Have you ever wondered what those white lines are running through your steak?
You may have guessed – fascia. This is exactly what envelopes and is interlaced with your muscles and organs.
Fascia – in the simplest terms possible – is a connective tissue structure that runs everywhere in your body, intertwining with your organs, muscles and laying underneath the skin. It is an integral part of the human body that is constantly changing to adapt to daily stimuli and helps you to hold your shape. Fascia even runs into the nucleus of cells! That’s how small and expansive it is. In general, these facial web fibers are known as fibroblasts.
Fascia operates under the principle of tensegrity. Tensegrity is defined as “the characteristic property of a stable three-dimensional structure consisting of members under tension that are contiguous and members under compression that are not.” Meaning, if one piece of the fascia fails, the structure would lose its rigidity.
