#Tendons

[cmaidaartworkblog]

Here's some hominid soft facial anatomy : )

The model on the right of frame, representing Australopithecus sediba, has been in sporadic progress for over a year now across a few programs, and I was able to create the model on the left of frame by conforming all the A. sediba elements to the Kabwe cranium (belonging to Homo heidelbergensis *or* H. bodoensis by some classifications). That latter process took place entirely in Blender over only a couple days, so I'm pretty happy with this method. While the skulls themselves aren't visible in these screenshots, they are part of the Blender file and were downloaded directly from MorphoSource, which was pretty helpful. Digital sculpture (SculptFab, SculptGL, 3D Builder, Blender), 2023-24

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

[theothername]

Beautiful hands in action.

The tendons...

Supergirl S6E19

[miscmonstro]

zap zap heres half your life back

I like to think of ectoplasm as a substance that does whatever it wants. Electrocution? Heat to the point of melting? Tearing something into chunks and reassembling it? Why not all three?

[freedom-shamrock]

My Feet Hate Me

After spending two weeks flattened by a cold that triggered my asthma, I'm finding the tendons in my feet are so tight and angry. I'm trying to calm them down so I don't do real damage at dance tomorrow.

Heat

Gentle stretches

Roll feet over tennis balls (ouch)

More stretches

More heat

Massage with Tiger Balm

Repeat

I'm at the Tiger Balm stage of treatment and my feet are so pleasantly warm. Eventually there will be ice (I have these new ice pack socks to try out) because I think there's some inflammation. Ugh.

[gore-tango]

Pulling Strings

[randygrim]

I cant remember if i posted this but! Anantomy practice :p

[yummyguts]

She thinks she looks soooo hot 👀

[lorblr]

sinewy boi I did for quick warm up

[whatareyoureallyafraidof]

  Climate Change issues aside, I hate to complain about Pittsburgh having 60 and 70 degree days in February; but these rollercoastering temperatures are killing my joints - especially my shoulder. :-(

[bpod-bpod]

Steady Burs

If you go down to the woods today you might come home covered in sticky plant parts. These may be the burs or dry fruit of 'hitchhiker' plants like Harpagonella palmeri (left) – they often use animals as vehicles to spread their seeds. Bioengineers are very interested in H. palmeri’s secret – tiny hooks (seen zoomed in on the right), which allow the fruit to spread their weight across an attached surface, especially one that might be moving quickly. The researchers find that varying the spacing, size and stiffness of these hooks allows the plants to balance the stressful forces involved, so they can cling on. The team are now investigating ways to mimic these plucky plants in human surgery, where, H. palmeri might inspire new ways of attaching moving tendons to bones.

Written by John Ankers

Image left by Matt Berger on Wikipedia

Image right and research by Ethan D. Hoppe et al, Genin Lab, NSF Science and Technology Center for Engineering Mechanobiology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA

Image left published under a CC-BY-4.0 license. Image right copyright Genin Lab, WUSTL

Research published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, March 2023

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[fieriframes]

[We remove the tendons, remove the fat, and we're gonna build the tourine. You are an enigma wrapped in a sticky bun. You stack them on top. The weight. Straight to the walk-in.]

[bradmoder]

[dk-thrive]

This is how the vessel protects the mind, how the mind protects the heart

Her body has made a decision of its own accord. There is no thought guiding it, no reason. Tendons pulled taut beneath her skin with a conviction that she didn’t choose. This is survival. This is how the vessel protects the mind, how the mind protects the heart, how the heart goes on forgetting that its calling is to be undefended, that being broken is part of being whole.

― Lily Brooks-Dalton, The Light Pirate (Grand Central Publishing, December 6, 2022) 

[benberg1984]

A great proponent of my training is working with Isometrics mainly of the Overcoming & Hybrid variety (Hybrid is a combo of Overcoming & Yielding Isometrics). It continues to give me results that not only shaped my physique but keeps me in shape with the dynamic movements I do. Learn about Hybrids & Overcoming Isometrics from @red.delta.project book Overcoming Isometrics available below for either paperback or kindle. It's one of the most unique aspects on the subject of Isometric Training out there today. Get your hands on it. https://amzn.to/3lmZy29 #isometrics #overcomingisometrics #isometricexercises #isometrictraining #hybrid #hybridisometrics #reddeltaproject #isometrictrainingcourse #fitness #exercise #musclebuilding #strongbody #power #tendons #ligaments (at Hayden, Idaho) https://www.instagram.com/p/CogeqWULIl1/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=