Continuing our series on key anatomy pictures, these two specimens from BodyWorlds – KorperWelten – so epitomize the difference in approach between Newtonian and Einsteinium biomechanics. The left hand picture shows the individual muscles, detached at the proximal end and reflected before being plastinated. But the message is unmistakable: If we understood the actions of… Read more
We’re happy to welcome back our Anatomy Trains teacher Lauri Nemetz as a guest blogger! Lauri recounts her experience presenting at this year’s Experimental Biology conference. I’m back on the east coast re-settling from the Experimental Biology conference, held this year in sunny San Diego, April 2nd-5th. I am still taking in all of the… Read more
My favorite anatomy pictures series #1: Adductor Magnus (to see a fascial release technique for this complex muscle, click here) Anatomy nerds like me revel in old anatomy books that give you perspective not provided by most modern texts, which have seemingly settled on a particular 2-D point-de-vu about muscle function. This more 3-D one from… Read more
Sit up and listen! ‘Sitting is the new smoking’ – I don’t know who coined this great phrase, but let’s pay attention. Sitting itself is a healthy activity that reaches back to prehistory – the hunter resting on a convenient boulder or fallen tree, the farmer resting on her haunches with friends to survey a… Read more
by Laurice D. Nemetz, MA, BC-DMT, ERYT, LCAT We’re delighted to welcome our Anatomy Trains teacher, Lauri Nemetz, as a guest blogger for this post on her exciting recent dissection project. Stay tuned to the blog for future guest posts from our teachers and friends. “An idea, like a ghost … must be spoken… Read more
As part of our on-going Teacher Spotlight series, we’re excited to be featuring Anatomy Trains teacher from the UK, Don Thompson. His journey to structural integration and teaching Anatomy Trains is a great read! Don has been involved in the study of the human form for the best part of 3 decades. He draws upon his… Read more
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