The Thinking Practitioner

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For the practitioner who’s never stopped being curious. Til Luchau and Whitney Lowe bring together leading researchers, master clinicians, and big questions from across bodywork, massage, and manual therapy — exploring not just what we do with our hands, but why it works and how to do it better. Smart, grounded, and genuinely useful conversations for the somatic arts and sciences.

For professional practitioners in bodywork, massage therapy, structural integration, chiropractic, myofascial and myotherapy, orthopedics, sports massage, physical therapy, and osteopathy — as well as yoga, strength and conditioning, and allied professions.

This podcast is not medical or treatment advice.

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Wednesday Sep 17, 2025

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

Wednesday Sep 17, 2025

🎙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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(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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