What is fascia and why is everyone talking about it? 📚🧠

If you’ve ever been to an osteopath, you’ve definitely heard that word. Let’s analyze the main element of our internal architecture briefly and without unnecessary water. Fascia (from Latin. fascia —”bandage”, “strip”) is a continuous shell of connective tissue that covers absolutely everything in our body: every muscle, every organ, vessel and nerve. Fascia is a full—fledged sensory organ and our main skeleton. 3 Facts You Need to Know about Fascia: 1⃣ This is our “inner suit”. The fascia is not interrupted by a millimeter. It connects the crown of the head with the feet in a single network. Imagine a tight jumpsuit: if you pull hard on the bottom of the pant leg, the fabric will stretch over the opposite shoulder. It is through these fascial pathways that the osteopath finds the true cause of body pain. 2. It holds the organs in place. Fascia creates soft “cases” and suspending ligaments for the stomach, liver, kidneys and heart. Without this support, our organs would simply shift downward under gravity. 3. She remembers stress, injury, and dehydration. In a healthy state, the fasciae are elastic, moist and slide easily relative to each other. But due to lack of water, sedentary work, scars or inflammation, they dry out and “stick together”. There is a spike (fibrosis), which tightly tightens neighboring muscles and tissues, causing pain. Why do you need to know? When an osteopath gently puts his hands on your body and freezes for a long time, he works specifically with the fascia. The osteopath feels where this “inner suit” is twisted or glued, and gently restores its elasticity.As soon as the fascia relaxes, blood flow is restored, swelling and pain go away, and the body regains its former flexibility. ✨