Dear Eric etal

These deformations of the lumbar spine of very fresh cadarvic material under 
loads of 20 pounds in under 20 minutes have been observed and described by Dr. 
Stuart McGill from Canada. The slides he has are very convincing because they 
are obvious to the human eye without the need of fancy measuring devices.

Tensegrity was coined by the great Chicago architect Buckmaster Fuller in the 
1930's.

There are some very masterful sculptures that use his didecidimonohydron 
(hopefully this means 22 sided sphere) designs. A 22 sided sphere is the 
smallest shape where compressive forces equal distractive forces.

This is found in very small singular cells in the great depths of the ocean. It 
also happens to be the structure of fascia. This is why we can lift the loads 
we do. I have an athlete who can single leg force 650Kg 1450 pounds up an 
incline on a modified Smiths machine. By the way he has also had back surgery!@?

Anything is possible (for some!)

Regards,
PAul Conneely
www.musmed.com.au
How to stretch the psoas, see my website. So far this month 225 have according 
to the webmaster


> Hi all,  Dave wrote:
> 
> At 07:09 PM 11/14/2005 +0000, you wrote:
> >While researching the validity of using a Truss system as a valid 
> >biomechanical model for anlysis of the foot I came across this site 
> 
><http://www.biotensegrity.com/paper4.html>http://www.biotensegrity.com/paper4.h
tml 
> >in 4 different papers it challenges the validity of using Newtonian 
> >mechanics to analyse forces acting thru the body and although the science 
> >is difficult to understand (for me) the concepts will be very interesting 
> >to the biomechanically minded and especially to Kevin M and Howard 
> >Danenberg with their more holistic approach.
> >Has anyone come across these theories before?
> >
> 
> 
> I believe Howard D. mentioned them once or twice.
> I have problems with a few statements.  I didn't take the time to read the 
> whole thing.
> '
> Yet, if biologic systems conformed to these laws, the human bony spine 
> would bend with less than the weight of the head on top of it (Morris & 
> Lucas 1964) and the vertebral bodies would crush under the leverage of a 
> fly rod held in a hand.
> 
> This one makes no sense to me.  In podiatry school we had bone sets and you 
> could hold a vertebra in your hand.  I don't see how the weight of the head 
> could crush the vertebra.  Having sites is impressive, but It would be nice 
> to know if the cited work is any good.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Eric Fuller 
> 
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