Fascia, Function, and Medical Applications

Fascia, Function, and Medical Applications is essential reading for medical and allied health practitioners who want to bring scientific insights of the importance of fascia to human health into their clinical practices.

Fascia – the biodynamic tissue that connects every muscle, bone, organ, and nerve in the body – is fast becoming the latest trend in healthcare and allied health modalities. This book is edited by David Lesondak, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, author of the international bestseller Fascia: What it is and why it matters, and Angeli Maun Akey, MD, international physician educator and board certified in both internal and integrative medicine. It contains contributions from a team of top researchers and expert practitioners including physicians, clinicians, therapists, dissectors, and surgeons.

Fully illustrated in color, this book presents the latest scientific knowledge of fascia and explains insights into problems like chronic pain and myriad musculoskeletal symptoms that may not respond to conventional treatments. It gives practitioners the information they need to make better decisions to improve the health of patients often without pharmaceuticals or surgeries.

FEATURES

• Provides comprehensive overview of how fascia, as a tissue and a system, affects various body functions and systems, from musculoskeletal disorders to nervous system, circulatory, and auto-immune function.

• A section devoted to medical applications highlights a comprehensive and critical overview of various fascial therapies.

• Gives practitioners the knowledge they need to refer or add as an adjunct therapy to their department or rehabilitation team.

This is a cutting-edge, practical guide that will appeal to researchers, physicians, and clinicians alike.

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Fascia, Function, and Medical Applications

Fascia, Function, and Medical Applications is essential reading for medical and allied health practitioners who want to bring scientific insights of the importance of fascia to human health into their clinical practices.

Fascia – the biodynamic tissue that connects every muscle, bone, organ, and nerve in the body – is fast becoming the latest trend in healthcare and allied health modalities. This book is edited by David Lesondak, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, author of the international bestseller Fascia: What it is and why it matters, and Angeli Maun Akey, MD, international physician educator and board certified in both internal and integrative medicine. It contains contributions from a team of top researchers and expert practitioners including physicians, clinicians, therapists, dissectors, and surgeons.

Fully illustrated in color, this book presents the latest scientific knowledge of fascia and explains insights into problems like chronic pain and myriad musculoskeletal symptoms that may not respond to conventional treatments. It gives practitioners the information they need to make better decisions to improve the health of patients often without pharmaceuticals or surgeries.

FEATURES

• Provides comprehensive overview of how fascia, as a tissue and a system, affects various body functions and systems, from musculoskeletal disorders to nervous system, circulatory, and auto-immune function.

• A section devoted to medical applications highlights a comprehensive and critical overview of various fascial therapies.

• Gives practitioners the knowledge they need to refer or add as an adjunct therapy to their department or rehabilitation team.

This is a cutting-edge, practical guide that will appeal to researchers, physicians, and clinicians alike.

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Fascia, Function, and Medical Applications is essential reading for medical and allied health practitioners who want to bring scientific insights of the importance of fascia to human health into their clinical practices.

Fascia – the biodynamic tissue that connects every muscle, bone, organ, and nerve in the body – is fast becoming the latest trend in healthcare and allied health modalities. This book is edited by David Lesondak, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, author of the international bestseller Fascia: What it is and why it matters, and Angeli Maun Akey, MD, international physician educator and board certified in both internal and integrative medicine. It contains contributions from a team of top researchers and expert practitioners including physicians, clinicians, therapists, dissectors, and surgeons.

Fully illustrated in color, this book presents the latest scientific knowledge of fascia and explains insights into problems like chronic pain and myriad musculoskeletal symptoms that may not respond to conventional treatments. It gives practitioners the information they need to make better decisions to improve the health of patients often without pharmaceuticals or surgeries.

FEATURES

• Provides comprehensive overview of how fascia, as a tissue and a system, affects various body functions and systems, from musculoskeletal disorders to nervous system, circulatory, and auto-immune function.

• A section devoted to medical applications highlights a comprehensive and critical overview of various fascial therapies.

• Gives practitioners the knowledge they need to refer or add as an adjunct therapy to their department or rehabilitation team.

This is a cutting-edge, practical guide that will appeal to researchers, physicians, and clinicians alike.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781040226759
Publisher: CRC Press
Publication date: 01/10/2025
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 312

About the Author

David Lesondak, BCSI, ATSI, FST, FFT, VMT is an Allied Health Member in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), where he is the Senior Structural Integrator and Fascia Specialist at UPMC’s Center for Integrative Medicine. David specializes in helping people resolve chronic pain, improve physical function, and restore resilience.

David is the author of the international best seller Fascia: What it is and Why it Matters, currently in 11 languages. The first edition of his follow up book, as editor, Fascia, Function, and Medical Applications was nominated for a 2021 British Medical Association. He has contributed chapters to the 2nd Edition of Fascia: The Tensional Network of the Human Body, and the 2nd edition of Metabolic Therapies In Orthopedics.

His podcast, BodyTalk with David Lesondak, is listened to in 42 countries and is in the Top 10% for Most Shared Shows on Spotify.

A gifted and inspired speaker of all things fascia, David has been an invited speaker and workshop facilitator to such diverse groups as the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Workshop on Myofascial Pain, the Academic Consortium of Integrative Medicine, the LA Clippers, the Philadelphia 76ers, the Australian, British, and Polish Fascia Symposiums, the World Fascia Congress, the International Fascia Research Congress, the Anatomy Trains Master Class Series, the University of Arizona College of Medicine, and many others.

Before entering the healthcare field, David’s various career incarnations were in television, advertising, and the funeral arts. Including over a decade-long stint as a DJ on WYEP-FM in Pittsburgh. He maintains an avid interest in music and can sometimes be heard at Pittsburgh’s singer/songwriter Open Mic scene.

www.davidlesondak.com

Dr. Angeli Maun Akey, MD, FACP, ABIHM, ABOIM, ABAARM, IFMCP

Dr. Akey is board-certified in internal medicine, integrative and holistic medicine, anti-aging regenerative medicine, and has completed additional training in functional medicine. In clinical practice for over 30 years, she is the founding medical director of North Florida Integrative Medicine, Ageless Medical Solutions, and the Palm Beach Institute of Preventive Medicine. Her interests in other healing traditions have led her to teach at the Florida School of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. Currently she specializes in early-stage detection, delay, and reversal of chronic diseases.

Dr. Akey’s undergraduate experience was at the University of Florida (UF), where she was accepted on six academic scholarships and a vocal performance music scholarship. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa and is a member of the UF Hall of Fame. Also of note is that she was the youngest person ever admitted to the University of Florida’s College of Medicine in the Junior Honors Medical Program, where she was accepted to Alpha Omega Alpha and graduated with high honors. Dr. Akey did her internal medicine residency, served as a chief resident and taught as assistant clinical professor at Yale University.

She mentors medical students and pre-health care professionals and medical students in the FIRRIMup ( Functional, Integrative, Regenerative, Restorative, Internal Medicine) model. An approach to navigating and solving complex medical problems, and promoting whole-person wellness, the FIRRIMup model is described in detail in Dr. Akey’s book Fine-Tune Your Hormone Symphony. She is also the co-founder of an on-line teaching website, www.firimmupDoctors.com, which teaches this model. She is author of Fine-Tune Your Immune System, and co-author of Kick COVID-19 to the Curb. A much sought-after speaker at home and abroad, she has taught and presented on the FIRRIMup model in Brazil, the Carribean, Poland, Spain, Italy, France, and the USA. She lives with her family in her hometown of Gainesville, Florida, USA.

Table of Contents

Preface ix

Coeditor Preface xi

Acknowledgments xv

Editors xvii

Contributors xix

Section I Fascia

Chapter 1 De Fabrica Humani Corporis-Fascia as the Fabric of the Body Jaap van der Wal 3

Chapter 2 Fascial Anatomy Carta Stecco 19

Chapter 3 The Fascial Net Plastination Project Rachelle L. Clauson 31

Chapter 4 Physiology of the Fascia Antonio Stecco 47

Chapter 5 Innervation of Fascia Robert Schleip 61

Chapter 6 Fascia and the Circulatory System Anita Boser Kirstin Schumaker 71

Chapter 7 Hormonal Effects on Fascia in Women Angeli Maun Akey Kathleen O'Neil-Smith 85

Section II Function

Chapter 8 Biotensegrity-The Structure of Life John Sharkey 99

Chapter 9 Effects of Loading and Nutrition on Fascia Danielle Steffen Keith Baar 115

Chapter 10 Does Fascia Stretch? Chris Frederick 129

Chapter 11 The Fascial System in Walking James Earls 141

Chapter 12 Visual Assessment of Postural Antecedents to Nonspecific Low Back Pain Thomas W. Myers 149

Section III Medical Applications: Interstitial Notes on Section 3 David Lesondak

Chapter 13 Structural Integration Michael Polon Daniel Akins 177

Chapter 14 Anatomy Trains Structural Integration Julie Hammond 185

Chapter 15 Myofascial Trigger Point Therapy: History, Perspectives, and Treatment Richard Finn 203

Chapter 16 Fascial Manipulation® Antonio Stecco 213

Chapter 17 Fascial Stretch Therapy™ Chris Frederick 219

Chapter 18 Scar Tissue Management Catherine Ryan Nancy Keeney-Smith 233

Chapter 19 Exercise and Fascial Movement Therapy for Cancer Survivors: Potential Benefits and Recommendations P. J. O'Clair 249

Chapter 20 Clinical Foundations and Applications for Self-Myofascial Release with Balls, Rollers, and Tools Jill Miller 263

Index 275

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