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"When I get the urge to exercise, I lie down until it passes." - Woody Allen

Fascia and Tensegrity

Combining current knowledge of the extra-cellular matrix (fascial web) with the unique geometric configuration called "tensegrity" is crucial to the understanding of suspension dynamics in the human. This vision changes many of the presumptions underlying the study of human posture, movement, and development, and leads to radically new strategies for treatment of structural malalignment and pain.

You can learn about the fascial fabric, tensegrity and its history, and how the fascial webbing around the skeleton works as a tensegrity structure.

Ann Sleeper wrote about the what she saw at the First International Facial Research Congress in an article in Massage Therapy Practice..

Tensegrity in action: Have you seen the Potato Salad Triplets?

And have you seen these sports acrobats?


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Acture! Posture in Action View
Article by Tom in Massage and Bodywork, Oct./Nov. 2006 (file; 1,549 KB)
Tom on Tensegrity View
Tom Myers takes you sailing to describe how the body is built like a sailboat. (video; 7,157 KB)
The Scapula is a Sesamoid Bone View
Yep, that's what this scholarly paper proposes (file; 110 KB)
Connective Tissue Signals View
Connective Tissue: A body-wide signalling system. Helen M. Langevin. Medical Hypotheses, 2006. (file; 76 KB)
Schleip Speaks! View
The latest (9/06) on fascial research from Robert Schleip (video; 9,645 KB)
Fascia Can Contract in a Smooth Muscle Like Manner View
The latest abstract from Robert Schleip (file; 133 KB)
Histoligical Study of Deep Fascia View
A 2006 Study conducted at the University of Padova, Italy. (file; 143 KB)
Fascia & Yoga View
A 20 minute excerpt of one of Tom's teleclasses for Deborah Rubin at Yoga Spirit. Like what you hear? All of Tom's teleclasses and more are available at www.yogaspirit.ca/audio_archives_main_list.php (audio; 18,123 KB)
Interview w/ Stephen View
Discussion of tensegrity with Dr. Levine on the crowded showroom floor at IASI '05 (audio; 15,890 KB)
Interview with Phil Earnhardt View
An interview with Phil Earnhardt of floatingbones.com filmed during a windy day at the KMI Reunion! (video; 40,357 KB)
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