A Guide to Better Movement: The Science and Practice of Moving With More Skill and Less Pain
Todd Hargroveamazon.com
A Guide to Better Movement: The Science and Practice of Moving With More Skill and Less Pain
I do have a problem with the conclusions many anatomists come to regarding movement. There is a tendency to indulge in reverse-engineering, trying to understand movement by looking at the parts rather than understanding that movement starts as an idea/intention in the cortex and is then carried out in the way we have rehearsed such movements throug
... See moreFunctional thinking is concerned with how we move as a whole when we carry out an intention. The intention may be straightforward – simply walking, sitting or picking something up off the floor – but these will be whole body movements, resulting from a flood of nervous impulses permeating the musculoskeletal system. The impulses initiate a sequence
... See moreOver time, heavy use of your body in one particular pattern makes strong tissues next to weaker ones, which creates an environment where an injury can slowly develop. The frequent consumption of varied movement is what drives essential physiological processes.