General Assessment and Optimization for Surgery
3 General Assessment and Optimization for Surgery Mirek M. Otremba Medical Assessment of a Patient with a Hip Fracture 25 Epidemiology and Outcome 26 Perioperative Complications 26 Optimal Timing of…
Regional versus General Anesthesia for Fractures of the Proximal Femur
4 Regional versus General Anesthesia for Fractures of the Proximal Femur Tania Di Renna, Aaron Hong General Anesthesia 43 Preoperative Preparation 43 Technique 44 Benefits 44 Risks 44 Regional Anesthesia…
Myofascial chains: A review of different models
3.3 Myofascial chains A review of different models Philipp Richter Most of the following models are based on personal experiences of the authors, combined with neurological and physiological theories. Even…
Fascial fitness: Suggestions for a fascia-oriented training approach in sports and movement therapies
7.24 Fascial fitness Suggestions for a fascia-oriented training approach in sports and movement therapies Divo G Müller and Robert Schleip Introduction Whenever a football player is not able to take…
Surgery and scarring
7.17 Surgery and scarring Willem J Fourie Introduction Nature provides us with a means of survival by restoring tissue integrity via granulation scar tissue in response to damage. While nonsurgical…
Pilates and fascia: The art of ‘working in’
7.22 Pilates and fascia The art of ‘working in’ Marie-José Blom Introduction Pilates is regarded by its proponents as a comprehensive method of exercise and total body conditioning, created and…
Prolotherapy
Chapter 7.11 Prolotherapy Manuel F. Cusi Introduction Prolotherapy is an injection therapy used to treat chronic ligament, joint, capsule, fascial, and tendinous injuries. The goal of this treatment is to…
Fascia in yoga therapeutics
7.21 Fascia in yoga therapeutics Thomas Myers Yoga is experienced in that mind which has ceased to identify itself with its vacillating waves of perception. Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, c….
Acupuncture as a fascia-oriented therapy
Chapter 7.9 Acupuncture as a fascia-oriented therapy Dominik Irnich and Johannes Fleckenstein Introduction Historical background Acupuncture has increasingly been used in Western medicine over the last three decades. It originated…
Managing dysfunctional scar tissue
Chapter 7.8 Managing dysfunctional scar tissue Petra Valouchová and Karel Lewit History Treatment of scars by local anesthesia was first introduced by lay healers, the brothers Huneke, as early as…
