Anatomy Trains: Myofascial Meridians for Manual and Movement Therapists Paperback – 20 September 2001

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Tom Myers' "Anatomy Trains" is sure to change the way you view the human body. As a Personal Trainer I work a lot with corrective exercise modalities, postural analyses, and mobility enhancement. This book has opened my eyes to a whole new way of observing/evaluating clients' body positions both at rest and in movement.Mr. Myers starts by describing how the body is formed and, more specifically, how the myofascial web is built from embryological development through maturity. He then presents a general overview of the Anatomy Trains concepts before delving into each of the established Lines in greater detail, discussing anatomical locations, relations to kinesiology, and methods of working with the Lines (primarily through palpation which was somewhat unfortunate for me since that is beyond my scope of practice - I would have liked more information on the stretching and movement aspect of this therapy though admittedly the author and I come from different practices in background).Since reading this book I have come to view people's bodies differently. As a couple of examples, I now habitually think such things as "shortened right Lateral Line" & "overlengthened peroneals in foot supination" when viewing clients. This has helped me to add in additional corrective work in my practice.I highly, highly, highly recommend this book to anyone involved in manual or movement therapies. I am excited to see what further research has to uncover regarding this modality in the future!

筋肉や身体の動きや機能について問題意識の高い方には新しい視点を与えてくれる一冊になるでしょう。特に、人体の発生学にまで溯り、それぞれ別々に考えがちな身体の各器官を一つの受精卵から分裂した共通項を持つ派生機関であると考え、理論を展開しています。東洋医学にも一部通ずるところもあるのではないでしょうか？一般的なの筋や関節とその機能についての知識や理論と実際の臨床現場におけるギャップを埋めてくれる様々な考え方を提供してくれます。また、非常に分かりやすい比喩を多用し、ともすれば非常に難解なものを平易に説明してくれているところも本書の魅力と言えます。本当に「次はどんな新しいことを教えてくれるのだろう？」と、つい読みすすめるごとにわくわくさせられ、知的好奇心を深く刺激される1冊です。

I have only begun to dig into the information of this book, but so far love it ... great detailed information and graphics, presented in a manner that makes it easy to digest the information. I recommend it to others wishing to understand myofascial release ... and approaching the body's function and health from a wholistic system-based approach.

この本の著者は、ロルファー（ロルフィングのプラクティショナー）である。したがって、ボディワークを知っている人の視点から、書かれている。多くの解剖学の本が、ただ筋肉や骨の形を掲載しているだけなのに対し、筋肉の流れといったものを描いてくれている。たとえば、機能的なライン、スパイラルライン、ラテラルラインなどである。これは、ボディワーカーだけでなく、体のことを知りたい多くの人にとっても、大変参考になることである。