Polish Fascia Symposium 2024

Polish Fascia Symposium is the first online event of this type!
Every year it has met great interest among many fascia fans from all over the world. Every edition – a fantastic opportunity to see each other and exchange experiences between Polish and foreign physiotherapists, masseurs, therapists dealing with the human body on a daily basis.

Every year we meet at a 3-day scientific meeting, the online format makes it possible to learn live from the “world cream” of experts dealing with the broadly understood fascia.

Meet our speakers at all past Polish Fascia Symposium editions and the topics they presented:

• PFS 2020 See the program and speakers
  1. Clara Fagioli: “Fascia: anatomical and physiologicals aspects and their clinical relevance”
  2. Aleš Urbanczik, Bert Schmitz, Cornelia Studer: “Structural Integration – Passing on an Experience 3 generations of SI practitioners discussing their motivations for choosing this profession”
  3. Paweł Korman: “Triger points in the fascia context”
  4. Magdalena Nowak: “How to work with fascia using pilates exercises”
  5. Gregor Comploi: “Changes induced by treatment of fascia”
  6. David Blow: “NeuroMuscular Taping: decompression taping methodology for enhancingblood circulation and tissue oxygenation.”
  7. Andrzej Pilat: “Fascia, movement and mechanical loads – scientific advances.”
  8. Konstantinos Fousekis: “Fascial Connectivity in Musculoskeletal Dysfunctions: What is the evidence?”
  9. Vita Mozuraitiene: “TMJ From function to local, regional and global body dysfunction”
  10. Ruth Duncan: “Understanding Pain”
  11. Ana Barretxeguren: “Breathing as One”
  12. Catherine Ryan: “Scar Tissue Management – Integrating Fascia Research into Clinical Practice.”
  13. Marjorie Brook: “Scars: In the Lineof Tension”
  14. Alastair McLoughlin: “Scar Tissue – its effects on fascia and beyond…”
  15. Marty Morales: “Fascia and the philosophy of Structural Integration.”, “The Principles and thinking behind the Morales Method® of Structural Integration”
  16. Aubrey Gowing: “The Piriformis Paradox – the most overrated and underrated muscle in the body”
  17. Joseph Schwartz: “Fascia and how connective tissue applies to the 5 Primary Kinetic Chains”
  18. Daniel Lawrence: “Successful Tendon Treatment – What Matters? Core Concepts and Evidence Updates for Real Therapists”
  19. Marius Strydom: “Fascia and Perception: Utilizing the client’s individual Structure of Perception in Fascial treatments.”
  20. Til Luchau: “Working with migraines”
  21. Julian Baker: “Anatomy for the 21th century”
  22. Daniel Bienenfeld: “Taming the Tiger” -Releasing emotions from the Fascia
  23. Art Riggs: “Balancing the pelvis”

   

• PFS 2021 See the program and speakers
  1. Gil Hedley: “Autopsy – dissection anatomy”
  2. Ruth Duncan: “Understand the pain”
  3. Daniel Lawrence: “Sciatica – Sciatica facts, what we can and should not do in therapy”
  4. Grzegorz Jędrzejewski: “Structural Integration in light of evidence-based practice”
  5. Daniel Bienenfeld: “Life Changing Movement Education”
  6. Tomasz Zagórski: “Myofascial Release in Water (MRW) – a new dimension of structural bodywork”
  7. Gil Hedley: “Pleural and pericardial fascia”
  8. Gil Hedley: “How the fascial microscopic images affect the passive understanding of fascial anatomy”
  9. Gil Hedley: “The heart of the matter”
  10. Art Riggs: “Integrated work with the body”
  11. Alastair McLoughlin: “The Human Side of Scars”
  12. Marius Strydom: “Perception through the fascia. Working with client’s interoceptive structure during fascial manual treatment: practical demonstration”

   

• PFS 2022 See the program and speakers
  1. Andrzej Pilat and Martin Pilat: “Fascia competencies in pelvic floor dynamics. Anatomical and clinical approach.”
  2. Ruth Duncan: “Understanding the pain – Is pain all in our head?”
  3. Marcin Wytrążek: “Sectional anatomy of the spine”.
  4. Steve Stahl: “RockTape – the functional method of fascial taping”.
  5. Daniel Lawrence: “Understanding cupping in 2022”.
  6. Akrivi Bakaraki: “Beautystim – IASTM in the Beauty Industry”
  7. Konstantinos Mylonas: “Forward head posture can be corrected with Ergon IASTM techniques and therapeutic exercises, and this is associated with improved funcionality.”
  8. Daniel Bienenfeld: “Structural Integration”
  9. Aubrey Gowing: “Locking lumbars”
  10. Karolina Cieślik: “Diaphragm – the muscle of life”
  11. Michał Koszla: “Divergence of the rectus abdominis muscle and the bladder fascia”.
  12. Jarosław Gdak: “Lower back pain in team games on the example of American football”.
  13. Karolina Dachowska: “Rolling – a temporary fashion or an effective support for the therapist’s work?”.
  14. Joanna Tokarska: “Neurology and fascia”. “Fascia’nating world of stroke patient”. “Fascia’nating world of womens breast”
  15. Clara Fagioli: “Dysmenorrhea: how fascial treatment can improve symptoms and quality of life”
  16. Mariusz Kurkowski: “Biotensegrity concept”.
  17. Jakub Czaja: “Bodyreading” as the key to fascia understanding.
  18. Tomasz Leśnikowski: “Mobility and stability in therapeutic approach”
  19. Artur Jakuz: “Kettlebell”
  20. Art Riggs: “Integrated Deep Tissue Massage session – smooth bodywork”.

   

• PFS 2023 See the program and speakers
  1. Gil Hedley – “Autopsy – dissecting anatomy”
  2. Ruth Duncan – “Fascia and pain”
  3. Cecylia Bieganowska – “Psychological tools in the work of a physiotherapist – what does fascia say about the patient’s mental health?”
  4. Anna Święcka-Głowacka – SCARS – trauma recorded in fascia
  5. Julian Baker – Anatomy of fascia
  6. David Lesondak – Fascia – facts and myths.
  7. Marta Motow-Czyż – Vagus nerve – the mysterious key to therapy.
  8. Alfonso Cazenave – Contemporary Thai Massage from a fascial perspective
  9. John Wilks – Fascia and the child – how does the way we are born affect our fascial network?
  10. Aubrey Gowing – Working on fascia in shoulder pain.
  11. Maciej Borucz – Antyspinka – techniques for regulating the autonomic nervous system
  12. Ireneusz Hałas – Application of myofascial therapy and kinesiology taping in modeling the face and bust in women
  13. Przemysław Biedrzycki – Bulgarian bags in shaping motor skills.
  14. Marta Jokiel – Instability – a challenge for all of us
  15. Tomasz Leśnikowski – Spinal rotations in strength training. Self-therapy for back pain in the 21st century.
  16. Jarosław Gdak – Balance
  17. Daniel Bienenfeld – Fascia, Bodywork and Energetics – Fascia is WIFI
  18. Liz Stewart – Strengthening intuition
• PFS 2024 See the program and speakers
  • Michał Koszla – “The Koszla Method in Functional and Structural Disorders of Fascia”
  • Gil Hedley – “What’s the Fuzz?! The Role of Fascia in Healthy Movement” – part 1-7
  • Gil Hedley – Fascial Details of the Abdominal Wall. Exploration through Cadaveric Dissections
  • Andrzej Pilat – Author’s meeting: Myofascial induction. An anatomical approach to the treatment of fascial dysfunctions.
  • Dariusz Ciborowski – Exploring the causes of low back pain.
  • Karolina Dachowska – 4 pillars of fascia training, or how to work with fascia through movement.
  • Karolina Dachowska – Body map, how the mental state is physically manifested – introduction to the BODYNAMIC method.
  • Edyta Bartejczuk-Wolak – Tips to avoid burnout.
  • Marty Morales – AI, robotics, and its effects on bodywork and fascial work.
  • David Blow – Neuromuscular Taping. From Theory to Practice.
  • David Lesondak – Fascia: From Micro to Macro.
  • Daniel Lawrence – Shoulder course.
  • Alfonso Cazenave – Manual approach to working with the lumbar muscle. Theoretical explanation according to Zoga Movement
  • John Wilks – The Bowen Technique – a myofascial release therapy.
  • Aubrey Gowing – Shin Splints. (recording of the lecture will be available for 6 months)
  • Jacob Lieberman – The application of osteopathic principles in the uncharted field of laryngology.
  • Maciej Borucz – Functional knee injuries and mobility plasters, i.e. practical knowledge that we did not learn at school.
  • Maciej Borucz – Somatic first aid kit in practical terms – autoregulation techniques as support for psychosomatic pain therapy.
  • Artur Chruszcz – Coordination, Neuroplasticity and Change. An Introduction to the Feldenkrais Method.
  • Renae Stevens – Aerial Yoga Therapeutics.
  • Daniel Bienenfeld – The Fascia Flow Technique.
  • Catherine Clinton – The Quantum Biology of Fascia.