Health practitioners and body workers need a firm understanding of the significance of fascia in human performance. The role nutrition plays in fascial health, how injuries and diseases influence fascia, and the rehabilitative techniques to restore functional capacity of the affected tissue are essential components of improving performance. This book starts with a basic overview of fascia and its biological underpinnings, and progresses through clinical treatment applications, nutritional and pharmacological support information, and techniques for managing fascial conditions and injuries.

Foreword -- Preface -- About the Authors -- Contributors/Reviewers -- Chapter 1 - Histology of the Living Matrix -- Chapter 2 - Anatomical Description of Fascia and Its Planes -- Chapter 3 - Tensegrity, Thixotropy, and Somatic Recall -- Chapter 4 - Neurophysiological Basis for Fascial Plasticity -- Chapter 5 - Water the Key Nutrient for Fascia -- Chapter 6 - The Role of Fascia and its Related Pathologies -- Chapter 7 - Comprehensive Evaluation of Myofascial Injuries -- Chapter 8 - Manual and Rehabilitative Techniques used for Soft Tissue Injuries -- Chapter 9 - Conservative Rehabilitation Protocols for Myofascial Injuries -- Chapter 10 - The Role of Energy Medicine in the Therapeutic Treatment of Fascia -- Chapter 11 - Nutrition and Fascial Health -- Chapter 12 - Nutritional Support for Ischemic Conditions -- Chapter 13 - Nutritional Support for Inflammatory Conditions -- Chapter 14 - Pharmacological Management of Fascial Pathologies -- Chapter 15 - Athletic Myofascial Injuries - Case Studies.Histology of the living matrix -- Anatomical description of fascia and its planes -- Tensegrity, thixotropy, and somatic recall -- Neurophysiological basis for fascial plasticity -- Water, the key nutrient for fascia -- The role of fascia and its related pathologies -- Comprehensive evaluation of myofascial injuries -- Manual and rehabilitative techniques used for soft tissue injuries -- Conservative rehabilitation protocols for fascia injuries -- The role of energy medicine in the therapeutic treatment of fascia -- Nutrition and fascial health -- Nutritional support for ischemic conditions -- Nutritional support for inflammatory conditions -- Pharmacological management of fascial pathologies -- Management of myofascial injuries in the athlete : case studies.