Here’s the latest from the Steccos and the University of Padua. This is a great review of what’s happening where the rubber meets the road in tissue. Worth a read, even if their attitude to paragraphs is more Italian academic than American. I first heard the term ‘myofascial unit’ from Ida Rolf in 1977. The… Read more
We pause to note with sadness the passing of my old friend Stanley Rosenberg. A man both of his time and ahead of his time, Stanley combined the impassioned delivery and imagination of a performer with the deep understanding required of a healer. Raised in the grit of Philadelphia (giving him a groundedness he… Read more
Anatomy Trains is thrilled to announce that Tom Myers will be teaching an exciting series of courses in California, starting in January 2023! You asked and we listened: courses for both movement professionals, and manual therapists are coming to the west coast. Kick off the new year with a transformational training that will enhance… Read more
From Tom Myers: I have long been a fan of reflexology – for the feet, hands, ear, and face – all have reflexes that refer out to all the body. I call this ‘imago’ – an image of the whole body ‘printed’ ion a single part. Iridology makes a similar map out of the iris… Read more
Fascia is the envelope that the message of consciousness arrives in. As we watch neurology advance to its next digitally-powered chapter, fascia and consciousness snuggle ever closer to each other. Neurology’s previous chapter – the one that I grew up on, exemplified in Skinner’s behaviourism (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behaviorism) – was based on the idea of ˆtabula raaa’ . With us since Aristotle,… Read more
From Tom Myers: I had to check this one out – how could they put living cells though a jet into a printed object? That would have been a very significant development. Upon further investigation (see the second link), it turns out they 3D-printed the matrix for the cartilage cells – which they added later… Read more
