Chiara Andretto Amodeo, MD, PhD - Midface Deep Fascia: New Anatomical and Surgical Insights 
New FRS Research Café – Building Confidence with Research 
Jesse Cochrane, PhD / Courtney Mascio Lipedema Foundation - Lipedema: From Diagnosis to Treatment – Clinical Insights and Fascial Connections 
Danling Wang, PhD - Multiple Faces of Hyaluronan in Fascia Health and Disease 
Bruno Chikly, MD - The Primo Vascular System (PVS): A newly discovered 'fluid fascia' structure for manual therapy 
Werner Klinger, MD, PhD - Impact of Fascia on Body Physiology About Our Founding Organization:
The Ida P. Rolf Research Foundation
The Ida P. Rolf Research Foundation (IPRRF) established itself as a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization in 2007 with the mission of encouraging and supporting evidence-based studies of Structural Integration’s effects, their implications for conventional and complementary health care, and the dissemination of those findings to teachers, students, practitioners, and the general public. The Rolf Institute ® of Structural Integration, now the Dr. Ida Rolf Institute, generously provided initial financing and organizational talent for IPRRF. Since its inception IPRRF has been dedicated to advancing scientific inquiry into the field of Structural Integration and fostering a symbiotic relationship between science and therapeutic practice grounded in the teachings of Dr. Rolf.
In 2007 IPRRF hosted the first International Fascia Research Congress, which at that time was the only such conference dedicated to scientific research and clinical studies on fascia, and where IPRRF was first introduced. Then from 2007 through 2018, IPRRF had the primary responsibility of hosting four additional and highly successful International Fascia Research Congresses in 2009, 2012, 2015, and 2018. Read more about each International Fascia Research Congress here.
Along the way, in 2012, in order to focus more exclusively on education and research of Structural Integration, the IPRRF board of directors established Fascia Research Society (FRS) as one of its projects, with the goal of developing FRS into an independent organization that would eventually take full responsibility for producing the triennial International Fascia Research Congresses.
On June 1, 2020 FRS became a fully independent 501(c)3 organization and now has the sole responsibility for hosting all future International Fascia Research Congresses, including the 2022 IFRC in Montreal.
Fascia Research Society is forever grateful to the Ida P. Rolf Research Foundation for its support for so many years and continued encouragement. While FRS is no longer solely focused on Structural Integration, we continue to support research that supports it and many other therapeutic modalities. FRS is committed to bringing the very best in fascia related science to the world. For more on IPRRF visit them here
Thank you IPRRF!
Thank You To Our Founding Members
"Founding members are crucial to the success of the Society, and will be distinguished as pioneers for the life of their FRS membership. Founding Membership opportunities have closed effective January 10, 2013. After this date, all other Memberships will be available, with the same rights and privileges of Founding Membership, excluding perpetual founding distinction."
We would like to acknowledge their generous contributions of our our founding members who pioneered the establishment and growth of the FRS.
OUR FOUNDING MEMBERS |
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| Juan Acosta, Do, MS Samuel Adams, LMT, SI Jorg Ahrend-Lons, PT, SI Victoria Alcoset, BA Mohammed Alzoubee, PT Derik Anderson, DC Stefan Anker, DO, PTColin Armstrong, DO John H. Armstrong, MS Ulrike Aussem, DO, MD Joanne Avison, SI Winsome Bailey John Balletto, LMT, CKTP Melissa Banno, BA, LMT Nicholas Barbousas, CR, RMT, SI BetsyAnn Baron, BCSI, RMT Marlyse Baumann, PhD, SI Mason Beall, BS, LMT Valerie Berg, BA, SI Petronella Bierkos Post, RMT Betsy Bishop, BS, NCTMB Maureena Bivins, Lac, MT, PhD Leonid Blyum, MS, PT Matt Booth, BS, DPT Anita Boser, SI Siegfried Breitenbach, PT Hulda Bretones Thuy Bridges Lorrie Brilla, PhD Jeffrey Burch, BA, CAR, LMT, MS Susan Gail Burgess, BS Jerrilyn Cambron, DC, LMT, PhD Joel Carmichael, DC Gary Carter, PT, SI Zdenek Cech, MS Claudia Chapel, CMT, MT Anthony Chrisco, BS Leon Chaitow, DO, ND Giovanni Chetta, PhD Anthony Chila, DO Mike Chisholm, MS Naomi Chua, BA, RMT Stefan Chmelik Jaroslaw Ciechomski, DO, PhD Trevor Clark, RMT Rachelle Clauson, BS, CMT, NCTMB Melinda Cooksey, MS, PhD Bob Cooley, BS Margaret Cooper Sigrid Cooper, BS, PT Marcelo Coutinho Teixiera, BS Barry Craig, LMT Mel Cusi, MD Leo D'Acquisto, BS, EdD, MA, Phd Erik Dalton, PhD, SI Dennis DesJardins, DC Julie Deramo Sandy Dharmadas, PT Lesley Don Ruth Duncan, MT Cyril Dupuis, PT James Earls, BA Libby Eason, BCSI Tanya Siejhi Gershon, MS, NCTMB, E-RYT Marc Ellis, DC, LMT Nicola Ellis, PT William Ericson, MD Paula Esson, BS Lauren Felice, BA, BS, MA Jacob Fey, DPT Arndt Fengler Donna Finando, LAc, LMT, MS Thomas W. Findley, MD, PhD Ryan Flowers George Foedisch, DC Paul Foley, BA, BS, MA, MT Willem Fourie, PT Kevin Frank, BS Ann Frederick, FST Christopher Frederick, PT Eden Fromberg, DO Bradley Fullerton, MD Hugo Werner Galvez, CMT, LAc, LMT, MD, ND, RMT John Garlitz, DO Patricia Gates, LMT, SI David George, DC Katelin Giesbrecht, RMT Emma Gilmore, MT Tom Grantis, DC |
Miranda/Paul Greenacre, BA Kumar Gaurav, PT Hilde Gudding Lynn Guilhaus, BS, RMT Andreas Haas, LMT Chris Hagey, RMT Angela Haines-Wangda, DO, PT Eva Halm Warren Hammer, MS, DC John Hannon, DC Thomas Hausner, MD Marta Helliesen, PhD Melissa Hernandez, BA, LMT Jennifer Hicks, BCSI, LMT Kanji Hirose, BA Sue Hitzmann, MS Huy Hoang, DC, MD Sheila Hobbs, BA, RMT Anthony Hoffman, DPM Jana Horst, LMT Gregg Howell, DC C. Tyrel Hummel, DC Paul Hume, DO, ND Thomas Hyde, BA, DC Irene Inauen, OT Kerstin Jackson, BS, MS, PT Eric Jacobson, PhD Kate Jordan, BA, CMT, NCTMB, RMT Leonard Joseph Taworn Kasomson, MD Josephine Key Hollis King, DO, PhD Werner Klingler, MD, PhD Sue Knotts, BS, LMT, PT Larry Koliha, CR Paula Korning, BA, MA K. M. Kraimer, BA, MA Amanda Kreiss, BA, CAR, CR, LAc, MA, MS Michael L. Kuchera, DO, FAAO Alexander Kudus, PT Susan L. Kuhne, LMT Lena Laine Sonia Lam, RMT Yasmin Lambat Elizabeth Larkam Carole LaRochelle, BA Larisa Lasovetskaya, DO, MD Wendy LeBlanc-Arbuckle, RMT, SI, PMA-CPT K. B. Lenz, BS, LMT, NCTMB Linda LePelley, RN, NMT Peter Lewton-Brain, BA, DO, MA Robert Libbey, RMT Anne Lindsay Tracy Lloyd Linda Loggins, BCSI, BS, RMT, SI Terry Loghmani, Phd, PT Gertrud Lola, CMT, ND Velda Lulic, BCSI, DO, PT Tuulia Luomala, PT Nancy MacAllister Taunya MacDonald, RMT Colleen Marie MacDougall Victoria Magown, LMT William Maguire, LMT, ND Lucia Malerba Geralyn Marchisello Rena Margulis, NCTMB Anna Mariano, BS, LMT, SI Slawomir Marszalek, DO, Phd, PT Una Martin, BS, MA Jenice Mattek Ann McMillan, MSc Donna McMurtry, BS, RMT Kerstin McPherson, BS, MS Peta McSharry Hank Meldrum, PT Tracey Mellor, BS Maribel Miguel, MD, PhD Budiman Minasny, PhD Renzo Molinari, DO Marika Molnar,LAc, PT Gafin Morgan, BS, LAc Gerald N. Morigerato, BA, BS, PT Mark Morris, DO Oseas Moura Filho Stephen Mutch, BS, MS Frank Mueller, DO, MD Thomas Myers |
Markus Nagel, DO, PT Willa Needler, BA, CMT, MA, NCTMB, RMT Mohammad Reza Nourbakhsh, Phd, PT Jessica OBrien-Ferres, LMT Katherin O’Carroll, BA Nikki Olsen, BA, LMT, SI Maria Eugenia Ortiz James Oschman, PhD Carmen Leonor Otero Urzola, MD Eileen Paulo-Chrisco, BA Bernard Payrau, MD Byron Perkins, DO Mark Perkins, LMT Jolene Phee Andrzej Pilat, PT Marco Pintucci, PT Paolo Pizzetti, PT Katie Pond, BA, RMT Erin Powers, LMT Kimberly Pribanic, BS, CMT Karen Price, BA, CAR, CMT Kathleen Price, BS, LMT Peter Przekop, DO, Phd Philipp Quenhenberger Leah Rachocki Ute Reiter Rebecca Rich, BS, PT Hans-Udo Richarz, PhD Frank Romer Stanley Rosenberg, BA, SI Philippe Rosier, Mt, PhD, PT Lorraine Ross, LMBT, LMT Alexander Colin Rossie Boanerges Roxon, PT Rebecca Saindon Adnan Sammour, MD Bronwen Samuel, BA, DC Robert Schleip, PhD, MH James Schrang, LMT, PHD David Schroevalier, LAc, RMT Richard Schuster, DO Paul Sercu, MT, PT Jay Shah, MD Leon Shanahan, DC David Sheehan Susan Shockett, BCSI Greg Siren, MD Eva Skillgate, PhD Anna Smith, LAc, MS, NCTMB Sonja Soeder, PT David Stadnyk, LMT, RMT Mary Starich, CAR, LMT, NCTMB, PhD Nora St. John Rob Stanborough, PT Carla Stecco, MD Christian Stein, MD Shelly Stephenson, BCSI, LMT, NCTMB, SI Robert Stern, MD Edward Stiles, DO Jim Stilley, BS, DC Breta Stroud, BA, BCSI, LMBT, SI Thomas Tessereau, LMT, NCTBM Melicien Tettambel, DO Marcel Ventura Torras, DO Edward Traum, BS, DC Louise Tremblay Diane Urquhart, BCSI, MT, NCTMB Rafael F. Valls Ubeda, PT Daniel Van Arsdale, DO Philip Van Caille, BS, DO Jaap Van der Wal, MD, PhD Anita Verdel, RMT Dr. Noorshina Virani, MD, PT Janco Volk, SI Sheila Walker, PT Cassandra Wang, BS, RMT Bethany Ward, MBA, BCSI Nick Ware, BA Steven Weiniger, DC Michele Weissman, BS, LMT Ruth Werner, BA Pamela West, MEd, LMT Sharon Wheeler, BCSI Lee Williams, BA, BCSI Eric Winder, BS, DC Jack Windhorst Juan Yera, CMT,NCTMB |