Tensegrity
Tensegrity was originally an architectural description of structural design. It refers to self contained, non-redundant whole systems, where each component is dynamically linked to every other component [1]such that any alteration of the energy field is instantaneously felt and reflected throughout. Our bodies are a plethora of mini-tensegrities amicably coexisting and co-creating every human operation (breath, thought, movement, palpitation, circulation). The term Tensegrity is a portmanteau or combination of words fused to imply meaning: tensional and integrity. With the human body, Tensegrity serves as a map of the nature of structure, describing the most efficient way that all form is organized, in terms of most economical use of energy and material[2]. Our physical structural integrity is based on our synergistic balance between tensional and compressional components, i.e.- ligaments, tendons, fascia, bones.
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Tensegrity in the Human Body
Ø The muscle-skeletal system is a tensegrity of muscle and bone. The muscle provides continuous pull, the bones discontinuous push. The forces between the bones and muscles are held in constant balance. This forms the basis for all our physical mobility.
Ø The sensory-motor system is a tensegrity of sensory and motor neurons.
Ø The sensory neuron is always sensing information – continuously pulling.
Ø The motor neuron only occasionally is involved in some motor action – discontinuously pushing.