Fascial Manipulation(r) - Stecco(r) Method the Practitioner's Perspective

Julie Ann Day is an Australian trained physiotherapist with over 35 years of clinical experience. In 1998 she began studying Fascial Manipulation® with Luigi Stecco, the Italian physiotherapist who developed this method, and she has translated four texts by Luigi Stecco from Italian to English. An authorized teacher of Fascial Manipulation® since 2002, Julie has taught Level I and Level II courses of Fascial Manipulation® in Italy, Canada, USA, UK, Poland, Finland, Denmark, and Australia, as well as presenting numerous workshops and presentations on this subject at International conferences. She is one of the founding members of the AMF (Associazione Manipolazione Fasciale) and has been an active part of its Executive Council.

SECTION 1 Musculoskeletal dysfunctions



Treatment of low back pain in a female athlete Mirco Branchini



Treatment of dysfunctions extending from the foot to the contralateral shoulder Hitoshi Takei



Treatment of a street fighting, ex-professional boxer and Vietnam veteran – a complex case Stephen F. Oswald



Treatment for temporomandibular dysfunction in a patient with juvenile arthritis Angela Mackenzie



Is this method magic? Certainly not. Three case reports Eran Mangel



SECTION 2 Internal dysfunctions



Tensional compensations from the musculoskeletal system to internal dysfunctions … or vice versa? Andrea Pasini and Lorenzo Freschi



Treatment for chronic neck pain post motor vehicle accident Cheryl Megalos



Treatment of thoracic outlet syndrome and repetitive strain injury in a professional musician Tiina Lahtinen-Suopanki



Fascial Manipulation® for Internal Dysfunction (FMID) in the treatment of chronic polyuria Jaroslaw Ciechomski



Resolving partial nipple ischemic necrosis following nipple-sparing mastectomy Natalie Brettler



Treatment of Bell’s palsy Larry Steinbeck  95   Fascial Manipulation® for Internal Dysfunction (FMID) in the management of post-partum urinary  incontinence in a runner Colleen Whiteford



SECTION 3 Other perspectives



Differentiating a pathological from a functional point: potential treatment modifications Warren I. Hammer



Postural changes after three treatments in patients with chronic cervical pain Lorenzo Copetti



Treatment of neurological pediatric patients Nita Tolvanen