Fascia in Sport and Movement, Second edition, 9781912085774
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Unlock movement potential: fascia insights for peak performance and injury prevention.

Fascia in Sport and Movement, Second edition

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  • Paperback

    624 pages

  • Release Date

    25 March 2021

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Summary

Fascia in Sport and Movement, Second edition is a multi-author book with contributions from 51 leading teachers and practitioners across the entire spectrum of bodywork and movement professions. It provides professionals from all bodywork and movement specialisms with the most up-to-date information they need for success in teaching, training, coaching, strengthening, tackling injury, reducing pain, and improving mobility.

The new edition has 21 new chapters, and chapters from the fir…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781912085774
ISBN-10:1912085771
Author:Robert Schleip, Ph. D., Jan Wilke, Amanda Baker, Robert Schleip
Publisher:Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Imprint:Handspring Publishing Limited
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:624
Edition:2nd
Release Date:25 March 2021
Weight:1.73kg
Dimensions:244mm x 190mm x 40mm
About The Author

Robert Schleip, Ph. D.

Robert Schleip MA, PhD, Director, Fascia Research Project, Ulm University, Germany; Research Director, European Rolfing Association; Certified Rolfing Instructor and Feldenkrais teacher; Author and co-editor of several books and numerous research articles. For his discovery of active contractile properties in fascial tissues he was awarded the prestigious Vladimir Janda Award for Musculoskeletal Medicine. He was co-initiator and organiser of the first Fascia Research Congress held in Boston, USA in 2007.

Jan Wilke, Leader of the Fascia in Motion research group, Frankfurt University, Germany; Member of the American College of Sports Medicine; Conditioning coach who has worked with high-level athletes, including the former world No 1 tennis player, Angelique Kerber; Visiting Fellow to Amsterdam University (Netherlands) and Liverpool University (UK). His chapter on Myofascial Chains, published in Gray’s Anatomy, represents one of the first anatomical atlas contributions explicitly focusing on fascia and movement.

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