Regional interdependence is a fancy way of saying ‘the knee bone is connected to the hip bone’. Regional interdependence is […]
Category: clinical
Biomechanical boogie men
STRUCTURAL-BIOMECHANICAL CARICATURES A purely biomechanical rendering of the human musculoskeletal system and posture is misleading and deficient, it neglects many […]
Elements of posture
EVOLUTIONARY CONSIDERATIONS Postural schema and movement patterns are interdependent. Movement enables the ontogenetic (developmental) transformation and adaptation of posture – […]
LSE & polyvagal regulation
Long smooth exhalations (LSE) regulate and tune the autonomic nervous system. Long smooth exhalations also positively influence our social engagement […]
Breathing, oscillations and entrainment
Oscillations, in biological systems and organisms, are present at all scales and can be observed right down to the sub-cellular […]
Breathing & functional overlap
Functional overlap is an organisational principle found within all biological systems and organisms. A feature of this is functional redundancy, […]
Breathing pattern disorders & cardiovascular fitness
On the surface it may seem like a paradox that someone can simultaneously display cardiovascular fitness and disordered breathing patterns. […]
Muscles involved in breathing
We take approximately 21,000 breaths per day. Each breath changes the shape of the chest wall and abdomen through the […]