Prof. Carla Stecco (Padua, Italy) will present an overview of the fascial anatomy and the role of fasciae in pain. She is a top expert on the subject of Fasciae. Founder Member of the Fascial Manipulation Association and of the Fascial Research Society. Member of the Italian Society of Anatomy and Histology and of the European Association of Anatomy. Author of more than 150 in extenso papers about the fascial anatomy, and of the first Atlas about fasciae (“Functional atlas of human fasciae”, 2015, Elsevier ed.). Author of two books about Fascial Manipulation (Piccin ed), translated in 11 languages.

Caterina is graduated in Biotechnology in 2005 and in Health Biology in 2007 and received her Ph.D. in Environmental Medicine in 2011 (University of Padova). Since 2008 she has been active in university research and teaching, in the field of Cell Biology and Histology. Since 2017 she collaborates with the “Fascial Manipulation Association”, as a member of the research team of Prof. Carla Stecco, and actually she has a post-doc research grant at the Institute of Human Anatomy of the University of Padova, Department of Neurosciences.

Winner of the 2019 University Cooperation call, and of the “Fascia Research – Young Scientist Award”, conferred in August 2020 by the Fascia Research Charity.

She is author of numerous researches on cellular and molecular aspects of fascia, in particular the regulation of the extracellular matrix of the fascia according to hormonal levels or chemical stimuli such as endocannabinoids, the quantification of hyaluronan in fascia and the study of its physic-chemical properties, and the characterization of fasciacytes.

Dr Melanie Morin is a physiotherapist specialized in pelvic floor dysfunction and currently a Full Professor at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at the University of Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.  She is also a researcher at the Research Centre of the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke and Founder and Director of its Urogynecology Research Laboratory.  She conducted several studies focusing on the role of the pelvic floor muscles in the pathophysiology of pelvic floor disorders such as urinary incontinence and pelvic pain using different methodologies (dynamometry, transperineal ultrasound, shearwave elastography, electromyography).  Her research is dedicated to investigating the role of pelvic fasciae in the etiology and treatment of various pelvic floor disorders. 

Ling Guan, M.D of traditional Chinese medicine , PhD.  She is engaged in the clinical and research work of acupuncture & moxibustion on sports injury, musculoskeletal pain and tumor. She has explored the special techniques of traditional acupuncture, and integrated them with modern medicine, proposed “Structura-Based Acupuncture” which make a big difference in the field of sports medicine and pain rehabilitation in China.

She has presided over more than 10 research projects, and won 8 science and technology awards

Daniela Meinl has founded Integral Fascial Yoga and is a leading expert on the topic of the integration of fascia training into Yoga, Pilates and Fitness and has led teacher trainings worldwide for many years. She has been a co-director of the Germany-based Fascial Fitness Association that played a fundamental role in the development and education of Fascia Training. Her first book “The comprehensive Guide on Fascial Yoga” is currently being translated from German to English and will be available soon.

Alison Slater is an experienced, internationally-trained Physiotherapist with a Post-Graduate qualification as a Master of Manual Therapy. Based in Private Practice in Sydney, she has taught extensively throughout the United Kingdom and Australia. A proud inception member of the Fascia Research Society, Alison travels widely (as able) to continually augment her skills and knowledge of all things fascia

As a sports physiotherapist and osteopath, I have been intensively involved in sports all my life myself. I have been snowboarding, mountainbiking, roadcycling, competing in wakeboarding and triathlon for the last 10 years- I have competed in Ironman 2 times. I have incorporated fascia training into my workout routine since 2012.

Jo Phee is an International Senior Trainer for Yin Yoga, a style of yoga that focuses on passive fascial stretching and stimulation of acupuncture meridians with targeted yoga postures. Known as a Teacher’s Teacher, Jo is also the creator of AcuYin, MyoYin and Meridian Nidra. Jo has attended several Fascia Research Summer Schools in Germany and is a Team member of the Fascial Net Plastination Project. A Founding Member of the Fascia Research Society, Jo was the Chair of the Biotensegrity Practical Symposium Canada in 2019. She is also the co-organiser of the Australasian Fascia Summit in 2023. 

With a background in Chinese Medicine and an extensive 800 hours of cadaver lab experience, Jo is well-known for incorporating Acupressure, Myofasical Release and Fascial Physiology in her teachings. With two decades long of yoga teaching experience, Jo has taught all over the world and trained thousands of yoga teachers.

Founder and educational director of art of motion Academy, Karin Gurtner, is the developer of Slings Myofascial Training, an integrative movement concept which includes Anatomy Trains in Motion. She has created a Contemporary Pilates curriculum and produced several comprehensive online learning courses along with an extensive series of practice videos. Her publications include the Anatomy Trains in Motion study guide, co-authored by Thomas W. Myers, as well as the Slings Essentials: Manual for Embodied Learning.

Karin believes that knowledge should be shared generously to foster independent thinking – and that complex information needs to be delivered within a clearly defined and practical context to be embodied and ‘embrained’ alike

Professor at UC Davis and renowned tendon training researcher and expert.  He received his PhD from the University of Illinois where he discovered the molecular signal that causes load-induced muscle hypertrophy.  Keith is currently the head of the Functional Molecular Biology Laboratory (FMBLab) at the University of California Davis.

Founder and director of the Art of Motion Academy; developer of the Slings Myofascial Training concept, Anatomy Trains in Motion education and the contemporary Pilates curriculum.

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For more than 10 years our training and refresher courses represent excellence for Exercise Science students, Physiotherapists, Yoga Teachers and Personal Trainers, Dancers and Professional Sportsmen, worldwide. Was founded, in Italy, by Anna Maria Vitali and we have been organizing different events with International Presenters like: Fascia Retreat, Fascia for Research and Fascia Research Online Summit 2020