Fascia: What it is and Why it Matters - Softcover

Lesondak, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1909141550 ISBN 13: 9781909141551

Publisher: Handspring Pub Ltd, 2017

Synopsis

This book serves as a primer for all professionals: doctors, physical therapists, osteopaths, massage therapists, yoga teachers, or fitness professionals, to give them a solid working knowledge of fascia both as a tissue and a system. Lavishly illustrated and with a strong storyline, each chapter logically connects the reader to the next (rather like the fascia itself) and gives the reader a clear understanding of the clinical significance of fascia, the latest in fascia science, and how the fascial system interacts with the other systems of the body from the cellular level on up. This book, while complete unto itself, will also serve as a valuable reference for deeper study.

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From the Back Cover

As the title suggests, Fascia: What it is and why it matters presents a clear and easy to understand overview of what the fascia is, the role it plays in the body, and how it interacts with the other systems in the body. As the importance of fascia in overall health is becoming increasingly recognized it became obvious that there was a need for a book that clearly and concisely presents the facts. This is that book. 



Written with a strong storyline that carries the reader along, and logically connects each chapter to the next (rather like the fascia itself!), it is both informative and satisfying to read. Fascia: What it is and why it matters serves as an essential primer for all professionals be they physicians, osteopaths, physical therapist, massage therapists, movement professionals, and orthopedists, giving them a solid grasp of what fascia is and what it does in the body. It explains fascia as a tissue, a system, and it's clinical significance. 

About the Author

David Lesondak, BCSI, ATSI, FST, FFT, IAHE is the author of the international best-seller  Fascia: What it is and Why it Matters (Handspring).

David is an Allied Health Member in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), where he serves as a clinician and fascia specialist in UPMC's Center for Integrative Medicine. He specializes in chronic pain, injuries, improving athletic performance, and post surgical issues of all sorts. 

Utilizing his former skill set in video, he produced "Anatomy Trains Revealed" which took Thomas Myers' myofascial meridians concept from the page into the anatomy lab. He followed that with the University of Ulm's Fascia Academy series, the Connect: Fascia and Sports Medicine series, and documentation for the International Fascia Research Congress. 

David has lectures and teaches workshops worldwide including multiple engagements for the Academic Consortium for Integrative Medicine and Health, the North American Trainers Association, University of Ulm, the International Fascia Research Congress, Natural Health Practitioners of Canada, the American College of Preventative Medicine. Find him on the web at fasciamatters.health.

About this edition

• Publisher: Handspring Pub Ltd
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1909141550
• ISBN 13: 9781909141551
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 154