|
Links of Interest to Practitioners
Updated 03/19/03
Associations
American
Massage Therapy Association
Associated Massage and Bodywork Professionals
The International Association of Structural Integrators
National Certification Homepage
International Massage Association
Upledger Institute and the International
Alliance of Healthcare Educators
Anatomy
Basic
Embryology Review
Anatomy Tutorial From Southern California
Orthopedic Institute
Muscle Net
American
Association of Anatomists
AAA Anatomy
Hotlinks
Anatomy
Links
Intro to Muscle
Physiology
The Bone Room a cool site for collectors
Zahourek Systems Anatomiken
learning tool. This is a great way to learn anatomy especially for the kinesthetically
inclined.
Visible
Human Project this site links out to many wonderful pages of work based
on the visible human project.
A gallery of fascial images rendered from the Visible Human Dataset.
NPAC
Visible Human Viewer This is one of the best web based viewers for the
visible human date.
Virtual Human Atlas and
Studio This is the best product if you want more than just slices of
the dataset. This is complete segmentation of the dataset listed in a 'spreadsheet'.
You simply select what you want to see set and render 3D anatomy. The Studio
version allows you to do easy Quicktime movies. Mac or PC compatible.
Virtual
Hospital Muscle Variants Pages an interesting collection of pages on
muscle variations
Cervical Fascia
A tutorial on the layering and extent of the cervical fascias from Tufts
University. This is one of the only pieces on the web which shows the various
fascias of a region. Color coded for easy identification!
digital anatomy
and the hyper-texted body An essay on body and anatomy by Eugene Thacker
A great
skull anatomy tutorial
Pathology Information
FAQ's
on common orthopedic problems from Southern California Orthopedic Institute
Wheeless Textbook of Orthopedics
an online reference to all thing musculoskeletal and dysfunctional
Family Practice Notebook
an online reference to most every possible pathology that can show up in your practice.
Other Modalities
The Feldenkrais Guild
The Trager Institute
Alexander Online
Neuromuscular therapy (NMT) Judith Walker-Delany
teaches one of the many courses on NMT currently available. This is a good
place to start in investigating NMT.
Imaging Links
NIH
Image Homepage is rich with information and other links for the hungry
beginner, intermediate and advanced imagineer.
Object-Image Homepage
This is the extension of NIH Image which supports the new 'Emmett' and 'Muybridge'
imaging applications.
Seeing DigitallyThe online manual for the GSI imaging system.
ImageJ Homepage This is where
NIH Image is migrating to. A cross-platform image processing program written
in the Java programming language.
Interesting People and Collections
of Essays
Ed
Maupin Musings from one of the world's oldest Rolfers, founding member of Rolfing's "loyal opposition". Check out the article entitled 'Brochure'
this is one of the best pieces on Rolfing written.
Robert Schleip's Homepage A good
collection of articles and information from a long time Rolfing practitioner
and Instructor.
Dr. James Oschmann
author of Energy Healing, Connective Tissue Properties, Reading on the
Scientific Basis of Bodywork and other wonderful work.
David Gorman, Author
of 'The Body Moveable more great papers and essays
The Epistemological
Profile For those who have been exposed to the EP in classes at the
Guild or the Rolf Institute this page is an excellent overview. Ida Rolf
used the EP in all of her classes. The
page as a whole is an excellent overview of General Semantics.
Early
American Manual Therapy From the Meridian Institute. This is a wonderful
collection of articles, pamphelts and essays on early American Manual
Therapy, predominantly osteopathic.
Esoteric Resources
G. I. Gurdjieff Was IPR a Gurdjieffian? We can't be sure but we know that she was involved with J. G. Bennett in the 1950's (she actually met Moshe Feldenkrais at Bennett's Coomb Spring's Retreat). During this time he was one of the most prominent Gurdjieffians around. Gurdjieff is also the teacher that is most credited with bringing the enneagram (enneagon) to the west.
Pierre A. Bernard was Ida Rolf's yoga teacher during the 1920's and 30's. Rick Stringer at Vanderbilt University maintains a wonderful website on this bit of esoteric Americana and early bodywork history.
Biomechanics
Biomechanics
Worldwide Fun with the guys in white lab coats!! But seriously, this
is a good starting place for deeper research based information about human
and animal movement.
Chris Kirtley's Gait Site
This is the most informative site I've found regarding the specifics of
clinical gait analysis. Get the quick and dirty overview of the dominant
paradigm perspective in gait. Skip straight to the FAQ
for a great overview of gait dynamics.
Passive Dynamic Walking
This is the most interesting page I've found in a while. These folks have
created bipedal robots that walk powered only by gravity. The implication
for structural systems of bodywork are astonishing! Be sure to check out
the video clips.
Miscellaneous Cool Stuff
Touch Research Institute
at the University of Miami, You want research? We got research!
General Semantics Dr. Rolf
had a lifelong interest in the work of Korzybski. This link will lead into
web based info on his work. Korzybski's book Science and Sanity reads like
a conceptual primer on Structural Integration.
A Fuller Explanation Dr. Amy C. Edmondson was Bucky Fuller's assistant his last few years on the planet. This wonderfully accessable book makes his elegant (and ultimately simple) ideas about universe available to everyone, not just those willing to wade through his arcane and complex texts.
|
