Dr Werner Klingler studied medicine at Ulm University (Germany) and Guy´s and St. Thomas´ Medical School (London). He completed his training in Applied Physiology at Ulm University under the guidance of Frank Lehmann-Horn, MD, PhD, a pioneer in muscle research and one of the world leading experts in myofascial disorders. While there he also completed his specialization as clinical Anesthesiologist including training in complex pain medicine.

Klingler is an active clinician and directs the neurophysiological muscle laboratory and is co-founder of the fascia research group Ulm. He was founding committee member of the first fascia research conference in 2007 at Harvard University, conference chair of the fascia research conference in Berlin 2018 as well as host of an ongoing series of fascia summer schools and connective tissue conferences.

Klingler received several honours including the young investigator award of the Federation of European Physiological Societies, World Congress on Low Back Pain award and the Vladimir Janda award for musculoskeletal medicine. His research focus is myofascial physiology and pathology.