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Anatomy Trains Turkish book
What is Anatomy Trains?
The traditional anatomical perspective emphasizes isolated muscles that extend from end to end, bone to bone. Anatomy Trains expands our understanding of myofascial force transmission and its effects. As such, strain distribution can occur (in both healthy and patients) at a distance from the site of injury or pain.
This book clearly describes the functionally integrated body continuities within the fascial meshwork that form the traceable 'meridians' of myofascia. Stability, tension, tightness, fixation, flexibility and postural compensation are distributed along these lines. Based on the meridian map, this book offers manual and movement therapists many new strategies to improve and enhance posture and movement function.
Theoretically, it offers the following benefits to the practitioner:
Anatomy Trains is valid no matter what your approach. Once the patterns are recognized, these meridians can be conveniently applied in assessment and treatment using a variety of therapeutic and educational approaches to movement facilitation.
The theory provides a stronger “three-dimensional” sense of musculoskeletal anatomy, allowing assessment of compensation distributions across whole-body patterns in daily life and functional performance.
Clinically, it shows in theory how pain in one area of the body can be linked to a "silent area" away from the problem, which opens up new treatment strategies.
He has studied directly with many movement and manual therapy leaders, including Thomas Myers, Dr. Ida Rolf, Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais, and Dr. Buckminster Fuller. His work is influenced by his work in cranial, visceral, and intrinsic movement with the European Schools of Osteopathy. An established traveler, Tom has practiced holistic manual therapy for over 30 years in a variety of clinical and cultural settings, including practices in London, Hamburg, Rome, Nairobi, and Sydney, as well as a dozen locales in the United States. He is a founding member of the International Association of Structural Integrators (IASI). Based on the coast of Maine, Tom and his faculty conduct professional certification and continuing education courses worldwide.
