And so on down the line of smaller and smaller building blocks: cells, macromolecules, atoms, and quantum forces. The veins have xylem and phloem bundled in a sheath. The leaves have stomata, mesophyll, and veins. A tree has roots, trunk, branches, and leaves, each with an essential function. The very structure of our language, and its cause-and-effect epistemology, requires that we understand any system by dividing it into its constituent parts, in order to define the contribution of each identifiable bit to the whole. This new view of structural patterning has far-reaching implications for treatment strategies, especially for longstanding postural imbalances, unsound body usage, and sequelae from injury or insult. These ideas are unfolded in detail in the book Anatomy Trains (Elsevier, 2001, 2009), and at Anatomy Trains provides a traceable basis for effective treatment at some distance from the site of dysfunction or pain. These continuities, termed myofascial meridians, wind longitudinally through the myofascial tissues around the bones and joints. My chapter on Myofascial Meridians outlines several metaphors helpful to a holistic approach to structural and movement therapies, and then describes one map of larger functioning continuities within the musculoskeletal system. I am pleased to contribute to this book from my friend, colleague, and mentor Erik Dalton. The book is also a part of the 32 CE Lower Body Home-Study Read this very informative chapter in its entirety in the Dynamic Body Textbook By Thomas Myers contributing author to Dynamic Body
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