Fascianating Fascia
Course
In London
Description
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Type
Workshop
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Location
London
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Duration
2 Days
The workshop focuses on fascia with practical applications for movement education and also focuses on the latest research findings with regard to fascia with more practical applications: looking at how can we have long-term effects on tissue stiffness. Suitable for: All bodyworkers including massage therapists, sports therapists, physiotherapists, osteopaths etc.
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Robert Schleip
Presenter
Robert Schleip directs the Fascia Research Project at Ulm University, Germany, and is also Research Director of the European Rolfing Association. Robert has been a professional bodyworker since 1978 and is a certified Rolfing instructor as well as Feldenkrais teacher, plus author of several books and numerous other publications. He was co-initiator and organiser of the first Fascia Research Congress in 2007, and the latest congress in Amsterdam in October 2009.
Course programme
This workshop will focus on fascia as a most fascinating tissue seen through recent scientific discoveries. We will also explore recent biomechanical insights about the contribution of elastic recoil oscillatory properties of fascia in walking, running and other cyclic movement activities; including practical applications for movement education.
A highlight is, of course, the latest findings from the fascia laboratory at Ulm University. We explore new hypotheses on the relationship between myofibroblast density in fascia and systemic joint hyper-/ hypo-mobility, as well as indications on the enhancing/inhibitory effects of various chemical, nutritional and mechanical stimulations on fascial stiffness. Again with practical applications: looking at how can we have long-term effects on tissue stiffness.
Finally this workshop will explore fascia as our richest sensory organ. Specific suggestions will be made about therapeutic avenues to alter brain mapping (body image/ body schema) via proprioceptive fascial stimulation. Overall this workshop will consist of 50% theory and 50% practice.
Teacher: Robert Schleip
Relevant articles:
Fascial plasticity - a new neurobiological explanation
Fascianating Fascia