Tom was recently interviewed by HFE, one of the UK’s largest fitness training providers. He breaks down the Anatomy Trains for laymen, and offers advice for fitness professionals looking to expand their skills. Here’s an excerpt: HFE: Could you describe to the laymen what Anatomy Trains are and why they are so important to people… Read more
PILATES INSTRUCTION AND PRACTICE
Make the connections in the Pilates work by understanding how the exercises are linked through your fascia from one end of the move to the other. As a Pilates teacher, Anatomy Trains will let you see where your clients are not moving, so you can cue them to full participation.
How Do I Start?
Kickoff your education with Anatomy Trains by reading Anatomy Trains Third Edition by Tom Myers. You’ll learn how the muscles are functionally linked in ‘myofascial meridians’ through the fascial webbing.
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Experimental Biology/American Association of Anatomists 2018 by Lauri Nemetz
by guest blogger, Anatomy Trains faculty, Lauri Nemetz. I was honored to present some of my most recent work highlighting Anatomy Trains ® as part of the April 2018 Experimental Biology conference held in San Diego under the society of the American Association of Anatomists. By the Experimental Biology website’s own statistics, this event is… Read more
Building the Holistic Evidence Base – Facts and Fallacies
Building the Holistic Evidence Base – Facts and Fallacies by Tom Myers, Holly Clemens Ph.D. There’s a strong movement afoot in the communities of physiotherapy, rehab, and conditioning to make our work ‘evidence-based’ – i.e., the procedures we practice on paying customers should be based on sound evidence to support their efficacy. This is a laudable… Read more
Interstitium: A Statement from Tom Myers
Insterstitium: Observations by Tom Myers, author of Anatomy Trains and lecturer on fascia Every act of observation reveals one thing at the cost of obscuring something else. New methods of observation inside the body – in this case confocal laser microscopy – are showing a system conventional slide and staining methods collapsed – and thus… Read more