The Plumbline - Core Postural Alignment

Why is poor posture a stressor and why does stress affect your posture?

allyn@tenosce.com (Allyn Edwards) — Wed, 02 Jun 2021 08:56:41 GMT

Why is poor posture a stressor and why does stress affect your posture?

Gravity and the Stress Response.

The reason we are so concerned with effects of gravity is that if you are gravitationally challenged gravity becomes a constant stressor which causes many and profound physiological changes in the body.

We were asked about it on a recent Question and Answer call and thought you might be interested to hear our take on this fascinating topic.

This is a video of that call.

Why is the body like a bowl of custard?

allyn@tenosce.com (Allyn Edwards) — Mon, 24 May 2021 17:32:58 GMT

Why is the body like a bowl of custard? This is a more whimsical way of asking “Why is Thixotropia so important?” This blog explains how, by using the properties of a non-Newtonian fluid, information is disseminated throughout the body.

We were asked about it on a recent Question and Answer call and thought you might be interested to hear our take on this fascinating topic.

This is a video of that call .

Why did Ida Rolf say? “The balanced body does not experience weight due to gravity”

allyn@tenosce.com (Allyn Edwards) — Wed, 19 May 2021 14:07:03 GMT

Why did Ida Rolf say? “The balanced body does not experience weight due to gravity”
Using Newton’s third law of motion we explain what is happening when gravity is balance by the ground reaction force, giving us ease and poise and grace.

We were asked about it on a recent Question and Answer call and thought you might be interested to hear our take on this fascinating topic.

This is a video of that call .

Is there such a thing as Geo-fascia?

allyn@tenosce.com (Allyn Edwards) — Wed, 12 May 2021 14:25:09 GMT

Is there such a thing as Geo-fascia? This started off as a joke at a conference but eventually led to a new understanding of how gravity interacts with the fascial system of the body. It opened up a whole new way of talking about Core Postural Alignment.

We were asked about it on a recent Question and Answer call and thought you might be interested to hear our take on this fascinating topic.

This is a video of that call .

How do you answer when people ask “What do you do?”

allyn@tenosce.com (Allyn Edwards) — Wed, 05 May 2021 13:07:57 GMT

How do you answer when people ask “What do you do?”
By learning what it is that people want to hear when they ask, you can generate lots interest in your practice. You’ll never be bored at a party again!

We were asked about it on a recent Question and Answer call and thought you might be interested to hear our take on this fascinating topic.

This is a video of that call.

What is the difference between a specific and non-specific technique?

allyn@tenosce.com (Allyn Edwards) — Wed, 28 Apr 2021 11:57:39 GMT

What is the difference between a specific and non-specific technique? By using a combination of specific and non-specific techniques we can increase our effectiveness at helping our clients to get the results they want and to heal from the inside out.

We were asked about it on a recent Question and Answer call and thought you might be interested to hear our take on this fascinating topic.

This is a link to the video of that call.

What does the “Adam Cadmon” figure represent?

Mon, 19 Apr 2021 15:28:59 GMT

What does the “Adam Cadmon” figure represent? We use the “Adam Cadmon” image on our website, course notes and newsletters. We were asked about it on a recent Question and Answer call and thought you might be interested to hear our take on this fascinating image.

This is a link to the video of that call.

By 2020 the training courses had moved online and we were now attracting a global audience.

Mon, 12 Apr 2021 12:49:26 GMT

By 2020 the training courses had moved online and we were now attracting a global audience. During the Covid pandemic all our training courses were cancelled so we decided to develop a distance learning course.

By 2020 the training courses had moved online and we were now attracting a global audience. During the Covid pandemic all our training courses were cancelled so we decided to develop a distance learning course.

We’d been asked many times over the years if we would develop a distance learning course as not everyone was in a situation where they could travel to the places we were teaching.

We always thought that it was too difficult to teach a practical skill not in-person so had always refused as we thought that there were too many obstacles to overcome. During the various lockdowns we were forced to give some serious thought to overcoming those obstacles.

We re-wrote the course notes and reset them for displaying over the internet, developed some innovative ways of teaching the necessary level of contact, and shot over 40 training videos. The course finally launched to a global audience at the end of 2020.

By 2014 the technique had been updated, refreshed and fit for the 21st century.

Mon, 05 Apr 2021 12:49:24 GMT

By 2014 the technique had been updated, refreshed and fit for the 21st century. Allyn and Sue had been using, teaching, experimenting and refining this technique in the light of a more modern understanding of anatomy and physiology.

By 2014 the technique had been updated, refreshed and fit for the 21st century. Allyn and Sue had been using, teaching, experimenting and refining this technique in the light of a more modern understanding of anatomy and physiology.

They were encouraged by Dr. Rosquist over about 10 years to refine the technique again for their generation.

In 2008 Dr. Rosquist wrote to them and charged them with keeping this technique alive and with developing it further for posterity. Dr Rosquist died in 2012.

To mark the centenary of John Hurley’s insight they decided to re-launch the technique.

After consulting with their students and graduates it was decided to change the name to Core Postural Alignment as this name better reflected what the technique had evolved into.

In 1995 Allyn Edwards and Sue Weller make a chance discovery in the college library.

Mon, 29 Mar 2021 07:48:25 GMT

In 1995 Allyn Edwards and Sue Weller make a chance discovery in the college library. They came across an old book that had been donated to the library in which the importance of having a good relationship with gravity was discussed.

In 1995 Allyn Edwards and Sue Weller make a chance discovery in the college library. They came across an old book that had been donated to the library in which the importance of having a good relationship with gravity was discussed.

They were the senior a principal practical tutors at the McTimoney college of chiropractic. They had been asked to develop a post-graduate training course for the chiropractors. As no mention of the importance of gravity had been in their training and, in fact the training they were delivering. They thought that this needed to be explored further and might make a post-graduate training course.

The book was written by LaMar Rosquist. Sue and Allyn finally tracked him down and in 1998 went to America to train with him.

When LaMar learned of our history as chiropractic tutors he asked us to do his tutor training course and teach the technique on his behalf in Europe. We used the technique exclusively in one of our clinics for 6 months to assess how effective it would be. They were so enamoured with the results they were getting that they agreed to be train others and started teaching the technique in 1998.

In 1957 Dr. LaMar Rosquist witnesses a miraculous recovery.

Mon, 22 Mar 2021 13:51:51 GMT

In 1957 Dr. LaMar Rosquist witnesses a miraculous recovery. A neighbour’s child was brought back from the brink of death by a chiropractor when everyone else had given up on the child.

Furthermore the technique that the chiropractor is using is like nothing else he has heard about. He goes to see the chiropractor, Dr. Francis Goës, who had been a trainer for John Hurley in the 1940’s, and he persuades him to teach him the technique.

He begins using the technique in 1959 and over the next 10 years or so is encouraged by Francis to refine the technique for his generation, in light of a more modern understanding of anatomy and physiology.

LaMar writes his book in 1975 and begins teaching the technique to others.

In 1927 Dr. Helen Sanders provided some much needed help.

Mon, 15 Mar 2021 08:18:19 GMT

In 1927 Dr. Helen Sanders provided some much needed help. John Hurley had 13 years of r of research on odd pieces of paper all loose in cardboard boxes and needed help to make sense of it all.

In 1927 Dr. Helen Sanders provided some much needed help. John Hurley had 13 years of research on odd pieces of paper all loose in cardboard boxes and needed help to make sense of it all.

In 1927 John Hurley married fellow chiropractor Helen Sanders. She was fascinated by his years of research but was appalled by his lack of filing and order. She set about the mammoth task of sorting through all his work and putting it into some kind of order which made sense.

By 1929 they had developed techniques for assessing the Primary Alignment and restoring it if necessary. Together with their understanding of anatomy and physiology, chiropractic, engineering, and laws of leverage, they used techniques developed by the fledgling science of Naprapathy, a forerunner of what we would now call myofascial release.

They began teaching their technique to other chiropractors in 1929 and published their first book in 1932 and their second book in 1933.

Back in 1914 Dr. John Hurley was asked a pivotal question.

Mon, 08 Mar 2021 08:18:19 GMT

Back in 1914 Dr. John Hurley was asked a pivotal question. This question was to have implications for the way people approached health and wellness for the next 100 years.

John Hurley was a newly qualified chiropractor and was asked a question by Dr. Willard Carver, his tutor.

At that time chiropractors were looking for the “major subluxation”. Back then they believed that once this key misalignment happened, all the other misalignments were subsequent compensations for that first one. Willard Carver asked John Hurley what he thought was this major.

John Hurley had been a structural engineer earlier in his life and he thought that it might not be a misalignment but rather a deranged relationship between gravity and the ground reaction force. If these two forces didn’t balance each other in a static object, the object would collapse. Perhaps if these two forces didn’t balance each other in a dynamic structure, the structure would be forced to compensate to avoid collapse?

Over the next 15 years of experimentation, measurement and calculation he discovered two specific anatomical points which, if they were in a correct relationship to each other, allowed the constant pull of gravity to be perfectly balanced by the ground reaction force. This allowed the person to be upright with ease and poise and grace. We now call this the Primary Alignment.

If the Primary Alignment is lost then gravity is not balanced by the ground reaction force and the person then has to compensate to hold itself up against gravty.