Carla Stecco is an Orthopedic Surgeon and Professor of Human Anatomy and Movement Sciences at the University of Padova. Founder Member of the Fascial Manipulation Association and of the Fascial Research Society. Member of the Italian Society of Anatomy and Histology, of the Association Franaise des Morphologistes and of ISMuLT.

Her scientific activity is devoted to the study of the anatomy of the human fasciae from a macroscopical, histological and physiopathological point of view. She personally made over 100 cadaver dissections for research. She teaches theoretical-practical courses about the Fascial Manipulation technique internationally. Dr Stecco is author of more than 100 in extenso papers about the fascial anatomy, 80 indexed in Pubmed, two books about Fascial Manipulation and chapters on fascial anatomy and Fascial Manipulation Technique.  She is author of the “Functional atlas of human fasciae”.