Few books achieve the fond hopes of their authors and their admirers. This is justone that succeeds, making a genuine and profound contribution to the fields ofbiomechanics, orthopedics and rehabilitation. It moves with easy grace from anytopic to its neighbor, shedding warmth and life to them all.As one who has experienced both the high and low points of medical writing andediting over several decades, I see in these pages a true work of genius. Itdeserves a very wide readership and enthusiastic application of its lessons.John V. BasmajianProfessor Emeritus in Medicine, McMaster UniversityHamilton, Ontario, Canada

Fascial Manipulation for Musculoskeletal Pain

Medical Books

Luigi Stecco

Medicine

Piccin Nuova Libraria S.p.A.

The authors present a novel model concerning the contribution of fascia to neuromuscular coordination through a specific topography of centers within the fascial network (centers of coordination, centers of perception, and centers of fusion). While this is a completely new model, it is presented in a very convincing manner. The evidence given in this book in support for this intriguing model, covers not only corroborating phylogenetic and neurophysiological details, but includes thousands of hours of anatomical cadaver research, performed by the original founder of this approach, Luigi Stecco, as well as his daughter Carla Stecco MD and son Antonio Stecco MD. Their diligent cadaver studies have resulted in several new anatomical discoveries and descriptions, published in peer-reviewed scientific anatomical journals. Anybody who has followed the emerging new publications on fascia in the scientific literature in the last few years will have noticed these important contributions. This fa

Fascial Manipulation Practical Part

Carla Stecco

Piccin

Fascial Manipulation for Internal Dysfunctions offers a new method to resolve the dysfunctions of internal organs. Therapists work on specific points of the trunk wall (container), to restore the peristalsis of the viscera, vessels and glands (contents). Internal organ motility is linked to the autonomic nervous system; this book examines the ganglia of this system in relation to the fasciae that contain them. Fascial Manipulation for Internal Dysfunctions presents a new perspective on internal dysfunctions and provides medical doctors, physiotherapists, chiropractors, osteopaths and other health practitioners with the guidelines for resolving them.

Fascial Manipulation for Internal Dysfunction

In order to understand the complexity fascial function and dysfunction, it is necessary to have an accurate appreciation of the constituents that make up these ubiquitous and versatile tissues, as well as of their coordinated physiological interactions and behaviors. To achieve this it is suggested that a validated working model is necessary that simplifi es reality. Fortunately a number of excellent atlases and textbooks now exist that offer images of the architecture of fascia, from the microscopic to the macroscopic. What has been missing, however is a comprehensive English language description of the normal physiology of how it behaves in normal circumstances, as well as how to accurately andsystematically identify both the nature and location of fascial dysfunction. In this extensive and detailed text, Luigi Stecco,offers specifi c practical insights that merge appreciation of the anatomy and physiology of the multiple elements that make up myofascial biomechanical structures and how these operate in the body to produce integrated stability and movement, when operating normally. Most importantly, from a clinical perspective, he then describes a wide range of reasoned functional assessment protocols that are able to identify and localize dysfunctional fascial features, whether these involve unidirectional, bidirectional or multidirectional myofascial actions and activities. Symptoms associated with altered motor control, reduced ranges of motion and/or pain, may result from dysfunctional fascial features, including increased local densifi cation (tissue stiffness) and/or altered sliding functions. Importantly, such changes need to be appreciated as being largely reversible – involving as they do altered function, but not necessarily pathology. It is the well-thought-out escriptions of accurate, reproducible and practical evaluation methods, capable of leading to the identifi cation of the locations of such changes, that makes Luigi Stecco’s work so important. Critically, numerous studies have emerged that validate the reliability of the protocols associated with Fascial Manipulation, the therapeutic method that has evolved from Stecco’s years of dedicated research. While a variety of methods of treatment and rehabilitation of painful and dysfunctional fascialstructures have been proposed and studied, there are relatively few approaches that offer accurate identification as to which tissues and structures may be involved, or precisely where these are located. The methods described by Stecco, in the objective examination process that leads to the identification of areas of fascial dysfunction, involve both palpatory assessments as well as functional movement tests that systematically evaluate and record the results of controlled movements in the sagittal, frontal and horizontal planes, involving all areas of the body. These objective assessment methods are coupled with a subjective evaluation, incorporating factors such as age, trauma history, patterns of use in workand leisure activities, as well as previous medical history. Using a combination of the results that emerge from both the objective and subjective examinations, a working hypothesis emerges on which subsequent treatment is based. The tests used are then repeated, following treatment, in order to evaluate functional and symptomatic changes. In this beautifullyillustrated work Luigi Stecco has distilled his years of research into a carefully-crafted textbook that offers insights and practical guidelines, that are of immense potential value to practitioners and therapists of all schools - and for this he deserves our praise and profound thanks.LEON CHAITOWHonorary Fellow, University of Westminster, LondonEditor-in-Chief,Journal of Bodywork & Movement Therapies

Atlas of Physiology of the Muscular Fascia

Fascial Manipulation for Internal Dysfunctions - Practical part

Antonio Stecco

Fascial Manipulation Practical Part – First Level is a gold mine of condensed information, which all students attending FM courses should have at their disposal, as well as any people interested in understanding FM. A sense of excitement and a state of joyful discovery will accompany the reader throughout the book. In the first two chapters, essential information to understand the anatomy and physiology of the fascia is presented, as well as advice on carrying out a treatment and how to fill in an assessment chart. The rest of the chapters present the myofascial units that move the various body segments on the three spatial planes. You will also find in the text (within brackets) the acupuncture point that corresponds to the CC. The last chapter is dedicated to the presentation of the movement and palpation verifications. Numerous anatomical illustrations have been included to facilitate the recognition of the points (CCs) where the palpation verification and treatment are performed. The new FM App is now available for iOS and Android devices! The FM App was developed to allow all practitioners to review the location of all CCs and CFs, to find any information faster and to better treat your patients. This APP will allow you to see the points by body segment or by sequence / diagonal. It will also allow you to see the best treatment position for each single point and to find its antagonist in one click.

Fascial Manipulation® Practical Part – First Level

Fascial Manipulation - 1st Level - CC - Myofascial Sequences

Fascial Manipulation - 2nd Level - CF - Myofascial Sequences

The world of Fascia is infinite and marvelous, connecting organs and tissues and altering function and structure. The exploration and research from professors in various specialized fields not only connect the diversified ways of treatment but also provide medical recognition of the East and the West. New knowledge from recent research allows the West to better understand the East or, in other words, for the modern world to comprehend the ancient concepts more clearly. Western medicine emphasizes isolated pathology within the human body, while Eastern medicine pays much more attention to the whole. The West looks specifically at details of the anatomical structures, while the East attaches importance to the connections between these structures. Therefore, Eastern acupuncture theories tend to aim towards building an anatomical model, constructing formulas and mastering interrelationships. The authors of this book, starting from the viewpoint of biomechanics, clearly develop the relations of movement and simplify the complexity of treatment. These new discoveries have been compiled in a series of publications, including this book, which is the newest edition about Fascial Manipulation for Level II. The new FM App is now available for iOS and Android devices! The FM App was developed to allow all practitioners to review the location of all CCs and CFs, to find any information faster and to better treat your patients. This APP will allow you to see the points by body segment or by sequence / diagonal. It will also allow you to see the best treatment position for each single point and to find its antagonist in one click. We hope to have given you a new tool for improving your skills in Fascial Manipulation. Whoever buys Fascial Manipulation Practical Part - Second Level ISBN 978-88-299-2987-0 will be assigned a unique code that will unlock access to the contents of our new APP.

Fascial Manipulation Practical Part - Second Level

Fascial Manipulation is a valid therapeutic method. Its efficacy has been demonstrated through clinical experience, as reported in this book, and by numerous scientific articles indexed in PubMed. Using a scientific logic, according to the criteria of modern medicine, the explanation of the aforementioned clinical efficacy may reside in the rich innervation of the muscular fascia that, when appropriately stimulated, can excite multiple areas of the Central Nervous System via reflex pathways. This could also explain the positive actions on internal organs and viscera that have been observed. Nevertheless, the foundations of Chinese medicine supply an ulterior fascinating explanation. This book presents both meridians and acupuncture points, along with their relative actions and indications, in a precise manner. Therefore, it is a complete work that will be useful for anyone who is dedicated to fascial massage, but also to the clinical practice of physiotherapy. The Authors, Luigi Stecco and his collaborators, deserve congratulations for the practical way in which these concepts are described and for the valid theoretical layout of this book. “This long-awaited book, from a true master within the field, provides a truly historic contribution for the international field of pain medicine. Many other attempts have been published before, on using Western medicine explanation for the location of acupuncture points on the human body. However, the new fascia-oriented proposition provided by Luigi Stecco, is by far the most congruent and convincing one, and also leads to very detailed clinical applications.” Prof. Dr. Robert Schleip

Acupuncture Western Medicine Fascial Manipulation ®

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