My name is really Leigh - leggi was a nickname created by technology but bestowed on me by good friends and somehow it seems appropriate to use it here.
I’ve been reading the HP series—it’s made me laugh out loud a few times but now that I’ve realised how many chapters there are I thought I should introduce myself because I’ve my own drum to beat...
I have a theory (well technically a hypothesis but theory sounds better in the title!) and I’m here for feedback on my upcoming posts—please think “tear to shreds”.
I’m not sure where the line between knowledge and belief lies, but I really really think I am so lesswrong about this than I’ve ever been about anything so it’d be nice to have others really consider what I’m suggesting.
A bit of anatomy to start, but it will expand so anyone out there anatomists/medics/people in pain/anyone who moves/is curious?
I haven’t understood many of the posts I’ve looked at—rather different topics to what I’ve encountered in life. I was a veterinary surgeon, so that’s my background.
College motto “strive for perfection”, my motto now “better done than perfect” so at least this post’s a start!
Right well that’s it. I’ve published my first post. I’ve been going round in circles trying to sort the last section and quite frankly I’ve had enough..…
I thought I’d get it done in a week, it’s now been 15 days and since it turns out I have a motto (never knew until I typed it!) I’m gonna just publish and see what happens.
It should be of interest to anyone with a body who isn’t aiming to upload themselves onto some sort of neural net in the next 6 months or so.… I want to say positronic brain but I watched too much Trek in my youth!
In summary, the 5 (paired left and right) muscles to focus on:
Pelvic floor “Base”
Rectus abdominis “Line”.
Gluteus maximus.
Rectus femoris.
Trapezius.
Learn to work with these muscles and use your body better. Feel what I mean.
I do consider anatomy an important topic that’s very neglected. It’s a topic where people can publish papers that seem to rediscover muscles that were known 100 years ago.
I agree anatomy is an important topic. We’ve all got bodies. Although wonder for how long that will statement still hold true!
I had a look at the links. The abstract of the paper doesn’t mention the origin of the muscle (as far as I can see) so I go-ogle imaged “tensor of the vastus intermedius” and “articularis genus”. One is at the top of the femur the other at the distal end, so they don’t appear to be the same muscle.
I struggle to read anatomical descriptions. Pictures and palpation - a much better way to learn human anatomy in my opinion. (If I could be so bothered I’d commission pyjamas to teach anatomy.)
I’m hopefully close to finishing the anatomy I want to share, I’m aiming for easily understandable rather than overly detailed.
I’m currently working on the most logical order of presentation for the sections of my hypothesis, working from anatomical “facts” to my thoughts and conclusions which is an interesting experiment in itself.
The quadriceps femoris is a label for a group of muscles. The rectus femoris, vastus lateralis, vastus intermedius and vastus medialis. The four largest muscles at the front of the thigh sharing a common insertion.
To include the tensor of the vastus intermedius and articularis genus in a description of some form, then:
the anterior thigh muscles could be called the “hexiceps”
these smaller muscles could be described as accessories to the quadriceps
Most anatomy is simplified in some way. Delineations and groupings are made to aid learning and understanding, and the focus tends to be on the larger muscles, or those prone to pain, but musculo-fasico-skeletal anatomy tends to blend into adjacent structures much more than is generally appreciated so it is unsurprising that smaller muscles are not of common knowledge.
Interestingly the rectus femoris is the only one of the quadriceps femoris muscles that attaches to the pelvis—the only one to cross both hip and knee joints, and in my mind should be considered as the guide muscle for the rest of the quads.
Following on from the ‘main muscles of movement’ and the midline anatomical markers for alignment, consider what you experience when thinking about the position, motion and balance of your body—your sense of proprioception.
Greetings!
My name is really Leigh - leggi was a nickname created by technology but bestowed on me by good friends and somehow it seems appropriate to use it here.
I’ve been reading the HP series—it’s made me laugh out loud a few times but now that I’ve realised how many chapters there are I thought I should introduce myself because I’ve my own drum to beat...
I have a theory (well technically a hypothesis but theory sounds better in the title!) and I’m here for feedback on my upcoming posts—please think “tear to shreds”.
I’m not sure where the line between knowledge and belief lies, but I really really think I am so lesswrong about this than I’ve ever been about anything so it’d be nice to have others really consider what I’m suggesting.
A bit of anatomy to start, but it will expand so anyone out there anatomists/medics/people in pain/anyone who moves/is curious?
I haven’t understood many of the posts I’ve looked at—rather different topics to what I’ve encountered in life. I was a veterinary surgeon, so that’s my background.
College motto “strive for perfection”, my motto now “better done than perfect” so at least this post’s a start!
Right well that’s it. I’ve published my first post. I’ve been going round in circles trying to sort the last section and quite frankly I’ve had enough..…
I thought I’d get it done in a week, it’s now been 15 days and since it turns out I have a motto (never knew until I typed it!) I’m gonna just publish and see what happens.
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/AZC55cWzX6aFngnRN/alignment-and-balance-of-the-human-body-midline-anatomy-and
Thanks for reading.…
My second post: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/pXmztcFqiAHX5J8JF/the-main-muscles-of-movement-dynamic-alignment-and-balance
It should be of interest to anyone with a body who isn’t aiming to upload themselves onto some sort of neural net in the next 6 months or so.… I want to say positronic brain but I watched too much Trek in my youth!
In summary, the 5 (paired left and right) muscles to focus on:
Pelvic floor “Base”
Rectus abdominis “Line”.
Gluteus maximus.
Rectus femoris.
Trapezius.
Learn to work with these muscles and use your body better. Feel what I mean.
I do consider anatomy an important topic that’s very neglected. It’s a topic where people can publish papers that seem to rediscover muscles that were known 100 years ago.
I agree anatomy is an important topic. We’ve all got bodies. Although wonder for how long that will statement still hold true!
I had a look at the links. The abstract of the paper doesn’t mention the origin of the muscle (as far as I can see) so I go-ogle imaged “tensor of the vastus intermedius” and “articularis genus”. One is at the top of the femur the other at the distal end, so they don’t appear to be the same muscle.
I struggle to read anatomical descriptions. Pictures and palpation - a much better way to learn human anatomy in my opinion. (If I could be so bothered I’d commission pyjamas to teach anatomy.)
I’m hopefully close to finishing the anatomy I want to share, I’m aiming for easily understandable rather than overly detailed.
I’m currently working on the most logical order of presentation for the sections of my hypothesis, working from anatomical “facts” to my thoughts and conclusions which is an interesting experiment in itself.
Okay, they might a a different muscles but that makes the quadriceps have six parts while most people think it has four part.
The quadriceps femoris is a label for a group of muscles. The rectus femoris, vastus lateralis, vastus intermedius and vastus medialis. The four largest muscles at the front of the thigh sharing a common insertion.
To include the tensor of the vastus intermedius and articularis genus in a description of some form, then:
the anterior thigh muscles could be called the “hexiceps”
these smaller muscles could be described as accessories to the quadriceps
Most anatomy is simplified in some way. Delineations and groupings are made to aid learning and understanding, and the focus tends to be on the larger muscles, or those prone to pain, but musculo-fasico-skeletal anatomy tends to blend into adjacent structures much more than is generally appreciated so it is unsurprising that smaller muscles are not of common knowledge.
Interestingly the rectus femoris is the only one of the quadriceps femoris muscles that attaches to the pelvis—the only one to cross both hip and knee joints, and in my mind should be considered as the guide muscle for the rest of the quads.
For the sake of completeness (at least in my head!),
here is my third post:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/GNoSxcC9YrCesgpZz/conscious-proprioception-your-sense-of-position-movement-and
Following on from the ‘main muscles of movement’ and the midline anatomical markers for alignment, consider what you experience when thinking about the position, motion and balance of your body—your sense of proprioception.