Grand Rounds - Fascia Research and Applications for Rehabilitation Medicine
NYU Dept of Rehabilitation Medicine Grand Rounds
Wednesday, July 14th from 12-1 pm NYU Langone Medical Center, 550 First Ave., NY, NY 10016 in the Smilow Seminar Room.
UMDNJ Dept of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Grand Rounds
Friday August 6th 8:30 to 10 AM Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation 1199 Pleasant Valley Way, West Orange, NJ
Dr. Thomas Findley MD PhD is the Executive Director of the International Fascia Research Congress which was held in 2007 at the Conference Center, Harvard Medical School, in 2009 at Faculty of Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, and is planned for Vancouver in 2012. His residency and PhD in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation were under Dr. Kottke at the University of Minnesota 1977-1982. He is an active clinician (Certified Advanced Rolfer™) as well as a researcher at the VA Medical Center East Orange NJ and is the recipient of the prestigious 2009 Northup Award from the American Osteopathic Association for his paper Three-Dimensional Mathematical Model for Deformation of Human Fasciae in Manual Therapy. He will present key findings from both fascia research congresses, which form a broad base for both scientific and clinical investigations. These findings span the effects of physical forces on fascial cellular structure to laboratory models of acupuncture and of repetitive strain and subsequent myofascial treatment and their effects on fibroblast cells. They also cover fascial anatomy and biomechanics and transmission of mechanical forces through the fascial network in lieu of conduction down the more traditional muscular pathways, as well as direct mechanical coupling of the muscle and local blood vessels through the extracellular matrix. Dr Findley will take you through highlights of both congresses, including his keynote address, and encourages you to explore full text articles in the program book and the keynote addresses from both congresses, available from
www.fasciacongress.org.
