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Fascia in Sport and Movement, Second Edition
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‘Fascia in Sport and Movement is the best source to date on the practical applications of fascia science to athletics and movement disciplines. It is essential reading for coaches, athletes, trainers, movement teachers, manual therapists, as well as anyone else interested in how fascial understanding can improve performance, expression, and movement freedom.’ Til Luchau, Director of Advanced-Trainings.com and author of Advanced Myofascial Techniques
Edited by Robert Schleip and Jan Wilke, Fascia in Sport and Movement, Second Edition is a unique publication, whose strength lies in the breadth of its coverage, the expertise of its authorship and the currency of its research and practice base.
- It is a multi-author book with contributions from 51 leading teachers and practitioners across the entire spectrum of bodywork and movement professions.
- It provides the most up-to-date information to support success in teaching, training, coaching, strengthening, tackling injury, reducing pain, and improving mobility.
- It explains and demonstrates how an understanding of the structure and function of fascia can inform and improve clinical practice.
- It provides knowledge and understanding to enable better expert management of soft tissue injuries
- It explores how different activities influence the body’s soft tissue matrix, and investigates the types of injuries which may occur
- It is a truly essential resource for all bodywork professionals – sports coaches, fitness trainers, yoga teachers, Pilates instructors, dance teachers and manual therapists.
New content for the second edition!
- The new edition boasts over 600 pages, nearly 400 color illustrations, and comprehensively updated coverage of the latest scientific and practical knowledge incorporated into each chapter. There are also 21 new chapters on a variety of subjects, including the influence of sex hormones on fascial connective tissue; nutrition; fluid dynamics; biotensegrity; hypo-and hypermobility; injury prevention; oncology and more!
- The section on clinical applications is now expanded by new chapters on eccentric training, foam rolling, walking, throwing, footwear, fascial strength training, mental imagery and more.
- Exciting new answers to clinical questions and problems and a multitude of reliable and novel information
- New inspiring questions, careful hypothetical speculations, as well as valuable clinical observations
- A completely new section (See Section 2) on assessment methods and including new chapter contributions on joint mobility examination, ultrasound imaging techniques and mechanical assessment
Section 1 Theory
Highlights of fascial anatomy, morphology and function
Surprising facts about fascial physiology and biochemistry
Sex hormonal effects on tendons and ligaments
Stress loading and matrix remodeling in tendon and skeletal muscle: Cellular mechano-stimulation and tissue remodeling
Mechanical loading and adaptive responses of tendinous tissues
Nutrition and loading to improve fascia function
Hypo- and hypermobility
Elastic storage and recoil dynamics
Water and fluid dynamics in fascia
What is it good for? An evidence-based review of stretching in sport and movement
Biotensegrity in sport and movement
Myofascial continuity: Towards a new understanding of human anatomy
Mechanical force transmission across myofascial chains
Myofascial force transmission to synergistic and antagonistic muscles
Fascia as sensory organ
Fascia and musculoskeletal injury: An underestimated association?
Classification of athletic injuries to muscular tissues
Fascia, exercise and oncology
Section 2 Assessment methods
Assessment of joint mobility
Imaging techniques (ultrasound)
Mechanical assessment
Palpation and functional assessment methods for fascia-related dysfunction
Section 3 Clinical application
Integrating clinical experience and scientific evidence – Roadmap for a healthy dialog between health practitioners and academic researchers
Fascial Fitness
Basic principles of plyometric training
Eccentric training: The key for a stronger, more resilient athlete?
Foam rolling and roller massage effects and mechanisms
Fascial stretching
Food for the fascia: Molecular and biochemical processes
Walking: The benefit of being on two legs
Functional training methods for the runner’s myofascial systems
Shoes or no shoes during locomotion and exercise – Training potential for fascial structures of the lower extremity
Overarm throwing in humans
The secret role of fascia in the martial arts
The world as a playground: Ninja and parkour training
Anatomy Trains in motion
Fascial form in yoga
Yin yoga as a fascia-oriented practice
Fascia-focused Pilates training
Three-dimensional fascia-oriented training
Dance
Kettlebell training
Fascia-oriented strength training in a conventional gym environment
Rehabilitation in sport medicine
How to train fascia in soccer
Movement therapy for breast cancer survivors
Mental imagery, fascia and movement
Periodized fascia training for speed, power, and injury resilience
Reviewed for the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy by Andrew Holbrook, Chartered Physiotherapist, UK
A book of nearly 600 pages would normally seriously intimidate me. But once you understand how this publication is structured, you discover how easy it is to read.
The new improved second edition of Fascia in Sport and Movement has over 50 contributors from the worlds of science and clinical practice. With 23 new chapters, the book claims to go beyond simplistic explanation, recognising the role of fascia in human performance.
The book is divided into 3 sections: Theory, Assessment, and Clinical Applications. The first section provides the underpinning knowledge that is later referred to throughout the rest of the book and is where the reader will begin to broaden their knowledge of the tensional network of fascia. Concise and clear, this section is easy to read, filled with useful graphs and graphics. A clear message in this section and throughout the book is how important loading is to tissue adaptation. Chapters 4 and 5 apply this concept to connective tissue and highlight how task specificity is the key concept to facilitate tissue change and remodelling. It was especially interesting to note how runners typically have their firmest fascial sheets in the lateral leg, whilst in horse riders they are found medially. As a physiotherapist working with elite female athletes, I enjoyed reading about gender differences and how this relates to tissue make up and ultimately injury risk.
Section 2 provides the reader with tools and techniques for assessment. This facilitates a gathering of evidence to provide guidance for treatment and the monitoring of progress. This includes instruction on how to observe, how to test functionally and how to palpate. I especially enjoyed reading the section on the assessment of mobility and the discussions around the co-existence of hyper and hypo mobility and the roles of habitual lifestyle factors in shaping these tendencies. Another chapter mentions a summary of classification for causes of fascial dysfunction: overuse, misuse, disuse and abuse. I think most of us can relate our personal and patient aches to one of these!
Section 3 invites the reader to pick and choose chapters based on their clinical interests and practice. I was initially drawn to fascial stretching, training methods for runner’s myofascial systems and a chapter exploring the debate of athlete’s footwear and the training potential for fascial structures of the lower extremity. Beyond these I found equal interest in looking at subjects such as plyometric training, foam rolling, movement therapy for breast cancer survivors and mental imagery. Links back to section 1 provided a useful tool to enable a deeper understanding of the theory behind the potential clinical interventions.
A strong positive of this publication is that it includes a wide range of clinical perspectives and purposely embraces different opinions. This leaves the reader open to form their own opinions and free to analyse their own clinical observations. The exhaustive referencing to the work of world-renowned experts gives the reader plenty of opportunity for further reading.
To summarise I would, without hesitation, recommend this book to anybody that has an interest in human movement and wants to learn more about the role of fascia. Beyond clinical application and interest there are a few important life lessons too: ‘proper exercise loading, if applied regularly, can induce a more youthful collagen architecture’.
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Buy eBook >‘Fascia in Sport and Movement is the best source to date on the practical applications of fascia science to athletics and movement disciplines. It is essential reading for coaches, athletes, trainers, movement teachers, manual therapists, as well as anyone else interested in how fascial understanding can improve performance, expression, and movement freedom.’ Til Luchau, Director of Advanced-Trainings.com and author of Advanced Myofascial Techniques
Edited by Robert Schleip and Jan Wilke, Fascia in Sport and Movement, Second Edition is a unique publication, whose strength lies in the breadth of its coverage, the expertise of its authorship and the currency of its research and practice base.
- It is a multi-author book with contributions from 51 leading teachers and practitioners across the entire spectrum of bodywork and movement professions.
- It provides the most up-to-date information to support success in teaching, training, coaching, strengthening, tackling injury, reducing pain, and improving mobility.
- It explains and demonstrates how an understanding of the structure and function of fascia can inform and improve clinical practice.
- It provides knowledge and understanding to enable better expert management of soft tissue injuries
- It explores how different activities influence the body’s soft tissue matrix, and investigates the types of injuries which may occur
- It is a truly essential resource for all bodywork professionals – sports coaches, fitness trainers, yoga teachers, Pilates instructors, dance teachers and manual therapists.
New content for the second edition!
- The new edition boasts over 600 pages, nearly 400 color illustrations, and comprehensively updated coverage of the latest scientific and practical knowledge incorporated into each chapter. There are also 21 new chapters on a variety of subjects, including the influence of sex hormones on fascial connective tissue; nutrition; fluid dynamics; biotensegrity; hypo-and hypermobility; injury prevention; oncology and more!
- The section on clinical applications is now expanded by new chapters on eccentric training, foam rolling, walking, throwing, footwear, fascial strength training, mental imagery and more.
- Exciting new answers to clinical questions and problems and a multitude of reliable and novel information
- New inspiring questions, careful hypothetical speculations, as well as valuable clinical observations
- A completely new section (See Section 2) on assessment methods and including new chapter contributions on joint mobility examination, ultrasound imaging techniques and mechanical assessment
Section 1 Theory
Highlights of fascial anatomy, morphology and function
Surprising facts about fascial physiology and biochemistry
Sex hormonal effects on tendons and ligaments
Stress loading and matrix remodeling in tendon and skeletal muscle: Cellular mechano-stimulation and tissue remodeling
Mechanical loading and adaptive responses of tendinous tissues
Nutrition and loading to improve fascia function
Hypo- and hypermobility
Elastic storage and recoil dynamics
Water and fluid dynamics in fascia
What is it good for? An evidence-based review of stretching in sport and movement
Biotensegrity in sport and movement
Myofascial continuity: Towards a new understanding of human anatomy
Mechanical force transmission across myofascial chains
Myofascial force transmission to synergistic and antagonistic muscles
Fascia as sensory organ
Fascia and musculoskeletal injury: An underestimated association?
Classification of athletic injuries to muscular tissues
Fascia, exercise and oncology
Section 2 Assessment methods
Assessment of joint mobility
Imaging techniques (ultrasound)
Mechanical assessment
Palpation and functional assessment methods for fascia-related dysfunction
Section 3 Clinical application
Integrating clinical experience and scientific evidence – Roadmap for a healthy dialog between health practitioners and academic researchers
Fascial Fitness
Basic principles of plyometric training
Eccentric training: The key for a stronger, more resilient athlete?
Foam rolling and roller massage effects and mechanisms
Fascial stretching
Food for the fascia: Molecular and biochemical processes
Walking: The benefit of being on two legs
Functional training methods for the runner’s myofascial systems
Shoes or no shoes during locomotion and exercise – Training potential for fascial structures of the lower extremity
Overarm throwing in humans
The secret role of fascia in the martial arts
The world as a playground: Ninja and parkour training
Anatomy Trains in motion
Fascial form in yoga
Yin yoga as a fascia-oriented practice
Fascia-focused Pilates training
Three-dimensional fascia-oriented training
Dance
Kettlebell training
Fascia-oriented strength training in a conventional gym environment
Rehabilitation in sport medicine
How to train fascia in soccer
Movement therapy for breast cancer survivors
Mental imagery, fascia and movement
Periodized fascia training for speed, power, and injury resilience
Reviewed for the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy by Andrew Holbrook, Chartered Physiotherapist, UK
A book of nearly 600 pages would normally seriously intimidate me. But once you understand how this publication is structured, you discover how easy it is to read.
The new improved second edition of Fascia in Sport and Movement has over 50 contributors from the worlds of science and clinical practice. With 23 new chapters, the book claims to go beyond simplistic explanation, recognising the role of fascia in human performance.
The book is divided into 3 sections: Theory, Assessment, and Clinical Applications. The first section provides the underpinning knowledge that is later referred to throughout the rest of the book and is where the reader will begin to broaden their knowledge of the tensional network of fascia. Concise and clear, this section is easy to read, filled with useful graphs and graphics. A clear message in this section and throughout the book is how important loading is to tissue adaptation. Chapters 4 and 5 apply this concept to connective tissue and highlight how task specificity is the key concept to facilitate tissue change and remodelling. It was especially interesting to note how runners typically have their firmest fascial sheets in the lateral leg, whilst in horse riders they are found medially. As a physiotherapist working with elite female athletes, I enjoyed reading about gender differences and how this relates to tissue make up and ultimately injury risk.
Section 2 provides the reader with tools and techniques for assessment. This facilitates a gathering of evidence to provide guidance for treatment and the monitoring of progress. This includes instruction on how to observe, how to test functionally and how to palpate. I especially enjoyed reading the section on the assessment of mobility and the discussions around the co-existence of hyper and hypo mobility and the roles of habitual lifestyle factors in shaping these tendencies. Another chapter mentions a summary of classification for causes of fascial dysfunction: overuse, misuse, disuse and abuse. I think most of us can relate our personal and patient aches to one of these!
Section 3 invites the reader to pick and choose chapters based on their clinical interests and practice. I was initially drawn to fascial stretching, training methods for runner’s myofascial systems and a chapter exploring the debate of athlete’s footwear and the training potential for fascial structures of the lower extremity. Beyond these I found equal interest in looking at subjects such as plyometric training, foam rolling, movement therapy for breast cancer survivors and mental imagery. Links back to section 1 provided a useful tool to enable a deeper understanding of the theory behind the potential clinical interventions.
A strong positive of this publication is that it includes a wide range of clinical perspectives and purposely embraces different opinions. This leaves the reader open to form their own opinions and free to analyse their own clinical observations. The exhaustive referencing to the work of world-renowned experts gives the reader plenty of opportunity for further reading.
To summarise I would, without hesitation, recommend this book to anybody that has an interest in human movement and wants to learn more about the role of fascia. Beyond clinical application and interest there are a few important life lessons too: ‘proper exercise loading, if applied regularly, can induce a more youthful collagen architecture’.
£67.50 GBP / $85.00 USD
You may also be interested in:
for course
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