Movement Integration

Description

A paradigm-shifting, integrative approach to understanding body movement. The ability to move with efficiency and agility has been an essential component to our evolution and survival as a species. It has enabled us to find food, fight threats, flee danger, and flourish both individually and collectively. Our body's intricate network of bones, muscles, tissues, and organs moves with great complexity. While traditional anatomy has relied on a reductionist frame for understanding these mechanisms in isolation, the contributors to Movement Integration take a more systemic, integrative approach. Ensomatosy is a new paradigm for comprehending movement from the perspective of the body's entirety. The body's many systems are understood as synchronized both internally and externally. Drawing on expertise in physiotherapy, somatics, sports science, Rolfing, myofascial therapy, craniosacral therapy, Pilates, and yoga, the authors assert that a more comprehensive understanding of movement is key to restoring the body's natural ability to move fluidly and painlessly. With over 150 images, the Color Illustration Model of Relative Movement provides a visual tool for understanding how joints interact with surrounding structures (rather than in isolation). This is an ideal book for physiotherapists, massage therapists, structural integrators, coaches, as well as yoga and Pilates instructors. Contents Foreword Acknowledgments PART I Chapter 1The law of perspectives – Linus Johansson Chapter 2The purpose of life and pain – Linus Johansson Chapter 3One foot in front of the other – Linus Johansson Chapter 4The principles of a new paradigm – Martin Lundgren Chapter 5Relationships – Linus Johansson Chapter 6Oppositions – Linus Johansson Chapter 7The Color Illustration Model: a new way to illustrate movement – Martin Lundgren Chapter 8Gait made simple – Martin Lundgren Chapter 9Ensomatosy – Linus Johansson Chapter 10Ensomatosy visualized – Linus Johansson Chapter 11To study ensomatosy – Linus Johansson Chapter 12The positive intention – Linus Johansson PART II Chapter 13A more detailed look at posterior tilt of the ribcage – Martin Lundgren Chapter 14My method – Linus Johansson Chapter 15Soma Move® – Linus Johansson Chapter 16A note on craniofacial development – Martin Lundgren PART III Chapter 17Variations in myofascial slings and continuities – Gary Carter Chapter 18What is movement? – Åsa Åhman Chapter 19Fasciaism is on the rise! – Julian Baker Chapter 20What is movement? – Cecilia Gustafsson Chapter 21What is movement? – Lucas Henriksson Chapter 22What is movement? – Lena Björnsdotter Chapter 23What is the potential influence of the skeleton’s movement on the fascial system? – Gary Ward Chapter 24Treating micromotion hypomobility of the atlantoaxial joint in patients with whiplash injury – Jerry Hesch Index