is a part of many people's daily lives today, but how is the body affected by stress – and why is it so incredibly important to find a quiet moment? Today's episode is a primer on how the auto…
- Ep. 038
38. LIVE: Questions about stress, vitamins, breathing & how to take care of your body
The Fascia Guide records its first LIVE podcast at the Atlasbalans user conference. After a brief review of the nervous system, lymphatic system, endocrine system, what happens in the body during str…
- Ep. 037
37. Magnesium is much more important than we previously thought
Many people know that magnesium is good for the nervous system, immune system & metabolism and that sugar, coffee, alcohol, etc., can cause magnesium deficiency. But did you know that Magnesium is in…
- Ep. 036
36. Osteoarthritis, Herniated Discs & Chronic Back Pain
A deep dive into research on topics including collagen & hyaluronic acid Why do people get osteoarthritis? What causes herniated discs? Can you get rid of chronic back pain and, if so, how? In recent…
- Ep. 035
35. Fascia, hormones, PCOS and what happens when we're stressed
Cortisol, insulin, oxytocin, estrogen, testosterone, and adrenaline. How does the endocrine system work, and in what way are the body's functions affected by our hormones? What is cortisol and why is…
- Ep. 034
34. Can the body heal anything, given the right conditions?
Is it really credible that people can get rid of long-term back pain, chronic pain, and difficult-to-treat diagnoses in one, two, three, or ten Fascia treatments? What really happens to a body that b…
- Ep. 033
33. Back pain and other problems related to Fascia
Today's episode of the Fascia Guide is about back pain, neck problems, runner's knee, tennis elbow, diffuse pain, and much, much more. I have pain in... – could it be related to Fascia? I've got... –…
- Ep. 032
32. Oxidative stress & free radicals break down your body
Is your body also rusting away? Free radicals are formed naturally when our cells break down the food we eat and convert it into energy – and every time we put any kind of strain on the body, free ra…
- Ep. 031
31. We are what we eat – on diet and Fascia
The body you are walking around in right now is literally made up of what you have eaten in recent years. A complex composition of proteins, fats, carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals, and millions of m…
- Ep. 030
30. Movement, running, feet and Fascia
What does it mean to wear shoes – and how do you actually run? Today's episode of the Fascia Guide is about feet, movement, running, and evolutionary ecology. How do we move today, how should we move…
- Ep. 029
29. Have you thought about how you breathe?
In today's episode of the Fascia Guide, we talk about breathing and how we can practically influence our Fascia through our breath. It may sound trivial, but the right kind of breathing can balance t…
- Ep. 028
28. The body, artificial intelligence & built-in resistance to change
If you only listen to one episode of Fasciaguiden, it might be this one. In this podcast, we have explored how new research is changing the view of health, aches, and pain, forcing us to rethink and…
- Ep. 027
27. What is disease in theory and in practice?
The currently accepted scientific theory for why we get sick states that various microorganisms, pathogens, bacteria, and viruses attack the body and make us ill. But how well does that idea align wi…
- Ep. 026
26. Fascia treatment and other ways to take care of your Fascia – Fascia & Research
How do we ensure our Fascia is doing well – and who benefits from Fascia treatment? Today we talk about balance and posture, mobility and relaxation, and what the body needs to feel good. What can yo…
- Ep. 025
25. What DOES Fascia Do? – Fascia & Research
The fascia has numerous functions. We have previously gone through the simple explanation, how the Fascia absorbs and relieves pressure and helps us handle everything we subject our bodies to daily.…
- Ep. 024
24. What IS Fascia? Definition, components & meaning – Fascia & Research
What is Fascia? Guimberteux and Armstrong (2015) define Fascia as the elastic, cohesive network in the body, which extends from the surface of the skin down to the cell nuclei – and even into the cel…
- Ep. 023
23. What do you want to know about Fascia? – Fascia & Research
Camilla Ranje Nordin has now read over 2000 research reports, and every time she gives a lecture, new exciting topics come up. So now we are launching a new format: Fascia & … Hans, Camilla, and I me…
- Ep. 022
22. How are the body affected by thoughts and emotions?
… what are we actually thinking, and where do our thoughts come from? We know that the body is affected by our thoughts and emotions – but how can an idea stand in the way of healing? Today we know t…
- Ep. 021
21. What are electromagnetic fields and how do they affect the body?
How well do we understand the environment we live in? Today we'll discuss something that is hardly ever talked about, yet is absolutely crucial to how all life on our planet works. What are electroma…
- Ep. 020
20. How do I learn to understand my own body?
In this podcast, we have discussed how recent research on Fascia leads to a completely new way of viewing the body, and how ecological thinking can help us understand the body from a different perspe…
- Ep. 019
19. Why do we get sick?
… and what is illness, really? Why do we actually get sick? In today's episode, we search for answers with the help of an ecological mindset and new research on Fascia and our gut flora. This leads t…
- Ep. 018
18. Ecology and the Body's Ecosystem
To understand Fascia, a holistic perspective is not just desirable but absolutely necessary – but how do we understand the body as a whole? There is a scientific tradition where concepts like relatio…
- Ep. 017
17. Fascia forces us to rethink
Recent years of research in general, and research on fascia in particular, opens up a new understanding of how the body works and provides completely new explanations for diseases, aches, and pain. A…
- Ep. 016
16. Fascia, movement, exercise and training
Fascia in everyday life This episode is about Fascia, movement, exercise and training. Why must we move? What happens when we don't move, and how is Fascia affected by exercise and sports? Joining us…
- Ep. 015
15. About Vitamin C & why EVERYONE should take supplements
Fascia in everyday life About supplements and nutrients. Why does the fascia expert believe everyone should take supplements, and which supplements can't we live without? With us is Camilla Ranje Nor…
- Ep. 014
14. What happens when we get sick? On Fascia, the immune system & the lymphatic system
Fascia in everyday life. How does the body really work and what happens when we get sick? In this episode, we take a deep dive into the lymphatic and immune systems, and we talk about what you can do…
- Ep. 013
13. How to care for your fascia and stay healthy
The third season of the Fascia Guide is about Fascia in everyday life. How do you stay healthy and how do you take care of your Fascia? In today's episode, we delve deeper into the anatomy and physio…
- Ep. 009
09. Childbirth, pregnancy and the consequences of how life begins
The first eight episodes of the Fascia Guide contained a detailed review of how we as a society and culture have separated, objectified, and reduced both the body and the human being – and how our fo…
- Ep. 008
08. The Belief in Progress: The myth that controls our lives and distances us from the body and nature
In this series, we have argued that our perspective—that is, how we see ourselves and the world—is not just important, but absolutely central to how we understand the body, what we research, how we b…
- Ep. 007
07. Fascia is changing our view of the body – but what does that mean for me as a human being?
In six episodes, we have reasoned that the Western way of dividing the body into parts, which relate to each other as just parts, makes it very difficult, if not impossible, to understand the body as…
- Ep. 006
06. Why Don't Doctors Talk About Fascia? On the resistance to a certain type of research
Research in recent years in general, and on fascia in particular, is opening up a new understanding of how the body works—and at the same time forcing us to rethink. But why isn't this talked about m…
- Ep. 005
05. The Puzzle: How do we put the pieces together to understand the body as a whole?
We began this series by examining how we actually see and think about our bodies, and we followed up by tracing the origin of these ideas. In episodes 3 and 4, we present new research that opens up a…
- Ep. 004
04. How Fascia Works & How It Helps Us Understand Back Pain & Cancer
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, t…
- Ep. 003
03. What is Fascia? How researchers discovered new cells and a new organ
In the first two episodes, we have established that there are different ways of looking at the body and that there are major shortcomings in our Western way of viewing both human beings and the body…
- Ep. 002
02. Why do we divide the body into pieces and why is it so hard to put it back together again?
In the first episode of the Fascia Guide, we went through different historical and cultural ways of looking at the body, and how we view the body in the modern West – as something objective, a thing,…