Tensegrity
When we realize the body is capable of greater tasks when used as a whole, instead of broken down into single joint movements that are so common in the gym, we unleash the potential of movement mastery.
Posted by Sheryl Blystone at 6/8/2009 3:33 PM 
Categories: Health
Tags: exercise massage anatomy trains tensegrity functionality tom myers
Categories: Health
Tags: exercise massage anatomy trains tensegrity functionality tom myers
Close, but sailboats are not tensegrities. Tensegrities are self–contained non–redundant whole systems. All components are dynamically linked such that forces are translated instantly everywhere; a change in one part is reflected throughout. These features distinguish tensegrities from all other tension structures. A sailboat’s mast is fixed at the base and needs that fixed point to keep it upright. The boat does not need the mast for it’s integrity but the reverse is not true. Every part in a tensegrity is reliant on the entire structure for its continued existence.The tension members in tensegrities are continuous, and do not slacken as do the leeward stays in a sailboat. All this does not make the tensegrity model wrong for biologic systems, it just makes the sailboat an inappropriate example.
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