Non-Elastic Tensegrity as it relates to Fascial tone.wmv

Eli Thompson (Tensegri-Teach.com) explores the differences between a typical elastic Tensegrity model and a Non-Elastic Tensegrity model and what it implies about the human body and performance. It ends with the non-elastic model being rolled and thrown to exhibit its lack of dynamic recoil.

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Science & Technology

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• Tensegrity
• Tensegri-teach
• Eli Thompson
• fascial fitness
• fascial tone
• fascial tensegrity

[vaywatch]

Saying "non-elastic model" is not correct, is should be said "less-elastic model". Almost everything is elastic, at a lower or higher degree.

The model is an expanded octahedron.

[floatingbonesjournal]

I applaud all exploration and model building; that's how we learn new things.

@1:30, Eli says, "It has no elasticity in it, which is a hallmark of tensegrity." This does not sound correct. I know of nothing in "Synergetics" or "A Fuller Explanation" which says this.

The big model has no elements at tension. Spokes in a bicycle wheel are tensile elements, but the spokes in Eli's model are not at tension. It's a compression-based model with 6 large and 24 short struts -- not a tensegrity.

[fuckrupert]

Hi Eli,

two comments: 1) You used two tensegrity icosahedra, (not tetrahedra).

2) Simple models like these make it hard to conclude anything about fascia. Although I think of our physical structure as complex modular tensegrity, strings in models like yours represent the quasi linear pull of tendons. Building mesh models could illustrate better how elasticity of fascia affects movement range and quality.

Thanks anyway, besides minor things a great mini lesson.