Continuous Tension, Discontinuous Compression
Man’s concepts of engineering and the subcategory, Bioengineering, are tooted in the Egyptian, Greek and Roman concepts of engineering and architecture, fighting the compressive forces of gravity with col umns and massive blocks of stone. It is only in recent history when we hate developed newer materials that we have recognized that tension forces can […]
Exercise (reprint)
Reams of paper are covered these days in honor of one of our newer American Gods-Physical Fitness. Unfortunately, much of this paper is wasted because the concepts advanced are misconceptions, misunderstandings of the actual physical structure of bodies. This lack of understanding exists on the levels of both professional and lay devotees. The major problem […]
Structure… A New Factor in Understanding the Human Condition
Those who nurture human bodies are aware that at present we seem to be operating in a dichotomy, an “old medicine” and a “new medicine.” The “newer medicine” has gained its leadership by virtue of the additional factors which it takes into account: one of these being the ever-present environment, a second, the consideration of […]
Coxarthrosis Post Script
In the previous issue (of Rolf Lines) I wrote an article on “Pelvic Tilt and Coxarthrosis”. Afterwards I found out that the term “coxarthrosis” does not exist in English. It is a degenerative disease of the cartilage of the hip joint. It is extremely painful and in its progressive stages it is treated by surgery […]
Battling AIDS with Holistic Regimens
The Catch-22 about surviving AIDS is that people believe nobody survives AIDS. As one AIDS patient told the Weekly, “i’m beating this disease. I hope I’m not disappointing anybody.” A five year survivor emphasized, “You have to decide whether, for you, ultimate reality is the death statistics compiled on AIDS patients.” Mike Borowski, in the […]
The Domino Effect of Adaptive Forces
Similar to the underlying mechanics of psychology, where an unresolved issue sits at the center of a complex surrounded by a web of compensation, somatic misalignment is also surrounded by adaptive forces attempting to correct unresolved physical imbalance. Sometimes this domino-like effect doesn’t stay neatly within one anatomical system. Visceral theory simply contends the musculoskeletal […]