Fascia: Mystery tissue scientists and doctors now acknowledge as the "new organ"

Researchers say they've done just that: They've found a network of fluid-filled spaces in tissue that they hadn't been seen before. That is exactly what the International Fascia Research Congress as well as many other notable scientists have been toting for many years prior. These researchers see the fascial system as the dynamic mesenchymal tissue that unites every cell in the body and allows for fluid and tissue movement. From these discoveries and recent understandings have come several techniques to treat this new organ system. Perhaps one of the most notable has headway has developed from the thorough Italian researchers and specialists.

This is rapidly becoming the most well researched and validated manual medicine technique in history. Originated in Italy by Luigi Stecco PT, it has finally found it’s way across the pond to the United States. As of early 2011, only a handful of practitioners have been exposed to it but it is likely going to make an enormous impact on the world of manual medicine.