Understanding the Fascial System

Who is this course for?

In the course “Understanding the Fascial System” will provide practitioners with a fundamental understanding of the fascia and how it can be manipulated for improved therapeutic and performance outcomes. Clinical practice is elevated by understanding the recent literature surrounding fascia so the patient can achieve improved rehabilitation and performance outcomes.

Rehabilitation and performance practitioners should take this course if they would like to learn the fundamental understanding of fascial organization and physiology, research, and clinical applications to improve the rehabilitation and performance outcomes of their patients and clients. Clinical practice is impacted by the manipulation of the myofascial unit, providing practitioners with a tool for better rehabilitation and performance outcomes

As a therapist…

Are you dealing with patients that experience movement dysfunction and pain? Do you have patients that are not responding to traditional treatment modalities? Learn how myofascial dysfunction impacts movement and pain as well as the evidence on treating these myofascial dysfunctions.

Do you have clients who have mobility issues and ROM restrictions? Learn how fascia may be the source of the problem and explore the evidence on treating these myofascial units for therapeutic purposes.

Are you dealing with patients who experience pain and movement dysfunction?

Do you have clients who have low back or neck pain? Learn how the fascial may be the cause. Learn the evidence on how fascial dysfunction relates to pain.

Do you have clients who have mobility issues and ROM restrictions? Learn how fascia is integral for coordinating movement. Learn the evidence on how fascial dysfunction can result in movement dysfunction.

Do you generally get great results with movement dysfunction, however…

• Have you had that patient that just doesn’t seem to be responding to your current techniques?
• Have you used several approaches with little or no consistent outcomes for these patients?
• Have you found that you have patients with persistent pain that you just can’t find the cause?

Learn about…

• How the fascia and its innervation is critical for coordinating movement.
• How fascial dysfunction can generate pain.
• Tensegrity and how the fascia provides the basis for proper movement.

This course is for you if you are you looking to…

Understand fascial organization and structure, Module 1 is for you.

Understand how the fascial innervation drives motor function, Module 2 is for you.

Learn about tensegrity theory and its application to human movement, Module 3 is for you.

Learn about fascial dysfunction and how it relates to pain, Module 4 & 5 are for you.

Your instructors Brian Hortz will discuss…

• Fascial organization and structure.
• Fascial innervation and movement coordination.
• Fascia and tensegrity.
• Fascial dysfunction and how it relates to pain.

Full Course description

What will you learn as a student in this Course?

• The organization of anatomic layers of fascia
• Differences in the superficial and deep fascia
• How fascial structure relates to movement
• Proprioceptive and motor sensations from fascial structures
• How fascia aids in the coordination of movement
• Principles of Tensegrity and how this leads to fascial dysfunction and changes in the organism
• Fascial Viscoelasticity
  • Hyaluronan and its role in viscoelasticity
  • Fascial thickness and fascial dysfunction
  • Young’s modulus changes in fascia

What’s included in this course?

• “5” lessons including, “2” hours of video
• A complete downloadable transcript for you to follow along.
• “8” article readings
• Course Completion quiz

Reading materials

All reading materials are downloaded through PubMed free PMC.

• Benjamin M. The fascia of the limbs and back–a review. J Anat. 2009;214(1):1‐18. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7580.2008.01011.x
• Garofolini A, Svanera D. Fascial organisation of motor synergies: a hypothesis. Eur J Transl Myol. 2019;29(3):8313. Published 2019 Aug 8. doi:10.4081/ejtm.2019.8313
• Bordoni B, Varacallo MA, Morabito B, Simonelli M. Biotensegrity or Fascintegrity?. Cureus. 2019;11(6):e4819. Published 2019 Jun 3. doi:10.7759/cureus.4819
• Swanson RL. Biotensegrity: A Unifying Theory of Biological Architecture With Applications to Osteopathic Practice, Education, and Research—A Review and Analysis. J Am Osteopath Assoc 2013;113(1):34–52.
• Cowman MK, Schmidt TA, Raghavan P, Stecco A. Viscoelastic Properties of Hyaluronan in Physiological Conditions. F1000Res. 2015;4:622. Published 2015 Aug 25. doi:10.12688/f1000research.6885.1
• Casato G, Stecco C, Busin R. Role of fasciae in nonspecific low back pain. Eur J Transl Myol. 2019;29(3):8330. Published 2019 Aug 6. doi:10.4081/ejtm.2019.8330
• Wilke J, Schleip R, Klingler W, Stecco C. The Lumbodorsal Fascia as a Potential Source of Low Back Pain: A Narrative Review. Biomed Res Int. 2017;2017:5349620. doi:10.1155/2017/5349620
• Reduced thoracolumbar fascia shear strain in human chronic low back pain.
• Langevin HM, Fox JR, Koptiuch C, et al. Reduced thoracolumbar fascia shear strain in human chronic low back pain. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2011;12:203. Published 2011 Sep 19. doi:10.1186/1471-2474-12-203
• Stecco C, Corradin M, Macchi V, et al. Plantar fascia anatomy and its relationship with Achilles tendon and paratenon. J Anat. 2013;223(6):665–676. doi:10.1111/joa.12111

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If you aren’t satisfied with the course within the first 30 days after your first payment but before you have taken the final exam, you can get a refund. We’ll cancel the course immediately upon your refund request and issue the refund to your credit card though our processor Stripe.

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