Clockwise Hair Growth Theory (CHGT) and the Birth of Unwindology: A New Paradigm in Fascia Science

The fascia field revealed: where science meets geometry, energy, and consciousness. A glimpse into the universal patterns explored in our Fascia Research Congress abstract — soon to be published in the Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies.

We are excited to share that our work on the Clockwise Hair Growth Theory (CHGT) will soon be published in Body Works Journal as part of our contribution to the 2025 International Fascia Research Congress.

For years, fascia was thought of as passive packing material, a background tissue that simply held everything together. But emerging research is painting a much more dynamic picture: fascia as a sensory, electrical, and structural organ that adapts, stores tension, and transmits signals throughout the body. Into this growing conversation, CHGT offers a new lens.

The Core Idea of CHGT

CHGT proposes that the consistent clockwise spiral orientation of human hair growth acts as a biomechanical driver of fascial tension over time. This subtle but continuous spiral force imprints into the body’s connective web, creating patterns that accumulate across years. These spirals can become the blueprint for wrinkles, adhesions, cysts, varicose veins, and even deeper systemic dysfunctions.

In other words, our hair doesn’t just sit on top of the fascia — it influences it, subtly but persistently shaping the landscape of the body.

From CHGT to Unwindology and FASCIA

This theory forms the foundation of Unwindology, our integrative approach to restoring fascia health and whole-body coherence. If spirals of tension accumulate in the clockwise direction, then counter-spiral unwinding becomes a therapeutic pathway to release them. This goes beyond mechanical stretch: fascia carries bioelectric charge and stores emotional and physiological memory. Unwinding restores fluidity, coherence, and connection not only in tissues but also in the body’s broader energetic field.

Evidence Across Disciplines

The theory finds echoes across multiple scientific domains:

• Dermatology: Whorls and ingrown hairs show the pathological force of hair spirals.

• Fascia research: Demonstrates fascia’s continuous, load-bearing, tension-transmitting nature.

• Bioelectricity: Connective tissues maintain voltage gradients and even transmit light, suggesting spirals influence electrical balance.

• Developmental biology: Early embryonic cilia rotate clockwise to establish left-right asymmetry — evidence of biology’s spiral bias.

Why It Matters

Understanding fascia through the lens of spirals opens new doors for treatment and self-care. Conditions like alopecia, hair thinning, stubborn wrinkles, or chronic “knots” in tissue can be reinterpreted as manifestations of stored spiral collapse. Counterclockwise unwinding, paired with breath, sound, and attention, offers a way to restore coherence before fibrosis and dysfunction consolidate.

The Bigger Vision

CHGT invites us to see fascia as more than layers of tissue — it is a spiraling terrain where mechanics, electricity, and consciousness meet. Unwindology is both scientific and visionary, a paradigm for releasing the stored “clock” of the body to reclaim flow, vitality, and coherence.

We are honored that this work will appear in Body Works Journal and look forward to sharing it more widely as part of the unfolding fascia conversation. This is only the beginning of a much larger journey: fascia as the key to understanding not just the body, but the living geometry of life itself.