Both circulating and cellular biomarkers underscore that diabetes is a chronic inflammatory disease. Diabetes not only increases the risk of macrovascular complications like strokes and heart attacks but also microvascular complications like diabetic retinopathy (eyes), neuropathy (nerves), and nephropathy (kidneys). According to the American Diabetes Association, 30.3 million people or 9.4% of the American population,…
Today, we continue the discussion about TARGETED NUTRUTION! Last week, we discussed the importance of Vitamin C and Glycine in the diet for maintaining/rehabilitating tendon. In one particular experiment, Keith Baar and colleagues found that consuming 15G of gelatin doubled the amount of collagen synthesis compared to a control group, and another cohort that only…
As mentioned in the most recent MeetUp, I will be posting regular suggestions as recommended reading: Clinical Relevance of Fascial Tissue and Dysfunction. Klingler W, Velders M, Hoppe K, Schleip R. Curr Pain Headache Rep (2014) 18: 439 Targeted Nurtition Part II: Breaking down, starting up: can a vitamin C–enriched gelatin supplement before exercise increase…
The 2018 Berlin Fascia Research Congress saw the unveiling of painstaking work created by the passionate Fascial Net Plastination Project volunteers and Dr Vladimir Chemerinsky of the Plastinarium in Guben, Germany. The brainchild of Dr. Robert Schleip, this audacious undertaking strived to represent the “fascial body” as the featured tissue in a series of wonderous…
As we learned last week, the Standard Australian/American (S.A.D) Diet leaves a lot to be desired, the end result over time can be obesity and general poor health as well as multiple co-morbidities stemming from Metabolic Syndrome. Nutrition offers a nontoxic long-term approach to chronic disease management, potential for reducing pain and inflammation, and supports…
Remember we talked about our fascia being the “home” of inflammation, and henceforth the arena which will dictate our capacity to heal? Hippocrates said millennia ago “Let food be thy medicine, and medicine be thy food”? Unfortunately, modern Western medicine seems to have overlooked this basic tenet of human health, so we find ourselves living…
Now might be a good time to talk about the difference between densification and fibrosis. These terms are definitely NOT interchangeable! Both densification and fibrosis are capable of modifying the mechanical properties of deep fasciae and can damage the function of underlying muscles or organs, so an understanding and distinction between the two makes it…
So, to carry on from last week’s exploration of hyaluronan, or as it was referred to as “highly ironic acid” by Robert Stern and his associates in their 2006 paper….. Hyaluronan is described as a non-Newtonian fluid. But what does that mean? It changes its flow behaviour under stress, and as such it is termed…
So last week we saw what happens at the level of the collagen in the perimysium (the deep fascial covering around the outside of muscles, encapsulating them like cling film) when we don’t move, and all at breathtaking speed! But there’s another aspect which must be taken into consideration, and that’s the reaction of hyaluronan…
To borrow from my recent presentation at the Australian Fascia Symposium, we all know we need to move, but how much is too much and how much is too little? Leon Chaitow (2012) described the basis of musculoskeletal dysfunction as either/or a combination of “overuse, misuse, disuse or abuse”, so today we’re going to focus…