Thrixotropy not with standing!! Ifyou would like to have a quick look at the latest research on fascia check out the abstracts from the accepted papers for the 2nd Fascial Congress being held in Amsterdam, Holland October 27th- October 31st 2009.
http://www.fasciacongress.org/2009/abstracts.htm
8 more sleeps for me at I am flying out on the 25th of October from Vancouver, B.C., Canada. There will be about 50 RMT's from B.C.(Canada) attending the conference... We are going to represent our profession :) (loudly :) ).. Should be a good time..
I'll post some of the storys (no not about the Cafe's or the red light district)..
Yours,
Don Solomon, RMT (Vancouver, B.C., Canada)

While quite late on a response to this post, check out the research page of my website. There are a multitude of papers listed, some with full text, others with abstracts. Lots of MFR research out there!

http://www.myofascialpainrelief.com/MFRresearch.html

Walt Fritz, PT

Hi Chase... I'm surprised no one has recommended John Barnes' website: www.myofascialrelease.com. That has more articles on MFR than just about anywhere, since John has been teaching this modality for 40 years. :-) Also, if you haven't seen the French DVD, "Strolling Under the Skin", I would recommend buying that. You can actually see fascia releasing inside a person's body! Be sure to get the one in English. :-)