Month: June 2020

Walking upright is one of the factors that sets us apart from our nonhuman primate cousins and is considered to be one of the main forces behind our evolution into our current Homo sapiens selves. Creating a stable, resilient form with the least calorie usage has been a driving force within nature. Different animals use different strategies

Appreciating the role of fascia in walking leads us to a new understanding of muscles. The old idea of movement via concentric, eccentric, and occasional isometric contraction is simply not how the body works in many functions. The muscles work as a stiffness-adjusting system. Just as a Pilates instructor changes the springs on a reformer