Tensegrity Rationality

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Dear All:

I'm not one to give up for what I believe is a rational principle. I

felt that I could contribute but apparently the linguistics and my

intention were misinterpreted. My intended elucidation was

misinterpreted and taken to a place I don't even go. I've been in

this search and field for over 25 years and am not naive to what's

considered fringe and accepted. As far a consciousness and tensegrity

at a " Guru " sense, I think it's interesting however I interpret it

(partly) as a feedback system (some consider billions of years old),

using mechanical transduction (tension feedback) which elaborates

into a hierarchical system to proprioception, nociception etc.

Sensory feedback is critical to motor learning.

Everyone I have ever examined functionally has some level of

imbalance (Janda crossed syndrome at a simplistic level) of weak and

tight links in a variety of kinetic or movement chains, in a variety

of tissues. Those weak (inhibited) and tight (hyper-facilitated)

areas are all adaptively interrelated from head to toe, one

homeostatic process. Finding the weakest link in the chain and

loading

the whole chain together works better than isolating each

dysfunctional area. (this is now generally accepted)

One of the draw backs with some general PNF, plyometrics and

ballistics is that in some general loading patterns the lever arm can

span to large a gap. There can be gaps of uniformity in developing

tension throughout the chain. Many times a myofascial unit can have

both weakness and tightness, and very many times are predictable. CTK

patterns use creative strategies to load, maintain and develop

tension in the entire chain. Many fit, elite athletes have found that

once we functionally (and by test loading) determine the weak links

and load the chain, they are very challenged, usually breaking a

sweat or becoming winded in less than a few minutes.Depending o the

individual intensity levels can be very very high. Modifications can

be made to almost any age, sport or adaptive state.

Instead of chasing pain, the key is to hierarchically chase the weak

links. Once the individual starts to sense these altered tension

links they can creatively develop patterns to maintain the chase. It

can be done almost anywhere.

Below is a correspondence I recently received from Dr. Ingber

>Subject:Re: Tensegrity and mechanoregulation: from skeleton to

cytoskeleton

Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2000 13:16:43 -0500 (EST)

From: IngberDE@...

zhands@...

K/ I have no memory of speaking to Mel Siff,however, I travel so

much and meet so many people it is possible that I did speak to him at

some meeting at some point in the past.

I have and continue to be attacked by many critics over the past 20

years. Yet, very few if any have any problem recognizing that the

musculoskeleton is organized as a tensegrity system (albeit

hierarchical and multimodular in nature). I do not see any issue to

debate about here. It's stability depends on internal tensile

prestress generated within an interconnected network of isoloated

compression-resistant bones and a continuous series of tensile

muscles, tendons and ligaments. I would keep moving on in your work

if you find it is helpful; success is always the most convincing

proof-of-principle.

Best of luck,

>DON INGBER

CTK is still and continues to be developed, I am discovering new and

more efficient loading patterns, usually on a daily basis, all based

on the functional imbalance and intended outcome. I've been searching

for this for over 25 years, all stemming from a career (possible)

ending ski injury.

Regards

A. Zenker D.C.

Performance Edge Dynamics

Santa Cruz, CA