Anatomy of the Moving Body - Softcover

Dimon, Ted

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1556432070 ISBN 13: 9781556432071

Publisher: North Atlantic Books,U.S., 2001

Synopsis

Written by a leading proponent of the Alexander Technique, Anatomy of the Moving Body offers movement educators a basic manual that provides not only drawings and names but also written lectures that tie this sometimes difficult material into a coherent series of presentations. The book is divided into accessible sections that present muscles and joints in a clear and concise manner without oversimplifying or leaving out necessary details. Each of the 31 chapters covers a basic region of the body. Included is information about bones;origins and attachments of muscles and related actions; joints, major ligaments, and actions at joints; major functional structures such as the pelvis, shoulder girdle, ankle, and hand; etymology of anatomical terms; major landmarks and human topography; and structures relating to breathing and vocalization.

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Review:

"More than just clear, concise, and accurate, Dimon's Anatomy of the Moving Body also wonderfully expresses the joy of musculoskeletal anatomic understanding--its marvelous vocabulary and endlessly fascinating relations of structure and function."--John H. M. Austin, MD, Professor of Radiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University"Anatomy of the Moving Body is a superb work for students and teachers. Ted Dimon's work is straightforwardly written, beautifully illustrated, and put forth with a sensibility of one who understands not simply how we are organized, but how our structure is able to move with grace and beauty. The conversational tone makes the book accessible and the information is conveyed with a sense not only of where things lie, but how they can operate most harmoniously. This book is an important contribution to our understanding of anatomy and an essential part of the training of those of us who are interested in the human form in balance, health, and motion."--Anne Bluethenthal, Dancer, Teacher, Choreographer

About the Author:

Theodore Dimon, Jr., Ed., directs the Dimon School for the Alexander Technique in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He became certified to teach the Alexander Technique at London’s Constructive Teaching Centre in 1983, and received both his master’s and doctorate degrees in Education from Harvard University. A founding director of the North American Society of Teachers of the Alexander Technique (NASTAT), he has served for the past nine years as President of the Alexander Technique Archives, a non-profit organization that promotes research and scholarship on the Technique. He is the author of The Undivided Self: Alexander Technique and the Control of Stress.

About this edition

• Publisher: North Atlantic Books,U.S.
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1556432070
• ISBN 13: 9781556432071
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 175