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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