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Alison Slater Author
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Affiliation
physiotherapy
Australian Physiotherapy Association, Australia
Biography
Alison Slater is an internationally-trained Masters-level Physiotherapist and Pilates instructor, and has worked and taught extensively in the United Kingdom as well as Australia. Currently in Private Practice in Sydney, she maintains a keen interest in connective tissue and its role in treatment and rehabilitation. She has attended several fascia-focused dissection classes as well as Fascia Research Congresses and Summer Schools in Europe, and is a proud member of the Fascia Net Plastination Project.
Publications
Short Communication Open Access
Considering fascia to inform treatment
Author(s): Alison Slater
Fascia, or connective tissue, has been the Cinderella of human anatomy for too long. Far from the “packing material” we once suspected it to be, too eager to ignore it to expose the wonderment of the muscles underneath; fascia has emerged from obscurity as the unsung hero of force transduction, elastic recoil, biotensegrity, proprioception and interoception. With 100 times more neural input to the brain than even our eyes, fascia is the “home” of our immune capability, inflammation, lymphatic function, and thermoregulation. The list goes on! It even plays a role in endocrine function. As both an integrator and a divider, fascia is the only system that touches every other system in the body, a “metasystem” per se connecting and influencing all other sy... view more»
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