Last week, I was enjoying the afternoon with one of my favorite people and fellow body nerds, Trina Altman. Over lunch and a long walk, we got to discussing the world of research vs. the world of blogging. They are quite different in format. Research, is long, drawn...
I finally did it. I completed my literature based research and successfully defended my thesis to the evaluating committee – I am officially peer reviewed. I honestly never thought it would end. There were times I just wanted to walk away. I had already...
A few blog posts ago, I promised to talk more about range. Here it is. In mechanical terms, range is how much strain (deformation) a material can withstand while stiffness is how much stress (load) something can withstand. Basically, range is how far something can...
You can still be “flexible” and have mechanically stiff tendons and ligaments. If you read my first post on the topic of biomechanical stiffness, you may remember this statement: The problem is that when we use stiffness in a casual manner, it...
Somehow stiffness got a really bad rap. We are always griping and complaining about stiffness: “I have stiff neck,” “That long car ride left my back and legs painfully stiff,” “My shoulders are so stiff I need a massage,”...
