Our lymph system is a circulatory system not unlike our vascular system with one major difference, it doesn’t have a pump(heart). Lymph is also a return-only network, the vascular equivalent of veins, and uses our arteries to bring lymph fluid out to the extremities of our bodies. The lymph delivers immune system components and returns with...
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Kenneth Snelson: Tall Star, 2002 Definition: An independent structure made from discontinuous compressional members connected by tensional members. This mechanical concept was introduced by Kenneth Snelson and promoted by R. Buckminster Fuller in the mid-20th century. Posts on this site related to Tensegrity Tensegrity structures are an excellent...
It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change.
If I could design a shoe with a 3" heel that looked great and made women look great that didn't trash their feet and wreck their postural dynamics - I would be rich. Here are some design considerations:
Why We Usually Get Back Pain In A Few Specific Spots:From a structural perspective, the job of the spine can be thought of as transmitting load energy up and down its length. Particularly in movement, the spine has to deal with both compressive and tensile loads. (More information on this type of structural dynamic) This means that any point in...
Development during our first weeks, months, and years relies heavily on our reflexes. Reflexes are congenital behavioral patterns that enable us to understand stimuli and respond appropriately. An example is a stimulus on the cheek that will direct an infant to turn its head to that side to nurse. We don’t learn these essential patterns...
The configuration of our brains was established in an environment that had very little rhythmic activity, especially above several cycles per second. It is very unusual for a natural system to cycle more quickly than this. Therefore our brains were quite safe evolving to operate at frequencies above this rate. Our modern environment is just the...
If you have ever watched a horse or other animal give birth, it can be surprising how graceful and quick birth can be when compared with our experience coming into the world. The difficulty we experience is a result of the size of our skull. The evolution of our brains has resulted in a tripling in size of the Cranium since our path diverged from...
Chronically painful muscles often have some form of emotional conflict as part of the root cause. Our bodies often will on one hand want to express an emotion or feeling, and on the other hand, quickly jump in and inhibit that impulse. The muscles that are active in that expression have to deal with conflicting signals from the neuromuscular...