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Changing your posture can be a tricky business.  All too often we try not to make ourselves crane our necks forwards while we work at our computers, or try not to let our shoulders rise when we are stressed. Does … Continue reading →

It’s often said that restoring health is about achieving balance in a patient, however, the problem is that balance is a term which means many different things.  In the west, balance means preventing any one quantity from dominating its opposite. … Continue reading →

From school, most people are aware of the way in which bones transmit compressive forces, and muscles transmit tensile forces. Muscles connect body parts over small to medium distances, however, fascia (a type of connective tissue – see my previous … Continue reading →

Last time, I talked about good technique, the kind where you can be simultaneously strong and relaxed (or better put, effortlessly strong), and how this comes about through engaging the passive strength of connective tissue.  Connective tissue is a term … Continue reading →

When I was just beginning martial arts, my teacher would tell me to relax, but I could never understand how to generate strength at the same time. It was only years later, that I realised that this ability (also known … Continue reading →