Dr. Carla Stecco is an orthopedic surgeon and professor of human anatomy and movement sciences at the University of Padova, Italy. She is a founding member of the Fascial Manipulation Association and of the Fascia Research Society. Her scientific activity is devoted to the study of the anatomy of human fasciae from a macroscopic, histological, and physiopathological point of view. She has personally done over a hundred human cadaver dissections for research. She is the author of several books and more than a hundred and eighty peerreviewed articles.