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The Body Awake

The Body Awake is a podcast for people interested in health and the human body, and in having a conversation beyond the body as merely a machine. It's about what we're made of, how we move, how illness, injury and healing happen, and what we can do with that information to live better lives.
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Now displaying: July, 2016
Jul 22, 2016

In today's short episode, we talk 3 truths in anatomy that take us beyond simple lever-and-pulley mechanics when visioning the body: how tissues slide, how muscle contraction doesn't just pull bones together but also presses laterally and deep, and a vision of fluid pressure and volume.

Phew. 

You don't need a degree in anatomy for this one, though, just a body and some curiosity.

SHOW NOTES

Sliding Layers: Videos of some of the work of Dr Jean-Claude Guimbertea

Non-Linear Force From Muslces: Huijing and Baan on how muscles produce lateral force transmission

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