Scientific revelations come from unlikely places. Like rats, they do the “downward dog” stretch in the lab.
According to those who have found ways to get rats to do yoga, these creatures benefit from stretching just like we do. reveals the true importance of
The 19th-century anatomist Erasmus Wilson called this tissue, now known as fascia, a natural bandage. They are sheets of white, fibrous connective tissue that are great to keep in place. This explains why, for years, anatomists would cut this tissue out and throw it away, giving little thought to it.
Recently, however, researchers have begun to revisit the fascia, finding that it is not an inert wrapping. It may be a new type of sensory organ. Carl Lewis of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, said, “There seems to be a lot more going on with the fascia than is commonly realized.
We now recognize that there is a desperate need to better understand this ubiquitous tissue. It has the potential to provide new ways to address common yet difficult-to-treat conditions.
The difficulty is…
