
The Physiology of Yoga

have on its neighbors by tightening their fascia pushing against them. It also, by cutting the fascia at either end, discounts any effect of its pull on the proximal or distal structures beyond. (Myers 2014, p. 2)
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This concept can also be applied to body-weight movements found in yoga.
Andrew McGonigle • The Physiology of Yoga
What little remodeling cartilage might be able to manage occurs as a result of mechanical stimulation of the tissue. Loading and unloading of the cartilage that happens through yoga, exercise, walking, and running can help to keep cartilage healthy.
Andrew McGonigle • The Physiology of Yoga
Analogizing these movement descriptors to a car can be helpful. Imagine you are stopped in a car on a steep hill. As you release the brakes, one of four things could happen: You could free-fall backward down the hill if you were in neutral. This would be the same as simply dropping your arm from an elevated height and not controlling the downward m
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Desxription best suited to explain muscle contraction
As mentioned previously, this might also be described as prioritizing mobility over flexibility.
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(e.g., text, video, or audio) to understand concepts, opinions, or experiences. Qualitative research might explore, for example, how yoga makes someone feel or how yoga affects their quality of life—and the pyramid does not neatly cover this type of research.
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Case Series, Case Reports. A case report is a detailed report of the symptoms, signs, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of an individual. Case reports may contain a demographic profile of the patient but usually describe an unusual or novel occurrence.
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The CNS processes large amounts of data from our senses such as our eyes, our nose, and our ears, but also from our proprioceptors, which sense joint position as well as compression and tension of tissues. One such
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Overall, it was determined that the effects of foam rolling on performance and recovery are rather minor and partly negligible, but can be relevant in some cases (e.g., to increase sprint performance and flexibility or to reduce muscle pain sensation). Evidence seems to justify the widespread use of foam rolling as a warm-up activity rather than a
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