#anatomytrains

Contralateral Patterning One of the most amazing and beautiful things about walking is the crisscross pattern of arms and legs working together to move us. It is a patterning of movement and mastery… “Movement begins in our mother’s womb and we continue to master developmental movement patterns through our elementary years. As the movement scenarios become ingrained into our bodies, brains, and movement repertoires they are patterned into our fascia. These patterns are not all subtle, but rather quite fractal. They are reiterated over and over again in various systems of the body. We can see them in the hugely visible structures and the microscopic ones expressing the same order. Their geometric efficiency is tangibly displayed in all fascial structures. The accumulation of movement patterns reinforces and dynamically forges the tensegrity (tensional integrity) of the entire body.” -Melinda Cooksey Bekos MS, PhD I think I will be running next live zoom Course on arm lines and their connections through gait. Drop a 🤙 if interested in the comments. (1st Movement Muscles and Meridians recorded Zoom available on web page, link in bio) #gait #gaitanalysis #movement #muscles #meridians #fascial #fascialnetwork #anatomytrains #fascia #myofascialmeridians #myofascial #myofascia #contralateralmovement #contralateralpatterning #contralateral #walking #Brainhemispheres #movementpatterns #movementpattern https://www.instagram.com/p/CqYVN_kJEOG/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Datum Lines: as I remember it from architectural school, these were reference lines and organizing principles of structure and flow of space I’ve been staring at these acupuncture meridians for quite some time now and couldn’t quite see this exactly without this exploration. But I knew something was in there! I first put the classic #spiralline of #fascia on the model (very light blue and orange similar to #anatomytrains) as the first organizing principle. I then took all of the diagonals from the Taoist #meridians, and used their angular orientation. Their creation? Double helix lines! #dna … maybe, a spiraling coil? Definitely looks very similar to the spiral line, but it’s only one side, so two is a coil? 🤷 Well who cares anyway??? Right? @movingmuscle you might like this one Actually, if we begin to pay attention to which lines participate more in this wrapping of #myofascia and which are less participatory, I think we get a read on importance of contractile field aka #myofascialmeridians aka #fasciallines that are involved in this mythical coiling / rotational process 😆 I’ll break that all down in some extrapolated literature in the PDF. Happy time of year to whatever beliefs you hold. I believe in the double helix!!! 🧬 #moveyourdna #adaptablepolarity #mergingworlds #energeticanatomy #humananatomy #anatomystudy #energetica #eneretico #fascialtraining #fascialfitness #myofascialtherapy #tao #tcm #movementismedicine #movementislife #wheretheriverflows https://www.instagram.com/p/Cmjs7N2Lgou/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Spiral or Coil? Let’s have a discussion and stay classy social media. Despite it feeling like a giant middle finger, @stiner_massage told me to go Google it. So I sucked up my ego and looked into it because I want to explore deeper and further conversations instead of stopping them. I want to bridge sides and not divide. Here’s the outcome and I have my thoughts, but I’ll let John have first crack. Here we have the “Spiral Line” line of fascia as defined by #anatomytrains I then extrapolated a spiral as found in nature based off the Fibonacci sequence 0 1 1 2 3 5 8… I then found a drafted coil or spring in plan and elevation, and overlapped both with the spiral line of fascia. One may also notice the double helix 🧬 #dna spiral/coil behind the model on the left. #debatecompetition #letshaveadiscussion #spiral #coil #coiling #spiraling #spiralline #fascia #humanmovementscience #Humanmovement #whocares #justforthought #asabovesobelow #myofascia #myofascial #adaptablepolarity #movementculture #rolfmovement https://www.instagram.com/p/CmhLLKeP8UJ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Posterior (Spiral) Kinetic Chain Recently saw this portrayed as the posterior Functional Fascial Line from #anatomytrains, but now reviewing with the Kinetic Chain from @dna_assessment and the #fiveprimarykineticchains The dark muscles represent the subsystem and the lighter muscles are the prime movers. When I set out to illustrate these things, I do my best to let all previous knowledge rest aside, and see what unfolds. In school for architecture, we were taught to draw it to know it…as you can see, this lives on in me. There’s something special that comes from constructing these lines of connectivity. Yes, fascia is 3D and rather omnidirectional, but there are lines of weight and force distribution that we can highlight. Highlights here: -contralateral patterns of course, but how about that neck? -compare the arm and leg lines in this #movement …some interesting parallels, especially for me thinking of the deltoids as glutes. -the replication and reuse of calf muscles throughout many lines and spirals, but they’re not prime movers…but you watch heaps of people walk and their calves are the prime movers, ouch! -this is a superficial line, what happens when the core connectors get sleepy? I posted the deep longitudinal back line yesterday, think they might start to complain? #muscles #myofascialrelease #myofascialtherapy #myofascia #myofascialdecompression #fasciatraining #fasciarelease #fascialfitness #fascialstretchtherapy #fascialrelease #fascial #meridians #gait #gaitanalysis #anatomydrawing #anatomyart #Anatomy #humananatomydrawing #humananatomy #adaptablepolarity https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj-qYeqrkYl/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

“We found an 80% correspondence between the sites of acupuncture points and the location of intermuscular or intramuscular connective tissue planes in postmortem tissue sections. We propose that the anatomical relationship of acupuncture points and meridians to connective tissue planes is relevant to acupuncture's mechanism of action and suggests a potentially important integrative role for interstitial connective tissue. Anat Rec (New Anat) 269:257–265, 2002. © 2002 Wiley-Liss, Inc.” Spiraling on and out. Not fully content with image, but very happy with what I learned/ found / explored. Comment to hear thoughts, otherwise check back for when they are published. #spiral #spirals #spiralling #spiralline #anatomytrains #anatomydrawing #anatomyart #anatomy #humananatomy #fascia #fascial #myofascia #myofascial #myofascialmeridians #meridians #muscles #movement #adaptablepolarity https://www.instagram.com/p/CjTCSeHLHzA/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Movement, Muscles & Meridians: the anterior body According to Dr. Beach and his embryological studies, the anterior contractile field develops simultaneously with the posterior. This means a couple things with deeper implications. First, the lateral fields are their own antagonists and they are symmetrical. The anterior and posterior chains are antagonistic, but not symmetrical. We can side bend and this is an essential movement, but it is the containment between the anterior and posterior that allow propulsion and movement through space…most of the time on two feet. I’m inferring here to the importance of balance between front and back, and I see this all the time with back pain and issues around intra-abdominal pressure (IAP). It’s all about #balance New series begins at the foot. Following through all fascial planes and meridians, comparing, contrasting and exploring. Movement: dorsi flexion Muscles: tibialis anterior, toe extensors Meridians: superficial front line of fascia, Stomach channel in Chinese medicine #endbeginallthesame #ontothenext #superficialfrontline #anatomytrains #fascia #fascial #myofascial #myofascia #myofascialmeridians #meridiansystem #meridian #meridians #muscles #movement #dorsiflexion #tibialisanterior #toeextensors #energyhealers #bodymechanics #adaptablepolarity #reflexology #footreflexology #anatomystudy #anatomyart #humananatomy #anatomy #artexploration #anatomyexplorations (at Santa Cruz, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CfmRpehp73w/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Second series completed and being compiled, “Movement, Muscles & Meridians: Superficial Back Line / Urinary Bladder Channel” “The homologous reach and pull pattern develops through elongation, allowing the animal to reach beyond its kinesphere.” -Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen, from Basic Neurocellular Patterns The ability of the human being to erect themselves off of the ground and stand upright, to elongate, allowed us to reach beyond our kinesphere, running, chasing, climbing like no other. This ability to elongate, starting with tummy time as a baby and lifting our head and neck against gravity is a defining feature of these posterior meridians. It is a basic neurocellular pattern that, along with many other basics, seems to be fading from adulthood en masse. Our relationship and connection with the chair has evolved while the relationship and connection with the earth has devolved. So much more to say, saving it for the book… Illustrated PDFs available on web page, link in bio, email for commissioned requests and thank you have a wonderful day! #anatomy #humananatomy #anatomytrains #tcm #meridians #myofascialmeridians #myofascia #myofascial #fascia #fascial #musclesandmeridians #superficialbackline #bladdermeridian #neurodevelopment #basicpatterns #movement #muscles #adaptablepolarity #energyhealers #bodymechanics (at Santa Cruz, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cfjlbi4L3Yg/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Movement, Muscles & Meridians: posterior chain & the knee, UB channel and superficial back line I’m really just interested in mapping “energetic” with “structure” to compare and contrast and maybe find that they’re saying the same damn thing and maybe even find some insights from one to the other. Thank you for all the acupuncture corrections about the different channels from those that know more than I. I’m not an acupuncturist. The most remarkable thing about the Back of the Knee to me is the dance of the Urinary bladder channel. The popliteal vascular supply and the lateral superior genicular branches seem to mirror this. Not nerves, nor myofascia…okay arguably there’s a space perfectly created by the hamstrings and gastrocnemius muscles for this, but compared to the rest of the Bladder channel that simply traverses up the middle of the muscles, this fascinates me. Second note, the channel jumps up to the hip. Technically I know I’m getting the direction wrong, but I’m more interested in proving myself wrong that knee problems are not knee problems, until they are. Here we have another connection of the Knee to hip figured out way before my life time. Movement: Knee flexion Muscles: hamstrings, gastrocnemius #muscles #meridians #movement #fascia #anatomytrains #theanswerisboth #artexploration #artexplorations #anatomyexploration #energy #energyhealing #bodymechanics #biomechanics #humananatomy #humananatomydrawing #anatomyart #anatomystudy #knees #superficialbackline #myofascialmeridians #meridians #myofascia #adaptablepolarity #haveanotherlook #anotherperspective (at Santa Cruz, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CfWvcW7L815/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=