Beach, Phillip. <br/><br/>
Muscles and meridians :  the manipulation of shape / 
Phillip Beach ; foreword by Leon Chaitow. 
 - Edinburgh ;  New York :  Churchill Livingstone,  ©2010. 
 - 1 online resource (xii, 211 pages) :  illustrations 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>1. A wriggle in deep time 2. Embryological morphogenesis 3. Modelling movement 4. Lateral contractile field (L-CF) 5. Dorso/ventral contractile field (D/V-CF) 6. Helical contractile field (H-CF) 7. Limb contractile fields (Limb-CFs) 8. Radial contractile field (R-CF) 9. Chiralic contractile field (C-CF) 10. Fluid field (F-F) 11. Archetypal postures: a self-tuning mechanism 12. Decoding the Chinese meridial map 13. Manipulating shape Abbreviations and glossary. A wriggle in deep time -- Embryological morphogenesis -- Modelling movement -- Lateral contractile field (L-CF) -- Dorso/ventral contractile field (D/V-CF) -- Helical contractile field (H-CF) -- Limb contractile fields (Limb-CF) -- Radial contractile field (R-CF) -- Chiralic contractile fields (C-CFS) -- Fluid field (F-F) -- Archetypal postures : a self-tuning mechanism -- Decoding the Chinese meridial map -- Manipulating shape. 
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<br/><br/> Muscles and Meridians is a unique book that breaks new conceptual ground in the realm of human movement. Exploring the connection between evolutionary biology and Chinese meridians, the volume offers a novel and effective system of diagnosis and treatment of common musculoskeletal disorders. Describes a new model of human movement - the Contractile Field model Offers a rare and serious attempt to look at whole person movement patterns - akin to ₁Anatomy Trains₂ but with a stronger link to vertebrate evolution and development Suggests that much of our endemic back and leg pain is due to a loss of ease in postures that are ₁archetypal₂ to mankind Offers a profound new understanding of the world₂s oldest medical map, the Chinese meridian map. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780702031090 0702031097 9780702048692 0702048690 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBB806438  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Manipulation (Therapeutics)<br/>Acupuncture points.<br/>Posture.<br/>Human locomotion.<br/>Acupuncture points.<br/>Human locomotion.<br/>Manipulation (Therapeutics)<br/>Posture.<br/>Musculoskeletal Manipulations--methods.<br/>Meridians.<br/>Muscles--anatomy & histology.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RD736.M25  / B43 2010 
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>WB 535  / B365m 2010