What is fascia?

There isn't much on it yet in the medical world as it has just been discovered that it is actually more than just a sheathe in the body and is only now being medically recognized for it's importance in maintaining a healthy lifestyle. The only thing that was medically proven is that It is made of millions of tiny tubules made of liquid or water and now it is has been added that it also includes motor proteins.

If I had to describe fascia (as I often do,) I would consider fascia the biggest organ of the body. I believe it to be a constructive matrix or a web that runs from head to toe. It is wrapped around all of your tendons, organs, muscles, and bones. I'd say it acts like a rubber band, is able to get as solid as bone but is as strong as a rock. When your fascia dehydrates and doesn't get much use, this would prevent you from being able to have great range of motion, causing you to feel heavier and immovable. I would also say that it can be sticky when dehydrated. And when dehydrated fascia peels off from the inside of the epidermis layer, it can get itchy; those itches under the skin that you just can't seem to get to. When your fascia has no water to absorb, or is too tense to absorb any by itself, it dries up and shrinks, pulling on every single thing that it's connected to. It effects your body as a whole, compromising everything from your vision, to your breathing, to your saliva production (making you more susceptible to cavities and early tooth decay.) It clearly decreases ROM which takes from our every day energy, and we can only imagine what this effect has on our minds. I would say it is probably what is helping to form many physical and mental ailments, especially PTSD.

"...bones are the non-touching rods, that play the role of compression struts, embedded in a continuous connecting system (the tension system), that is the myofascio-ligamentous tissue in the body (Levin, 1990)"

I would say that this is one of the greatest discoveries in personal healthcare. It is the missing link to all of those un-answered medical questions. Why do I feel so heavy? Why don't I have any energy? Is it okay to crack your knuckles? Why do I have bad posture? How does cancer have room to grow? What is a knot? What causes wrinkles? What is fibromyalgia? What causes PTSD? What is an adams apple? What is consciousness and where does it reside in the body? I believe fascia will help us to answer ALL of these questions. It has been able to help me answer most of these questions and more.

Taking care of your fascia will prevent unnecessary aging

and many physical & mental ailments. Update: Jan 14th 2020 "Water serves as the transporter of energy throughout our body." That is taken from Dr. Emoto's The Hidden Messages in Water. I see this as, fascia, serves as the transporter of energy throughout our body. I don't know yet if he knows about fascia or not, however I believe that water does transport energy throughout the body and that it is done so by traveling throughout the fascia. That is why when we release fascia, we do release energy and emotions. It's amazing. It helps with PTSD, and tension after surgeries as well.