Muscles and Meridians
Author | : Phillip Beach |
Publisher | : Elsevier Health Sciences |
Total Pages | : 225 |
Release | : 2010-11-25 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780702048692 |
ISBN-13 | : 0702048690 |
Rating | : 4/5 (92 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Muscles and Meridians is a unique book that breaks new conceptual ground in the realm of human movement. Exploring the connection between evolutionary biology and Chinese meridians, the volume offers a novel and effective system of diagnosis and treatment of common musculoskeletal disorders. - Describes a new model of human movement - the Contractile Field model - Offers a rare and serious attempt to look at whole person movement patterns – akin to 'Anatomy Trains' but with a stronger link to vertebrate evolution and development - Suggests that much of our endemic back and leg pain is due to a loss of ease in postures that are 'archetypal' to mankind - Offers a profound new understanding of the world's oldest medical map, the Chinese meridian map