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Teaching modern Anatomy and physiology techniques ?

A year ago I didn't have a clue about the following links .....just how do you walk a student from an mechanical, origin/insertion, dry boned educated being, into a liquid, fascial, tensegrity aware effective therapist ......without bouncing them too hard.?

bubbles n straws filled with liquid/gel/water =

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFJSDai67tE

Floating soggy bones ? ?

http://floatingbones.com/?p=5#more-5

5 Stacking-based imagery about our bodies is pervasive in our culture; such imagery literally holds us down.

6 By carefully observing ourselves and nature, it is possible to realize a
different metaphor: floating compression.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyU7SsQmVRE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FtSP-tkSug

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Permalink Reply by Jason Erickson on September 21, 2010 at 12:18am

Start by giving them a very strong schooling in the fundamentals of all the body systems, using a wide variety of teaching tools/experiences. Give them access to cadaver labs and have them touch, poke, prod, and explore the body and it's systems directly. They will see and experience the interwoven nature of the body and that will open the gate for a more dynamic grasp of the complex interplay of the body as a whole.

I would like to see massage schools continue to raise the bar on A&P training. The current standard is minimal at best, and too many new grads come out of school already forgetting what muscles are where and how they interact with other structures and systems. If they don't have strong fundamentals, how will they grasp advanced concepts and be able to apply them in an informed manner?