Our Bones Tell The Story | The Screw-Home Mechanism

In order to fully understand and resolve our knee symptoms, we need to consider rotational stability as well as take into account how things are functioning above and below at the hip and foot. Once we have this information, then it’s possible to integrate and couple movements at the foot, knee and hip which optimises your potential. If you’re unable to fully straighten your legs then your quadriceps are always activated and this means that your body has to rely on muscles and ligaments for support and stability, leading to over-work, pain and increased risk of injury.

Anatomy in MotionFrances HutchensApril 8, 2020Our bones tell the story, bones, joints, knee, extension, screw-home mechanism Comment

Flight-or-Fight Triggered By Bones Not Adrenaline

The problem with our currently accepted model of acute stress response is that hormones such as cortisol require hours to alter physiological responses which seems inconsistent with the need for an immediate response to danger.