Massage Therapy By James Fritschle MA# 48259, MM# 12716

Fascia is connective tissue that forms sheets and layers beneath the skin, attaching, enclosing, separating, and supporting muscles, organs, nerves, and other structures. It is a continuous, three-dimensional system made of collagen-rich connective tissues, both loose and dense. Fascia includes many structures you already know—such as tendons, ligaments, joint capsules, muscle coverings (endo-, peri-, epimysium), nerve sheaths, membranes, and visceral coverings . Rather than being separate parts, fascia surrounds, interweaves, and penetrates every system in the body . Its primary role is to provide structural integrity, force transmission, and integration , allowing all body systems to function together as a coordinated whole.