Fascia - What It Is, and Why It Matters, Second Edition

✍ Scribed by Lesondak, David;

• Publisher: Handspring Publishing Limited
• Year: 2022
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 154
• Edition: 2
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

As the title suggests, this book presents a clear and easy to understand explanation of what the fascia is and the role it plays in the body. As the importance of fascia is increasingly recognized it became obvious that there was a need for a book that clearly and concisely presents the facts. This is that book. It has a strong storyline, with each chapter logically connecting to the next, rather like fascia itself! It is informative and satisfying to read.
Fascia - What It Is and Why It Matters serves as an essential primer for professionals, such as movement educators, physical therapists, osteopaths, massage therapists, fitness professionals, and doctors enabling them to attain a solid grasp of what fascia is and what it does in the body. It provides an understanding of fascia as a tissue, of its role in the various systems of the body and of its clinical significance. The book is complete in itself, but also it may also serve as a springboard to deeper explorations should the reader wish to go further.

✦ Table of Contents

CONTENTS
About the Author

Dedication

Foreword by Thomas W. Myers

Foreword by Robert Schleip

Foreword by Carla Stecco

Preface

Acknowledgments

1 Fascia: The Living Tissue and System

A not-so-simple definition of fascia

Fascia 101

Fascia 102

Fascia 103

References

Further reading

2 Fascia, Tensegrity, and the Cell

Introduction

Tensegrity – the something else

Under the microscope

From micro to macro

References

Further reading

3 Fascia and Anatomy

Introduction

In the beginning

A man from Padua

The man from Kansas

The “fasciomusculoskeletal” system

Yes, it is all connected

Other vital connections

The fascial net plastination project

The myodural bridge – connecting the body to the brain

References

Further reading

4 Fascia and the Nervous System

Introduction

The man who lost his body

Anatomy of a nerve

Fascial mechanoreceptors

Interoception – the seventh sense

Improving interoception requires focused attention…

…for the therapist as well as the patient

References

Further reading

5 Fascia and the Brain

Introduction

Neuroscience at the turn of the twentieth century

Neuroscience at the dawn of the twenty-first century

Meet the glia

They kept Einstein’s brain

Schwann cells

References

Further reading

6 Fascia and the Organs

Alimentary, my dear Watson!

The basics

Taking it from the top

The heart as a fascial organ

Back to the middle

The thinking bowel

References

Further reading

7 Diagnosing Fascial Conditions

Introduction

Pathoanatomical analysis

Case study: Benjamin

Palpation

Therapeutic presence

Palpation technology

Imaging technology

References

Further reading

8 Fascia-Oriented Therapies

So, what is moving?

Fascia modalities

General guidelines for exercise and diet

References

Further reading

Afterword by Thomas W. Findley

Afterword by Sasha Chaitow

Glossary

Permissions

Index

✦ Subjects

what the fascia is, what the role it plays in the body, expañaimed to professionals