Fascia: our sixth sense. Why does it exist for humans?

Human body researchers say: everything in us is connected by a thin tissue called fascia.

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Anatomists since the dawn of medicine have been ignited by curiosity to look deep into the human body, but fascia — has never been fascinating to them. Wesalius, honored with the title of founder of modern anatomy, in his famous 1543 work. “De humanis corporis fabrica” (On the structure of the human body) completely ignored it. It was not noticed until 200 years later, but even so, until the beginning of the 21st century, it was described only as a shielding or insulating tissue. No vital functions were found for it, instead it interfered with looking at muscles, bones and other organs. To see anything in an open corpse, it had to be removed.

Researchers come up with names

Many scientists include fascia among the accessory organs (along with, for example, tendons) We call the membranes made of fibrous connective tissue that surround individual muscles, groups of muscles or, finally, the entire musculature of the body. The fascia strongly and tightly, like a bandage, surrounds the soft, water-rich muscle tissue.

In one area of the body it resembles a spider’s web, because its weave is thinner, while in another it takes the form of a thin sheet of fibrous tissue that is…