Fascia

What is Fascia?
Fascia is the white, shiny stuff wrapped around our entire body. It holds us together so that our organs, muscles, tendons, bones, and guts stay intact.

Think of an orange. When you peel it, you see a white, pulpy layer on both the peel and the fruit. Look closer and you'll see this white stuff wraps each orange slice, and even deeper, it wraps every tiny orange fiber inside that slice. This white webbing is amazing, it gives the orange its shape. Try to separate it, and you’ll just end up with orange juice.

Fascia works the same way in our bodies. It wraps around every muscle fiber, every individual muscle, and muscle group. It transitions into tendons, ligaments, and bone. Fascia is what holds us together. It gives us our structure and shape.

Photo Credit: body world exhibit.

This human model is carrying their skin, it’s an organ in the body weighing 12-16% of a human’s total body weight. Note fascia accounts for 20% of our body weight and is considered the largest organ