Scar tissue has long been a source of fascination to me, and to many others it seems! Often in fresh-tissue dissections, scars have captured my imagination for their capacity to…

We learned last week that scarring is an almost inevitable fact of life. Fortunately for many of us, the wound is superficial and as such so is the scar. But…

To borrow from my recent presentation at the Australian Fascia Symposium, we all know we need to move, but how much is too much and how much is too little?…

So last week we saw what happens at the level of the collagen in the perimysium (the deep fascial covering around the outside of muscles, encapsulating them like cling film)…

So, to carry on from last week’s exploration of hyaluronan, or as it was referred to as “highly ironic acid” by Robert Stern and his associates in their 2006 paper…..…

Now might be a good time to talk about the difference between densification and fibrosis. These terms are definitely NOT interchangeable! Both densification and fibrosis are capable of modifying the…

Remember we talked about our fascia being the “home” of inflammation, and henceforth the arena which will dictate our capacity to heal? Hippocrates said millennia ago “Let food be thy…

As we learned last week, the Standard Australian/American (S.A.D) Diet leaves a lot to be desired, the end result over time can be obesity and general poor health as well…

The 2018 Berlin Fascia Research Congress saw the unveiling of painstaking work created by the passionate Fascial Net Plastination Project volunteers and Dr Vladimir Chemerinsky of the Plastinarium in Guben,…

As mentioned in the most recent MeetUp, I will be posting regular suggestions as recommended reading: Clinical Relevance of Fascial Tissue and Dysfunction. Klingler W, Velders M, Hoppe K, Schleip…