Chronic Pain · Non-Opioid Medicine Low-Dose Naltrexone for Pain: a non-opioid option worth understanding Low-dose naltrexone — LDN — is an old, inexpensive medication used in a new way. At doses roughly one-tenth to one-thirtieth of what it was originally approved for, it appears to calm the nervous system’s inflammatory response rather [...]
Metabolic & Regenerative Medicine · Patient Education Nutrition, Inflammation & the living fascial system Fascia is an organ system — and like any organ, it can be measured, inflamed, and optimized. It is largely fluid, richly immune-active, and exquisitely sensitive to what you eat and how you metabolize it. Here’s the science [...]
Fascia & the Desk-Bound Body The desk-job ache: why office work wears down your neck and back — and what actually helps. If your neck is tight by mid-afternoon and your lower back complains the moment you stand up, your desk is a prime suspect. Hours at a screen quietly load the tissue [...]
Lymphatic Balancing · Education & Care Fascia-Informed · New Orleans What lymphatic balancing actually does — and where to get it done right. Lymphatic balancing is one of the most misunderstood services in bodywork. Done passively, it is a back rub. Done with anatomy, breath, and patient [...]
Patient Education · Hypermobility & EDS · Recovery Why We Use NormaTec for POTS and Venous Congestion By Jacques Courseault, MD, CAQSM, FAAPMR · Founder, The Fascia Institute and Treatment Center® In our hypermobility and EDS clinic, one of the most common patterns we see is [...]
Podcast Feature · Hypermobility Research From Tulane to a Melbourne PodcastThe Research Behind Folate-Dependent Hypermobility How a 2023 publication out of New Orleans made its way onto an Australian sports-medicine podcast — and what it has changed about the way we treat hypermobile patients at The Fascia Institute. [...]
Patient Resource · The Fascia Institute Contrast Therapy — Hot, Cold, and Why It Works Alternating heat and cold is one of the oldest and most studied recovery interventions in medicine. Used correctly, it accelerates fluid clearance, reduces swelling, and supports the fascial tissue and joints we [...]
Fascia Education · The Fascia Institute Your “Muscle” Pain May Actually Be Your Fascia We’ve all blamed sore shoulders or a stiff lower back on tight muscles or poor posture. But what if the real culprit is something deeper — something most people don’t even know exists? [...]
Athlete Longevity · The Fascia Institute Still Elite at 37: The Fascia Science Behind Demario Davis’s Longevity Most linebackers are long retired by their mid-30s. Demario Davis just signed a two-year deal to return to the New York Jets at age 37 — after eight seasons anchoring [...]
Heart Health · Fascia & Circulation The Surprising Link Between Fascia and Heart Health Most people know that diet, exercise, and stress management protect the heart. Far fewer know about fascia — the connective tissue that wraps every muscle, vessel, and organ. Emerging research suggests fascia plays a real role [...]
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