Dooley Noted: 2/4/2014
I greatly appreciate the current and upcoming research (read: hype) on the body’s layers of fascia.
Fascia is connective tissue that resembles a webbing, filling in gaps and connecting to everything it can reach.
Some of my peers have largely disregarded muscular patterning in favor of “fascial lines,” only paying attention to certain connected drives of force.
While these lines are helpful, I beg the question:
How in the world do you think those lines were actually created?
Fascia is laminated and laid down in response to muscular contraction.
And I’ve dissected enough bodies to know this: that stuff is nearly EVERYWHERE, and not confined to just a few lines.
There’s much more to consider than just a few lines. So start there – but don’t get stuck there.
I hope you open your mind to explore possibilities past a few lines.
I hope you consider visceral effects on muscular and fascial connections.
I hope you consider systemic issues that affect circulation to tissues that guide our movement.
I hope you understand that fascia has far more sensory reception than the structures it connects – yet is laid down in response to what is happening around it.
Consider it all, and don’t throw the muscles out just to consider the fascia.
It’s all connected. Study it all.
As always, it’s your call.
– Dr. Kathy Dooley