A wriggle in deep time -- Embryological morphogenesis -- Modelling movement -- Lateral contractile field (L-CF) -- Dorso/ventral contractile field (D/V-CF) -- Helical contractile field (H-CF) -- Limb contractile fields (Limb-CF) -- Radial contractile field (R-CF) -- Chiralic contractile fields (C-CFS) -- Fluid field (F-F) -- Archetypal postures and the erectorcises -- Decoding the Chinese meridial map -- Manipulating shape.
Summary:
"Muscles and Meridians is a unique book that breaks new conceptual ground in the realm of human movement. Exploring the connection between evolutionary biology and Chinese meridians, the volume offers a novel and effective system of diagnosis and treatment of common musculoskeletal disorders. Describes a new model of human movement - the Contractile Field model Offers a rare and serious attempt to look at whole person movement patterns - akin to Anatomy Trains but with a stronger link to vertebrate evolution and development Suggests that much of our endemic back and leg pain is due to a loss of ease in postures that are archetypal to mankind Offers a profound new understanding of the world's oldest medical map, the Chinese meridian map." --Publisher's description.
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