Fascia 101 - Part 1

Thomas Myers
  

• Introduction
• Anatomy connects longitudinally in the body
• Study with Ida Rolf and Feldenkreis
• Hands on stretching of the sinew
• Fascia – connective tissue around the body
• 3-D spider web going through the entire body
• Industry habit of isolation
• Regional anatomy vs. longitudinal anatomy
• Myofascial meridians – showing map of how strain moves through the body
• Tracking the lines
• Muscles being rubbed on make more noise than those that have closed up – but often not the ones that need it most
• Often working on the muscles that feel the strain makes the condition worse
• Posture vs. “Acture” – posture in action
• Individual vs. universal posture efficiencies
• Mesomorphs, endomorphs and ectomorphs
• Universal efficiencies
• Ligaments and myofascial hold body together
• Muscles are not attached to the bone – only fascia web
• No such thing as muscles as a separate entity in the body
• The bicep begins at the thumb, connects through the ribs..
• Fascial net evolution from single cell organism
• Day 14 of gestation 3-D cobweb sprouts to keep growing cells together
• Doesn’t matter what you do to it, there is only one muscle in the body
• Muscles never work in isolation
• Training the whole net vs. focusing on the specific condition
• Lower back pain example – running the train through the groin down to the arch of the foot
• Running trains down from the neck
• Thinking of the front side of the spine
• Using deep tissue work to release
• Augmented by exercise – muscles and fascia open
• Muscle work without tissue work – fascia can get glued together blocking movement
• Conclusion