The core cylinder is made up of three pairings of muscle groups. These structures join into the thoracolumbar fascia. The top of the cylinder is capped with the thoracic diaphragm; the bottom with the pelvic diaphragm. As such, the breathing apparatus is also integral with storing and releasing elastic energy through the gait cycle.

The rotary action of the core cylinder allows for an efficient coiling and uncoiling of stored elastic energy.

The energy is spread across the entire fascial fabric and the result is seemingly effortless movement.

The Anterior Spiral is the release of elastic energy into the complementary movement.

The muscles of the core cylinder act on thoracolumbar fascia. With the thoracolumbar fascia impaired, the plantar aponeurosis becomes over worked.

The plantar aponeurosis is up-regulated, which in turn infers that another player is down-regulated.

The Posterior Spiral has four major fascial springs ~ the thoracolumbar fascia, the iliotibial band, the Achilles tendon, and the plantar aponeurosis.

The coiling and uncoiling of the spiral is a template of movement efficiency. The second mode of storing elastic energy is through the lengthening, or stretching of fascia or connective tissue.

Elastic energy is stored in the tissues by two mechanisms. One is the compression occurring as the tissues are coiling into a tight spring.