Weekend 1 – April 20th and 21st
Focus on Lower Extremities – Foot, Ankle, Knee, Hip Joint & Pelvis
Location: Body-Mind Integration Center, 118 Main Street, Watertown, MA.
Hours: Saturday & Sunday 10:00am - 6:00pm. Lunch break 1:30-2:30pm.
Municipal parking with coin-operated machines on the street and behind the library. Click here for geographic details. Enrollment is limited to 20 participants.
– structure, motion, muscles of the foot, ankle and knee joint
– muscles and tissues crossing knee joint and protective muscle synergies
– structure, motion and muscles of the leg as a whole
– structure and range of motion of hip joint
– muscles of anterior, posterior, medial and lateral hip joint
- muscular patterns involved in stabilizing and mobilizing joints within pelvis & lower trunk
- mechanics of joint motion of lower spine
– muscles of the lower back
– muscles of the abdominal wall and role of trunk muscles in sustaining various lower spine orientations & movements
Weekend 2 – May 18th and 19th
Focus on Torso: Spine, Ribs, Breathing Structure & Mechanism
Location: Watertown Center for Healing Arts, 22 Mt. Auburn Street, Watertown, MA
Hours: Saturday & Sunday 10:00am-6:00pm. Lunch break 1:30-2:30pm.
Municipal parking with coin-operated machines. Click here for geographic details.
Enrollment is limited to 16 participants
– postural and movement functions of the spine and trunk as a whole
– bony landmarks of thoracic spine & thorax, e.g. locating each vertebra and identifying it orientation,
– movements created by the muscles of the middle trunk
– moving the volume within thorax: muscles of respiration and general muscular synergies involved in breathing
– Structure and evolution of the human diaphragm
– Examination of all the accessory muscles of breathing and their mechanical support for changing the volume and pressures within the lungs
Weekend 3 – June 8th and 9th
Upper Extremities - Shoulder, Arm, Hand, Neck, & Head
Location: Watertown Center for Healing Arts, 22 Mt. Auburn Street, Watertown, MA.
Hours: Saturday & Sunday 10:00am-6:00pm. Lunch break 1:30-2:30pm.
Municipal parking with coin-operated machines. Click here for geographic details.
Enrollment is limited to 16 participants
– structure, motion, muscles of the shoulder girdle
– structure, motion, muscles of shoulder joint
– elbow and radio-ulnar joints, muscles and actions
– wrist joint and muscles; bones, structure and motion of hand
– muscles, movements and activities of the hand
– mechanics of joint motion of the upper spine & trunk
– muscles of the neck & upper thorax, neck as “head stalk”
– bony landmarks and joints of the skull & cervical spine, movements of head, jaw and neck
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