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The upper psoas and the diaphragm (a jelly fish-like dome structure) are intimately involved at the T12 level.

Apart from anything else, scientific research is discovering new proportions and ratios for assigning senses and sensory responses to the forces that travel through our tissues in motion. The discovery that the fascia is one of the largest and richest sensory organs of the body3 has made many people start to reconsider the traditional view of how t

The relationship between stress and strain determines a tissue’s stiffness, which can be either elastic or plastic. Up to a certain level of strain, the tissues can rebound back to their original length: that is elastic. Past the tissue’s yield strength, the tissue behaves plastically and remains stretched.

Remember, our whole body is connected and indeed, as we twist in the body, we twist the dura mater (tough mother) and fascia in the brain.

The use of solid elements (bone) and elastic elements (myofascia) requires the presence of a certain amount of prestress. It is the contribution of “tension” that gives the structure “integrity” (and it is the combination of these two words

This squeezing, which seems to be part of priming their bodies, makes the animal ready to deploy the potential to pounce or sprint as required. It seems they maximise their catapult capacity by tensioning the whole matrix. Even their fur stands on end, perhaps for super-sensitivity to the task. Cheetahs, like many other mammals, focus and draw thei

as the cartilaginous articular surfaces of the bones. These articulating surfaces keep the bones apart, and the soft tissues around the joint keep the bones together.

If the nervous system were to be considered as an organ rather than the multi-segmented structure it is commonly thought to be, it would lead to a far better understanding of the system and of the patho-mechanical and patho-physiological consequences of altering its mechanics. One of the greatest implications of ‘organ thinking’ is that, if there i