Kevin,
Has Robertson published anywhere?
Thanks.
Sarah Fern Striffler, PT
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From: k.reese <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2001 1:55 PM
Subject: Re: Get the ball rolling again
> Dear All
>
> With regard to global movement, I recently read an article utilising EMG.
It
> found associated contractions in lumbar erector spinae and abdominals when
> chewing. In my dept we decided to get a sausage sandwich to work our six
> pack.
>
> I think the stronger you assert anything in this job the sillier you have
> the potential to look. The mechanics of the whole body, muscle, nervous
and
> endocrine systems, fascia, joint, fluids etc is incredible. If a
butterflies
> wings in australia (small a because they have fluked their second ashes
> win), can set off a hurricane in the south america (small a because of
their
> sucidal environmental policy), what happens when we turn our head?.
>
> Butler in his second book appears apologetic for the first. He shouldnt
be,
> it was a masterful piece of work for the time. Even if some of the
reasoning
> was flawed the first edition helped many to grasp the global nature of
their
> movement treatments. Of course other tissues need to be considered eg
> visceral/fascia/circulatory and Stuart Robertson is doing some great stuff
> on these in the UK. OOPS mustnt forget the millenium talisman, of course
the
> CNS is important too.
>
> Some thoughts, I have recovered from my hybination, ? spelling
>
> Kevin Reese PT UK
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> Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2001 6:04 PM
> Subject: Re: Get the ball rolling again
>
>
> > Dear Henry,
> > Yes , obviously, we have to consider a joint in 3-D. How could we
forget
> > this? All the biomechanics is based upon this principle. A good simple
> > practical approach already is PNF. Nothing can be performed in a single
> > plane; According to me a passive range of motion exercise in one of the
> three
> > planes only is an agression . I believe in global movements because
they
> are
> > physiological and the theories on motor control would not deny this.
> Sorry,
> > I do not have the time to go back to recent studies, but where is Mel
> Siff?
> > I hope that somebody is going to jump on the subject and add references.
> > Thank you for getting the ball rolling in an interesting way...It is a
lot
> > better than the messages I was receiving these past days...Thank you.
> Have a
> > great day. AMVNewman
>
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