Fascinating Fascia - - Clinical Strategies for Scars, Adhesions & Tissue Stiffness: a Hands-On Workshop
In-person with Dr. Robert Schleip
PRACTICAL DETAILS
Date: 20/21 September 2025
Time:
Day 1: 10:00 - 18:00
Day 2: 9:00 - 17:00
(Doors open 30 minutes before start of class).
Venue: The Millers Way Project, Shepherds Bush, London, UK.
Title: Fascinating Fascia - Clinical Strategies for Scars, Adhesions & Tissue Stiffness: a Hands-On Workshop
With: Dr. Robert Schleip
Course open to: Manual Therapists, Bodyworkers, and Movement Professionals
NB. Please note this is an in-person event only. No streaming or recording is available. Places are limited to 30.
Joining this course? Why not book for the Sharon Wheeler’s ScarWork course at the same venue earlier in the week? Teacher: Jan Trewartha, Director of The Fascia Hub and Principal of Body in Harmony Training. Click here.
SUMMARY
From Research to Practice: Empowering Your Clinical Work with Fascia Science
Fascia is more than a passive wrapping—it’s a living, responsive network that connects and communicates across the entire body. This fibrous connective tissue links muscles, nerves, vessels, and organs, and plays a central role in force transmission, proprioception, and chronic pain syndromes.
In recent years, advances in fascia research have redefined how we understand and treat the body. In this engaging, evidence-informed workshop, Dr. Robert Schleip shares the latest findings in fascial science and their powerful applications for addressing scars, adhesions, and stiffness in clinical settings.
Theory Session: Essential Scientific Insights
- How fascia modulates stiffness in healthy vs. dysfunctional tissue
- Chronic wound healing and insights into scar behaviour
- Types of fascial cross-links and their clinical impact
- Differentiating fibrosis from densification
- Mechanosensation: how fibroblasts respond to pressure and fluid dynamics
- Biochemical and nutritional influences on fascial health
- The influence of chronic emotional stress, genetic factors, and circadian rhythm regulation on healthy collagen remodelling
- Reliable assessment strategies for adhesions and stiffness
Practical Applications: Techniques You Can Use Immediately
- Hands-on methods to enhance tissue hydration and metabolism
- Sponge-pressure and traction techniques for fascial release
- Improving inter-layer mobility through shear-enhancing maneuvers
- Manual and tool-assisted methods for treating fibrosis and scarring
- Targeted techniques for addressing scar tissue following Caesarean sections, mastectomies, and appendectomies—enhancing mobility, sensory integration, and fascial glide
- Simple, effective self-treatment strategies for client homework.
- Participants gain access to exclusive videos of Dr. Schleip demonstrating key workshop techniques, plus additional methods not shown during the live training.
Join The Fascia Hub membership today and enjoy £40 off your event ticket while getting access to our extensive information and video resource. Minimum commitment three months @ £15/per month.
Please note this is an in-person event only. No streaming or recording is available. Places are limited to 30.
Joining this course? Why not book for the Sharon Wheeler’s ScarWork course at the same venue earlier in the week? Teacher: Jan Trewartha, Director of The Fascia Hub and Principal of Body in Harmony Training. Click here.
PRESENTER
Dr. Robert Schleip directs the Fascia Research Group (Technical University Munich, Ulm University, Germany) and is also Research Director of the European Rolfing Association. After several decades of clinical practice and international teaching experience with the Rolfing method of Structural Integration (since 1978) and the Feldenkrais method of movement education (1987) he started to shift his attention towards laboratory and clinical research in the fascia field, based on his personal lack of satisfaction with the scientific explanations prevailing in the manual and movement therapy field. After receiving the Vladimir Janda Award for Musculoskeletal Medicine in 2006 for his research findings on Active fascial contractility', he soon became a driving figure behind the international Fascia Research Congress 2007 (Harvard Medical School, Boston) as well as the subsequent events of that academic congress lineage. Robert holds a PhD in human biology (Ulm University) and a MA degree in psychology (Heidelberg university). Besides working as a researcher and book author, he serves as Vice President of the Fascia Research Society. More at www.fasciaresearch.de and www.somatics.de
Join The Fascia Hub membership today and enjoy £40 off your event ticket while getting access to our extensive information and video resource. Minimum commitment three months @ £15/per month.
NB. Please note this is an in-person event only. No streaming or recording is available. Places are limited to 30.
Joining this course? Why not book for the Sharon Wheeler’s ScarWork course at the same venue earlier in the week? Teacher: Jan Trewartha, Director of The Fascia Hub and Principal of Body in Harmony Training. Click here.
Recommended Resources
Books
- Fascia: The Tensional Network of the Human Body – Schleip et al.
- Fascia in Sport and Movement – Schleip & Baker
- Dynamic Body – Dalton
Websites
Videos
WHAT YOU NEED TO BRING
Indoor shoes or socks must be worn; please change on arrival and leave outdoor shoes in the lobby on racks provided.
A notebook and pen.
CATERING
Light refreshments will be provided during breaks. Please bring a bottle of water.
Lunch: There are many eating places locally, or bring a packed lunch to eat in the upstairs, relaxation area (only water permitted in the main, downstairs, workshop area, thank you). Please note that we are unable to provide a fridge for your food.
LOCATION
Millers Way Project, Shepherds Bush, London. For full location, access etc click here.
Join The Fascia Hub membership today and enjoy £40 off your event ticket while getting access to our extensive information and video resource. Minimum commitment three months @ £15/per month.