Tuulia Luomala and Mika Pihlman are physiotherapists with extensive training and experience with fascia and fascia related therapies.
Tuulia graduated in 2000 as a physiotherapist and in 2002 as an animal physiotherapist. She has been learning Pilates, Feldenkrais and other movement therapies. Lymphatouch, acupuncture (TCM) and kinesiotaping are modalities that she is using in her practice with fascial techniques.
Mika graduated in 1998 as a physiotherapist and sport orientated physiotherapist in 2000. He is also psychophysical physiotherapist.
Both Tuulia and Mika have been learning many fascial treatment methods such as fascial release with Thomas Myers, structural integration with Robert Schleip, fascial manipulation with Stecco Family and osteopathic techniques with various teachers. They are also manipulative physiotherapists (Maitland concept), graduated in 2010.
Tuulia and Mika have participated in many conferences and presented abstracts and workshops during the events. For example: Pelvis and low back pain Congress, Fascia Research Congress, International symposium of veterinary rehabilitation and physical therapy and Osteopathic conferences. They have been dissecting equine and canine cadavers since 2013 in collaboration with various veterinarians and have also been conducting workshops of animal dissection around Europe.
Tuulia and Mika have been evolving animal fascial manipulation Method as an extension of fascial manipulation by Luigi Stecco since 2012; they are teachers of animal fascial manipulation Method since 2015 and have therefore been teaching this method around the world.
They have also written articles and books about fascia such as “A Practical guide to fascial manipulation: An evidence- and clinical-based approach”, Elsevier, 2016 and have participated in a fascial plastination project in Guben, Germany, 2018; this project led to the exhibition of plastinated fascial pieces which was part of the Fascia Research Congress in Berlin, 2018.
At the moment Tuulia and Mika are writing a book about animal fascial system together with Vibeke Elbrønd and Rikke Schultz.