What does fascia mean?

Can you train that and why should you do it? – Yes, one can and yes, one should!

Fascia shapes our external appearance, determines our health and performance. A well-functioning fascia network increases the quality of life, keeps body and mind healthy, makes you firm and flexible!

Fascia runs through and surrounds our entire body in the form of a fascial network with no beginning or end. The components are collagen fibers for strength and stability, elastine fibers for elasticity and suppleness, and the basic substance as a circulatory environment and transport route. It stabilizes the tissue and protects it from overloading and unwanted influences. At the same time, it enables the fibers to slide, the distribution of nutrients and the breakdown of waste products. The fascia as a whole can be seen as a river system. Only when this internal ecosystem is intact and balanced can the basic substance flow unhindered and keep the organism in motion and healthy. It therefore requires constant “water remediation” in order to be efficient and optimally implement training effects.

⇒ Components of the fascial network:

A few years ago, scientists realized that all fibrous structures are part of the body-wide fascial network, which runs through and around our body as a tissue network. It stabilizes, reacts to impulses, is firm and supple at the same time and constantly remodels itself. In some sections, the fascia acts as tendons or ligaments, in others muscle mass, bones or organs or they serve as a buffer and storage zone. The fascial network is a living organ with metabolic processes, immune defense, build-up cells and receptors. If you train fascially, you simultaneously reach the loose connective tissue, the tight tendons, the flexible muscles and promote the functioning of the organs. All-in-one!

⇒ Characteristics of the fascial network:

Fascia is wired to adapt to the demands placed on it. Fascial structures are constantly remodeling. There is a constant build-up, dismantling and rebuilding, it is constantly interwoven, separated, pulled and pressed. With fascia, nature has created the prerequisite for a body to be able to adapt to almost all circumstances. These findings change the view of the body, exercise and health maintenance in the long term and thus also influence training strategies and paths to personal success.

Functions of the fascial network:

• Flexible Stability:

Fascia runs through and around our body as an omnipresent tissue network. It envelops, connects, stabilizes, gives shape, keeps us upright and everything in its place through tensile stress. With the help of elastic tension, the tissue generates and stores energy, which it releases again in the form of rapid force such as springs, jumping, throwing, etc. At the same time, the flexibility allows smooth movements and a large radius.

• Protective Provider:

The fascial network provides an environment for the exchange and transport of nutrients and waste materials (including blood circulation, lymph, metabolic processes). It is a place for the immune system to stay, move and interact and, with its surface tension, serves as a barrier for bacteria and viruses. Specific connective tissue cells (fibroblasts) are responsible for care, construction, repair and cleaning as cell construction workers.

• Sixth Sense:

The fascia forms the most comprehensive sensory organ of the human body with receptors for our body and movement feeling, orientation and emotions. It acts as a sophisticated communication system in interaction with the nervous system. As a result, the fascia reacts uninterruptedly to current and regular demands and stimuli with changes in tension and sensation signals.