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International Fascia Acupuncture Research Institute

Fascias and acupuncture: the channels

Research on fascias and acupuncture, and more specifically on the often controversial notion of channels tradit

Feb 46 min read

Acupuncture of the Thoracolumbar Fascia: An In Vivo Ultrasonic Demonstration

Our team of acupuncturists had the incredible opportunity to conduct an ultrasonic-assisted puncture of the thoracol

Aug 3, 20234 min read

Fascia: the structure that unites the east and the west.

I fhe fascia network is indeed the physical substrate of the meridians of TCM, there are important clinical and research implications.

Apr 21, 20224 min read

How solid is your body?

Fascia, tensegrity, acupuncture, mecano-transduction

Jun 21, 20214 min read

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FASCIAS AND ACUPUNCTURE LEVEL 2: PALPATION SKILLS. - CANADA AND FRANCE FALL 2025

Prerequisite: Level 1

Develop palpatory skills to guide the treatment of fascia by acupuncture. Theoretical and practical course.

Presenting: ''These bodies of water " at the GRAM festival in Percé, Québec.

''These bodies of water " is an activity in which the public is invited to make a sound journey and reflect on the water that circulates in our bodies and in the landscape.

We presented this work to popularize certain concepts of Nei Jing and to help people discover the links that unite us with nature.

It was presented at the SBC gallery, the Musée d'art de Joliette and, more recently, as part of Les Perceides in Gaspésie.

CBC did a nice covering of the event:

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Attending the McGill University Fascia summer school. July 17th -21st W/ Carla Stecco.

We will be attending the first Fascia Anatomy Summer School, organized by the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology at McGill University in Montreal, took place from July 17 to 21, 2023. The aim of this study week was to present the latest research on the anatomy and function of fascia, and the resulting therapeutic perspectives. Seminar organizers Gabriel Venne, D.O., M.Sc., Ph.D., Associate Professor and Director of McGill's Anatomical Sciences Division, and Carla Stecco, M.D., Department of Neurosciences, University of Padua, Italy, were responsible for the anatomical dissection workshops.

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Stretching to free the Body's Rivers by Elmar Pestel, Md Barcelona March 4-5th 2023

Barcelona March 4-5th 2023
Learning Weekend: Our Rivers
By the Applied Nei Jing Medical Association. We are proud to present this workshop at the ANMA Learning Weekend in Bracelona, Spain.

Elmar Pestel combines a detailed knowledge of anatomy with the river circulation system in the body to show us how simple stetching exercises can improve blood flow.

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