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Exercise and Muscle Terminology
Clear terminology and definitions are foundational to understanding and effective communication. Here is a list of some important terms, and their definitions, that you will encounter when perusing Exercise Professional…
Biases – Gotta Know Them to Overcome Them!
Excerpt from: Manual Muscle Testing – Art and Science: An Exploration of its History, Physics.Mechanics, and Utility in Practice. Muscle System Consortia, 2016 (Dunn K., McMillin C., Mack G.) One…
Are You an Honest Observer?
“You see but you do not observe.” Sherlock Holmes to Dr. Watson in “A Scandal in Bohemia” Science (n.) The observation, identification, description, experimental investigation, and theoretical explanation of phenomena….
The Ethics of a Personal Trainer/Exercise Professional.
An Excerpt from a course offered by the Muscle System Consortia: Motor Control: Pathology, Assessment and Improvement Philosophical Basis, Research, and Methodology RESPECT FOR ESTABLISHED SCIENCE Seek to balance rational…
The Commodification of Medicine and Fitness: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.
By Greg Mack The need for medical and fitness services/products continues to grow in the United States, and around the world. (10)(11) The corporate and industrialized delivery of medical and…
A General Description of the Central and Peripheral Nervous Systems
The CNS is made up of a diverse array of interconnected neurons (among other things, i.e. astrocytes, glial cells) located in the brain and spinal cord. The CNS generates and…
How a Practitioner Thinks Matters… Especially When It Comes to the Health of Your Body
The Certified Muscle System Specialist â Movement limitations and difficulty holding your body in a position (like sitting, lying flat, standing still) are frequently associated with unwanted sensations like pain,…
The Neuro-Muscular Unit
From Greg Mack Conventional Description A motor unit is classically defined as the alpha motor-neuron somi located in the spinal cord and all of the muscle fibers it innervates. A…
Modern Rational Empiricism: A Thinking Model
Modified a bit From The Muscle System Consortia (MSC) Course: “Manual Muscle Testing” – Art and Science: An Exploration of its History, Physics/Mechanics, and Utility in Practice 2016 The MSC…
Skeletal Muscle Function Modeled as a Mechanical Linear Electro-Active Actuator/Motor
From Greg Mack Let’s take a look at some definitions: Muscle (n.) – a specialized biological tissue system that contains cells capable of generating force. Mechanical (adj.) – of or…