It was a great pleasure to attend Gil Hedley’s Nerve Tour in Portland, Maine, last night. With his characteristic flair, Gil unfolds a complete anatomy of our neural net, woven with a unique and touching story of ‘Captain’ – the model for much of the project – and the involvement of his family and other… Read more
Question from a follower on social media: Hi! I love the work of Tom Myers. Could he discuss his views on electric massage tools? Tom: Thanks for the question! Three levels of answer: 1) I am an advocate for the human hand – for human touch, its skill and its comfort and connection to a… Read more
Intermediate strata is the arthroscopic surgeons’ term for ‘loose fascia’. Add this to Thies’ interstitium, Hedley’s peri-fascial membranes, Guimberteau’s Multimicrovacuolar Collagen Absorbing System, Borden’s Rapidly-Adap[ting Internal Network, or my Biomehcanical Auto-Regulatory System, Or go with the traditional: intermuscular fascia, areolar, adipose, subcutaneous, hypodermis – so very many words for different areas within our singular ‘biome’ of… Read more
Editor’s note: We are so fortunate to be able to share these exciting before and after images from ATSI graduate Jessie Owens, one of the students in Sharon Wheeler’s Tail End class, held August 1-4, 2023, at the Anatomy Trains Maine classroom. The session on Jessie was done by another student in class, Gabrielle Goldberg,… Read more
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
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
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