Baker Blogs

Fascia and the Ageing Body

Published on: 07/04/2026

Does fascia really stiffen with age, or is it adapting to how we move? This article explores collagen cross-linking, fluid dynamics, and why behaviour, not just biology, shapes what we feel as stiffness.

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Fascia and the Ageing Body

No Posture in Death

Published on: 19/02/2026

The dead don’t hold themselves together. What cadavers reveal about posture, pain and neural tone — and why the body is a predictive system, not just tissue under force.

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No Posture in Death

Fascia, Shear and Anisotropy

Published on: 04/02/2026

Fascia isn’t a tidy sheet of lines and chains. This article explores fascia as an anisotropic, load-responsive system where shear, not stretch, explains what therapists feel and observe in movement

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Fascia, Shear and Anisotropy

Fascia: The thread between science and story 

Published on: 10/11/2025

We’ve been told that fascia can be melted, softened, or released. In reality, it’s a slow, adaptive tissue that changes through load, time, and habit — not through momentary touch.

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Fascia: The thread between science and story