Is your stress your Achilles heel?
by Gus de la Querra You’re struggling with this irritating reoccurring pain in your Achilles tendon. It’s been persistent for the last few months and although at times it seems to be getting better, constant inflammation is the order of the day, causing regular flare-ups, stopping you in your tracks. Maybe you’re currently experiencing a…
Wilbour Kelsick and Niall Galloway: Integrating Alternative and Complementary Fascia therapies into Conventional medicine
Present day health care practitioners are basing their clinical practice concept on the newly resurrected principles of connective tissue anatomy and physiology – fascia science. In today’s world patients will seek out several different practitioners to address their different health issues. Finding a way how these many health care approaches (conventional & alternative therapies) can…
Owen Lewis: Palpation, Perception and Philosophy in clinical practice
I don’t know enough. What did I miss? And who am I to try and make a change anyway? Our clinical reality is the battle with these inner demons of uncertainty. During this talk we explore how uncertainty is actually necessary for excellence.Learn to use philosophy as a practical clinical guide in this informative and…
Fabiana Silva: Manual Therapy with a look beyond pain
Fabiana will bring the clinical application of manual therapy with a perspective based on literature, focusing on its systemic effects in different dysfunctions. Objectives: to develop reasoning, bringing knowledge about the types of receptors in skin and fascia, about the possibilities of touches together with different stimuli such as deep breathing, foam rollers, balls, movement….
George Roth: Changes in Bone Size and Structure; the Application of Biotensegrity Principles to the Treatment of Osseous/Fascial Injuries
The goal of this presentation is to provide the learner with a basic understanding of the scientific basis behind a new treatment system, based on biotensegrity principles. The presentation will provide an overview of the potential to deliver measurable outcomes in many types of conditions associated with structural dysfunction, due to injury and to restore…
Could your client have a connective tissue disorder?
Could your client have a connective tissue disorder? What are the signs and symptoms we need to look out for? This article gives an overview of Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) which is one of the heritable disorders of the connective tissue. A connective tissue disorder is described as a condition that affects the parts of the…