Fascia as a Sensory Organ
Tiffany Cruikshank
Founder of Yoga Medicine, L.Ac, MAOM, E-RYT
Tiffany is a yoga therapeutic specialist, author, licensed acupuncturist and Chinese Medicine provider.
She’s trained over 15,000 yoga teachers, athletes, medical professionals, physical therapists, bodyworkers and coaches on how to fuse anatomy, western medicine and cutting-edge research with traditional yoga practices to therapeutically support individuality and holistic wellness.
Today, she’s dedicated to helping teachers and students nourish their health and feel their best through a combination of modern science, traditional modalities, and experience.
Synopsis
“Today’s episode is all about fascia as a sensory organ. Whether you are a healthcare provider, body worker, or yoga teacher, it is so important to have all the information on this issue that we so often disregard. Listen in as Tiffany and Katja talk all about proprioception, take a look at interception and discuss how they relate to the fascial system and yoga practice. They explain the recent research on sensory nerves and point out how important is it for the body to be able to collect a really rich picture of what’s happening within us. They also talk about how we can stimulate fascial receptors and the varied functions of free nerve endings.
Listen to this episode to learn about the different types of fascial receptors, practical uses of proprioception, and to get an idea about what interoception is about.”
Sources
Anatomy of the deep fascia of the upper limb.Second part: study of innervation (Stecco et al., 2007), https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17574469/
Fascia and soft tissues innervation in the human hip and their possible role in post-surgical pain (Fede et al., 2020), https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32181900/
Sensory innervation of the thoracolumbar fascia in rats and humans (Tesarz et al., 2011), https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21839150/
Innervation of thoracolumbar fascia (Mense 2019), https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31579474/