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For a long time, the fascia, which is part of the connective tissue, was only an issue in alternative medicine in Germany. Unlike in the Anglo-American area, conventional medicine here remained distant. But that has changed – thanks to new in-depth studies.
For medical students in the dissection course, fascia used to be just the annoying intermediate layer below the fatty tissue. During dissection, they had to cut through the 0.3 to 3 millimeter thin tissue envelopes in order to get to the interesting research objects: muscles, bones, internal organs. But doctors now know: fascia not only protects and supports all these inner structures, they are themselves a highly complex and
