International Fascia
Research Congress -
Harvard Medical School
October 2007

Eric and Marilyn Beech
IASI Conference
Boston 2007

Eric Root, B.S., SMS, LMP
Washington State Massage Board Lic. No. MA00021212

• Member International Association of Structural Integrators (IASI)
• Structural Medicine Specialist (2,000 hours)
• Barral Insitute - Visceral Manipulation
• Barral Institute - Neural Manipulation
• Barral Institute - Vascular Manipulation
• Barral Institute - Thermal Evaluation Techniques
• Barral Institute - Osteopathic Listening Techniques
• Member and insured by Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals (ABMP)
• NCBTMB Certified (National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork)

Mr. Root graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in biology and minor in chemistry, graduate work in biochemistry, professional experience with software and database development, winning international awards.

He is a graduate of the Institute of Structural Medicine (ISM) and is fully certified as a Structural Medicine Specialist (SMS), a 2,000-hour 3-year program in myofascial structural integration and manipulation of connective tissue from a pathology-based approach and perspective.

Mr. Root has extensive training in various modalities of soft tissue manipulation, such as visceral manipulation (internal organs and connective tissues), neuromanipulation (nerves and supporting neural myofascial sheaths), vascular manipulation (sensing and balancing vascular flow in arteries and veins through manipulation of connective tissues supporting vessels), osteopathic listening techniques(manual palpation to sense restrictions), thermal manual evaluation techniques (sensing restrictions based on heat dissipation from the body tissues), myofacial length testing (objectively evaluating myofascial restrictions and releases).

One of Mr. Root's passions is research and exploring what is possible. He is collaboratively involved in photomicroscopy of unembalmed cadavers at various facilities and medical schools, including publishing photographic, video, and software teaching aides. He is exploring mapping of fascia in the human body, its characteristics, and hope this information can be applied to clinical practice.

Mr. Root offers workshops and study group sessions at the clinic to share knowledge with other colleagues and practitioners, including hosting workshops by other knowledgeable and skilled health practitioners from around the world. He is actively involved in research to advance knowledge of structural integration, bodywork, fascia and to share that knowledge with others.

Mr. Root enjoys working with performance athletes and has worked with State and NCAA swimming and diving champions, former World Mountain Biking champion, triathletes, ultra-marathon runners, skiers, bicicle road racers, yoga instructors, and skiers. He is working in close association with a swimming coach to reduce injuries to swimmers and improve performance. He uses stop action video, including underwater photography to isolate restrictions that reduce performance or have the potential to create injuries in order to gather informaton to create specific custom treatment programs for each individual athlete.

His greatest joy comes from witnessing his clients heal, grow, and become pain free.

Eric's passions are many, but photography is one of his favorites, another way to explore life, nature, and the human body and form. He reads all the time, sometimes four books at a time. He has rediscovered his former love of sailing and now sails the Puget Sound and the San Juan Islands whenever he can get away from the clinic. Most of all, he enjoys good conversation with friends and those who want to explore life in all its dimensions. He has involved himself in many modalities of workshops over the years of his life, expanding horizons, mostly within himself. He lives his dreams and he does it with passion to the max. He spends as much time as he can with his lovely daughter, Christine... if he can only tear himself away from everything else.