Fascia 101: The Forgotten Organ

"Dr Natalie Olden-Stahl is an integrative practitioner who was looking for another modality to improve the health of her patients. From acute injuries, sporting dogs, and aging chronic pain, there seemed to be something missing in her approach. After learning about Fascia, even the anxious patients were lying down in her exam room after a treatment. Injury recovery time was shortened, and geriatric patients had enhanced mobility and energy. Both Dr Olden-Stahl and her clients were experiencing higher satisfaction and improved patient outcomes."

"Every veterinarian should take OPV's fascia course! Adding fascia work to my patient's care has improved their lives and enhanced my other therapies' results as well. As a profession, we should be paying more attention to this important aspect of our patient's wellbeing. As always, Dr. Laurie offers an excellent course with all of the background info you need to understand and use the new knowledge in an easy to use format."

"Personally, I found the bodies interconnection through fascia exciting. OPV and Jan Huntingford bring new levels of thoughts for healing and anti-aging via myofascial therapy. I love Dr. Travelle's work and Jan has brought that back into our awareness and healing modalities. Wonderful review, new knowledge, and techniques to implement to further our rehab! I recommend this course to give a deeper knowledge of the bodies interworking."

"As a profession, we are finally realizing the anatomical importance of fascia and the consequences of myofascial pain. Dr. Laurie McCauley's Fascia 101 course provides an excellent opportunity to gain further understanding in the history and clinical significance of fascial concerns in our patients. Both instructors, Dr. Jan and Dr. Laurie, are extremely experienced and knowledgable. This virtual course provides valuable insight into an array of treatment options and each module has direct relevance to our daily caseload. Thank-you for a great educational experience!"

"For anyone interested in helping further their knowledge of pain management in our canine friends, I highly recommend taking Fascia 101: The Forgotten Organ. This course delves into why so many of our patients have non-descript lameness that often frustrates us because we can't just give a magic NSAID to resolve it. The course starts with a great refresher of the pathophysiology of the nerve/muscle interaction in order for us to understand why we have trigger points. These trigger points that develop in the muscles are many times the reason why we are frustrated because the pain isn't coming from an actual joint. It is coming from trigger points that have developed and stay causing acute and then chronic pain. As you go deeper into the course, you learn more about how to treat the trigger point in the muscle. The videos are great for explaining and showing how some of these techniques are used. The final portion of the course describes the different fascial lines and the different treatment techniques. After completing the course, I now understand fascia better and have actual techniques that can be applied in the real world to help all the fur babies with non-descript lameness. This course has helped me add to my toolbox for pain management and I found it interesting and applicable to the real world."