The Thinking Practitioner

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Join two of the leading educators in manual therapy, bodywork, and massage therapy, as they delve into the most intriguing issues, questions, research, and client conditions that hands-on practitioners face. Stimulate your thinking with imaginative conversations, tips, and interviews related to the somatic arts and sciences.

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153: Conversations from the 7th Fascial Research Congress (with Robert Schleip, Gil Hedley, & more)

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🎙In this special episode recorded live at the 7th International Fascial Research Congress in New Orleans, Til Luchau gathers conversations with leading researchers, educators, and practitioners from around the world. From collagen synthesis breakthroughs to fascia typologies, scar tissue management, mental imagery, and integrative perspectives on touch and movement, this episode captures the excitement and connections at the forefront of fascia research.

🔍Interviews by Time Code:

•01:04 — Robert Schleip: Conference spirit, collagen synthesis, ultrasound, and vagus–immune connections

•10:01 — Cathy Ryan: Scar tissue management, bridging research and practice, teaching with Healwell & Advanced-Trainings.com

•13:45 — Gavin Ruiz: A first-time attendee’s perspective, tendon insights, and applying research as a young therapist

•15:42 — Eric Franklin: The Franklin Method, mental imagery, body schema, and the role of touch

•21:39 — Sneha Krishna: Making fascia science more accessible, teaching biomechanics, and global connective insights

•25:53 — Miriam Wessels & Heike Oellerich: The “fascia code,” Viking vs. Elf body types, treatment implications, and emotional dimensions

•37:16 — Gil Hedley: People, embodiment, anatomy as metaphor, and uniting spirituality with embodiment

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Whitney Lowe’s site: AcademyOfClinicalMassage.com
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(The Thinking Practitioner Podcast is intended for professional practitioners of manual and movement therapies: bodywork, massage therapy, structural integration, chiropractic, myofascial and myotherapy, orthopedic, sports massage, physical therapy, osteopathy, yoga, strength and conditioning, and similar professions. It is not medical or treatment advice.)

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