The above picture was taken on a recent trip to a game park near Victoria Falls. This atlas (first cervical vertebra) of an elephant is so big you could stick your head through the central hole. What struck me looking at the bone...
Read more...One of the more bizarre things in the body is the network associated with the visual sense. When you step back from the detail of the anatomy and look with simple eyes! you see the visual tracts weave through the entire depth...
Read more...The bony thorax, made up of the ribs, thoracic spine and the sternum is frequently under appreciated. Two of my favourite chiropractic teachers were very keen on adjusting ribs. One of them used to tell a story, that has stayed with me,...
Read more...Above are images of a skull I saw in an exhibition about representation of the body in Amsterdam at Bijzondere Collecties. You can clearly see how over a period of 21 years the growing swelling caused the bones to grow into a different...
Read more...Myodural Bridges This is a great review of connections between the sub occipital muscles and the cervical dura. There are some more images in the article. Here is David Butler discussing the anatomy: The Myodural Bridge'What a name! I was always intrigued...
Read more...Real skulls are so cool. This skull came from someone with an amazingly uneven jaw and really strong temporalis muscles - indicated (I think) by the ridges pulled out on the parietals. Note also the wormian bones at the pterion and asterion....
Read more...Research into the fabulous vagus nerve is a gift that keeps on giving. Activating the vagus supports people to be less depressed, enhances the immune system, including regulation of inflammation, and reduces pain. The first section is a summary from Dacher Keltner of some vagal highlights....
Read more...It took me a while to really appreciate the venous sinuses. The protocol I was taught was overly complex with lots of difficult handholds - it put me off for years to be honest. Last year I was teaching about the blood...
Read more...Here's a great article on pain and the brain science behind the latest discoveries which appeared in the New Zealand Listener and is part of a growing awareness around pain mechanisms in the public domain. The article includes a piece on the...
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