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There are a number of general and specific
causes and processes involved when fascia
becomes dysfunctional, whether due to trauma,
inflammation, genetics, pathology, poor patterns
of use (habitual postural or breathing patterns, for
example), or the aging process.
To explain and discuss validated and/or suggested means of identifying,
preventing, improving, or normalizing fascial dysfunction, even in cases
of frank pathology, and even if symptomatic relief may realistically be the
best possible outcome, it is necessary for us to give attention to some major
Fascial
Dysfunction
By Leon Chaitow
This article was excerpted from Fascial Dysfunction:
Manual Therapy Approaches, 2nd edition, edited by Leon
Chaitow, and with permission from the publisher Handspring
Publishing. www.handspringpublishing.com/product/fascial-
dysfunction-second-edition
Massage & Bodywork readers can use code
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