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Healing, Tensegrity & Prolotherapy
Many of us in natural medicine are using principles of physics to treat our patients. Physics is the science of energy. Physics and energy are the basis of the universe. It is certainly the basis of our cellular structure and the function of our bodies. The chemists, the pharmacists and the allopathic drug people would like us to believe chemistry is the basis and foundation of the universe. But chemistry is only applied physics on a molecular basis. Everything is energy. Even sprit is energy. With the foundation of energy as the basis of our understanding, it should be easier for us to understand the principles of healing, applied to natural medicine in homeopathy, acupuncture, massage, manipulation and Prolotherapy.
Prolotherapy is a healing technique which improves the body's tensegrity. What is tensegrity? Tensegrity is the science of balance of the forces of a structure. The geodesic dome is a structure based on the Principle of tensegrity. The Eiffel tower and golden gate bridge are other architectural structures that use the principles of tensegrity. Tensegrity is the balance of a structure that involves the ability to support a weight or produce a movement at some distance from the center of gravity of the structure. A cane has a long arm which extends out several hounded feet and is able to move a heavy object from one area to another using the principles of tensegrity. The long neck of a giraffe and a tall palm tree that sways in the breezes of southern pacific island are using the principles of tensegrity. out bodies function with the tensegrity principles, as well.
Inasmuch as function follows structure, when an structure is faulty in a body the function will be faulty. When the structure is corrected, the function can return to normal.
Pain is an indication on some occasions, of a faulty tensegrity structure. Tendons or ligaments attach to the bony structure. Muscles extend across one or many joints, covering great distances in the body. The driving force, the muscle, transfers a force across the joints and through it's tendon to the attachment on the bone. When the muscle contacts, the bone will be drawn toward the opposite end of the muscle and the bone will hinge at the joint between the bones. The ligament surrounds the joint and allows it to hinge or rotate to a designated position and distance and the springs and glides the joint back into the natural position after the muscle contraction.
When the attachments of the structure at it's joints, the bolt, weld, guy wire, or ligaments, become weekend, or the cable from the motor and pulley or muscles tendon becomes frayed, torn or over-stretched, the structure cannot transfer energy properly and function is lost or impaired. In the case of humans or animals, pain also accompanies the dysfunction. Pain may be localized at the weakened spot or may be referred to some distant area of the body.
The tensegrity principle causes challenges in other areas of the body because of the changes in the center of gravity, changes in angle of movements and the need to keep the eyes parallel to the horizon. A poorly healed sprained ankle may allow a loss of height from floor to ankle and produce a short leg syndrome. This causes scoliosis that extends to the neck and head. The altered tensions in the muscles of the neck may then produce an imbalance in the jaw and result in a TMJ syndrome on the opposite side of the weak ankle. This is tensegrity in action.
The founder of homeopathy, Samuel Hahnneman and the founder of osteopathy, Andrew Taylor still both taught the principles of "Mind, Body, Spirit."