CONTENTS

Contributors

Foreword by Thomas W. Findley

Foreword by John Sharkey

Dedication

Preface

Acknowledgments

SECTION I Fascial foundations

CHAPTER 1 ​ The functions of fascia: translating research into clinical relevance

Leon Chaitow

CHAPTER 2 ​ Fascial dysfunction: adaptation as a major feature

Leon Chaitow

CHAPTER 3 ​ Global postural assessment

Thomas W. Myers

CHAPTER 4 ​ Additional global and local assessment approaches

Leon Chaitow

CHAPTER 5 ​ Removing obstacles to recovery: therapeutic methods, mechanisms and fascia

Leon Chaitow

SECTION II Selected fascial modalities

CHAPTER 6 ​ Bowen therapy

Kelly Clancy

CHAPTER 7 ​ Connective tissue manipulation and skin rolling

Elizabeth A. Holey, John Dixon

CHAPTER 8 ​ Use it or lose it: recommendations for fascia-oriented training applications in sports and movement therapy

Robert Schleip, Divo Gitta Müller

CHAPTER 9 ​ The Fascial Manipulation® method applied to low back pain

Antonio Stecco, Stefano Casadei, Alessandro Pedrelli, Julie Ann Day, Carla Stecco

CHAPTER 10 ​ Functional fascial treatment: fascial unwinding and balanced ligamentous tension technique

Paolo Tozzi

CHAPTER 11 ​ Gua sha (press-stroking) and Ba guan (cupping): traditional East Asian instrument-assisted manual therapies

Arya Nielsen

CHAPTER 12 ​ Muscle energy techniques

Leon Chaitow

CHAPTER 13 ​ Myofascial induction therapy (MIT®)

Andrzej Pilat

CHAPTER 14 ​ Neuromuscular technique (NMT) and associated soft tissue manipulation (neuromuscular) modalities

Leon Chaitow

CHAPTER 15 ​ Positional release techniques (including counterstrain)

Leon Chaitow

CHAPTER 16 ​ Rolfing® structural integration

Jonathan Martine

CHAPTER 17 ​ Global Postural Re-education®: Souchard method

Emiliano Grossi

CHAPTER 18 ​ Management of scars and adhesions

Willem Fourie

CHAPTER 19 ​ Manual matrix remodeling in myofascial injuries: scar modeling technique

Raúl Martínez Rodríguez, Fernando Galán del Río

CHAPTER 20 ​ Massage therapy and fascia

Sandy Fritz

CHAPTER 21 ​ Trigger point release methods including dry needling

César Fernández-de-las-Peñas

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