In a message dated 9/1/98, [log in to unmask] wrote:
>I don't think it is as simple as that. Granted, movement and changes in
>posture is important and advocated by all sensible therapists. However,
>depending on the amount of deviation, biomechanical abnormalities may occur
>which will/may contribute to back pain. for example, elite athletes do
>not keep still for long but many have back problems and when analysed ,
>generally point to a biomechanical problem caused by poor musculature
>or movement.
***Kindly note that the P&P referred to the average person not under heavy
sports loading. The greater the load, the less deviation from one's optimally
most efficient posture must occur. Moreover, it is well known that greater
volumes of heavy loading can lead to overuse injuries. The repetitive stress
syndrome is also familiar to most. The posture variation hypothesis refers to
what the 'average' unloaded or sedentary person should be doing over a typical
day, not what needs to be done when added loads have to be managed.
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>Remember, practice makes permanent only perfect practice makes perfect
***I also used to quote this popular saying until I realised that this is
perfect nonsense. If one has already achieved perfection in practice, why
would it be necessary to practice any more - to make perfection even more
perfect? No, perfection develops by allowing the body to practise its error-
correcting mechanisms on imperfect or approximate solutions to motor problems.
In information theory, we know that a perfectly rhythmic or perfectly
predetermined signal carries no useful information - it is only when this
signal is modulated or disturbed that it carries useful information. In other
words, perfection as an end in itself implies the end of anything further -
attainment of perfection is doom for you, at least in this universe!
Dr Mel C Siff
Littleton, Colorado, USA
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