Tracey Mellor Founder, Tracey Mellor Pilates Hassocks, West Sussex, GB Contact Website: fasciaandmovement.com Tracey Mellor NPCT, has been teaching Pilates since 2003 and successfully owns and runs a Private Pilates studio in West Sussex. Tracey is also a yoga teacher (RYT 500) graduating from the Art of Contemporary Yoga School in 2010. She practices and teaches…
Jennifer Tubbs Physical Therapist, Pilates Instructor Livermore, CA, USA Contact Jennifer Tubbs, PT, has over 30 years of experience in physical therapy practice; her emphasis is on utilizing manual and exercise techniques for the treatment of fascia. She has a private practice in Livermore, Ca. located in the San Francisco Bay Area. A Pilates instructor…
Thursday, February 11 2pm – 3pm ET / 8pm – 9pm CET Join us for a FREE webinar for more insight into the Fascial Fitness training philosophy and what to expect from the Fascial Fitness Trainer Course. REGISTER Presented by: Fascial Fitness Co-Founder, Divo G. Müller and fascia research expert, Robert Schleip
Daniela Meinl Founder, Integral Fascial Yoga Neuenkirchen, Germany Contact Website: Integral Fascial Yoga Upcoming Courses: February 27-28 Daniela Meinl has founded INTEGRAL FASCIAL YOGA and is a leading expert on the topic of the integration of fascia training into Yoga, Pilates and Fitness and has led teacher trainings worldwide for many years. She has been a co-director of…
Divo G. Müller Body Therapist, Founder, Fascial Pelvic Floor Training München, Germany Contact Website: Somatics Academy Munich Divo is a pioneer in innovative movement programs, author of several books, numerous articles and DVDs. Her last book is available in English: ‘Train your fascia-tone your body’. As a core member of an international group of sport scientists,…
After we have taken a look at what fascias is, it should be about fascia training. But before that, the question remains: Are fascias even trainable? It may seem self-evident to some. But no fact follows from a plausible conceptualization. Leading sports scientists have long debated the topic. With the second CONNECT Congress Ulm on…
Fascia, fascia, fascia – many talk about it, they supposedly seem to be good for many things and responsible for various zippers. The fitness industry rolls over with “fascial” offers. But what is fascia anyway? Where are they in the body? What characteristics and tasks do they have? The non-vegetarians/non-vegans among us who pursue the…
After the first part of the Foam-Rolling series was about the massager itself, the question naturally arises, what you can do with the role. But before we turn to concrete exercises, let’s first take a look at the theory: Foam rolling – how, why, when and when not? And because the post is a little…
It is only within the last 20-30 years that we have the imaging equipment that allows us to look at the fascial system in vivo. For 500 years, surgeons disregarded the fascial system as if it was just filler material.
When you do omni-directional sub-maximal loading, you create layers of fascia around muscles and joints that just give it more stability and integrity. When the body senses more stability and integrity around it, it allows higher recruitment patterns, which results in more strength.