Count Your Body Parts

Take a moment and count how many body parts you have. Go ahead, I'll wait.

[insert Jeopardy music here]

What number did you come up with? 5? 10? 100? The answer is.....

1

Seriously, 1.

We divide the body into parts to make it easier to study. In truth, however, the body is only one part. A single unit. 1.

The toe and the earlobe are one.
The left hip and the third rib are one.
The bladder and the hypothalamus are one.
The hamstring and the belly button are one.

The body functions as a single entity. All parts -- all parts -- are interconnected. Yes, what happened to your neck in that car accident in 1987 can be the reason your feet hurt all the time in 2013.

You entire body is suspended in a web of fascia and the fascia is continuous throughout the body. Fascia is an amazing thing to study, explore, and understand. Fascia also allows my work to have significant effect, sometimes, with very little effort. If I can engage the fascia, I can eventually move everything in your body.

And, yes, I do think that's pretty damned cool.