DUPUYTREN’S CONTRACTURE Dupuytren’s contracture is a condition most therapists have seen at some point in their careers. Characterised by contracture of the connective tissues of the palmar aponeurosis which cover the flexor tendons of the hand (Chaitow, 2014), Dupuytren’s commonly affects older men particularly of Scandinavian and Celtic ancestry (earning it the title “Viking disease”).…
DetailsAs promised during her presentation for the Australian Fascianista Collective on March 30, here is Dr Rosalba Courtney’s dissertation for your perusal. Enjoy and #StayFascianated Courtney IJOM Case Series DB Asthma
DetailsWe spend a lot of time studying the fascia of the musculoskeletal fascia – and who could blame us? – but over the next few weeks we’ll be delving into the visceral fascia. In this lovely illustration from Nature, we can see the Dura Mater, or “tough Mother” forming the outermost of the three meningeal…
DetailsI’ve touched on the heightened prevalence of ACL injuries in females compared to males in athletic populations – between 2 and 8 times more frequently, depending on which authors you’re reading! Today I’d like to explore this a little further…. A consensus statement came to light in a 2016 article that appeared in the Journal…
DetailsAdstrum, S., Hedley, G., Schleip, R., Stecco, C., and Yucesoy, C. A. (2017). Defining the fascial system. Bodyw. Mov. Ther. 21, 173–177. doi: 10.1016/j.jbmt.2016.11.003 Azizi, E., Deslauriers, A. R., Holt, N. C., and Eaton, C. E. (2017). Resistance to radial expansion limits muscle strain and work. Model. Mechanobiol. 16, 1633–1643. doi: 10.1007/s10237-017-0909- 3 Baar, K…
DetailsThe Source Physio 0:05 Welcome to the Australian Fashionista Collective. James it’s lovely to have you on board. Given that James is battling lockdown conditions and there’s uncertainty as to when to return to the UK, we really appreciate you agreeing to come on board and having a chat with us this morning or this…
DetailsThis exquisite image comes to us from Clinical Anatomist John Sharkey, and is reproduced with his kind permission. This image represents painstaking work to remove the superficial fascia of an ENTIRE male cadaver. Note the inclusion of the fingers and toes (which must have taken hours in themselves!) Note thatthis is only the superficial fascia!…
DetailsAging is a major influence on fascia, never more obvious (unfortunately!) than in the sagging and wrinkling of skin. The density, thickness and integrity of fascia tends to deteriorate, with a general loss in organisation and structure. The arrangement of collagen fibrils becomes denser and more regular with age, with an associated gradual decrease in the…
DetailsRemember we spoke last week about the idea that hormones – namely estrogen and relaxin – may be implicated in the sensitization of fascial nociceptors, making females far more susceptible to myofascial pain than men? Caterina Fede’s work with colleagues from the Anatomy Department of the University of Padua from 2016 can be extrapolated to…
DetailsCaterina Fede and her associates hypothesized that hormones – namely estrogen and relaxin, for example – are possibly implicated in the sensitization of fascial nociceptors. These hormones are critical to remodeling of the extracellular matrix by constraining fibrosis and inflammation, both of which exert a major influence on the stiffness of fascia and on sensitization…
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