099 - Wait, What? Fascial Stiffness & Pain (with Robert Schleip)

Tight tissue is more painful, right? And, helping bodies be less stiff makes them feel better, doesn’t it? Fascial researcher Robert Schleip shares new research that contradicts these commonly held (but rarely examined) assumptions, and helps us think through how we, as body therapy practitioners, can apply this new understanding to our work. Tune in for a nuanced conversation that sheds light on our evolving understanding of fascia, stiffness, and pain.
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Join two of the leading educators in manual therapy, bodywork, and massage therapy, as they delve into the most intriguing issues, questions, research, and client conditions that hands-on practitioners face. Stimulate your thinking with imaginative conversations, tips, and interviews related to the somatic arts and sciences. With Whitney Lowe and Til Luchau.
(The Thinking Practitioner Podcast is intended for professional practitioners of manual and movement therapies: bodywork, massage therapy, structural integration, chiropractic, myofascial and myotherapy, orthopedic, sports massage, physical therapy, osteopathy, yoga, strength and conditioning, and similar professions. It is not medical or treatment advice.)

[@EvangeliseGood]

Wonderful, I got a lot out of this, being doing bodywork for over 30 years and still love it. Thank you.

[@humanReconditioning]

Tendon malleability and tissue sticking to bone are some factors that contribute to the issues of tissue quality, mobility and pain.

[@juliefinkelstein1674]

Very informative, interesting tension is not a pure measure, multi-dimensional pressure