Balances / Imbalances in the Human Body
How Come?
A partial but significant answer is, "Like father like son."
When we offer Rolf Structural Integration to anyone, a necessary part of the conversation involves understanding that the work involves balancing the body along the lines of gravity. Short form explanation: the segements of the body by design are meant to stack up in a straight vertical line. Also, all those parts should fit together level. In architecture and the building trades it's called, "Plumb and Square."
Just like you wouldn't want to live in a house that is leaning like the Tower of Pisa, you wouldn't want to live with a body that leans this way and that overall or — as is more what we see — in how its parts fit together.
Gravity is a constant force pulling downward on earthly structures. The human body, obviously, is not an exception. The thing is that most people only live with a rough approximation of the kind of balance in the makeup of their bodies that is indicated and well know in basic anatomy and physics.
Mostly, because it is so commonplace, it goes unnoticed. The simple fact that one can stand on two feet is a basic and seemingly sufficient test for balance. But we are not talking here about "keeping one's balance." It's a balance that we pay too little attention to, both the layman and health care professionals. How the parts fit and how the whole arrangement cooperates, or doesn't, with the downward pull of gravity.
So, to the question, how do we arrive at adulthood with a random arrangement showing imbalances in how our bodies are stacked up?
As the picture above clearly shows, we do indeed pattern our developing bodies through use by modelling those around us. Yes, like father like son.
We are obviously shaped by our experience. Bad habits, improper learning, no training, accidents and traumas. All these factor into the shape we find ourselves in when we arrive at adulthood with a random mix of organization/disorganization built into the fabric of the body.
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