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Just watched this outstanding documentary about the fascial system on YouTube. My jaw dropped. I had no clue about the overall importance of this head to toe connective tissue that permeates the whole body.
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Caveat:
- I am not a doctor. This is still very preliminary information. This topic is still under research by me.
- At the time of this writing, I still have not been able to obtain a concise history of research done or description on the fascia system. I have even emailed the Fascia Research Society and Professor Carla Stecco (the author of the Functional Atlas of the Human Fascial System), but have not gotten any responses yet. Still hopeful though!
The fasciae are part of the connective tissue and are an important part of the locomotive and muscular skeletal system. “Fascia is the soft tissue component of the connective tissue system that permeates the human body. It forms a whole-body [head to toe] continuous three-dimensional matrix of structural support. Fascia interpenetrates and surrounds all organs, muscles, bones and nerve fibers, creating a unique environment for body systems functioning. ” (Source 3)
Dr. Carla Stecco appears to be one of the foremost living experts on the fascial system that permeates our entire body from head to toe. She is reported to be the first to explain the various fasciae and their connections with muscles, joints, bones, organs, vessels, and nerves. The atlas of the human fascial system she published in 2015 is the first accurate and comprehensive description.
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It appears as though the medical profession & science has for several centuries ignored or neglected to research the significance of the fascia system. To err is science!
The excuses or rationalizations given why this extraordinary neglect and lack of understanding lasted for centuries are scarcely convincing, fascia is everywhere and could not be localized or it was cut away to study bones, muscles, tendons etc.
In 1543, Vesalius published his famous human anatomy book De Humani Corporis Fabrica. Only in 2014 was perhaps the first atlas of the human fascial system published. This is absolutely shocking!
The quantity of medical publications about the fascia system is still rather disappointing. Pubmed lists under 20,000 publications between 1789 and 7/23/2018 when searching for the term fascia ; over 365,000 for breast cancer; and more than 23,000 for erectile dysfunction. In recent years about 900 per annum for fascia; about 19,000 per annum for breast cancer; and about 900 per annum for erectile dysfunction.
The brief and superficial english language article in Wikipedia gives you also the impression that the the fascial system has been widely ignored (Source 2).
Sources:
- Functional Atlas of the Human Fascial System (behind a paywall)
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