0:00 - 2:28 - Intro
- show notes from last time.
- making foundational theoretical principles more applicable
2:28 - 7:22 Part 2 of Fascia Basics Start, Fascia Composition. Principle #4 foreshadowing
- 90% of Your Fascia is ECM
- Gel & Fibers
- 75% of the Gel & Fibers is just Gel (Ground Substance)
- Ground Substance is made up of Glycosaminoglycans (GAG’s) and water.
- GAG’s bind water = gel
- Ground Substance is a Space Holder; more Space = Better Fluid Exchange
- Gerald Pollack (99% water molecules), 70% by volume
- .9 (90% ECM) x .75 (75% Ground Substance) = 67.5% , a calculation that suggest almost all of bulk water is in Your fascia
- If 70% of You is water, and almost all of it is in Your Fascia, then 70% of You is Fascia, Fallacy?
- Huge Tissue we need to pay attention to
7:22 - 9:31 - What Dehydration actually means for Your Cells
- Core Ingredient Fascia needs to perform is Water
- Dehydrated Fascia = No Space = No Exchange = No Life
- The Exchange facilitated by Fascia is for the Cells that make up Your Tissues
- Water is arguably more important than Oxygen
- Long Game vs Short Game; Short-term O2 = more important, Long-Term = Water more important
9:32 - 11:02 Principle 4: Fascia runs entirely off of Water
- Fascia runs entirely off of water
- Hydration and Drinking water are 2 different things
- Water has to move thrugh multiple membranes
- Drinking water is a great start but not a well-rounded answer
11:03 - 14:47 - Principle 5: Fascia is the Gatekeeper of every Cell
- Reference to last episode, House Analogy
- Fascia is the structure of every tissue
- Structure dictates Function, example using A1 & A2 Milk, and the way a city is designed
- Structure is scaleable, no matter where it sits on the scale, it will define the function & utcomes being perfrmed.
- House Analogy
- Problems with Fascia = Problems with Your Cells
14:48 - 16:24 - Fascia follows Biological Design
- Healthy Fascia fluidly switches from one sacred Geometric shape to another
- Unhealthy Fascia does not, it’s stuck
- Fascia facilitates Transport, Transport dictated by Structure, Problems with Transport = Problems with Function
16:25 - 22:40 -Principle #6 Mechanotransduction Intro & Excrept
- Mechantransduction is a response to mechanical deformation.
- Mechanotransduction has an unbelievable amount of sensitivity
- Mechanotransduction on the Biological Level
- Reference to Fibroblast Response
- Mechanotransduction on the Biochemical Level, Biochemical release via conformational shape change.
- Mechanotransduction on the Biophysical Level, water is an electrical conductor, Quantum Physics Reference.
- Excrept on Mechanotransduction from niekwulkeahealth.com
22:41 - 24:48
- This is the Power to feel every single one of Your Cells
- You have the capacity
- Breakdown of basic concept in excrept
- Fascia changes names, all the same stuff
- Nucleus Fascia —> nucleur cytoskeletal proteins, Cellular Fascia —> Cytoskeleton, “Traditional” Fascia —> ECM, Myofascis, Perifascia, etc.
- Fascia interfaces with all the systems within the body, (i.e. CV System, Nervous System, Immune System)
24:49 - 27:42 - Fibroblasts role in Mechanotransduction (Quick Review)
- Fibroblasts have a pull on Fibers, theres no discontinuity between Fibroblasts and Collagen Fibers
- Global Analogy
- 2 Forms of Mechanotransduction, (1) Pull on Collagen Fibers, (2) vibratonal pulses within the Ground Substance
27:43 - 31:26
- Game of Telophone Analogy, self-organizing ability of Fascia
- Pulses in the Ground Substance, Fish Analogy
- Fibroblasts have cilia that pick up pressure changes within the Grund Substance
- Pressure Changes can create Massive changes in cellular activity; change fascia to bone like density, recruit pro-inflammatory response, etc.
- You are ALWAYS changing, You are always moving in a direction no matter what.
31:47 - 34:59
- Fascia’s Gatekeeper properties spans tissues, Fascial Health dictates whole Body Health
- Health is built from the Bottom Up, from Cells to Whole Body Health; Fascia facilitates the process
- There is no One Thing that controls whole body health, body is ecosystem —> Fascia is a pretty big Button
- Untangling the language of Feel —> Gives You access to way more data.
- Sidenote: Woo is only Woo because it’s not understood. If You understand the language (touch/feel), You can understand the Operating System, If You understand the how the operating system works You can trust it, if You can trust it You can step out of the way, and if You can step out of the way You can operate it from a distance.
RESOURCES
Robert Schleip - Fascial Fitness Pie Chart
Gerald Pollack - Cells, Gels and The Engine of Life
Keth Woodford & Thomas Cowan - Devil in the Milk
Jean-Claude Guimberteau - Strolling under the Skin Video
Excrept from niekwulkeahealth.com "Biotensegrity"
Nucleur Cytoskeletal Proteins Research Paper reference
