Muscles and Meridians: The Manipulation of Shape

Muscles and Meridians: The Manipulation of Shape

<p><i>Muscles and Meridians</i> is a unique book that breaks new conceptual ground in the realm of human movement. Exploring the connection between evolutionary biology and Chinese meridians, the volume offers a novel and effective system of diagnosis and treatment of common musculoskeletal disorders. </p><ul> <p><li>Describes a new model of human movement - the Contractile Field model</li> <p><li>Offers a rare and serious attempt to look at whole person movement patterns – akin to ‘Anatomy Trains’ but with a stronger link to vertebrate evolution and development</li> <p><li>Suggests that much of our endemic back and leg pain is due to a loss of ease in postures that are ‘archetypal’ to mankind</li> <p><li>Offers a profound new understanding of the world’s oldest medical map, the Chinese meridian map</li> </ul>