Although I have always maintained some form of conceptual understanding of stance and gait dynamics going back to my original training over 40 years ago, this understanding did not engender an experience of integration and holism in my...
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Dr Robert Schleip worked for many years as a hands-on, manual therapist. He became so interested in a type of connective tissue in our body called fascia that he ended up researching to study it. He is now a visiting Professor at the Technical...
The paper explores whether fascia—the body-wide web of connective tissue—can do more than passively transmit muscle forces. The authors examined human and rat fascia and found contractile cells called myofibroblasts scattered through it, with...
Have you ever wondered what makes some movements look smooth and graceful, while others seem jerky or unpredictable? In the world of movement education—whether it’s yoga, physical therapy, dance, or athletic training—professionals are...
Living Tensegrity explores how continuous tension and discontinuous compression can reframe movement, therapy, and interconnectedness. Instead of a rigid, compressional body, tensegrity offers a dynamic model of resilience, adaptability, and...
: If you’ve ever seen a pair of traditional Mongolian boots or martial arts-inspired costume footwear, you might have noticed something curious: the toes curve upward — sometimes dramatically so. While it may seem like a stylistic...
Professionals in musculoskeletal rehabilitation and sports technology are likely familiar with whole-body vibration platforms and ultrasonic bone stimulators. However, frequency selection for many of these devices often appears arbitrary...
Assessing how fully our developmental, postural, and dynamic reflex loops have matured isn’t always straightforward. When these circuits lag, the effects show up in how we move, process sensations, behave, think, and even in our posture. The...
In many Western lifestyles, the way we move has become shaped by convenience and infrastructure. We drive instead of walking, sit for hours each day, and go to the gym to “work out” in controlled, repetitive ways. Even our shoes, designed for...
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In traditional anatomical teaching, bones are framed as compression-resistant structures: rigid frameworks that hold the body up while muscles and fascia operate as the tension-bearing components that move and stabilize the skeleton. This...