Anatomy of Movement: Exercises 3rd Edition - Softcover

Blandine Calais-Germain

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0939616882 ISBN 13: 9780939616886

Publisher: Eastland Pr, 2018

Synopsis

Anatomy of Movement: Exercises, the companion volume to Anatomy of Movement, describes and illustrates, through hundreds of drawings, a comprehensive series of exercises involving the most common movements of the body. In this new third edition, all of the illustrations were updated and the photographs replaced with new illustrations. The exercises were chosen on the basis of their effectiveness and with concern for their safety. Some are designed to focus on strengthening a particular region or muscle group, others the entire body. Each exercise prepares the body to respond well to the demands of particular movements. Together they serve as a basis for the more specialized movements associated with various physical disciplines and therapies.Presentation follows the sequencing in Anatomy of Movement. For each body region the authors describe characteristic movements; potential sources of stiffness or laxity and how to detect, prevent and overcome them; how to strengthen specific muscles or muscle groups; and how to coordinate movements. This is followed by practice pages on which specific exercises are demonstrated.

About this title

About the Author

Blandine Calais-Germain is the celebrated author of Anatomy of Movement, Anatomy of Movement: Exercises, The Female Pelvis: Anatomy and Exercises, and Anatomy of Breathing. Her lifelong involvement with dance, both as performer and teacher, led to an interest in other physical disciplines and to more formal study of the complex and integrated movements of the body. She studied physiotherapy at the French School of Orthopedics and Massage in Paris, and subsequently developed an innovative method for teaching the physical structures of anatomy in relation to movement, which she teaches at workshops in France to students from all over the world.

Review

Anatomy of Movement and Anatomy of Movement: Exercises describe the bones, muscles and joints, how they move, how to exercise specific and coordinated parts--with illustrations, photos and text that make it comprehensible even to someone like me, who's taken nary a class in anatomy, physiology or kinesiology. --Molly Martin, Pacific Magazine

For the client who asks for stretches or exercises to do, there is sure to be something appropriate [here], and the drawings simplify explanation. The practice pages and coordination exercises offer plenty of inspiration for movement sessions as well. --Rolf Lines

Edition details

• Publisher: Eastland Pr
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0939616882
• ISBN 13: 9780939616886
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 282