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Reflecting on symmetry In reflecting back on various conversations about symmetry, or really asymmetry of the human body, I started to think about the comparisons…
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Reflecting on symmetry In reflecting back on various conversations about symmetry, or really asymmetry of the human body, I started to think about the comparisons…
Michel Coppieters, who obviously reads in rather obscure places, sent me this article from this month’s Current Biology – Stretchy nerves are an essential component…
Peripheral nerves require extraordinary mobility in relation to surrounding tissues, sometimes sliding up to 2 centimetres as we move. This is because nerves are long…
There are a lot of people in the rehabilitation professions who go about their work quietly, always thinking, always pushing the envelope with individual patient…
David Butler has been posting noinotes since 2008. It’s now a treasure trove of over 50 posts on topics covering everything from the brain, peripheral…
Ah – intermittent spinal traction – what a technique. Traction is not the done thing these days due to a number of guideline reccomendations. This…
Calming therapeutic neuroscience narrative 2. “Zings and zaps from nerves”. There are many odd pains and sensations that people experience where the strangeness may evoke…
I was really struck by the coincidence of reading in the same week that Bob Elvey had passed away, and that Bob Nee, Michel Coppieters…