Does anyone know of any good sites on the web for downloading medical
illustrations.
I am thinking mainly of lumbar spine anatomy and biomechanics and manual
handling techniques. Any suggestions would be gratefully appreciated
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> From: mdne adams [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 12:57
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Chi-ward Conditioning & Therapy?
>
> Yes, I thought it was a bit "way out" but I deliberately try new things at
> night school. I have been doing T'ai Chi since September, just once per
> week, and am surprised at how effective the exercises feel, in terms of
> strengthening, balance and range of movement. Is it also all in the mind
> that my hands & feet feel warmer too ? Or is it that definition-defying
> "Chi" ??. I certainly have not done enough to raise my pulse rate or
> breathing rate significantly. What is particularly interesting about many
> of
> the exercises is that strong rotation is combined with end-of-range
> movements in many joints at the same time - as a profession we generally
> keep things to one or two joints at once so that we are in with a fighting
> chance of working out where might be the offending structure. Mel, I
> agree
> this is a paradox, and I will be very interested to see other replies on
> this.
>
> Nikki Adams Wakefield UK
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> Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 3:51 AM
> Subject: Chi-ward Conditioning & Therapy?
>
>
> > We often argue the merits and weaknesses of different types of strength
> and
> > fitness conditioning and rehabilitation, but we have not examined
> something
> > that might appear a bit "way out" to those who grace the halls of
> irondom,
> > aerobichood or therapy.
> >
> > In particular, something that is not often mentioned in sports
> scientific
> > circles is the fact that Tai Chi has been shown by Chinese and Western
> > research to increase cardiovascular, strength, speed, power and various
> other
> > motor qualities, despite it not fitting conveniently into the standard
> > categories of what supposedly constitutes 'aerobic' or strength
> training.
> > As a martial artist who spent a great deal of time with some very close
> Tai
> > Chi Master friends, I was always amazed that they managed to develop
> these
> > motor and metabolic qualities despite the fact that they did not seem to
> do
> > the same sort of typical Eastern 'training to destruction' that we did
> as
> > karateka.
> >
> > Then, they gave me translations of Chinese research and later I carried
> out
> > my own literature review and learned that these apparently undemanding
> > movement forms (including some forms of yoga) were more than adequate to
> > offer very significant conditioning for many people. Maybe there is
> > something way beyond HIT, Olympic lifting and ultramarathon training
> which
> > lies hidden in the form of some ancient movement forms. It just
> frustrates
> > me somewhat that we rarely if ever find out what their capabilities are,
> > ostensibly because their Masters stress that competition, egotistical
> > superiority and "proving oneself" in conflict are irrelevant in human
> > development.
> >
> > Would anyone else care to comment on this apparent paradox about the
> > conditioning and rehabilitating effects of seemingly gentle Tai Chi and
> > yoga? Would anyone venture some comments on the physiological
> processes
> > which may be involved in producing different types of fitness under
> these
> > conditions? In doing so, it would be a grave omission to ignore the
> role
> of
> > mental processes in the overall scheme of events. Is there something
> to
> > beliefs about the intangible energy known variously as "chi", "ki" or
> > "kundalini" or are these just semantic concepts which have been blown
> out
> of
> > all proportion?
> >
> > Dr Mel C Siff
> > Denver, USA
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Supertraining/
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