BodyTalk with David Lesondak

Caterina Fede from the University of Padova joins us for the first podcast of 2024! We'll unpack fascia and hormones and endocannabinoids, the 2024 Fascia Winter School, learn Caterina's Origin Story and more! David will give some listeners stats and share a very special personal moment from 2023. The Desiderata Fascia What it is and Why it Matters

To kick off the 3rd Season of BodyTalk I'm joined by astrophysicist Paul M Sutter.  Join us for a free-range discussion of what quantum physics is, isn't, and how it's impacted Paul's everyday life. I am a big fan of Paul's work. You will be too after listening to this episode. Explore Paul's World Paul's website Your Place in the Universe – Understanding Our Big, Messy Existence Paul's Podcast Ask a Spaceman Paul's YouTube Page Special Into the Matrix Dissection Workshop at AnatomySCAPES in San Diego, CA March 8&9, 2023 Sign up here and use Discount Code FOD28 and get 28% off your tuition. Offer expires February 8th, so sign up now!!!! See you in San Diego

Researcher, Deep Thinker, Jewish/Bhuddist, all around wonderful human being and now Author (!!) Neil Theise joins us to talk about his new book, Notes on Complexity – A Scientific Theory on Connection, Consciousness, and Being. No breaks in this convo. Get ready for a surprising deep dive that goes beyond the book. Thanks, Neil! BodyTalk Listeners! Save 10% off a subscription to the Anatomy♥️LOVERS eBox. ⁠www.anatomyscapes.com⁠ PromoCode: FRIENDS OF DAVID David's Book Fascia: What it is and Why it Matters and at Amazon UK. Get the eBook worldwide here

Ann and Chris Frederick, co-creators of Frederick Stretch Therapy, drop by the pod to discuss their current ideas for treating people with hypermobility. 1. The Ehlers-Danlos Society 2. Chris Frederick interviews HSD specialist Aaron Hartman, MD 3. Workshops in Frederick Stretch Therapy® at the Stretch to Win Institute BodyTalk Listeners! Save 10% off a subscription to the Anatomy♥️LOVERS eBox. www.anatomyscapes.com PromoCode: FRIENDS OF DAVID  

Christopher Rodousakis and Alison Slater drop by the pod to talk about their experience at the 2023 Fascia Winter School. Save 28% – $350 on a dissection workshop with AnatomyScapes Use Promo code: FRIENDSOFDAVID Sign Up for the Fascia Winter School ReBroadcast Colorado Summer School is sold out! Get on the waiting list here Fascia Summer School at McGill University, Montreal. must send application by 26, April Elena Cornaro, first woman to receive a University degree. This happened in 1684 Buy David's book Fascia: What it is and Why it Matters

Returning Champ and friend of the show Jill Miller drops by to talk about her brand new book project Body by Breath. Check it out at https://bodybybreath.com/ and you can also follow her book tour! New York Times article on heartbeat and time perception Join David in London Send an email to info@naturalbodies.co.uk Join David Lesondak (author of Fascia: What it is and Why it matters) and Gary Carter (lead designer and dissector for the FR:EIA project) on this 2-day immersion into Fascia, Anatomy, Function and Movement. One day at Flow Motion Studios, Berlin, and one day exploring FR:EIA (Fascia Revealed: Educating Interconnected Anatomy) at BodyWorlds Berlin. A unique opportunity to dive deep into Fascia as it relates to movement and manual therapy.  This event is suitable for movement teachers and practitioners, manual therapists and anyone with a deeper interest in how the body functions at an integrated level.   Dates: 5 & 6 May, 2023 Times: 10am-4pm each day Location: 5th May: FlowMotion Studios,Glasower Str. 60, 12051 Berlin   6th May: BodyWorlds Berlin, Alexanderplatz   Investment: £395.00 per person (€445.00)   Price includes refreshments on the Friday, and entrance ticket to BodyWorlds on the Saturday Price does not include lunch, travel, insurance   You are getting this priority offer before anyone else – the information will go to a wider audience at the weekend. There are limited places for this exclusive event – book your ticket now! https://tinyurl.com/mek8bxtu

Gerald de Jong makes the finest tensegrity models in the world. See them at his website https://pretenst.com/ Use the discount code: bodytalk  and save 30% on your own tesegrity model kit. Information on the Tensegrity Model Building Webinar featuring Gearld and Chris & Ann Frederick https://fasciatrainingacademy.com/product/tensegrity-webinar/ Join David and Gary Carter in London and Berlin in May of 2023! David's Book Fascia: What it is and Why it Matters and at Amazon UK

Luana Maroja is Professor of Biology, Chair of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Program at Williams College in Massachusetts. Luana Maroja on ResearchGate Luana Maroja on the ideological threat to biology Luana in The Free Press An Existential Threat to Doing Good Science Stanford University Elimination of Harmful Language Initiative Bloom County "Offensensitivity" USC and the word "field" David's Workshop at SchoolHouse Yoga in Pittsburgh – you might need to scroll down! Join David and Gary Carter in London and Berlin in May of 2023!

Friend of the show and newly minted book author Lauri Nemetz joins us to discuss her first book – The Myofascial System in Form and Movement. We talk about what makes it unique, the task of writing a book of this scope, the nature of creativity, and the lost art of browsing. Order Lauri's book and get 25% off with promocode Nemetz23 https://us.singingdragon.com/products/the-myofascial-system-in-form-and-movement? Join Me in San Diego and Let's Explore the Myofascial System Together! Special Into the Matrix Dissection Workshop at AnatomySCAPES in San Diego, CA March 8&9, 2023 Sign up here and use Discount Code FOD28 and get 28% off your tuition. Offer expires February 8th, so sign up now!!!! See you in San Diego

Libby Hinsley is a Doctor of Physical Therapy and Certified Yoga Therapist specializing in the treatment of chronic pain, hypermobility disorders, and yoga-related injuries. She has taught yoga since 2005 and has trained yoga teachers for over a decade. Her new book — Yoga for Bendy People: Optimizing the benefits of yoga for hypermobility — explores how people with joint hypermobility can avoid injury and instead, use the tools of yoga to support their thriving. The book is for all yoga teachers as well as bendy practitioners. Libby is also the co-founder of Anatomy Bites, a monthly membership for yoga teachers who want to learn anatomy in a fun, supportive, and highly relevant way. Links: https://www.libbyhinsley.com/ https://www.anatomybites.com/ IG @libbyhinsleypt Links to purchase book: Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/yoga%20for%20bendy%20people Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B2TSN3W3 Or ask your local bookseller to order it for you!

Time for this year's BodyTalk Christmas Special. Head over to Spotify and check it out!

What can I say? Friend of the show Jill Miller of Tune-Up Fitness drops in to close out the year that was 2022 and drop the ball on the shape of things to come  2023.  I never know what's going to happen when Jill's on the show cos' we love to tangent. We spend a lot of time on the 2022 Fascia Research Congress, and we also take some deep dives into the world of writing and publishing, singing, and  Jill's latest opus – Body By Breath. I also tease my big project for 2023. Pre-Order Jill's book Body By Breath Download the pdf of the abstracts from the 2022 Fascia Research Congress Save 30% (until 12/31/22) on the 2nd Edition of Fascia – What it is and Why it Matters Use Promocode BODYTALK30 In the US use this link UK, EU and Elsewhere use this link

I met Charlie at the 2022 Fascia Research Congress. He invited me onto his podcast, and I immediately knew I'd have to return the favor. He story will both inspire and enlighten. Enjoy! Charlie's Podcast  The Movement Fluidity Podcast Follow Charlie on Instagram  Contact Charlie: charliegraffius@gmail.com Want to get the 2nd Edition of my book? Save 30% (until 12/31/22) on the 2nd Edition of Fascia – What it is and Why it Matters Use Promocode BODYTALK30 In the US use this link UK, EU and Elsewhere use this link

I think everybody in the Structural Integration community knows Liz Stewart. She sure knows them. What you don't know is how she is expanding her mission for supervision into the global community, starting with those effected by the war in Ukraine.  www.posturesforpeace.org Contact Liz: liz@lizstewartsi.com Liz previous appearance on BodyTalk: on Making a Difference in a Time of War on Fascia and Group Dynamics with Chap Atwell

What’s going on? Where is my new episode? What’s David doing with all this time? Find out the answers to these questions and more and the special body talk update

Live update from the event!

Quick update and teaser from Montreal

Back in April I was at the 2022 Experimental Biology Conference in Philadelphia, and recorded a podcast there with Helene Langevin, Neil Theise, Antonio Stecco, Lauri Nemetz, and Rebecca Pratt. If you missed it you can listen to it here. But something else happened too, and this is that something else. After the formal presentation and Q&A were over, a number of people came up to ask those assembled additional questions. At some point in dawned on me that I was missing recording some great stuff, so I turned on my phone and slipped it onto to the conference table. What you hear today on BodyTalk is the result of that. The audio is as good as I could realize it, the volume is consistent and clear. I did have to substitute my voice for the guests who were commenting and questioning, as they did not know they were being recorded.  So sit back and enjoy as 2 of our top scientist/thinkers ideate in real time, on this special episode of BodyTalk.

Dr. Paul Mettler has been practicing physical therapy for 40 years. When he began working as a physical therapist, he was often frustrated and discouraged by the lack of functional improvement and long-term results of my patients using the standard myofascial, physical or manipulation therapies. Dr. Mettler discovered a way to rapidly identify and undo the damage caused by the inflammatory process in 1991. He originated a manual physical therapy method, to restructure (or restore) the scar tissue that connects injured tissue without causing further injury. This innovative technique originally called the Mettler Release Technique® or MRT® has been successfully used on over 20,000 patients over the past 25 years. Dr. Mettler decided to rename the technique to Dermal-Fascial Restoration® or DFR® in 2018 as technology had advanced to image restoration of the skin and fascia. Using High Frequency Shear Wave Elastography imaging, DFR has been shown to reduce skin and fascial stiffness. Drs. Mettler and Schroder  presented  these findings atthe Fourth International Fascia Research Congress in 2015 and it was awarded 2nd place for clinical usefulness. Dr. Mettler was awarded the  winning poster at the 2022 ICMT conference. He has been accepted to do an oral presentation at the 2022 Fascia Research Congress in Montreal, Canada. DFR, in combination with other therapies, can provide outstanding long-term relief from symptoms such as chronic muscle aching and stiffness, limited joint mobility, post – op surgical scars and stiffness and other symptoms by rapidly restoring the health and circulation of the affected area without creating further injury. We have an epidemic of chronic pain with addiction to pain medication. Many of my patients, colleagues and the greater medical community need to further invest in DFR evaluation and treatment. We feel it is very important to the assessment and treatment in overall management of musculoskeletal impairments. It is drug-free, non-invasive and cost-effective manual therapy with proven results for prevention and treatment of a wide range of injuries. We have created a number of in depth presentations for DFR over the years, and through them you will get a deep look at the DFR program, starting with the science. We are excited to announce our 2022-2023 DFR Therapy IPTA approval for 14 CE (6 on-line and 8 hands-on) visit us for more info at dfrtherapy.com Specialties: orthopedic/neuro-musculoskelatal injuries, sports injuries and MSK injury prevention https://dfrtherapy.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-mettler-1230467/

Today we talk to the President of the Fascia Research Society, Mark Driscoll, about the upcoming 2022 Fascia Research Congress in Montreal, Quebec, Canada this September. We also talk about his background in engineering and how he got involved in fascia research (SPOILER: he attended the first Fascia Research Congress in 2007 as a student!). We both hope to see you in person in Montreal! You can register for the congress here