Fascia research is a shift in focus- Gil Headly @Fascia research Congress When we pay more attention to fascia we can learn a lot about human movement and movement pathology as well as learn to be more whole in our bodies. So he thinks that is something everybody’s looking for. Fascia isn’t just an…
The importance of new technology and health communities How does dense connective tissue look like? Connective tissue is made up of collagen and collagen stacks and fibers. We think of dense connective tissue as being like a wall and in the allopathic world people say fascia is the same thing. But what the people in…
Jarmo Ahonen: We need tools to improve fascia treatment People often ask me how to get better results and hands not to get tired so quickly. If they have a good feel of the hand they get a lot of help with Atlasbalans machines because they know how to use it and where to put…
At the Natural History Museum in Washington DC back in the 70’s, the orthopedic Dr. Stephen Levin saw a giant dinosaur with a very long neck. Suddenly, it hit him: It shouldn’t be possible! In a body where muscles and skeletons work like levers, a throat of such length should never cope with the enormous…
Before 2017 the skin was considered as the largest organ in the body but now it’s fascia Physiology is the science of the function of cells, tissues, and organs. A tissue is a group of cells that have the same function. Organs are made up of different tissues; For example blood, blood vessels, liver, bone,…
SUPERFICIAL DORSAL LINE This line connects and protects the entire rear side as a back shield, from underneath the foot to the top of the skull in two parts. From toes to knees and from the knees to the eyebrows. When the knees are extended these two parts function as a whole. The superficial dorsal…
Exercises for the Fascia and Increased Mobility Imagine the fascia as a web of thousands of thin sewing threads that work alongside each other. If they stick together, which happens when we rest, problems may occur. To a certain level, the body can handle it, but not always. If you look at a cat or…
Biotensegrity How did dinosaurs handle the pressure of gravity? Dr. Stephen Levin, an orthopedic surgeon, was at the Natural History Museum and saw wires holding up the neck of the same type of dinosaur as on the picture above. And he was questioning in his head – how was his neck held up formerly? The…
Why is vitamin c important for the fascia? Fascia has different firmness depending on how well the collagen is deposited into the tissue. Collagen proteins are built including sulphur. It has been shown that many people with chronic pain and stiffness do very well with a supplement of organic sulphur, so-called MSM (Methylsulfonylmethane).Vitamin C is…
Inflammation of the fascia causes aches and pains In a sedentary service society and an increasingly digitized world, more people suffer from back and neck problems; problems that lead to impaired quality of living and longer sick leave. In recent years new research (Gordh et al 2011, Mense et al 2015, & Wilke et al…
