WHAT'S THE FUZZ?! (5 CE/HR)

How To Take This Course (Text)

• PDF: Syllabus
• PDF: Study Guide/ Quiz: What’s the Fuzz?!

Video 1: Intro, Models, Differential Movement and Fascia (16:19)

• 3:44: Gil reads his “Coming into Form” poem
• 6:51: Introducing nature’s solution to having differential movement as well as total connection
• 9:30: Superficial fascia, aka hypodermis (spongy)
• 11:00 Filmy fascia, aka “the fuzz” (slippery)
• 12:55: Deep fascia (strappy)

Video 2: Structure and Movement of Superficial Fascia (34:59)

• 00:50: Model of superficial fascia; models teach behavior
• 1:40: The form of Venus Mary and her superficial fascia
• 2:44: Whole body reflection, superficial fascia, and its function as an endocrine and sensory organ.
• 7:21: Ghost heart and ghost superficial fascia
• 11:10: Structure of superficial fascia
• 12:40: Ghost superficial fascia, removed of lipids
• 17:26: Movement properties of superficial fascia: wave conduction
• 20:20: The strength of superficial fascia and weight tests
• 22:20: “Muscle is fascia’s bitch.”
• 24:15: Suspensions of superficial fascia
• 27:00: Movement properties of superficial fascia: shearing
• 29:29: Relationship and anchor points between superficial fascia and deep fascia
• 31:14: Adiposal fascial qualities
• 33:32: Photo: example of total connection and differential movement via a fluid

Video 3: Fuzzy Photography and Filmy Fascia (20:21)

• 00:00: Models and how they impact how we perceive our bodies; models and metaphors matter
• 04:30: Metaphors for muscles as silk stockings
• 07:15: Mr. Agape and exploring the nature of the “fuzz” 
• 13:30: Mr. Agape, Fay, Flo, and fuzzy photography (superficial fascia, filmy fascia/ perifascia, and deep fascia)
• 19:50: Photo: superficial fascia, perifascia, and deep fascia on belly wall

Video 4: Perifascia and Deep Fascia (50:23)

• 00:00: Structure of filmy fascia/ perifascial membranes over deep fascia
• 1:30: Movement and dissection of perifascia over belly wall
• 3:25: Movement of perifascia on thigh
• 4:30: Movement of perifascia on shin
• 6:30: Movement and dissection of perifascia on knee
• 7:15: Structure of filmy fascia/ perifascial membranes under deep fascia
• 10:25: Differential movement within membrane system
• 12:40: Image and video of movement of achilles tendon under deep fascia by means of perifascia, mucoidal quality
• 16:45: Water weenies; toroidal 
• 19:35: Perifascia as movement and heat transfer system
• 20:40: Dysfunction: inflammation, stasis, and dehydration which creates gumminess and ultimately crystallization and brittleness
• 24:00: The cure = movement, hydration, and de-inflammation
• 28:40: Differential movement is made possible by perifascial membranes over, under, and within muscle layer (with videos)
• 31:00 Differential movement of brachioradialis and forearm extensors
• 33:00: Movement of vessels and nerves by means of perifascia
• 33:15: Differential movement of veins over muscles
• 36:51: Differential movement is shearing, not gliding
• 38:12: Filmy fascia (perifascial) qualities
• 40:30: Deep fascia in movement
• 42:36: Thixotropic effect myth
• 46:08: “Hold your good techniques very dearly, hold your stories/ theories lightly.”
• 47:41: Dense fibrous fascial qualities
• 49:00: One body, many textures: differential movement, without separation

Video 5: Identity, Movement Styles and Limits (22:56)

• 00:00: Culture, lifestyle, beliefs impact on movement
• 9:45: Anatomical units versus functional units
• 13:30: Scars, encapsulation, and adherence
• 14:10: Scars as friends
• 17:23: Encapsulation of pacemaker
• 20:10: Breast implant encapsulation

Video 6: Visceral Movements via Fluids (30:36)

• 00:00:Differential movement via fluids: true gliding
• 00:10: Inflating lungs gliding on rib cage, sliding of viscera
• 1:26: Unhealthy lungs (smoking, emphysema)
• 5:15: Flo’s chest and collapsed lung; pleura adherent to chest wall, mediastinal pleura, and diaphragm
• 11:15: Inflating Flo’s lungs
• 18:45: Serous fluid and adhesions in Flo’s viscera (tumor, stitches)
• 22:30: Bunny dissection and mesentery
• 25:30: Flo’s heart
• 27:50: Mr. Agape’s heart and adhesions
• 30:00: Rules of thumb

Video 7: One Body, Many Textures (25:21)

• • 00:15: What is the fuzz? (Summary)
  • 1:06: 1. Desiccated filmy/perifascial membranes placed in tension in the dissection process, demonstrating the fleted, multidirectional quality of its collagen fiber distribution.
  • 2:10: 2. Fascial adhesions formed between visceral surfaces which normally have a gliding relationship via serous fluids.
  • 4:30: 3. “Normal” fuzz (meaning filmy, perifascial membranes) is the means by which nature accomplishes differential movement, allowing for play within the unity.
  • 6:28: 4. “The Fuzz” is a relationship. The texture of hte “the fuzz” reveals the qualities and character of our movement-in-relationship.
  • 10:50: The mind perceives difference and imputes separation. 
  • 12:25: The heart can see patterns, textures, relationships, and continuity, recognizing differences without needing to impute separation.
  • Quiz: What's the Fuzz?! 5 hr/CE credit course

Readings (Optional):

• Reading 1: "How I Fell in Love with Fat"
• Reading 2: "Reconsidering the Fuzz"
• Reading 3: "Visceral Adhesions as Fascial Pathology"
• Course Notes