What does Biotensegrity have to do with Movement?
Amazing, in-depth, movement science yumminess. Get nerdy. Learn more about tensegrity (tension + integrity; a balance of discontinuous compression elements, which are connected by continuous tension forces, which allow any system to exist in balance), a term first introduced to me by Pilates genius and international movement educator, Marie-Jose Blom when I took her SmartSpine training a few years ago.
"First, we have to understand the principles of tensegrity (tensions and integrity) and relate this to movement. The principles of the tensegrity concept are that a structure is a tension-compression network with connectedness of all parts supporting discontinuous struts. This definition in the human body looks like this: the myofascia is the continuous connectedness and the bones are the struts. Our bones are not in direct contact with one another, or shouldn’t be and thereby discontinuous. The bones are suspended or appear to be floating supported by the connective tissue. The myofascial connective tissues are the web of tension and compression suspending the bones."