Transmitting Equal And Opposite Forces

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- Course Overview
Bones & Skeletons
- Welcome & Topics List
- Action And Reaction
- Transmitting Equal And Opposite Forces
- Biomechanics
- The Reaction To Gravity
- What’s The Skeleton Doing?
- Feeling the Upward Force
- Which Is Heavier?
- The Femur Is The Longest Bone
- Stable Structures
- Stability vs. Mobility
- Bones are Heavy and Small
- How To Stand Taller?
- Press Down To Stand Up Tall
- Exercise #1
Limbs Branch Like Trees
- Welcome To Lesson 2
- What Grows Up And Down?
- Cell Division
- Branching Structure
- Your Trunk and Limbs
- Branching Arm Bones
- Phalanges, Radius & Ulna
- Radius Is On The Thumb Side
- Phalanges Count
- Distal vs. Proximal
- Wrists
- Carrying Water Jug Activity
- Proper Keyboard Use
- Branching Lower Body Bones
- Ankles
- Heel
- Cartilage
- Exercise #2
Muscles, Joints & Range of Motion
- Welcome to Lesson 3
- HW #2 Review: How Many Bones?
- Parts of a Joint
- Muscles Work in Pairs
- Bicep-Tricep Muscle Pair
- Thigh-Hamstring Muscle Pair
- Range of Motion (RoM)
- Protractor Use: Acute Angle
- Protractor Use: Obtuse & Complementary Angles
- Protractor Use: Elbow RoM
- Measuring Elbow RoM
- Measuring Knuckle RoM
- Under-using Your Joints
- Over-using Your Joints
- Joints and Your Health
- Exercise #3: RoM Measurements
- RoM Charts for Exercise #3
Ribs, Lungs, Breath, Heart… Lub Dub
- Welcome to Lesson 4
- Heart Shape
- Have a Heart
- Chest, Heart and Lungs
- Bucket-Handle Motion of Breathing
- The Breathing Muscle
- Valves in the Heart
- Hemoglobin and Iron
- Exhale and Release… Carbon Dioxide
- The Closed Loop Circulatory System
- Capilaries
- Veins Run at the Surface
- Valves in the Blood Vessels
- Cardio and Vascular Health
- Exercise 4: Avoid Vampires
Your 22 Skull Bones Move Too
- Welcome to Lesson 5
- Review of Heart Rate and Circulation
- Do the Head Bones Move?
- Jaw Bone and Nose Cartiledge
- Skull Joints Have Wiggle Room
- 8 Cranial Bones
- Exploded Skull Diagram
- Occipital Ridge and Bone
- Sphenoid
- Phrenic Nerve Passage
- Other Skull Shapes
- Sinuses
- Optic Nerve
- Pituitary and Pineal Glands
- Soft Spots
- Craniosacral Pumping Mechanism
- Concussion and Headache
- Exercise #5 Feel Your Skull
Digestions & Peristaltic Pumps
- Welcome to Lesson 6
- Review of the Skull
- Peristaltic Pump
- Peristalsis
- Teeth and Chewing
- Inside a Tooth
- Saliva
- Gastric Juice
- Small and Large Intestines
- Peristalsis and Nerves in the Belly
- Digestive Organs
- Liver, Gallbladder and Bile
- Pancreas
- Spleen
- Appendix
- Colon
- Exercise #6 Food Journaling
The Pumpless Lymphatic System
- Welcome to Lesson 7
- Exercise 6: Food Journaling
- Lymphatic System like a Sewer
- How Does Water Flow?
- Osmosis
- Osmosis Builds Pressure
- Osmosis in a Giant Sequoia
- Osmosis in Capilary Microcirculation
- Lymph Nodes
- Tonsils are Lymph Nodes
- Spleen like a Lymph Node
- Lymphatic System
- Acupuncture and Acupressure
Posture, Health & Mindfulness
- Welcome to Lesson 8
- Growing Older vs. Growing Stronger
- Wildly Shocking Health Tips
- Training Your Nervous System
- Two Halves of Your Nervous System
- Paying Attention to the Present Moment
- 5-minute Mindfulness Techniques
- Grounding and Sinking
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