Jill Miller

So your fascial tissues are also a major sensory organ of your body.

So your fascial tissues are also a major sensory organ of your body.

It's mind-boggling.

It's mind-boggling.

So the fascia, yeah, in your— original model, you could say the fascia is the in-between all of it stuff.

So the fascia, yeah, in your— original model, you could say the fascia is the in-between all of it stuff.

Toe to chin, everything within. So we can think of fascia in a few different ways, and there are many different fascia researchers that model it in different ways. I like to think of it like a strata or like a lasagna. I think this is an easy model for people to grasp.

Toe to chin, everything within. So we can think of fascia in a few different ways, and there are many different fascia researchers that model it in different ways. I like to think of it like a strata or like a lasagna. I think this is an easy model for people to grasp.

So you have your skin, and then directly underneath your skin, you have... I mean, most people just think this is your fat, your fatty layer, but... It's not. Within your fatty layer, you actually have a continuous membrane called the superficial fascia. And this superficial fascia actually subdivides your fatty layer into two different layers.

So you have your skin, and then directly underneath your skin, you have... I mean, most people just think this is your fat, your fatty layer, but... It's not. Within your fatty layer, you actually have a continuous membrane called the superficial fascia. And this superficial fascia actually subdivides your fatty layer into two different layers.

Did you know that you have superficial adipose tissue and then you have deep adipose tissue underneath this membrane?

Did you know that you have superficial adipose tissue and then you have deep adipose tissue underneath this membrane?

You did. That's great. Of course. But the superficial fascia also spawns these really interesting... poles called retinacula cutis. So we have all these little tent poles between our skin, the superficial fascia, and between the superficial fascia and what's below that, which is called the deep fascia. And so these tent poles are part of what gives our fluffiness, the buoyancy to our shape.

You did. That's great. Of course. But the superficial fascia also spawns these really interesting... poles called retinacula cutis. So we have all these little tent poles between our skin, the superficial fascia, and between the superficial fascia and what's below that, which is called the deep fascia. And so these tent poles are part of what gives our fluffiness, the buoyancy to our shape.

So underneath these tent poles of the superficial fascia, we have

So underneath these tent poles of the superficial fascia, we have

sliding layers called loose fascia this is a fascial interface and you can find that right now i'm covered with my jean jacket but you can just pinch your forearm and you could you can actually move this right left up down you can even twist and you can pull it away so we have an area called loose fascia that's between the superficial fascia stuff and what's known as the deep fascia

sliding layers called loose fascia this is a fascial interface and you can find that right now i'm covered with my jean jacket but you can just pinch your forearm and you could you can actually move this right left up down you can even twist and you can pull it away so we have an area called loose fascia that's between the superficial fascia stuff and what's known as the deep fascia

The deep fascia is the fascia that I think most people recognize as fascia. And part of that is because this is a lot of the mechanical model of movement. A lot of Tom Myers anatomy trains sort of It pays homage to these continuities of these gigantic collagen strips that run from, you know, foot to face. And you can really see these in dissection.

The deep fascia is the fascia that I think most people recognize as fascia. And part of that is because this is a lot of the mechanical model of movement. A lot of Tom Myers anatomy trains sort of It pays homage to these continuities of these gigantic collagen strips that run from, you know, foot to face. And you can really see these in dissection.