The Fascia Responds! (WMC)

Course overview

Recent research has revealed various exciting levels at which the connective tissue matrix changes-locally and globally-in response to massage and manipulation, exercise training, and healing. In this presentation, Robert Schleip and Thomas Myers review research findings and point the way to how massage therapists and soft-tissue workers can best take advantage of the properties of the fascial webbing. This presentation explores new concepts in fascial elasticity, how the ligaments are dynamically connected to the muscles, how fascia remodels to meet the demands placed on it by training and injury, and new information about fascial pain and its relief.